ML20247P455

Notice of Violation from Insp on 971014-980415.Violation Noted:On 971215,inspector Identified That Licensee Failed to Provide Training of Personnel Performing Activities Affecting Quality

ML20247P455
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	05/15/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20247P436	List: IR 05000254/1997023 ML20247P455
References
50-254-97-23, 50-265-97-23, NUDOCS 9805280016
Download: ML20247P455 (2)

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Commonwealth Edison Company Docket Nos. 50-254; 50-265 Quad Cities Station, Units 1 and 2 License Nos. DPR-29; DPR-30 During an NRC inspection completed on October 14,1997, to April 15,1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and .

Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

l 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion ll, " Quality Assurance Program," required, in part, that the licensee's quality assurance program shall provide for indoctrination and training of personnel performing activities affecting quality as necessary to assure that suitable proficiency is achieved and maintained.

Contrary to the above, A. On December 15,1997, the inspector identified that the licensee failed to provide training of personnel performing activities affecting quality as necessary to assure that

suitable proficiency was achieved and maintained. Specifically, the inspector identified one individual assigned in the Unit 1 battery charger room to implement compensatory actions, who could not readily identify the correct breakers as delineated in Quad Cities Annunciator Procedure (QCOA) 0010-12. " Fire / Explosion," Revision 7, Attachment D.

I B. On December 9,13-16,1997, the licensee failed to provide training of personnel performing activities affecting quality as necessary to assure that suitable proficiency was achieved and maintained. Specifically, the licensee identified that three individuals did not pass the written examinations prior to being assigned to perform compensatory actions in the plant. These examinations were administered to ascertain that personnel, j who would operate safety-related breakers in an event of a fire, had suitable proficiency i

to perform such activities.

j This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).

i j ._The NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the violation, the corrective j

!. ' actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent recurrence and the date when l

! full compliance was achieved is already adequately addressed on the docket in this inspection l l report 50-254/265-97023. However, you are required to submit a written statement or l l explanation pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201 if the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position, in that case, or if you choose to respond, clearly mark your _,

response as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation," and send it to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory  ;

Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 2055 with a copy to the l Regional Administrator, Region Ill, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).

If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United Stated Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

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j_ Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent

i. possible, it should not include any personal privacy, propriety, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your

' - response that identified the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deleted such information, if you request withholding of such material, you must

- specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in i detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will L created an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10

( CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 15th day of May 1998 i

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