ML20217G696
| ML20217G696 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Clinton  |
| Issue date: | 03/27/1998 |
| From: | Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Walter MacFarland ILLINOIS POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20217G701 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-461-96-10, 50-461-97-02, 50-461-97-2, 50-461-97-22, 50-461-98-03, 50-461-98-3, CAL-RIII-96-13, CAL-RIII-97-01, CAL-RIII-97-1, EA-98-068, EA-98-189, EA-98-68, NUDOCS 9804020497 | |
| Download: ML20217G696 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000461/1998003
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Mr. Walter G. MacFarland, IV
Senior Vice President
Clinton Power Station
Illinois Power Company
Mail Code V-275
P.O. Box 678
Clinton,IL 61727
SUBJECT:
INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-461/98003(DRP) AND EXERCISE OF
Dear Mr. MacFarland:
On March 3,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at your Clinton Facility. The enclosed
report presents the results of that inspection.
The critical evaluation completed by your staff of the emergency response organization
performance during the February 13 Alert identified numerous deficiencies and indicates an
improvement in the ability to perform post-event assessments. Nevertheless, the deficiencies
identified by your staff during the Alert as well as NRC-identified deficiencies documented in
inspection Report Nos. 50-461/96010, -97002, and -97022, represent a decline in emergency
preparedness performance, improvements in emergency preparedness performance will be
reviewed during NRC 0350 Penel restart activities.
During the course of this inspection, we identified that the corrective actions implemented in
response to Confirmatory Action Letters Rill-96-013 and Rlli-97-001 failed to prevent recurrence
of previously identified deficiencies. Specifically, the actions taken to prevent another
unmonitored increase in main control room deficiencies and operator workarounds and to
improve procedure use and quality were not fully effective. The failure of your corrective action
program to adequately address issues which were the subject of Confirmatory Action Letters is of
particular concern to us and reinforces our previous concerns with this program.
Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that several violations of NRC
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requirements occurred. Examples of violations were identified in a number of different areas,
including procedural adequacy and adherence, corrective actions, design control, and safety
evaluations for system testing. Individually and collectively the violations are of regulatory
concem because they are essentially all repetitive issues that have not been effectively
addressed by your staff.
However, I have been authorized, after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement and
the Regional Administrator, to exercise enforcement discretion in accordance with
Section Vll.B.2, " Violations identified During Extended Shutdowns or Work Stoppages," of the
" General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions"(Enforcement
Policy), and not issue a Notice of Violation in this case. The decision to apply enforcement
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'was taken against the Illinois Power Company for several programmatic breakdowns for which
' Clinton Power Station's corrective actions encompassed the root causes for these violations; ,
(2) additional enforcement action was not considered to be necessary to achieve remedial action
for these violations due to Clinton Power Station's commitments in its Plan For Excellence to
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take actions to address the programs responsible for these issues prior to plant restart; (3) the
violations were related to problems which were present prior to the events leading to the
shutdown; (4) the violations would not be classified at a severity level higher than -
. Severity Level ll; (5) the violations were not willful; and (6) lilinois Power Company will meet with
the NRC to explain their efforts to resolve corrective action problems prior to restart as reflected
in the NRC's September 26,1997, Demand for Information (EA 97-435). Effective corrective
actions will need to be demonstrated prior to restart. The NRC must emphasize that failure to
achieve effective performance improvement would lead to more significant regulatory sanctions.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its
enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this inspection.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
John A. Grobe, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No.: 50-461
License No.: NPF-62
Enclosure:
Inspection Report
No. 50-461/98003(DRP)
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Nathan Schloss, Economist
Office of the Attorney General
G. Stramback, Regulatory Licensing
Services Project Manager
General Electric Company
Chairman, DeWitt County Board
State Liaison Officer
Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
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