ML20234E840
| ML20234E840 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Byron  |
| Issue date: | 06/30/1987 |
| From: | Hehl C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8707080013 | |
| Download: ML20234E840 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000454/1987016
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Commonwealth Edison Company
ATTN: Mr. Cordell Reed
Vice President
Post Office Box 767
Chicago, IL 60690
Gentlemen:
Thank you for your letter dated June 10, 1987, in response to the violation
(454/87016-01(DRS)) which we brought to your attention in our letter dated
May 11, 1987. Your response requested that we review the severity level
assigned to the violation based on your belief that it was a documentation
problem and that our report stated it was of minor safety significance.
The violation involved both the documentation and the performance of a surveillance
procedure required to satisfy the Technical Specifications. The problems
identified in the violation were not a single incident, but the pervasive failure
to properly perform the surveillance during the core reload activities.
Procedure 1B0S 0.1-6, Temporary Change No. 87-1-283, and Procedure BOP 199-T6,
were not adhered to; and the personnel performing the procedures were not
knowledgeable of the proper methods to complete the surveillances. Based on the
inspection and review of the available documentation, it was concluded that the
Technical Specification limits were not exceeded. The severity level of the
violation was based on the failure to properly perform the surveillance, on the
personnel confusion which existed durir.g the performance of the procedures,'and
the resultant inadequacy of the documentation for the surveillance. We do not
believe that the violation was a simple documentation problem, and therefore,
the violation was designated a Severity Level IV.
This classification is
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consistent with the description of a Severity Level IV violation in Supplement I
of the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C).
Based on the above, we thereby confirm our previous classification of the
violation as a Severity Level IV.
We will gladly discuss any questions you may have concerning this subject.
Sincerely,
Charles W. Hehl, Chief
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