IR 05000237/1993004
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| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 02/24/1993 |
| From: | Mccormickbarge, Simons H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| 50-237-93-04, 50-237-93-4, 50-249-93-04, 50-249-93-4, NUDOCS 9303030100 | |
| Download: ML17179A752 (9) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I I I Reports No.
50~237/93004(DRSS)~* 50-249/93004(DRSS)
Dockets No. 50-237; 50-249
Commonwealth Edison Company Opus West I II 1400 Opus Place Downers Grove, IL 60515 Facility Name:
Dr~sden Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 Inspection At:
Dresden Site, Dresden, Illinois Inspection Conducted:
February_8 ~ 16, 1993 Inspector: ~Ul1P~!k.rn r Approved By:. ;ftU fYJ~~~
- W. McCormick-BargerJChief Emergency Preparedness and Non-Power Re~ctor Section.
Inspection Summary Date,
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Inspection on February 8-16. 1993 (Reports No. 50-237/93004(DRSS};
50-249/93004CDRSS))
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Areas Inspected:
Routine, announced inspection of the operational status of Dresden's emergency preparedness program including a review of actual events (IP 82701)..
Results:
No violations or deviations were identified.
The licensee continued to have a well maintained emergency preparedness (EP) program.* The Technical Support Center had been enlarged and the Operational Support Center (OSC) was reloc~ted to a larger space with a dedic~ted ~mergency offic~ for the OSC Director.
The licensee had revised and upgraded all the emergency plan implementing procedures. *
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-DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted R. Flahive, Technical Superintendent E. Carroll, Regulatory Assurance D. Sharper, Em~rgency Preparedness (EP) Supervisor B. Mayer. EP Coordinator T. Hickernell, Dresden Corporate EP Representative W. Wroblewski, Site Quality Verification Inspector J. Kuczynski, EP Trainer
The inspectors al so contacted other licensee personnel_ during the
- inspection.
2.
Emergency Plan Activations (IP 82701)
_Since July 1, 199.2, four unusual events (UE)* and one Alert were declared per the Gener.at i ng Station Emergency Pl an (GSEP).
On July 1, 1992 at 1130 hours0.0131 days <br />0.314 hours <br />0.00187 weeks <br />4.29965e-4 months <br />, an Alert was torrectly declared due to the loss of annunci~tors associated with Vnit 2.
The Technical Support Cent~r (TSC) and Operational Support Center were manned in a timely manner and remained activated until the event was terminated at 19: 05 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br />.
- On July 15, 1992 at 0050 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 months <br />, an UE was properly decla~ed after an operator discovered a large quantity of fuel had drained form the diesel generatQr day tank. This event was declared ~nder emergency ~ction level (EAL) 7.b., "Release of *large quantities of flammable, explo~ive or_toxic mat~rial such that plant operation m~y be affected."
On July 17, 1992 at 0425 hours0.00492 days <br />0.118 hours <br />7.027116e-4 weeks <br />1.617125e-4 months <br />, an UE was declared when a Technical Specification required shutdown commenced due to the inability td pump the drywell equipment drain sumps.
On August 16~ 1992 at 2355 hours0.0273 days <br />0.654 hours <br />0.00389 weeks <br />8.960775e-4 months <br />, an UE was declared when a Technical Specification requfred shutdown commenced due to the inoperability o*f
_the Unit 2, division II low pressure coolant injection loop.
Also on August 16, 1992 at 2355 hours0.0273 days <br />0.654 hours <br />0.00389 weeks <br />8.960775e-4 months <br />, another UE was declared based on the loss of all commercial telephones, the Nuclear Accident Reporting System (NARS) telephones, and NRC FTS 2000 telephones. *
Notifitations to the State and local authorities and the NRC were performed in a timely and well detailed manner.
The-State was notified
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of all declarations within 15 minutes except for the August 16~ 1992-events~ After the August 16th events, it took the licensee 25 minutes to notify the Illinois Emergency Management Agency due to the lass of telephones: The licensee notified the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety within 11. minutes.
The licensee had to make these notifications from pay phones in the plant that ~ere not inoperable.
Due to the extensive loss of all telephones in the plant beyond the licensee's crintrol, this riotification time is considered acceptable.
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After evaluating the loss of telephones, the licensee purchased eight_
cellular telephones for communications during an event in case of another loss of the normal telephone systems.
The Emergency Preparedness (EP) Coordinator fully reviewed all the
_events to ensure proper classifications, timely notifications~ and
- appropriatea'ctions when necessary-.
The EP Coordinator also routinely reviewed shift logs for emergency planning_ implications.
No violations or devi~tions were identified.
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Operational Status of the Emergency Preparedness Program (IP 82701)
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Emergericy Plan and lmpl~menting Procedures There have been no major chang~s to the Generating Station.
