IR 05000280/1988022
| ML18153B488 | |
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| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 07/19/1988 |
| From: | Decker T, Testa E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18153B487 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-280-88-22, 50-281-88-22, NUDOCS 8808030313 | |
| Download: ML18153B488 (8) | |
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Report Nos.:
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
101 MARIETTA STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30323 50-280/88-22 and 50-281/88-22 Licensee:
Virginia Electric and Power Company Richmond, VA 23261 Docket Nos.:
50-280 and 50-281 Licens~ Nos.i~DPR-32 and DPR-37 Facility Name:
Surry 1 and 2 Inspection Conducted:
June 20-24, 1988 Inspector:
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E. D. Testa
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Approved by: J ~ JYJ~
T. R. Decker, Section Chief Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards SUMMARY 7/l.!/if Date'Signed
~~/88 ate "signed Scope:
This routine, unannounced inspection was conducted in the area of emergency preparedness, and included a review of the following programmatic areas:
(1) emergency plan and implementing procedures; (2) emergency facilities, equipment, instrumentation, and supplies, (3) organization and management control, (4) training and (5) independent reviews/audit *
Results:
In the areas inspected, no violations or deviations were identifie The findings of this inspection appeared to indicate that the licensee was prepared to respond to a radiological emergency involving the Surry facilit P~R ADOCK 05000280 Q~.
PDC Persons Contacted Licensee Employees
- D. Benson, Station Manager REPORT DETAILS R. Boles,.Jr., System Engineer D. Brown, Security Supervisor
- J. Costello, Coordinator, Emergency Preparedness
- F. Cox, Supervisor Corporate Emergency Planning
- E. Grecheck, Assistant Station Manager
- M. Holdsworth, Supervisor Security*
G. Marshall, Shift Supervisor S. McKay, Supervisor, Plant Engineering
- G. Miller, Licesing Coordinator
.*F. Price, Manag~r Quality Assurance
- H. Royal, Supervisor Training - fSS
- R. Saunders, Manager Nuclear Program D. Sweeny, Instructor, Emergency Preparedness F. Thomasson, Supervisor, Health Physics T. Worrell, Security Supervisor Other licensee employees contacted during this inspection included engineers, operators, security force members, technicians, and administrat,ve personne Other Organizations V. Roach, Emergency Services Coordinator, Surry County Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- L. Nicholson, Resident Inspector
- Attended exit interview.Licensee Action On Previous Enforcement Matters (Closed) Violatfon (50-280,281/87-12-04):
Failure to provide training to response personnel in accordance with the Emergency Pla The inspector verified the implementation of the corrective action described in the licensee's response (dated June 25, 1987), to the Notice of Violatio According to documentation* provided by the licensee the list of designated emergency response* personnel had been updated on a quarterly basis and reflected the current status of each individual 1s qualificatio Section 8 of the Surry Emergency Plan was revised to describe the list of
designated emergency response personnel and to programmatically maintain the status of their training informatio (Closed)
Unresolved Item (50-280,281/87-12-01):
Evacuation of non-essential site personnel upon declaration of a Site Area or General Emergenc The inspector verified that evacuation of non-essential site personnel upon declaration of a Site Area or General Emergency had been included in Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure (EPlP) 1.04, Response to Site Area Emergency and EPIP 1.05, Response to General Emergenc.
