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                    Mr. W. G. MacFarland IV                                                                                                              '
Senior Vice President
                    Senior Vice President
Clinton Power Station
                    Clinton Power Station
lilinois Power Company
                    lilinois Power Company                                                                                                               !
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Post Office Box 678
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Clinton, IL 61727
                    Clinton, IL 61727
SUBJECT:
                    SUBJECT:           CLINTON INSPECTION REPORT 50-461/98017(DRP) AND                                                                   i
CLINTON INSPECTION REPORT 50-461/98017(DRP) AND
                                        NOTICE OF VIOLATION                                                                                               ,
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                    Dear Mr. MacFarland:
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
                    On October 1,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at the Clinton Power Station. .Tne                   .
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Dear Mr. MacFarland:
                    enclosed report presents the results of that inspection. During the period covered by this
On October 1,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at the Clinton Power Station. .Tne
                    inspection, the conduct of activities at the Clinton facility was generally characterized by
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                    continued deficiencies involving Technical Specification implementation and ineffective
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                    corrective actions for conditions adverse to quality.
enclosed report presents the results of that inspection. During the period covered by this
                    Two examples of a failure to take adequate corrective actions for conditions adverse to quality
inspection, the conduct of activities at the Clinton facility was generally characterized by
                    were identified. In the first example, you identified that corrective actions taken from
continued deficiencies involving Technical Specification implementation and ineffective
                    September 1990 to April 1998, to improve the timely performance of safety screenings or.
corrective actions for conditions adverse to quality.
                    evaluations for disabled or out-of-service annunciators were not fully effective. In
Two examples of a failure to take adequate corrective actions for conditions adverse to quality
                    September 1998, NRC inspectors identified that corrective actions had yet to be developed and                                       ;
were identified. In the first example, you identified that corrective actions taken from
                    impicmented for this issue. As a result, multiple disabicd or out-of-service annunciators had not                                 j-
September 1990 to April 1998, to improve the timely performance of safety screenings or.
                    been evaluated to ensure that the degraded conditions did not constitute defacto changes to                                   /g    ;
evaluations for disabled or out-of-service annunciators were not fully effective. In
                    the facility as described in the Updated Safety Analysis Report. In the second example, NRC
September 1998, NRC inspectors identified that corrective actions had yet to be developed and
                                                                                                                                                    -
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impicmented for this issue. As a result, multiple disabicd or out-of-service annunciators had not
                                                                                                                                                          '
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                    inspectors identified that you closed four out of ten engineering department condition reports
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                    without either determining the apparent cause for the issue or the extent of the condition or
been evaluated to ensure that the degraded conditions did not constitute defacto changes to
                    developing corrective actions to address the apparent cause. Improvements in the corrective                                         i
the facility as described in the Updated Safety Analysis Report. In the second example, NRC
                    action program will continue to be monitored as part of the NRC's Manual Chapter 0350, Case                                           !
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                    Specific Checklist item 111.1, " Establish and Implement Actions to Achieve and Sustain
inspectors identified that you closed four out of ten engineering department condition reports
                      improvement in the Corrective Action Program."                                                                                     j
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                    = We are concerned about one violation of NRC requirements that was identified during the                                             l
without either determining the apparent cause for the issue or the extent of the condition or
                      inspection regarding the failure of technicians to announce area radiation monitor annunciators                                     !
developing corrective actions to address the apparent cause. Improvements in the corrective
                  ' to the control room supervisor. This violation is of concern becaut,e important information                                           1
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;'                   regarding the status of safety-related components and systems was not being communicated to
action program will continue to be monitored as part of the NRC's Manual Chapter 0350, Case
                    the control room staff and this was apparently a routine practice for certain annunciators rather
Specific Checklist item 111.1, " Establish and Implement Actions to Achieve and Sustain
