IR 05000272/1990082

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Insp Repts 50-272/90-82,50-311/90-82 & 50-354/90-80 on 901029-1102.Major Areas Inspected:Emergency Preparedness Exercise
ML18095A589
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Site: Salem, Hope Creek  
Issue date: 11/07/1990
From: Amato C, Lazarus W
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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50-272-90-82, 50-311-90-82, 50-354-90-80, NUDOCS 9011200072
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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I 50-272/90-82 50-311/90-82 50-354/90-80 50-272 50-311 50-354 DPR-70 DPR-75 NPF-50 Public Service Electric and Gas P. 0. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038-4800 Facility Name:

Artificial Island (Hope Creek and Salem Generating Stations)

Inspection Dates:

October 29 to November 2, 1990 Inspection At:

Lower Alloways Creek Township and Salem, New Jersey Inspector:

Approved:

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C. G. Amato, E ergencypreparedness Specialist NRC Region I S. Barr, Resident Inspector, Artificial Island

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Date Inspection Summary: Inspection on October 29 to November 2, 1990 (Combined Inspection Report Nos. 50-272/90-82, 50-311/90-82, and 50-354/90-80)

Areas Inspected:

Announced, routine, safety inspection of the licensee's emergency preparedness exercis Results: No exercise weaknesses were identified. The licensee demonstrated the ability to implement their emergency plan in a manner which would protect the health and safety of the public o:;.n 11 *- -

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DETAILS 1 PERSONS CONTACTED The following personnel attended the exit meeting. Unless noted otherwise, personnel listed are Public Service Electric and Gas Company staf C. Banner, Administrator, On-Site Emergency Preparedness K. Bell, Public Information Representative, Nuclear Public Information Department T. Crimmins, Vice President, Engineering T. Di Guisseppi, Emergency Preparedness Manager C. Johnson, Acting General Manager Operations Hope Creek J. Kerin, Senior Nuclear Fire Protection Supervisor S. LaBruna, Vice President, Nuclear Operations S. Miltenberger, Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer C. Munzenmaier, General Manager, Nuclear Services J. Schaeffer, Supervisor, Emergency Preparedness Department M. Sesok, Atlantic Electric Representative W. Weckstein, Senior Staff Engineer, Emergency Preparedness Department The inspectors also interviewed other licensee personne EMERGENCY EXERCISE The Artificial Island announced, full-participation exercise was conducted on October 30, 1990, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:35 p.m. The States of Delaware and New Jersey participate.1 Pre-exercise Activities The exercise objectives were submitted to NRC Region I on July 23, 1990 and, the*

complete scenario package on August 10, 1990 for NRC review and evaluation. Region I representatives had telephone conversations with the licensee's emergency preparedness staff to discuss the scope and content of the scenario. As a result, minor revisions were made to the scenario which allowed adequate testing of the major portions of the Artificial Island Emergency Plan and Implementing Procedures and also provided the opportunity for the licensee to demonstrate those areas previously identified by the NRC as in need of corrective action. NRC observers attended a licensee briefing on October 29, 1990. Suggested NRC changes to the scenario made by the licensee were discussed during the briefing. The licensee stated that certain emergency response activities would be simulated arid that controllers would intercede in exercise activities to prevent disruption to normal plant activitie.2 Exercise Scenario The exercise scenario included the following events:

  • Four safety related systems were out of service for various reasons at exercise start and one 500 kV tie line was unavailabl * Declaration of an Alert as the result the loss of control room annunciators;
  • Explosion resulting in loss of 4.16 kV vital bus;
  • Site Area Emergency declared following comprise of one or more safety systems;
  • Large break loss of coolant accident coincident With loss of all AC power;
  • General Emergency deCiaration based on loss of two fission product barriers;
  • Development of Protective Action Recommendations;
  • Core uncovery, 100% clad damage and 35% fuel melt;
  • Calculation of projected dose equivalent.and dose commitment equivalent;
  • Environmental monitoring;
  • Hydrogen explosion and fire in the turbine building;
  • Return to service of other vital systems; and,
  • Stabilization of plant condition.3 Activities Observed During the conduct of the licensee's exercise, NRC inspection team members made detailed observations of the activation and augmentation of the Emergency Response Facilities and the Emergency Response Organization staff and actions of the Emergency Response Organization staff during operation of the Emergency Response Facilities. The following activities were observed:
  • Correct use of control room procedures;
  • Detection, classification, and assessment of scenario events;
  • Direction and coordination of emergency response;
  • Notification of licensee, Delaware and New Jersey State government personnel and communication of pertinent plant status information to State personnel;
  • Communications/information flow, and record keeping;
  • Assessment and projection of off-site radiological dose and consideration of protective actions;
  • Accident analysis and mitigatio CLASSIFICATION OF EXERCISE FINDINGS Emergency preparedness exercise findings are classified as follow Exercise Strengths Exercise strengths are areas of the licensee's staff response that provide strong positive

. indication of their ability to cope with abnormal plant conditions and implement the emergency plan implementing procedure Exercise Weaknesses Exercise weaknesses are areas of the licensee's response in which the performance was such that it could have precluded effective implementation of the emergency plan implementing procedures in the event of an actual emergency in the area being observe Existence of an exercise weakness does not of itself indicate that overall response was inadequate to protect public health and safet *-

