IR 05000272/1981019
| ML18086A863 | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 07/28/1981 |
| From: | Bettenhausen L, Caphton D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML18086A862 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-272-81-19, 50-311-81-17, NUDOCS 8108140171 | |
| Download: ML18086A863 (8) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 50-272/81-19 Report N /81-17 50-272 Docket N ~~~~---
REGION I
License No. ~D~P~R-~7~5~---- Priority ______ *Category ----=C __ _
Licensee:
Public Service El~ttric & Gas Company 80 Park Plaza - 15A Newark, New Jersey 07101 Facility Name:
Salem Generating Station Inspection at:
Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey Inspection conducted:
June 25 - July 1, 1981
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L. H. Bettenhausen,. Reactor Inspector date signed Inspection Summary:
Combined Inspection on June 25 - July 1, 1981 (Report Nes. 50-272/81-19;50-311/81-17)
Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection of training program, including general employee training, on.:.the-job training for plant staff, and licensed operator requalification trainin The inspection involved 18 inspector-hours onsite and 14 hours1.62037e-4 days <br />0.00389 hours <br />2.314815e-5 weeks <br />5.327e-6 months <br /> at the Quinton and Pennsville Training Centers by one NRC region-based inspecto Results: No items of noncompliance were identified in the three areas inspecte '8ioai40111 010729-----,
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Persons Contacted Public Service Electric & Gas Company R. Edmonds, Training Engineer L. Fry, Operating Engineer
- H. D. Hanson, Training Manager E.. Keating, Chemistry Supervisor P. Landers,. Nuclear Training Specialist R. Leach, Maintenance Sup.ervtsor J. Lloyd, Senior Nuclear Training Supervisor
- H. Midura, Station Manage D. Miles, Training Instructor L. Rice, Jr., Training Instructor T. Robbins, l&C Supervisor Contractors S. Crouch, ATTSI L. Rurnett, Radiation Services
- L. Norrholm, Senior-Resident Inspector The inspector also interviewed other licensee employees in the course of the inspection. *
- denotes those present at the exit interview conducted at Salem Generating Station on July 1, 198 * Licensee Ac ti on on Previous Inspection Items (Closed) Follow Items (272/80-14-03, 272/80-14-04, 311/80-10-'0l, 311/80-10-02):
Unit 1 and Unit 2 differences are noted in the operator.requalification lesson plans reviewed by the inspector as required by N_uclear Operations Training Memo No. l,,dated June 16,. 1981, Revision 1, p~escribing lesson pl an format.
. (Closed) Follow Item (272/80.,-14-06, 311/80-10-04): The maintenance supervisor responsible for training maintains a loose-leaf notebook which contains Li~ensee Event Reports, r~ports of radiation control problems and related events *Of interest to maintenance craftsme The notebook is available to interested readers; selected i'tems have been reviewed at periodic department meeting **---------
(Open) Follow Item (272/80-20-05): Radiation Worker Review training weak on Radiatton Exposure Permit procedures and personnel exposure limits.. Review of th~ lesson plan with the guidelines of Regulatory Gutde 8.27 revealed add.itional weakness tn presentation of biological effects of radiatio Interviews with station.staff indicated that the review training was redundant for staff who regularly used REP 1 s and worked in radiation areas, but not sufficient for those staff members who only occasionally used REP 1 These findings were conveyed to licensee representative The item remains open pending tnspection subsequent to licensee analysis and revision of radiation worker review trainin (Closed) Noncompliance (272/80-14-02): Failure to document simulator trainin The inspector reviewed records of simulator training conducted in the Fall of 1980 and found them adequat Training Procedure No. 10, NRG Licensed Operator Requalification Program, Revision 3, approved by the Training Manager on July 1, 1981, provides the following regarding simulator training:
reactivity manipulations and plant evolutions shall be conducted either at the nuclear plant or at a simulator; each licensed individual shall.participate in a structured training using a simulator on an annual basis, involving at least 20 hours2.314815e-4 days <br />0.00556 hours <br />3.306878e-5 weeks <br />7.61e-6 months <br /> of direct interaction with the simulator; abnormal/emergency plant evolution5shall be either performed at a nuclear plant simulator or conducted during actual plant operations; and, simulator training participation records shall be maintained in an auditable fashio The inspector reviewed the status of planning for the Fall, 1981, simulator training with the training staff. Based upon these findings, this item is close (Open) Noncompliance (272/80-14-01): Failure to review station design change Training Procedure No. 11, Plant Design Change Review, Revision O, was approved by the Tra~ning Manager on July 1, 198 This procedure has as its purpose to ensure that licensed personnel are informed in a timely manner of pendfog operationally significant design changes; In the course of this inspection, however, it was apparent that the flow of design change information to 1 i censed opera tors using the new procedure is not yet we 11 establishe This item remains open for reinspection of timely flow of design change information to licensed operator.
