ML20236F052
| ML20236F052 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Clinton  |
| Issue date: | 06/25/1998 |
| From: | Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Walter MacFarland ILLINOIS POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20236F056 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-461-98-08, 50-461-98-8, EA-98-348, NUDOCS 9807020006 | |
| Download: ML20236F052 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000461/1998008
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June 25,1998
EA 98-348
lilinois Power Company
ATTN: Mr. W. G. MacFarland IV
Senior Vice President
Clinton Power Station
Mail Code V-275
Post Office Box 678
Clinton, IL 61727
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-461/98008(DRP) AND EXERCISE OF
Dear Mr. MscFariand:
On May 28,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at your Clinton facility. The enclosed report
presents the results of that inspection.
During the period covered by this inspection, your conduct of activities at the Clinton facility was
generally characterized by safety conscious operations. However, continued deficiencies were
identified in the maintenance area involving the failure to follow or use procedures during
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activities performed on safety-related equipment.
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In addition, we are concemed about five violations of NRC requirements that were identified. In
the first instance, operators failed to recognize that the secondary containment draw down
surveillance test could not be substituted for a separate surveillance that required a verification
that all secondary containment manualisolation devices were closed every 31 days. In the
second violation, corrective actions for the first violation were not broadly applied to primary
containment manual isolation devices. Consequently, approximately 1.5 years elapsed before
you identified that all primary containment manual isolation devices were not being verified
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closed every 31 days. These two violations are of concem because they represent a failure to
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implement Technical Specifications as required.
In the third violation, maintenance personnel changed the scope and method of performance for
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the Division i emergency diesel generator load reactive meter calibration without approval from
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supervision or a revision to the maintenance work package. In the fourth violation, maintenance
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and engineering personnel performed testing on safety-related switchgear without an approved
procedure. The third and fourth violations are of concem because they represent continuing
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procedural adequacy and adherence problems. In the fifth violation, corrective actions were not
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developed following the maintenance personnelidentification of a number of problems with the
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air operated valve program. This violation is of concem because the good initiative of conducting
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an effective self-assessment was undermined by the failure to take adequate corrective actions
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I have been authorized, after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement and the
Regional Administrator, to exercise enforcement discretion for the violations in accordance
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with Section Vll.B.2, " Violations identified During Extended Shutdowns or Work Stoppages," of
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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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discretion was based on consideration of the following: (1) significant NRC enforcement action
was taken against the lilinois Power Company for corrective action program and procedural
adequacy and adherence problems; (2) additional enforcement action was not considered to be
necessary to achieve remedial action for the violations due to Clinton Power Station's
commitments in its Plan For Excellence to take actions to address the corrective action program
and procedural adequacy and adherence 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
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violations were not classified at a severity level higher than Severity Level ll; (5) the violations
were not willful; and (6) tilinois 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.
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in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, the
enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely,
John A. Grobe, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
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Docket No.: 50-461
License No.: NPF-62
Enclosure:
Inspection Report
50-461/98008(DRP)
cc w/ encl:
G. Hunger, Station Manager
R. Phares, Manager, Nuclear Safety
and Performance Improvement
J. Sipek, Director- Licensing
Nathan Schloss, Economist
Office of the Attomey General
G. Stramback, Regulatory Licensing
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Services Project Manager
General Electric Company
Chairman, DeWitt County Board
Gtate Liaison Officer
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Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
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was taken against the Illinois Power Company for corrective action program and procedural
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adequacy and adherence problems; (2) additional enforcement action was not considered to be
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necessary to achieve remedial action for the violations due to Clinton Power Station's
- commitments in its Plan For Excellence to take actions to address the corrective action program
and procedural adequacy and adherence 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 were not classified at a severity level higher than Severity Level 11; (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
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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, the
- enclosures, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely,
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John A. Grobe, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No.: 50-461
License No.: NPF-62
Enclosure:
Inspection Report
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50-461/98008(DRP)
cc w/ encl:
G. Hunger, Station Manager
R. Phares, Manager, Nuclear Safety
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J. Sipek, Director - Licensing
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Nathan Schloss, Economist
Office of the Attorney General
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G. Stramback, Regulatory Licensing
Services Project Manager '
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Chairman, DeWitt County Board
State Liaison Officer
Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
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