                    than a one-time' occurrence. The violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the                                     j
improvement in the Corrective Action Program."
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= We are concerned about one violation of NRC requirements that was identified during the
inspection regarding the failure of technicians to announce area radiation monitor annunciators
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' to the control room supervisor. This violation is of concern becaut,e important information
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regarding the status of safety-related components and systems was not being communicated to
the control room staff and this was apparently a routine practice for certain annunciators rather
than a one-time' occurrence. The violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the
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circumstances surrounding the violation are described in detail in toe enclosed report. The
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                      circumstances surrounding the violation are described in detail in toe enclosed report. The                                          l
NRC has concluded that information regarding the reasons for the violation, the corrective
                      NRC has concluded that information regarding the reasons for the violation, the corrective
actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent recurrence, and the date
                      actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent recurrence, and the date
when full compliance will be achieved, is already adequately addressed in the enclosed report.
                      when full compliance will be achieved, is already adequately addressed in the enclosed report.
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          W. MacFarland                                                           -2-
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          Therefore, you are not required to respond to this letter unless the description therein does not
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          accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position in that case, or if you ch1ose to
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          provide additional information, you should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed
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          Notice,
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          in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, the
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          enclosures, and your response to this letter, if you should choose to respond, will be placed in
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          the NRC Public Document Room.
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                                                                                Sincerely,
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                                                                                                                                                    !
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                                                                                Marc L. Dapas, Deputy Director
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                                                                                Division of Reactor Projects
,
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W. MacFarland
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Therefore, you are not required to respond to this letter unless the description therein does not
accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position in that case, or if you ch1ose to
provide additional information, you should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed
Notice,
in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, the
enclosures, and your response to this letter, if you should choose to respond, will be placed in
the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely,
Marc L. Dapas, Deputy Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No.: 50-461
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          Docket No.: 50-461
License No.: NPF-62
          License No.: NPF-62
Enclosures:
          Enclosures:             1.           Notice of Violation                                                                                 i
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                                  2.           Inspection Report 50-461/98017(DRP)                                                                 I
Notice of Violation
          cc w/encis:             G. Hunger, Station Manager
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                                  R. Phares, Manager, Nuclear Safety
2.
                                    and Performance Improvement
Inspection Report 50-461/98017(DRP)
                                  J. Sipek, Director - Licensing
cc w/encis:
                                  Nathan Schloss, Economist
G. Hunger, Station Manager
                                    Office of the Attorney General
R. Phares, Manager, Nuclear Safety
                                  G. Stramback, Regulatory Licensing
and Performance Improvement
                                    Services Project Ma,1ager
J. Sipek, Director - Licensing
                                    General Electric Company
Nathan Schloss, Economist
                                  Chairman, DeWitt County Board
Office of the Attorney General
                                  State Liaison Officer
G. Stramback, Regulatory Licensing
                                  Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
Services Project Ma,1ager
                                                                                            S_EE PREVIOUS CONCURRENCE
General Electric Company
          DOCUMENT NAME: G:\ CLIN \CLl98107.DRP
Chairman, DeWitt County Board
          To receive a copy of this document. Indicate in the box "C" = Copy without attach /enet "E" = Copy with attach /enci "N" = No copy
State Liaison Officer
              OFF!CE           Rlli                             Rill                       ]
Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
              NAME             TKozak:ml                       MDapas Mh
S_EE PREVIOUS CONCURRENCE
