ML20141F723

Advises Util of Planned Insp Effort Resulting from LaSalle Station PPR Review.Review Conducted to Develop Integrated Understanding of Safety Performance at Plant

ML20141F723
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	05/09/1997
From:	Leach M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Subalusky W COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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NUDOCS 9705220024
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g g NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION @ CI-5- S REGloN 111 U "i [ 801 WARREPMLLE ROAD 0 - k,' ,lf USLE. ILUNOIS 60532-4351 j

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Mr. W. T. Subalusky, Jr.

Site Vice President LaSalle County Station .

Commor: wealth Edison Company .

J 2601 North 21st Road  !

Marse'lles, IL 61341

SUBJECT:

PLANT PERFORMANCE REVIEW (PPR) - LASALLE

Dear Mr. Subalusky:

5 On March 11,1997, the NRC staff completed the semiannual Plant Performance Review (PPR) of LaSalle Nuclear Station. The staff conducts these reviews for all operating l nuclear power plants to develop an integrated understanding of safety performance. The results are used by NRC m.inagement to facilitate planning and allocation of inspection resources. The PPR for LaSalle Station involved the participation of all techt.. cal divisions in evaluating inspection results and safety performance information for the period September 1996 through March 1997. Plant Performance Reviews provide NRC management with a current summary of licensas performance and serve as inputs to the NRC Systematic Assessment nf Licensee Perlmance (SALP) and senior mansgement meeting (SMM) reviews.

In our letter dated March 12,1997, issued after the previous PPR, we described the formation of a LaSalle Station oversight panel. This action was taken to ensure close NRC oversight of your actions to address performance issues, in addition, following the last SMM held January 14-15,1997, a letter was sent to Mr. James J. O'Connor on  !

January 27,1997, informing him of the NRC's concerns with LaSalle Station performance.

Since the previous PPR, we havn observed an increase in your staff's efforts to address probierr s et LaSalle Station. As indicated in Confirmatory Action Letter No. Rlll-96-008B, an NRL inspection will be conducted prior to restart of the lead unit. The oversight panel

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will continue its review of your staff's preparations for LaSalle Station restart and the l

continued implementation of performance improvement initiatives for Units 1 and 2.  !

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This letter advises you of our planned inspection effort resulting from the LaSalle Station PPR review. It is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. The enclosure details our inspection plan for approximately the next six months.

The rationale or basis for each inspection outside the core inspection program is provided so that you are aware of the reason for emphasis in these program areas. Resident and region-based project engineer inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature. In addition, a dedicated NRC engineering insp3ctor has been assigned to augment the resident inspector staff.

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. W. T. Subalusky, Jr. We willinform you of any changes to the inspection plan. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Marc L. Depas at (630) 829-9628.

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Melvyn N. Loach, Acting Deputy Director Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-373, 50 374 License Nos. NPF-11; NPF-18

Enclosure:

Inspection Plan I

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, W. T. Subalusky, Jr.  !

i cc w/ encl: T. J. Maiman, Senior Vice President i Nuclear Operations Division i D. A. Sager, Vice President,-

Generation Support H. W. Keiser, Chief Nuclear  ;

Operating Officer l F. Decimo, Plant General Manager ,

P. Barnes, Regulatory Assurance Supervisor *

l. Johnson, Acting Nuclear Regulatory Services Manager-Richard Hubbard .

Nathan Schloss, Economist Office of the Attorney General ,

State Liaison Officer  :

Chairman, lllinois Commerce l

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Document Control Desk Licensing Distnbution:

Docket File w/enci DRP w/ encl PUBLIC IE-01 w/enct Rill PRR w/enci i OC/LFDCB w/enci SRI LaSalle, Dresden,  !

CAA1 w/enci(E-mail) Quad Cities w/enci Project Manager, NRR w/ encl A. B. Beach, w/enci I RAC1 (E Mail) Deputy RA, w/ encl Rlli Enf. Coordinator, w/enci DRS (2) w/enci TSS w/enci j l

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Enclosure LASALLE STATION INSPECTION / ACTIVITY PLAN IP - Inspection Procedure Ti - Temporary Instruction Core inspection - Minimum NRC Inspection Program (mandatory all plants) i INSPECTION / TITLE / NUMBER OF NRC PLANNED TYPE OF ACTIVITY PROGRAM AREA INSPECTORS / DATES INSPECTION / ACTIVITY-lNDIVIDUALS COMMENTS IP 81700 Physical Security Program 1-2 June 9-13 Core Inspection l lP 86750 Solid Radwaste & 1-2 June 23-27 Core Inspection i Tl 2515/133 Transportation ,

IP 83750 Occupational Radiation 1-2 October 6-10 Core Inspection

> Exposure IP 81700 Physical Security Program 1-2 October 20-24 Core inspection IP 84750 Radwaste Treatment & 1-2 December 1-5 Core Inspection Effluent Monitoring IP 93802 Operational Readiness TBD TBD Regional Initiative

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• Regional Initiative Based Upon Previous Performance l

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