Areas for Improvement An area for improvement is an area which did not have a significant negative impact on the licensee's ability to implement the emergency plan implementing procedures and response was adequate. However, it should be evaluated by the licensee to determine if corrective action could improve performanc EXERCISE OBSERVATIONS The NRC team noted that the licensee's activation of the Emergency Response Organization, Emergency Response Facilities, and use of these facilities were generally consistent with their Emergency Plan and Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure The following strengths, and areas for improvemeri.t were identifie.1 Simulator Control Room The following exercise strengths were identifie * The operators were very effective in the 'use of the Abnormal and Emergency Operating Procedures throughout the exercis * Equipment operators were directed to immediately begin increased plant surveillance following loss of plant information system * Use of Equipment Operators as communicators was very efficient and effectiv * When plant information systems were again functional, operators -checked displayed values against similar values from other sources to confirm accuracy of displayed value * Operators used applicable procedures following return to service of one Emergency Diesel Electric Generator, and associa~ed restoration of power with plant problems and set prioritie No exercise weaknesses were identifie The following area for improvement was identifie * The Senior Nuclear Shift Supervisor initially and correctly classified loss of the plant information systems as an Alert. Contrary to procedures, a reactor shut-down was ordered. The licensee should review procedure OP-AB-ZZ-143(0) and Section 10 B of the Event Classification Guide for consistency, and operator training in this are.2 Technical Support Center (TSC)

The following exercise strength was identifie Mutual support and interaction of the staff was very good. Innovative solutions were proposed and the need for alternate sources of cooling water and electricity were anticipated. There was very effective command.and control by the senior TSC staf No exercise weaknesses were identifie No areas for improvement were identifie.3 Operations Support Center (OSC)

The following exercise strengths were identifie * Very good and frequent briefings of repair team staff in the ready roo * Forty five teams were dispatched. They were tracked and in-plant communication with them maintained. Repair team status was logged and displaye * Public Service Firemen devised procedures on the spot for ventilating the "A" Emergency Diesel Generator roo No exercise weaknesses were identifie No areas for improvement were identifie.4 Emergency Operations Facility The following exercise strengths were identifie * Technical Support engineers used the Final Safety Analysis Report to identify

  • possible dry well line breaks. They pursued connecting the output of Salem Unit No. 3 to Hope Creek by constructing a high voltage connector between the unit Use of Salem emergency diesel electric generators when Salem was in operations mode 6 was also considere * The Administrative staff arranged for marine transport for the relief crew in the event the access road was close *

No exercises weaknesses were identifie The following areas for improvement were identifie * The Technical Support Group appeared to be requesting service of the Technical Support Center (TSC) rather than supporting the TS * Location of and data reported by Delaware State field monitoring teams was not displayed on the Dose Assessment Group field* monitoring display * Staff could not identify reported dry-well hydrogen and oxygen concentrations as flammable or non-flammabl * While the status of protective actions off-site were known, this information was not relayed to other Emergency Response Facilities or announced over the plant page syste.5 Exercise Control No exercise strengths or weaknesses were identified. The exercise was run successfully for the first time from a simulato The following area for improvement was identifie A controller intervened and countermanded the shut-down order following declaration of an Alert. The Senior Nuclear Shift Supervisor then changed the classification to an Unusual Event (UE) before the Alert had been declared. A controller directed Alert classification. Maintenance of the UE classification would have delayed activation of on-site Emergency Response Facilities but would not have otherwise impacted scenario developmen S NUCLEAR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE The inspector interviewed the Supervisor for the licensee's Artificial Island Fire Department to determine the status of emergency preparedness related activitie Thirty Fire Persons maintain N.J. Emergency Medical Technician certification by continuing education and testing. They have been trained by the N. J. State Police and at the Philadelphia Fire Academy in high angle, heavy rescue. A thermal imaging camera is available and staff trained in it's use to locate injured personnel, even those in smoke filled areas. Two ambulances,oile of which is a modular ambulance,are available in addition to a Class A pumper With a telescoping crane. This pumper and those of surrounding communities and a fire boat can deliver 1200 to 6000 gpm at 150 psi of river

  • water to charge emergency cooling water system To do this the Nuclear Fire Protection Service would respond to an operations request and reactor operations would align valves as needed. Oil booms are available to protect the intake and discharge structures from fouling and channel blockage. The inspector concluded, the Nuclear Fire Protection Service is well trained in search and rescue capability, qualified to provide first echelon medical treatment, and support reactor operations as needed in an emergenc During the course of the exercise, the license identified that fire hoses stored in an Emergency Operating Procedure locker had not been hydrostatistically tested. The hoses will be replaced and an inspection Order issued for annual hydro testin Except as noted above, this portion of the licensee's emergency preparedness program is acceptabl OFF-SITE ACTIVITIES The inspector evaluated the adequacy of off-site training support activitie The New Jersey State Office of Emergency Management and the Salem County Office of Emergency Management provide trainirig to off-site emergency workers. The licensee provides training material including video training tapes. Personnel almost all of whom are volunteers are invited to attend. Material is presented and attendance checke Approximately 175 Reception Center workers were trained for all Salem County Reception Centers. A possible deficiency identified by FEMA regarding the level of training of personnel at one of the reception centers may indicate a need to reevaluate training and training schedules for these personne Except as noted above, this area is acceptabl LICENSEE CRITIQUE The NRC team attended the licensee's exercise critique on November 2, 1990 during which the licensee's lead controllers and observers discussed observations of the exercis The licensee's critique was constructive and thorough. *

8 EXIT MEETING Following the licensee's self-critique, the NRC team met with the licensee's representatives listed _in Section 1 on November 2, 1990 to discuss findings as detailed in this report. The NRC team leader summarized the observations made during the exercise. The licensee was advised no exercise weaknesses were identified. The NRC

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team also determined that within the scope and limitation of the scenario, the licensee's performance demonstrated the capability to implement their Emergency Plan and Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures in a manner that would adequately provide protective measures for the health and safety of the public.

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