              DATE               10/ /98                         10d98                                                                 l
DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\ CLIN \\CLl98107.DRP
                                                                OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
To receive a copy of this document. Indicate in the box "C" = Copy without attach /enet "E" = Copy with attach /enci "N" = No copy
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OFF!CE
Rlli
Rill
MDapas Mh
NAME
TKozak:ml
DATE
10/ /98
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          W. MacFarland                                                             -2-
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          Therefore, you are not required to respond to this letter unless the description therein does not
. - . .
          accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position. In that case, or if you choose to
. . . . .
          provide additional iriformation, you should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed                                           j
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          Notice.
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          In accordance with 10 CFR 2790 of the NRC's '' Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, the
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          enclosures, and your response to this letter, if you should choose to respond, will be placed in
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          the NRC Public Document Room.
..
                                                                                Sincerely,
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                                                                                                                                                  1
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                                                                                Marc L. Dapas, Deputy Director
.
                                                                                Division of Reactor Projects
W. MacFarland
          Docket No.: 50-461
-2-
          License No.: NPF-62
Therefore, you are not required to respond to this letter unless the description therein does not
          Enclosures:             1.       Notice of Violation
accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position. In that case, or if you choose to
                                2.         Inspection Report 50-461/98017(DRP)
provide additional iriformation, you should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed
          cc w/ enc!s:           G. Hunger, Station Manager
Notice.
                                  R. Phares, Manager, Nuclear Safety
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                                      and Performance Improvement
In accordance with 10 CFR 2790 of the NRC's '' Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, the
                                J. Sipek, Director - Licensing
enclosures, and your response to this letter, if you should choose to respond, will be placed in
                                Nathan Schloss, Economist
the NRC Public Document Room.
                                    Office of the Attorney General
Sincerely,
                                G. Stramback, Regulatory Licensing
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:                                    Services Project Manager
Marc L. Dapas, Deputy Director
                                    General Electric Company
Division of Reactor Projects
                                Chairman, DeWitt County Board
Docket No.: 50-461
                                State Liaison Officer
License No.: NPF-62
                                Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
Enclosures:
          DOCUMENT NAME: G:\ CLIN \CLl98107.DRP
1.
          To receive a coprof this document. 6ndicate m the box "c" = copy without attach /enci"E" = Copy with attach /enci "N" = No copy
Notice of Violation
            OFFICE           Rlli                   h      Rlli
2.
            NAME             TKozak:mlM/                   MDapas
Inspection Report 50-461/98017(DRP)
            DATE             10/p/98                       10/ /98
cc w/ enc!s:
                                                              OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
G. Hunger, Station Manager
                                                                                                                                      .
R. Phares, Manager, Nuclear Safety
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and Performance Improvement
J. Sipek, Director - Licensing
Nathan Schloss, Economist
Office of the Attorney General
G. Stramback, Regulatory Licensing
Services Project Manager
:
General Electric Company
Chairman, DeWitt County Board
State Liaison Officer
Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\ CLIN \\CLl98107.DRP
To receive a coprof this document. 6ndicate m the box "c" = copy without attach /enci"E" = Copy with attach /enci "N" = No copy
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OFFICE
Rlli
Rlli
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                RPC (E-Mail)
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                Project Mgr., NRR w/encls
Distribution:
          ,
RPC (E-Mail)
                J Caldwell, Rlli w/encls
Project Mgr., NRR w/encls
                C. Pederson, Rlil wiencls
J Caldwell, Rlli w/encls
                B. Clayton, Rlli w/encls
,
                SRI Clinton w/encls
C. Pederson, Rlil wiencls
                DRP w/encls :
B. Clayton, Rlli w/encls
                TSS w/encls
SRI Clinton w/encls
                DRS (2) w/ enc!s
DRP w/encls :
                Rlli PRR w/encls
TSS w/encls
                PUBLIC IE-01 w/encls
DRS (2) w/ enc!s
                Docket File w/encls -
Rlli PRR w/encls
                GREENS
PUBLIC IE-01 w/encls
                LEO (E-Mail)
Docket File w/encls -
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Forwards Insp Rept 50-461/98-17 on 980819-1001 & Notice of Violation Re Failure to Take Adequate Corrective Actions for Conditions Adverse to Quality Were Identified
ML20155E691
Person / Time
Site: Clinton Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 10/30/1998
From: Dapas M
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Walter MacFarland
ILLINOIS POWER CO.
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ML20155E696 List:
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See also: IR 05000461/1998017

