B16188, Responds to NRC 961024 Order to Develop,Submit & Begin Implementing Comprehensive Plan Addressing Root Causes of Past Performance Failures

Responds to NRC 961024 Order to Develop,Submit & Begin Implementing Comprehensive Plan Addressing Root Causes of Past Performance Failures

ML20147B424
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Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	01/22/1997
From:	Goebel D NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO., NORTHEAST UTILITIES SERVICE CO.
To:	Miraglia F NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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B16188, NUDOCS 9701310329
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1 "l\ Northeas( 107 weo sme, sum 06037 Utilities System Northeast Utuide. Senia company l

P.O. Box 270 i llattford, CT 06141-0270 (fs60) 665 5000 January 22,1997 Docket Nos. 50-245 50-336 50-423 B16188 I l

F. J. Miraglia, Acting Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 4

Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit Nos.1,2, and 3 ,

Response to Order dated October 24.1996 I By Order dated October 24,1996, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission required, i among other things, that Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (NNECO), within 60 days, develop, submit for NRC review and begin to implement a comprehensive plan for (a) reviewing and dispositioning safety issues raised by  ;

ernployees and (b) ensuring that employees who raise safety concerns are not '

subject to discrimination. The plan is required to address the root causes of past performance failures as described in NU's July 12, 1996, Report of the l Fundamental Cause Assessment Team and the NRC's September 1996 report of Millstone Independent Review Group, with the objective of meeting a goal of achieving a safety-conscious ervironment.

Since the issuance of the Order, NU has been engaged in developing a comprehensive plan to address the issues identified regarding our workplace environment and management oversight of these matters, as well as to respond to the NRC's Order. Our letter dated December 20, 1996, noted that an Employee Concems Task Force (ECTF) had been formed to wwbp the comprehensive plan and requested an additional 30 days to finalize '.;,eir work.

The ECTF has since submitted a report containing their recommendations for a comprehensive plan to NU senior management. We are now evaluating these recommendations.

In our response dated November 13,1996, consenting to the Order, we noted that the Order provides that for good cause the schedule may be altered by the

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' perform, in a deliberate manner, our evaluation of the comprehensive plan recommended by the ECTF, NNECO requests an extension to submit and begin implementation of the comprehensive plan to no later than February 4,1997.

Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this request.

Very truly yours THEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY David M. Goebel Vice President, Nuclear Oversight cc: W. D. Travers, Dr., Director, Special Projects Office H. J. Miller, Region 1 Administrator P. F. McKee, Deputy Director of Licensing, Special Projects Office W. D. Lanning, Director, Millstone Oversight Team S Dembek, NRC Project Manager, Millstone Unit No.1 D. G. Mcdonald, Jr., NRC Project Manager, Millstone Unit No. 2 J. W. Andersen, NRC Project Manager, Millstone Unit No. 3 T. A. Easlick, Senior Resident inspector, Millstone Unit No.1 Senior Resident inspector, Millstone Unit No. 2 A. C. Cerne, Senior Resident inspector, Millstone Unit No. 3 Mr. H. L. Thompson, Executive Director for Operations Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Assistant General Counsel for Hearings and Enforcement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Document Control Desk, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 l