Emergency Plan And Implementing P~ocedure (82701) Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(16), 10 CFR 50.54(q), Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50, and Chapter 8 of the licensee*s Station Emergency Plan, this area was inspected to determine whether significant ch~nges had been made in the licensee 1 s emergency preparedness program during the past year, and to assess the impact of any such changes on the overall state of emergency preparedness at the facilit The inspector reviewed the licensee 1 s system for making changes to the Emergency Plan and the EPIP By a selective review, the inspector verified that licensee management approved revisions to the Sta ti on Emergency Plan and EPIPs issued since May 8, 198 Controlled copies of the Station Emergency Plan and EPIPs were examined in the Technical Support Center (TSC) and the Local Emergency Operations Facility (LEOF)
and found to be correc Other changes in the emergency preparedness program involved facilities and personnel and are discussed below in Paragraphs 4 and The inspector reviewed documentation, including memorandums to the Station Nuclear Safety and Operating Committee (SNSOC) related to eight emergency declarations (all classified as Notification of Unusual Event (NOUE)) made since June 8, 198 The date of these declarations were June 8, 1987, June 23, 1987, March 5, 1988, March 10, 1988, April 5, 1988, May 16, 1988, May 17, 1988, and May 24, 198 Several procedural problems were i dent i fi ed and documented in the memorandums, however, none of the problems appeared to hinder activities associated with response to the event The inspector reviewed the licensee 1s agreement letters and found them curren No violations or deviations were identifie Emergency Facilities, Equipment, Instrumentation, And Supplies (82701)
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(8) and (9), 10 CFR 50.54(q), and Section I of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50, this area was inspected to determine whether the 1 i censee I s emergency response _faci 1 iti es and other essenti a 1 emergency equipment, instrumentation, and supplies were maintained in a
- state of operational readiness, and to assess the impact of any change in this area upon the emergency preparedness progra The inspector selectively examined emergency supplies and equipment in the Control Room, TSC, Operational Support Center (OSC), LEOF, Ambulance, Medical Treatment Room and Station Nuclear Information Cente The inspector, during the inspection of the visual file in the LEOF, found out of date revisions to the local government emergency plan The licensee took prompt action to correct this finding and the updated revisions were in place prior to the end of the inspection. The licensee, however, could not identify any procedure or method to ensure that these pl ans were maintained curren This item was identified as an Inspector Followup Item (IF!).
IF! (50-280, 281/88-22-01):
Develop a system to ensure that the most recent revision of the local government emergency plans are maintained in the LEOF visual fil The licensee indicated that the Local Media Center formerly located about eight miles from the site in the Surry County Community Center.had been relocated to a newly constructed facility onsite called the Station Nuclear Information Gente The inspector witnessed Periodic Test PT-55.5 entitled Early Warning System Siren Cancel Test on June 22, 1988, from the Surry County Dispatch Office. Although the Instaphone had operated satisfactory at 4:40 a.m. on that date, it failed during testin The test was sucessfully conducted from James *City and the Instaphone was repaired and the test was successfully run from the Surry County Dispatch Office on June 23, 198 Selective review of the licensee 1s Early Warning System Operability. test results from January 1987 to June 22, 1988, conducted using PT-5 indicated an acceptable level of siren availabilit No violations or deviations were identifie.
Organization And Management Control (82701)
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50;47(b)(l) and (16) and Section IV;A of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50, this area was inspected to determine the effects of changes in the licensee 1s emergency response organization and/or management control systems on the emergency preparedness program, and to verify that such changes were properly factored into the Emergency Plan implementing procedur The organization and management of the emergency preparedness program were reviewed and discussed with licensee representative The licensee stated that there were no significant changes onsite that directly impacted emergency preparednes The licensee also stated that a recently revised Corporate Emergency Plan reflected the new corporate organizatio This Plan will be reviewed during a future inspectio Discussions with the Surry County Emergency Services Coordinator indicated that a satisfactory relationship existed between the 1 i censee and the Surry County Emergency Services Organizatio No violations or deviations were identifie.
