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Summary of 970515 Meeting in King of Prussia,Pa Re Status of Corrective Actions Re Training Issues Identified in Insp Rept 50-245/96-05.Viewgraphs Encl

ML20148H247
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	05/21/1997
From:	Meyer G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Kenyon B NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO.
References
50-245-96-05, 50-245-96-5, CAL-R1-97-10, CAL-RI-97-10, NUDOCS 9706090305
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i May 21, 1997 Mr. Bruce President and Chief Executive Officer

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Northeast Nuclear Energy Company P.O. Box 128 Waterford, Connecticut 06385-0128 SUBJECT: MANAGEMENT MEETING ON TRAINING

Dear Mr. Kenyon:

This letter documents the May 15,1997, meeting with Mr. J. Thayer and Mr. R. Johannes and other representatives of your staff from each of the three Millstone units. The meeting was held in the NRC Region I office in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and was led by Mr. J. Wiggins and Mr. W. Lanning of the NRC Region I office. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the status of corrective actions concerning the training issues identified in NRC inspection Report 50-245/96-05 for Millstone Unit 1 and other Millstone training commitments discussed in your March 3,1997, letter forwarding the Independent Review Team Report and our March 7,1997, Confirmatory Action Letter, No. 1-97-010.

Your evaluations and proposed corrective actions appear to be comprehensive. Your staff also appears to be proceeding appropriately and in accordance with your projected schedule. We encourage you to continue to actively pursue the actions discussed during the meeting and identified in your handout (Enclosure) and to review and verify the j effectiveness of those corrective actions.

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We appreciate the time and effort expended by your staff to brief us on this important matter. There wcre no decisions or actions requested of the NRC staff at the meeting and none were provided; however, we will verify your actions taken in response to Confirmatory Action Letter No. 1-97-010 during a future inspection.

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Glenn W. Mey hief Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch Division of Reactor Safety l Docket Nos.: 50-245, 50-336, and 50-423

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Mr. Bruce cc w/ encl:

N. S. Carns, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer P. Loftus, Director - Regulatory Affairs for Millstone Station J. McElwain, Unit 1 Recovery Officer D. M. Goebel, Vice President, Nuclear Oversight J. K. Thayer, Recovery Officer, Nuclear Engineering and Support P. D. Hinnenkamp, Director, Unit Operations F. C. Rothen, Vice President, Work Services J. Stankiewicz, Training Recovery Manager R. Johannes, Director - Nuclear Training J. F. Smith, Manager - Operations Training -

D. Benyada, Assistant Supervisor, Operations Training R. W. Heidecker, Manager - Operations Training J. Rein, Supervisor, Operations Training D. Lazarony, Supervisor, Operations Training >

L. M. Cuoco, Esquire J. R. Egan, Esquire V. Juliano, Waterford Library J. Buckingham, Department of Public Utility Control S. B. Comley, We The People State of Connecticut SLO Designee D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)

R. Bassilakis, CAN J. M. Block, Attorney, CAN S. P. Luxton, Citizens Regulatory Commission (CRC)

Representative T. Concannon E. Woollacott, Co-Chairman, NEAC l

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Region I Docket Room (with coov of concurrences)

Nuclear Safety information Center (NSIC)

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NRC Resident inspector M. Kalamon, SPO, Rl ,

! W. Lanning, Deputy Director of Inspections, SPO, RI l D. Screnci, PAO W. Travers, Director. SPO, NRR J. Andersen, PM, SPO, NRR M. Callahan, OCA R. Correia, NRR W. Dean, OEDO S. Dembek, PM, SPO, NRR G. Imbro, Deputy Director of ICAVP Oversight, SPO, NRR l D. Mcdonald, PM, SPO, NRR P. McKee, Deputy Director of Licensing, SPO, NRR L. Plisco, Chief, SPO, NRR S. Reynolds, Technical Assistant, SPO, NRR j D. Screnci, PAO Inspection Program Branch (IPAS) 1 DOCDESK (Inspection Reports Only)

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Jay K. Thayer Recovery Officer, Nuclear Engineering and Support Paul D. Hinnenkamp Unit Operations Director, MP1

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J. Alan Price Unit Director, MP2

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G. Denny Hicks Unit Director, MP3

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Corrective Action Plan (CAP) Background .

- December 6,1996: MP1 Licensed Operator Upgrade Training (LOUT)

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- accurate analysis of weaknesses and problems .

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- forwards the IRT Report

- identifies 9 commitments for follow-on actions

- March 7,1997: Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) No.1-97-010

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Recovery Manager, Nuclear Trammg: John Stankiewicz

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Continuing training program reviews complete

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