Eme~gency Plan (GSEP) or the.Dresden Ann~x to the GSEP since the*
last inspection.-
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All emergency plan i~plementing pro~edures (EPIP) had been rewritten.
The procedures had been split into two groups, the EPIPs and the emergency plan maintenance procedures (EPMPs).
The EPIPs ~re proc~dures to be used during an emergency, while the EPMPs butline the maintenance of the emergen~y preparedness program.
These new procedures appeared to be an improvement over
- the ~ld procedures both.in content and in format.
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The iicensee performed tabletop drills to test the new pfocedures and additional training to ens~re familiarity before their implementation.
The transition from the use of the old procedures to the new appeared to be orderly.
- The inspector also reviewed the licensee's procedures for assembling and accounting for personnel onsite. These procedures were detailed and adequate.
The licensee used a manual accountability method, as opposed to an automated system used by most other licensees.
When the asse~bly siren is sounded, personnel onsite are required to report to their designated *
assembly area.
It is then the responsibility of each supervisor to ens~re all of their personnel are accounted for.
The licensee performed annual acc6untability drills to test these
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The most peopl: accounted for_ during one of thes~
drills was approximately 850 in 27 minutes.
The lic~nsee is required to account for all personnel onsite within 30 minutes of the n~ed for an assembly.
Through discussions with cognizant licens~~ personnel, it was determin~d that there are approximately 1100 to 1200 people onsite during the day shift for the current outage~ The licensee has never attempted to account for this many p~ople during one of these drills.
Current copies.of the GSEP, EPIPs, and*EPMPs were found to be maintained in the emergency response facilities and the control room.
No v~olations cir deviations wefe identified.
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Emergency Facilities, Equipment, Instrumentation, and Supplies Tours were conducted through* the Cont r*o l Room, Technical. Support Center (TSC), Operational Support Center (OSC), Assembly Areas, and the environmental monitoring van.. Each facility was well maintained and in an operational state of readiness.
The TSC had bee.n expanded by relocating the onsite emergency.
preparedness staff to other office space. This extra space wa~
- used to expand the environmental and administrative groups'
workspa_ce.
The NRC conference room was enlarged to provide more space for an NRC Site Team.
In addition, the licensee added a conference room to the TSC for the Station Director's use.
A new OSC had been est~bltshed in the newly built radiation protection office space.
The OSC Supervisor's office is a workspace dedicated for emergency use which contains all the emergency supplies needed to activate the OSC.
The n~w OSC also included two meeting rooms to be used as briefing and debriefing rooms, and the radiation protection technicians' break room to be used as a staging area.
The licensee conducted a t~bletop drill to test the operation of the new OSC and familiarize OSC personnel with the new facility.
In addition, "tailgate" training wa~
prbvided to OSC responders for familiarization purposes.
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In addition to these facility upgrades,.the li~ensee purchased cordless headsets for all communicator positions in the TSC and OSC.
Additional computers have been installed in the TSC and OSC and a new fax machine is located in the OSC.
Inspection of essential equipment, instru~entation, and supplies did not reveal any major problem areas.. A concern was noted with the storage of respirators in the TSC.
Respirato~s were haphazardly stacked in a storage cabinet such that deformation of the respirator was likely.
The licensee quickly corrected this deficiency and improved the storage of protective clothing by setting up racks such that the respirators are stacked one high
and full sets of protective clothing are hung up and ready for use.
This was done both in the TSC and OSC.
A minor problem was noted in that there were uncontroiled, outdated telephone lists in the following manuals:
"D~contamination and Treatment of Radiolqgically Contaminated*
Patients at Morris Hospital" and "Decontamination and Tre~tment of Radiologically Contaminated.Patients at St. Joseph Hospital."
These telephone lists were'Jmmediately removed since they were not p~rt of the manual.
The EP Coordinator went to Morris Hospital the day after these outdated telephone lists were discov~red to.
ensure the hospital staff had the correct telephone numbers for the staticin.contacts.
No violations or devi~tions were identified.
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Organization and M~nagement Control The onsite EP group organization at the station had changed since the last inspection.
The EP group consisted of an EP Supervi~or, an EP Coordinator, and an EP Trainer~ The EP Coordinator reports to the EP Supervisor while the EP Trainer reports, only
funct i.ona lly, to the EP Supervisor. Although the management organization at the station had undergone many changes, the reporting chain of the EP group remained the same.
The EP
. Supervisor reported to the Technical Superintend~nt who reported to the Station Manager.
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There had also been ch~nges in the stafffng of the EP group.
The previous EP Coordinator w~s assigned to be the EP Supervisor. A
- new EP Coordinator was assigned with a ~trong kno~~ed~e of EP from her duties as a Nuclear Quality Programs inspector.
In addition, a new EP Trainer, ~ith an.operati-0ns background, was assigned
after the previous trainer received a promotion to a corporate position.
