IR 05000352/1998008

Discusses licensee-identified Issue Involving Potential for Bypass of Suppression Pool as Documented in Insp Repts 50-352/98-08 & 50-353/98-08.NOV Will Not Be Issued & Civil Penalty Will Not Be Proposed

ML20196D401
Person / Time
Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	11/23/1998
From:	Hehl C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Rainey G PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
References
50-352-98-08, 50-352-98-8, 50-353-98-08, 50-353-98-8, EA-98-503, NUDOCS 9812020222
Download: ML20196D401 (3)

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EA 98-503 Mr. G. Rainey, President PECO Nuclear Nuclear Group Headquarters Correspondence Control Desk P.O. Box 195 Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087-0195 SUBJECT: EXERCISE OF ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION RELATED TO NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-352 & 353/98-08

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Dear Mr. Rainey:

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On October 17,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at the Limerick Generating Station and documented the results in inspection report 50-352 & 353/98-08.

In the inspection report, the NRC reviewed a licensee-identified issue involving the potential for bypass of the suppression pool. This issue is a violation of NRC requirements, which could be considered for escalated enforcement and be subject to a civil penalty. However, after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement and the Regional Administrator, I have been authorized to exercise discretion to not issue a Notice of Violation and not propose a civil penalty in accordance with the provisions provided in NRC Enforcement Policy, Section Vll.B.3, Violations involving Old Design issues. This decision was made after consideration that: (1) the violation was identified by your staff's good questioning attitude during voluntary initiatives; (2) corrective actions were comprehensive and timely; (3) the conditions were subtle in nature and not likely to be disclosed through routine surveillance or quality assurance activities; and (4) the violation is not reasonably linked to l current performance. The exercise of discretion acknowledges your good effort to identify !

and correct subtle violations, that would not be identified by routine efforts, before the degraded safety systems are called upon.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).

We appreciate your cooperation. i

Sincerely,

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