General Emp 1 oyee Tra i rii'ng Lesson Plan Definition The. inspector reviewed the less6ri plans listed below with respect to requirements of*lO.CFR 50, Appen9ix B,Criterion:II, 10 CFR 19.12 and ANSI Nl8.l_.197 The lesson plans establish training which covers
.administrative control~ and procedures, radiological health and safety, industrial safety, controlled access and security, emergency plans and procedures and where warranted' by job assignment, use of protective clothing and equipment and quality assurance indoctrinatio General Employee Indoctrination, Revision 3, dated 2/26/81 Safety and OSHA,*. Revision 0, dated 7 /8/80 Quality-Assurance, Revision 1, dated 7/8/80 Radiation Worker Training, Revision 1, dated 9/22/80 Radiation Worker Review, Revision 3, dated 3/5/81 Formal training is also provided on the contents of Appendix A to Regulatory Guide 8.13, particularly for female employee Program Participation The inspector reviewed the licensee's records to* assure that the required training had been give In additiqn, the inspector conducted interviews with certain of those individuals whose records were reviewe The interviews verified that: the scope of the training was similar to
- that contained in the licensee*~ records; the training as conducted was meaningful to those attending; and that the areas presented were covered accurately and.sufficiently from the participants* point of*
vie Record*s were reviewed for and selective interviews conducted
- with employees as listed below:
two relatively new employees; six employees with more than one year of service; two temporary employees; and, two female employees regarding prenatal radiation exposur No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified regarding general employee traini'n.
Craft and T~chni~ian Trainirig The tnspector reviewed the status of training programs* for craftsmen and techntcians with instructors and.supervisors responsible for the trainin Interviews were conducted with selected individuals at* varying levels of traini'ng and qualification for: maintenance craftsmen,.chemistry technicians and instrumen~ation and control technicians~* The programs and the inspection findings are summari*zed in the paragraphs which follo Maintenance Craftsmen The programs continue to be a combiriation of classroom study offsite and practical work at the generating station* leading to eventual qualification as a craftsman electrician, machinist or boiler repairma The inspector reviewed records and interviewed *two-individuals in this job category to verify that training was provided commensurate wit job classificatio Chemistry Technicians The training program for chemistry technicians is presently undergoing rev1s10 In the past, apprentices.and technical assistants were trained in classroom work along with Instrument and Control (I&C)
personnel, then qualified as chemistry technicians through a combination of i ndi vi dual and sma 11 group instruction by a contractor and on-the-job training, using a procedure and task-oriented qualification car The inspector reviewed a draft of Training Procedure 41, Chemistry Technician Course Outline, Revision 0, dated May 22, 1981 which outlines a 29-week academic and laboratory training progra This program had been prepared by the Training Department and submitted for Salem Station acceptance at the time of this inspectio It is i~tended to provide a major upgrade in technician training with a class tentatively scheduled to begin in November 1~81. The completion of devel6pment and issuance of training procedures setUng forth the training program for chemistry technicians will be reviewed in a subsequent inspection (272/81-19-01).
