ML20247N996
| ML20247N996 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | U.S. Geological Survey, LaSalle |
| Issue date: | 05/15/1998 |
| From: | Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Kingsley O COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| References | |
| 50-373-96-11, 50-374-96-11, NUDOCS 9805270293 | |
| Download: ML20247N996 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000373/1996011
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Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley
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Commonwealth Edison Company
ATTN. Regulatory Services
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1400 Opus Place, Suite 500
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SUBJECT:
CLARIFICATION OF RESPONSE TO INSPECTION REPORT NO.
50-373/96011(DRS); 50-374/96011(DRS) REGARDING SYSTEM
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ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENTS AND ENGINEERING ASSURANCE GROUP
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Dear Mr. Kingsley:
This acknowledges receipt of your letter dated April 10,1998, notifying us of a clarification to a
commitment made in your letter dated January 10,1997, in response to issues identified in'
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NRC inspection report 50-373/96011(DRS); 50-374/96011(DRS).
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In your original response, bullet 1 discussed " system qualifications for all System Engineering
personnel for assigned systems in accordance with plant procedures (all systems will be
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assigned)." Your clarification to this response was that the intent of this action was to have a
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system engineer assigned to all systems that have a Maintenance Rule function, are
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safety-related, or are PRA significant.
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in addition, bullet 2 discussed the Engineering Assurance Group (EAG) functions and identified
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that EAG reviews would be "in-line for the following engineering products: safety evaluations,
operability evaluations, technical specification clarifications, root cause reports, selected design
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packages, selected material evaluations, LERs, and regulatory submittals." Your clarification to
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this response was that some of the reviews identified above were not in the EAG charter as
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in-line, but rather final product reviews; and that some reviews were assigned to other
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organizations and therefore would not be reviewed by the EAG.
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We have reviewed your clarification to the response originally submitted and have no further
questions at this time. This change will be examined during future inspections.
Sincerely,
original /s/ J. A. Grobe
John A. Grobe, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-373; 50-374
Enclosure: Lir dtd 4/10/98 from F. Dacimo,
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M. Wallace, Senior Vice President
D. Helwig, Senior Vice President
G. Stanley, PWR Vice President
J. Perry, BWR Vice President
D. Farrar, Regulatory
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F. Dacimo, Site Vice President
T. O'Connor, Station Manager
P. Bames, Regulatory Assurance
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Chairman, Illinois Commerce
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United Gtates Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Attention: Document Control Desk
Washington, D.C. 20555
Subject:
Supplemental Response to NRC INSPECTION
REPORT NO. 50-373/96011; 50-374/96011 (DRS)
LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2
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Facility Operating License NPF-11 and NPF-18
NRC Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374
References:
(1)
G.E. Grant Letter to W.T. Subalusky, dated
November 15,1996, Transmitting NRC
Inspection Report 373/374/-96011
(2)
W.T. Subalusky letter to USNRC, dated
January 10,1997, Transmitting Response to
NRC Inspection Report 373/374/-96011
The Reference 2 letter responded to a number of violations identified in the
Reference 1 Inspection Report. The purpose of this letter is to clarify a
number of the actions that were descr! bed as being developed for
implementation in January 1997.
Specifically, on page 7 of the Reference 2 letter, LaSalle summarized the
most important of the improvement efforts that would be implemented prior
to restart of Unit 1. LaSalle indicated that detailed action steps for each of
these areas was being prepared. These action steps were included in the
LaSalle County Restart Plan.
Based on the implementation of the Restart Plan, LaSalle must clarify the
intent of two actions listed on page 7 of the Reference 2 letter.
Bullet 1 discusses " system qualifications for all System Engineering
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personnel for assigned systems in accordance with plant procedures
(all systems will be assigned)."
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The intent of this action was to have a System Engineer
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assigned to all systems that have a Maintenance Rule function,
are safety-related or are PRA significant. Systems have been
assigned based on this criteria.
Bullet 2 discusses the Engineering Assurance Group (EAG) functions.
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It identified that reviews would be "in-line for the following engineering
products: Safety Evaluations, Operability Evaluations, Technical
Specification Clarifications, Root Cause Reports, selected design
packages, selected material evaluations, LERs,. regulatory
submittals."
As the EAG Charter was developed in early 1997, some of the
reviews indicated above were not included in the EAG Charter or
were assigned to be completed by another organization.
The Corrective Action Review Board is responsible for in-line
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reviews of root cause reports. As such, the EAG does not
perform these reviews.
" Selected design packages" and " selected material
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evaluations" are not reviewed in-line. Per the EAG Charter,
selected reviews of final design packages and material
evaluations are completed by the EAG.
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The EAG Charter was not clear on the scope of " regulatory
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submittals". This has been defined as License Amendment
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Requests.
If there are any questions or comments conceming this letter, please refer
them to Harry Pontious, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (815) 357-6761,
extension 2383.
Res
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Fred R. Dacimo
Site Vice President
LaSalle County Station
cc: VA. B. Beach, NRC Region 111 Administrator
M. P. Huber, NRC Senior Resident inspector - LaSalle
D. M. Skay, Project Manager - NRR - LaSalle
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