IR 05000266/1979011
| ML19209C246 | |
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| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 09/04/1979 |
| From: | Little W, Swanson E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML19209C244 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-266-79-11, 50-301-79-13, NUDOCS 7910120262 | |
| Download: ML19209C246 (3) | |
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i U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF li4SPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGION III
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Report No. 50-266/79-11; 50-301-79-13 Dacket No. 50-266; 50-301 License No. DPR-24; DPR-27 Licensee:
Wisconsin Electric Power Company 231 West Michigan Milwaukee, WI 53201 Facility Name: Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 Inspection At: Point Beach Site, Two Creeks, Wisconsin Inspection Conducted: August 14-16, 1979 f
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Inspector:
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W. S. Little, Chief f// / f Nuclear Support Section 2
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Inspection Summary Inspection on August 14-16, 1979 (Report No. 50-266/79-11; 50 -301/78-13)
Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of the training programs and their implementation for nonlicensed, licensed and temporary employees.
The inspection involved 18 inspector hours onsite by one NRC inspector.
Results: No items of noncompliance or deviations were found.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted G. A. Reed, Manager Nuclear Power Division
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J. Greenwood, Assistant to the Manager G. Helgeson, Training Supervisor
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- Not in attendance at the exit interview The inspector also interviewed seven other licensee employees during the course of the interview. They included licensed and nonlicensed operators and supervisors, technicians and repairmen.
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Nonlicensed Training Program The inspector verified that training is administered to new employees and that retraining is conducted through periodic safety meetings.
Though no formalized plan exists for initia] training, new employees receive orientation to health physics, fire protection, site emergency procedures, security and respirator use at a level consistent with their area of assignment. Temporary employees receive the same initial training.
On-the-joo training plans were found to exist for auxiliary operators and maintenance repairmen. A plan is being formulated to document instrument technician training. The training described in these plans was verified to have been conducted by both record review and interviews with various employees.
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Licensed Operator Requalification Program The inspector reviewed che licensee's licensed operator revised retraining program as revised on October 1, 1974. He verified by inspecting lecture schedules for 1978-1979, and selective review of lesson plans for adequacy that deficient areas uncovered by annual exams are covered in the lecture series.
It was determined by discussion with the training supervisor that no licensed operators have failed annual exams, received unsatisfactory performance evaluations or failed to perform licensed duties for a period of four months.
Requalification training records for two reactor operators and four senior reactor operators were reviewed and verified to contain:
copies of the recent annual examination with the individual's responses,
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documentation of attendance at all required lectures, documentation j
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of required control manipulations, results of performance evaluations, and documentation of required Technical Specifications and procedure review.
A selection of personnel whose records were reviewed cere inter-
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viewed to verify that training records reflect the attual training received.
Comments from the operators indicated that the training was received. Operators on shift rotation expressed a desire to be able to attend more training sessions.
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It was verified that all licensed and other personnel required to attend a lecture presented by the NRC on the Three Mile Island Unit 2 incident had in fact attended the lectures on April 20, 1979 or viewed a videotape lecture by April 26, 1979.
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Fire Brigade Training
Fire Brigade train.ng was found to have included announced and unannounced drills, at least one drill per year during other than day shifts for each brigade, and one drill during the last year in which the Two Rivers Volunteer Fire Department participated.
Though not a deviation from a commitment an item of concern to the inspector was that written evaluations of each drill conducted do not exist. These evaluations would provide a valuable input to the fire protection training program as well as provide a means of insuring the evaluations discussed in fire procedure F0P 1.1 Section 6.0 are documented.
It is also considered inappropriate for the fire brigade chief to initiate some of the drills for his own brigade thus negating the " unannounced" aspect on his part and reducing the opportunities to obtain an evaluatioc of his effectiveness.
These concerns were discussed at the exit interview and the licensee indicated that a review would be conducted and actions taken to insure that the intents of their procedure are met.
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Exit Interview The inspector met with the licensee's representatives (indicated in Paragraph 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on August 16, 1979, and summarized the scope of the inspection. No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
Comments from interviews with licensed operators concerning the desire for more training were discussed.
The fire brigade training drills were discussed as recorded in Paragraph 4.
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