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| ML20136C081 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 03/06/1997 |
| From: | Hehl C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Danni Smith PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20136C086 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9703110257 | |
| Download: ML20136C081 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000352/1996010
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Mr. D. M. Smith, President
PECO Nuclear
Nuclear Group Headquarters
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Wayne, PA 19087-0195 j
SUBJECT: NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 50-352/96-10, 50-353/9610 AND
NOTICES OF VIOLATION
Dear Mr. Smith:
, This refers to the inspection conducted on December 17,1996 through February 3,1997,
at your Limerick 1 & 2 reactor facilities. The enclosed report presents the results of this
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During the 7-week inspection period, your conduct of activities at the Limerick 1 & 2 ,
facilities was generally characterized by safe and conservativre coerations. For instance, l
Unit 2 was shut down a day earlier than planned due to a slowiy inc: easing trend in the l
drywell unidentified coolant leakage rate. ;
The security program was reviewed during this period. The inspection consisted of
selective reviews of procedures and records, inspector observations, and interviews with
security personnel. The inspector datermined that you are implementing a security ;
program that effectively protects public health and safety. 1
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Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that violations of NRC
requirements occurred. These violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation j ;
(Notice) and the circumstances surrounding them are described in detailin the subject
inspection report. The first violation concerns an instance where a valve required to be j{)
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closed and deenergized was closed, but left energized for approximately three days. The
second violation involved an emergency diesel generator fuel oil storage tank level that '
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Additionally, both existed for a period of time during which other operators had
opportunities to identify and correct these errors. Your continued focus in these areas is
warranted.
The NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the violations, the
corrective actions taken and planned to correct the violations and prevent recurrence is
already adequately addressed on the docket in inspection Report No. 50-352, 353/96-10
dated February 26,1997. Therefore, you are not required to respond to this letter insofar
as these violations are concerned unless the description herein does not accurately reflect
your corrective actions or your position. In that case, or if you choose to provide
additional information, you should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice. !
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Additionally, an apparent violation was identified and is being considered for escalated
enforcement action in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for
NRC Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy), NilREG-1600. This issue involved
discrepancies in your methodology to reach and maintain the cold shutoown reactor
condition following certain postulated fires that affect operations from the control room.
The circumstances surrounding this apparent violation, the significance of the issues, and
the need for lasting and effective corrective action were discussed with members of your
staff at the inspection exit meeting on February 3,1997, and later on February 5,1997.
As a result, it may not be necessary to conduct a predecisional enforcement conference in
order to enable the NRC to make an enforcement decision. However, a Notice of Violation l
is not presently being issued for this irspection finding. Before the NRC makes its
enforcement decision, we are providing you an opportunity to either (1) respond to the
apparent violation addressed in this inspection report within 30 days of the date of this l
letter or (2) request a predecisional enforcement conference. Please contact Walter
Pasciak at 610-337-5258 within 7 days of the date of this letter to notify the NRC of your l
intended response. I
Your response should be clearly marked as a " Response to An Apparent Violation in ,
Inspection Report Nos. 50-352,353/96-10" and should include for each apparent violation:
(1) the reason for the apparent violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the
apparent violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved,
(3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when
full compliance will be achieved. Your response should be submitted under oath or ,
affirmation and may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the
correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate response is
not received within the time specified or an extension of time has not been granted by the
NRC, the NRC will proceed with :ts enforcement decision or schedule a predecisional
enforcement conference.
in addition, this is an opportunity fu you to point out any errors in our inspection report i
and for you to provide any infornation concerning your perspectives on 1' he severity of
the violations, 2) the application of the factors that the NRC considers wt ' .i it determines
the amount of a civil penalty that may be assessed in accordance with Section VI.B.2 of
the Enforcement Policy, and 3) any other application of the Enforcement Policy to this
case, including the exercise of discretion in accordance with Section Vll.
Please be advised that the number and characterization of apparent violations described in
the enclosed inspection report may change as a result of further NRC review. You will be
advised by separate correspondence of the results of our deliberations on this matter.
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n accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter
and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
Sincerely,
Original Signed By: )
Charles W. Hehl, Director I
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.: 50-352, 50-353
License Nos: NPF-39, NPF-85 l
Enclosures: ;
1. Notice of Violation !
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2. Inspection Report 50-352/96-10,50-353/96-10
cc w/encls:
G. A. Hunger, Jr., Chairman, Nuclear Review Board and Director - Licensing
W. MacFarland, Vice President - Limerick Generating Station
J. L. Kantner, Regulatory Engineer - Limerick Generating Station
Secretary, Nuclear Committee of the Board
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Distribution w/encls:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
K. Gallagher, DRP
D. Screnci, ! AO
NRC Resident inspector
PUBLIC
Distribution w/encis: (Via E-Mail)
W. Dean, OEDO
' F. Rinaldi, NRR
J. Stolz, PDI-2, NRR
Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
R. Corrcia, NRR
D. Toylor, NRR
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DOCUMENT NAME: a: LIM 9610.lNS
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Distribution w/encls:
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j PUBLIC , Distribution w/encls: (Via E Mail)
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DOCUMENT NAME: a: LIM 9610.lNS
To receive a copy of this document, in the box: "C* = Copy without attachment / enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment / enclosure
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OFFICE Rl/DRP/g Rl/DRP, y
NAME PASClKKy HEHt4*/
DATE 03/03/97 03/6/97
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