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CLINTON INSPECTION REPORT 50-461/98017(DRP) AND

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Dear Mr. MacFarland:

On October 1,1998, the NRC completed an inspection at the Clinton Power Station. .Tne

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enclosed report presents the results of that inspection. During the period covered by this

inspection, the conduct of activities at the Clinton facility was generally characterized by

continued deficiencies involving Technical Specification implementation and ineffective

corrective actions for conditions adverse to quality.

Two examples of a failure to take adequate corrective actions for conditions adverse to quality

were identified. In the first example, you identified that corrective actions taken from

September 1990 to April 1998, to improve the timely performance of safety screenings or.

evaluations for disabled or out-of-service annunciators were not fully effective. In

September 1998, NRC inspectors identified that corrective actions had yet to be developed and

impicmented for this issue. As a result, multiple disabicd or out-of-service annunciators had not

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been evaluated to ensure that the degraded conditions did not constitute defacto changes to

the facility as described in the Updated Safety Analysis Report. In the second example, NRC

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inspectors identified that you closed four out of ten engineering department condition reports

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without either determining the apparent cause for the issue or the extent of the condition or

developing corrective actions to address the apparent cause. Improvements in the corrective

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action program will continue to be monitored as part of the NRC's Manual Chapter 0350, Case

Specific Checklist item 111.1, " Establish and Implement Actions to Achieve and Sustain

improvement in the Corrective Action Program."

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= We are concerned about one violation of NRC requirements that was identified during the

inspection regarding the failure of technicians to announce area radiation monitor annunciators

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regarding the status of safety-related components and systems was not being communicated to

the control room staff and this was apparently a routine practice for certain annunciators rather

than a one-time' occurrence. The violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation, and the

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circumstances surrounding the violation are described in detail in toe enclosed report. The

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NRC has concluded that information regarding the reasons for the violation, the corrective

actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent recurrence, and the date

when full compliance will be achieved, is already adequately addressed in the enclosed report.

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Therefore, you are not required to respond to this letter unless the description therein does not

accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position in that case, or if you ch1ose to

provide additional information, you should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed

Notice,

in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, the

enclosures, and your response to this letter, if you should choose to respond, will be placed in

the NRC Public Document Room.

Sincerely,

Marc L. Dapas, Deputy Director

Division of Reactor Projects

Docket No.: 50-461

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License No.: NPF-62

Enclosures:

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Notice of Violation

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Inspection Report 50-461/98017(DRP)

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G. Hunger, Station Manager

R. Phares, Manager, Nuclear Safety

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J. Sipek, Director - Licensing

Nathan Schloss, Economist

Office of the Attorney General

G. Stramback, Regulatory Licensing

Services Project Ma,1ager

General Electric Company

Chairman, DeWitt County Board

State Liaison Officer

Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission

S_EE PREVIOUS CONCURRENCE

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\ CLIN \\CLl98107.DRP

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Therefore, you are not required to respond to this letter unless the description therein does not

accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position. In that case, or if you choose to

provide additional iriformation, you should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed

Notice.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2790 of the NRC's Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, the

enclosures, and your response to this letter, if you should choose to respond, will be placed in

the NRC Public Document Room.

Sincerely,

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Marc L. Dapas, Deputy Director

Division of Reactor Projects

Docket No.: 50-461

License No.: NPF-62

Enclosures:

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Notice of Violation

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Inspection Report 50-461/98017(DRP)

cc w/ enc!s:

G. Hunger, Station Manager

R. Phares, Manager, Nuclear Safety

and Performance Improvement

J. Sipek, Director - Licensing

Nathan Schloss, Economist

Office of the Attorney General

G. Stramback, Regulatory Licensing

Services Project Manager

General Electric Company

Chairman, DeWitt County Board

State Liaison Officer

Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\ CLIN \\CLl98107.DRP

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