ML20236X079
| ML20236X079 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Clinton  |
| Issue date: | 07/24/1998 |
| From: | Callan L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Bayless C ILLINOIS POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9808070099 | |
| Download: ML20236X079 (3) | |
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July 24, 1998 Mr. Charles E. Bayless Chief Executive Officer Illinois Power Company 500 South 27th Street Decatur,IL 62525
Dear Mr. Bayless:
On July 14 and 15,1998, NRC senior managers met to evaluate nuclear safety performance of operating reactors. fuel cycle facilitic.s, and other materials licensees. The NRC conducts this meeting periodically to determine if the safety performance of variour licensees exhibits sufficient weaknesses to warrant increased NRC attention or if it is trending adversely and requires steps be taken to communicate concerns to the utility's president or board of directors.
At the July 1998 Senior Management Meeting (SMM), the Clinton Power Station (CPS) was discussed.
The CPS remains on the NRC Watch List as a Category 2 plant. Plants in this category have been identified as having weaknesses that warrant increased NRC attention until tne licensee demonstrates a period of improved performance. A summary of NRC discussions related to CPS follows:
The NRC senior managers focused on the numerous Watch List removal matrix criteria that the plant had not yet achieved. They discussed Illinois Power's organizational changes and decision to extend the shutdown in order to complete human and hardware improvements, such as those associated with the electrical breaker and degraded voltage concerns. It was noted that while management oversight at the facility had improved and a new comprehensive recovery plan and corrective action program had ;
been developed, equipment condition and human performance problems continued to i surface since the last SMM, indicating that these programs were still in the early stages of implementation. NRC performance indicators revealed several concerns including
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long-standing design issues. The senior managers determined that there was a continued need for high level NRC attention at this site.
Dr. Carl J. Paperiello, the Acting NRC Region ill Administrator, has discussed the bases for our conclusions with regard to the Clinton Power Station with members of your staff.
An NRC Commission meeting, open to the public, is scheduled to be held in the Commissioners' Conference Room in Rockville, Maryland, on July 29,1998, to review the results of the latest meeting c,f the NRC senior managers.
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i Charles Mr. E. Bayless 2 l If you have any questions regarding this matter, do not hesitate to call me.
Sincerely,
'. J seph Callan l- Ext utive Director for Operations Docket No.: 50-461 cc: See next page l
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WalterG. MacFarland Chairman of DeWitt County
. Senior Vice President clo County Clerk's Office l Clinton Nuclear Power Station DeWitt County Courthouse l l
Mail Code V-275 Clinton,IL 61727 P.O. Box 678 !
- Clinton,IL 61727 State Liaison Officer ;
State of Illinois '
G. Hunger 1035 Outer Park Drive Station Manager Spnngfield,IL. 62704 l Clinton Nuclear Power Station '
Mail Code V-275 Chairman P O Box 678 IL Comme.ce Commission ;
- Clinton IL 61727 P O Box 19280 Springfield IL 62794-9820 l Richard F. Phares i Manager Nuclear Assessment Nathan Schloss Clinton Nuclear Power Station Office of the Attomey General i Mail Code V-275 Public Utilities Division P.O. Box 678 100 West Randolph 12th Floor Clinton,IL 61727 ChicagoIL 60601 J. Sipek l Director - Licensing Clinton Power Station P O Box 678 Mail Code V-920 l
Clinton,IL 61727 l Regional Administrator, Region 111 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 i
Senior Resident inspector U.S. Nuciear Regulatory Commission RRW3, Box 229 A Clinton,IL 61727 G. Stramback Regulatory Licensing Service Project Manager General Electric Company 175 Curtner Avenue, M/C 382 San Jose, CA 95125