- Adequate numbers of personnel have been identified for specific lead and support positions in the emergency response organization (ERO).
The licensee strives to maintain at least four qualified individuals in each ERO.position.
All positions except one had at lsast three qualified individuals assigned.
No violations or deviations ~ere identified.
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Emergency Preparedness Training The curr~nt training progra~ was discussed with the pre~ious and new EP trainers. The inspector reviewed the EP training Matrix requirements, lesson plans, and training modules. *The EP Trainer had recently developed a test bank of about 400 questions for EP training *exams.
The training matrix appropria~ely delineated th~ required training for each ERO posi~ion. Several lesson plans were reviewed and found to be adequate in scope and depth.
The EP Trainer was in the process of revising all the-lesson plans due the total rewrite of the emergency plan implementing procedures.
Over half of the lesson plans had been updated ~nd wer~ cu~rent and_ consistent with the emergency plan and implementing procedures. The_other lesson plans, which the EP Trainer was in the process of r~vising, were marked out-of-date to ensure that they were not uied for training personnel.
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The inspe~tor performed a random check to ensure personnel assigned to the ERO were currently qualified.
No discre~ancies were identified.
- Records of the emergency preparedness drills were reviewed.
All 1992 health physics, medical, augmentation, assembly, and post ac~ident sampling drills were performed._ Thorough critiques of health physics and medical drills were performed by the licensee's c6rporate EP staff and noted excellent performance.
No violations or deviations were_ identified.
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Independent Reviews/Audits The licensee's Site Quality Verificatioh (SQV) group pe~formed an audit of the onsite EP program every twelve months.
Audit -
No. QAA-12-92-05, performed on May 1-15, 1992, was well done and satisfied_ the r~q~irements of 10 CFR 50.54(t).
A contractor performed a detailed evaluation of the licensee's interface with offsite agenci~s on March 9-19, 1992.
The conclus1ons associated with this evaluation were reviewed by the
_ SQV inspector and this review was included in the annual audit.
The EP grou~ took thorough corrective actions in response to i concern expressed by the offsite agencies during this audit.
The offsite agencies were concerned that the call back telephone numbers tb the station they are given during emergencies are often incorrect or busy.
This concern was resolved by installing a telephone in the Control Room with an extension in the TSC which can only b~ used to call into the station. This phone has.call waiting to prevent it from being busy.
This phone is for emergency ose only and dedicated to receiving calls back from the offsite agencies to verify information.
- During 1992, SQV inspecto~s also observed 17 EP related activities and generated field monitoring reports for each observation.
No violations or deviations were identified._
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Exit Interview
- The inspector held an exit interview on February 16, 1993, with the licensee representatives identifi~d in Section 2 to present and discuss the preliminary ins_pection findings.
The licensee indicated that none of the matters discussed were proprietary in nature.
Docket No. 50-237 Docket No. 50-249 Commonwealth Edison Company ATTN:
Mr. L. Vice President Nuclear oversight and Regulatory Services Executive Towers West III 1400 Opus Place - Suite 300 Downers Grove, IL 60515
Dear Mr. DelGeorge:
MAR 2 1993 This refers to the routine safety inspection conducted by Mr. D. Schrum of this office on January 11-15 and February 18-22, 1993.
The inspection included a review of authorized activities for your Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3.
At the conclusion of the inspection, the findings were discussed with those members of your staff identified in the enclosed report.
Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the inspection report.
The inspection included a review of the implementation of the fire protection program and an assessment and evaluation of your actions to take corrective actions for plant problems.
Within these areas, we selectively examined procedures and representative records, made observations, and conducted interviews with your personnel.
No violations of NRC requirements were identified during the course of this inspection.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice,"
a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this inspection.
Enclosure:
Inspection Reports No. 50-237/93002(DRS);
No. 50-249/93002(DRS)
See Attached Distribution RI~
Sch'. tds/jk RII~
Jablonski 03/02/93 03/oi-/93 t"° CfP
Sincerely, G. C. Wright, Chief Engineering Branch RIII
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Commonwealth Edison Company Distribution cc w/enclosure:
M. Lyster, Site Vice President c. Schroeder, Station Manager J. Shields, Regulatory Assurance Supervisor D. Farrar, Nuclear Regulatory Services Manager DCD/DCB (RIDS)
OC/LFDCB Resident Inspectors-Dresden, LaSalle and Quad Cities Richard Hubbard J. w. Mccaffrey, Chief Public Utilities Division Robert Newmann, Off ice of Public Counsel, State of Illinois center J. Stang, LPM, NRR State Liaison Officer Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission T. 0. Martin, DRS W. L. Axelson, DRSS J. E. Dyer, NRR E. J. Leeds, NRR M. J. Jordan, DRS S. Stasek, SRI, Davis-Besse w. Hodges, RI A. Gibson, RII
. s. Collins, RIV K. Perkins, RV
MAR 2 1993