Headquarters Daily Report

                         MARCH 18, 1997

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PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED  MORNING REPORT - REGION I  MARCH 18, 1997

Licensee/Facility:                     Notification:

                                       MR Number: 1-97-0023
Eba Engineering, Inc.                  Date: 03/17/97
Baltimore,Maryland                                                        
License No: MD 07144-01  

Subject: STOLEN GAUGE IN MD (AGREEMENT STATE LICENSEE)                   

Discussion:

On March 17, 1997, officials from the Maryland Department of the         
Environment's (MDE) Radiological Health Program (RHP) contacted RI to    
report information about a stolen Troxler moisture density gauge, model  
3401B (SN18268), containing 8 mCi Cs-137 and 40 mCi Am-241. The gauge was
being used by a State licensee at a field site near the intersection of  
Routes 175 and 32, Odenton, Maryland (Anne Arundel County) when it was   
discovered missing on the morning of March 13, 1997.  The licensee, EBA  
Engineering, Inc., Baltimore, MD, notified MDE that afternoon.  First    
responders to the area on March 13, 1997, included the Anne Arundel      
County Police Department, their Emergency Response Unit, and a county    
helicopter flyover.  A press release was issued by Anne Arundel County.  
                                                                         
MDE dispatched an RHP inspector to the scene on March 14, 1997 to perform
radiation surveys and interview licensee personnel.  An event summary and
possible enforcement action is under development by RHP staff. The gauge 
remains missing.                                                         

Regional Action:

Will continue to monitor.  MDE is the responsible agency and is taking   
action.                                                                  

Contact:  Craig Gordon               (610)337-5216
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Licensee/Facility:                     Notification:

Commonwealth Edison Co.                MR Number: 3-97-0046
La Salle 1 2                           Date: 03/17/97
Marseilles,Illinois                    SRI VIA TELCON                     
Dockets: 50-373,50-374
BWR/GE-5,BWR/GE-5                     

Subject: OPERATING CREW FAILURES DURING SIMULATOR EXAMINATIONS           

Discussion:

During the week of March 10, 1997, as part of LaSalle's ongoing readiness
training program, the licensee conducted mid-term performance evaluations
for operating crews on the simulator. This was the first week of mid-term
evaluations. The scenarios were designed to test operator response to    
events involving the use of abnormal operating procedures (AOPs). The    
operating crew evaluated was split into Unit 1 and Unit 2 crews and both 
crews failed the scenarios. In addition, the licensee identified that    
three individuals demonstrated significant weaknesses. The licensee      
stated that the primary reason for the failures was that the operating   
crews and individuals did not meet performance standards for "command and
control" and "procedure adherence" and that the failures did not indicate
nuclear safety concerns.                                                 
                                                                         
The licensee's Performance Review Committee met on March 14, 1997, to    
evaluate these deficiencies for generic performance issues. As a result  
of this meeting, the licensee decided to drop one individual's license,  
and to conduct remediation training for the other two individuals, as    
well as the failed crews, before allowing them to resume shift duties.   
The licensee also suspended the current phase of the readiness training  
program and instead plans to conduct performance evaluations for the     
remainder of the operating crews commencing on March 21, 1997. The       
licensee plans to use the results of these evaluations to further develop
licensed operator remediation training plans.                            
                                                                         
Both LaSalle units have been shut down since September 1996. Unit 2      
remains in a defueled condition.                                         

Regional Action:

Regional operator licensing examiners will observe selected licensee     
performance evaluations of the operating crews and during the week of    
April 7, 1997, will conduct a review of the licensee's remediation plans.

Contact:  D. MCNEIL                  (630)829-9737
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