Records were reviewed and interviews were conducted with two individuals in the Chemistry Group to verify that training commensurate with job classification has been provide I&C Technicians The formal training programs leading to the* I&C Technician designation were recently reviewed and revise The inspector discussed the following training programs with training *and supervisor p~~sonnel:
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Bask Apprentice Assistant, Revision *3, 6/17/81, 1.1 weeks I&C Apprentice Assistant, Revision 'l;, 6/18/81, 9 weeks I&C Technician (TP-22) ~*Revision 4; 6/8/81, lO weeks These training programs define the academic'program from which the practical and on-the-job training at the station proceed Records were reviewed for four individuals and interviews conducted with two of those selected to verify that training is commensurate with job classification and is meaningful to participant *
One aspect of training recordkeepirig was noted to be incomplet Chronological records of training and completed resumes were missing from several I&C Helper files; a licensee contractor maintaining the files was aware of the missing tnformati'on and was in process of obtaining the information needed to complete the records~ The completion of tra.ining rec:ords for I&C helpers will be followed up tn a subsequent inspection (272/81-19-02).
No items of noncompliance were identified in craft and technician trainin.
Requalification Training for Licensed Operators References:
Letter H. R. Denton to All Power Reactor Applicants and Licensees, Subject:. Qualifications of Reactor Operators, dated March 28, 198 Salem Generating Station Training Procedure No. 10, NRC Licensed Operator Requalification Program, Revision 3, approved July 1, 198 Program Review The inspector reviewed the licensee's program with regard to the requirements set forth in the accepted Operator Requalification Program and verified that, as currently established, the program includes the following:
an established, planned, continuing lecture schedule appropriate to deficient areas identified by the most *recent annual exams; content includes instruction in heat transfer, fluid flow, thermodynamics and mitigation of accidents involving a degraded core; lesson plans or appropriate training materials describe the scope and depth of selected lectures;
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accelerated requalification standards of less than 70% in ahy section and l~ss than 80% overall; Documentation of personnel attendance; reactivity control manipulatfons on the plant or at a simulator as specified in Ref. l; discussions/reviews of changes in facili.ty design, procedures, and facility license; and, review of abnormal/emergency procedures. *
- . The inspector determined that. no changes have been made to the program whic.h are not in conformance with existin.g regulatory requirements or commi tmen ts.
- Record Review The inspector selected and reviewed the records of several licensed operators to verify that each contained the following documentation:
completed course and yearly examinations with answers; manipulation of controls for reactivity changes required by the program; records of simulator training for Fall, 198 The inspector was informed that the requalification program, which was suspended with approval of Operator Licensing Branch in the Fall of 1979 so that licensed personnel could prepare for NRC licensing examinations for Salem Unit 2, was reinstituted in January 198 Records of training attendance and the following lesson plans were reviewe Mi-ti-gating Core Damage: Radiation Monitoring System Response, lesson plan dated 1/ll/80, Revision O; Mitigating Core Damage: Alternate Methods of Measu~ing Vital Plant Parameters, lesson plan dat~d 11/25/80, Revision O; and Operating Experience:. St. Lucie Event of 6/ll/80, lesson plan dated 1/20/8 The inspector audited a class in progress on heat transfer and thermo-dynamits fundamental The following was discussed with the training
staff: plans for accelerated requalification training for those licensed operators who* did not attain satisfactory test results to date, the Fall 1981 ~imulator training, and the completion of the present Unit 1 and Unit 2 requalificatfon cycle by April 198 The inspector reviewed a. controlled reading system ini"tiated on March 1, 1981 for the Operations Group which routes and tracks material considered to be required reading by the Operating Enginee The OMT system includes Ucensee Event Reports (LER's) for Salem, selected LER's and incident reports froin either facilities, and related items of interes The reading material is routed in parallel to the Control Room Area, staff licensed operators and the Training Center. The OMT index and a random selection of r~adings and si~nature sheets were examine The inspector had no furthe~~uestions regarding LER revie Personnel Interviews Interviews were conducted with two Nuclear Control Operators and one Senior ShHt Supervisor to verify that training is being conducted in accordance with approved procedures, that training is meaningful to participants,. and that training records reflect actual trainin No items of noncompliance were identified in requalification training for licensed operator.
Exit Interview The inspector met with the Salem Generating Station Manager and the Training Manager at the conclusion of the inspection on July 1, 198 The purpose, scope and findings of the inspection were presented.