ML20216C253

Notice of Violation from Insp on 971224-980210.Violation Noted:From 971216-20,both Standby Gas Treatment Subsystems Inoperable & Unit 1 Remained in Mode 1 & Not Placed in Hot Shutdown Condition within 12 H

ML20216C253
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	03/06/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20216C246	List: ML20216C241 ML20216C253 ML20216C260
References
50-254-97-28, 50-265-97-28, NUDOCS 9803130352
Download: ML20216C253 (2)

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e NOTICE OF VIOt.ATION Commonwealth Edison Company Docket Nos.: 50-254; 50-265 Quad Cities Station, Units 1 and 2 Ucense Nos.: DPR-29; DPR-30 During an NRC inspection conducted December 24,1997, through FebnJary 10,1998, two violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed beloW"

1. Quad Cities Technical Specification 3.7.P.2 requires that with both standby gas treatment subsystems inoperable in Operational Mode 1, at least one subsystem be restored to Operable status within one hour, or the unit be in at least hot shutdown within the next 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> and in cold shutdown within the following 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.

Contrary to the above, from December 16,1997, through December 20,1997, both standby gas treatment subsystems were inoperable, and Unit i remained la Mode 1 and was not placed in a hot shutdown condition within 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> or in cold shutdown within the following 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1). (50-254/97028-01)

2. Title 10 CFR 50.59(a)(1), " Changes, Tests and Experiments," allows, in part, the holder of a license to make changes to the facility as described in the safety analysis report (SAR),

without prior Commission approval, unless the change involves an unreviewed safety question.

Title 10 CFR 50.59(b)(1), requires, in part, that the licensee maintain records of changes in the facility to the extent that these changes constitute changes in the facility as described in the SAR. These records must include a written safety evaluation which provides the bases for the determination that the change does not involve an unreviewed safety question.

The Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR), Section 9.4.5.B stated, "A fan with a capacity of 1200 feet */ minute supplies u to the % diesel generator room."

Contrary to the above, since August 30,1994, the licensee changed the facility as described in the UFSAR, Section 9.4.5.B when Out-of-Service 15580 resulted in the removal of the normal ventilation fan to the % diesel generator room from service, without completing a written safety evaluation which provides the bases for the determination that the change in the facility did not involve an unreviewed safety question.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1). (50-265/97028-03)

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Commonwealth Edison is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:

Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region lil, 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). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation or 9803130352 980306 PDR ADOCK 05000254 G PDR

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Notice of Volation severity level; (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved; (3) the I corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations; and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, j or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, -

consideration will be given to extending the response time.

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

l Because your response will be placed in the NRC PubFc Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, 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 identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you muni specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the informatior, 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 protect. ion described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 6th day of March 1998 1

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