Training (82701)
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(2) and (15),Section IV.F of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part ~O, and Section 8 of.the Station Emergency Plan, this area was inspected to determine whether the 1 i censee I s key emergency response personnel were properly trained and understood their emergency responsibilitie The inspector conducted an interview in the LEOF with one Shift Supervisor who was in requalification trainin The Shift Supervisor was given several sets of hypothetical emergency conditions and plant data and was asked in each case to talk through the response he would provide as
. Emergency Manager if such an emergency actually existe The individual exhibited comprehensive knowledge of the Emergency Plan and Implementing Procedure No problems were observed in the areas of event classification and protective action decision makin During the walk through of a postulated seismic event, the inspector observed that Procedure AP-37 titled Seismic Event contained an example calculation that used undefined terms. This was identified as an IF IFI (50-280,281/88-22-02):
Review Procedure AP-37 Titled Seismic Event To Make It User Friendl The inspector witnessed an unannounced Surry Power Station Emergency Response Personnel Callout Exercise which was conducted second shift on June 22, 198 The Exercise was conducted to demonstrate the Minimum Shift Manning Requirements of Table 5.1 of the Site Emergency Pla The notification calls were made by Security personnel using their Emergency Call List The exercise did not require travel to the plant; however, location where the call was received and estimated travel time to respond was logge The results of the exercise were inconclusive as to whether the objective had been achieved. This was identified as an IF IFI ( 50-280, 281/88-22-03):
Demonstrate that augmentation personne 1 identified in Table 5.1 can be made available in the specified times by conducting periodic unannounced notification drill The inspector noted during the briefing for the notification exercise that phone lists used by Security were found by the licensee to be several revisions out of dat This was corrected prior to use for the notification exercis The licensee could not identify a procedure to ensure that the most recent revisions of phone numbers would be available in the Security Notification book This was identified as an IF IFI (50-280,281/88-22-04):
Ensure that Security Emergency Notification Call Lists contain the most recent revisions of the emergency phone list No violations or deviations were identifie.
Independent Reviews/Audits (82701)
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(l4) and (16) and 10 CFR 50.54(t), this area was inspected to determine whether the licensee had performed an independent review or audit of the emergency preparedness program, and whether the licensee had a corrective action system for deficiencies and weaknesses identifie Records of the emergency preparedness program audit were reviewe An independent audit was conducted by the licensee I s Qua 1 i ty Assurance Department from March 1, 1988 to March 18, 1988, and was documented in Audit Report No.. S88-0 The report identified four findings and two concern The identified findings appeared to be minor in nature and did not appear to affect the overall effectiveness of the emergency preparedness progra Findings identified in the audit report were being tracked for* response and closeou The inspector reviewed the 1987 Emergency Exercise Post-Exercise Critique Report dated December 4, 1987, and noted that improvement items were being tracked on the Surry Power Sta ti on Cammi tment Tracking System ( CTS).
These i terns are further discussed in Paragraph No violations or deviations were identifie.
Action On Previous Inspection Findings (92701) (Closed) IFI 50-280, 281/86-22-05:
Licensee identified problems presented during formal critique and documented on OIL by Numbers 86-EP-Ol thru 86-EP-22. A selective review of the Station Commitment Assignment/Response Forms (SCARF) indicated that i terns had been identified, a corrective action plan developed, a responsible individual assigned and a response date schedule Of the items placed on the tracking system all but two of these items have been closed ou b. * (Closed) IFI 50-280, 281/87-12-03:
Failure to remove, old uncontrolled procedures from the LEOF corporate position packets. A selective inspection of the LEOF corporate position packets indicated that all old uncontrolled procedures had been remove (Closed) IFI 50-280,281/87-12-07:
Findings from the internal EP audit concerning the offsite governments are not readily availabl The inspector reviewed a meeting trip report file memorandum dated June 22, 1987, which described a meeting where the findings from the internal EP audit concerning the offs ite governments were made available to the (Closed) IFI 50-280, 281/87-12-08:
No periodic operability checks on installed radiation monitoring equipment in the TSC and LEO The inspector reviewed selected records from Periodic Test Procedure PT-26.2 which i_ncluded monthly operability checks on installed radiation monitoring equipment in the TSC and LEOF and found the results satisfactor (Closed) IFI 50-280, 281/87-12-10:
Review information concerning audibility checks in high noise areas (79-BU-18).
The inspector reviewed the licensee 1s file concerning audibility checks in high noise areas and determined that approximate checks had been made in these area The Contra 1 Room Opera ti on Staff tests the emergency first aid, and fire alarms each Wednesday at about 1215 hours0.0141 days <br />0.338 hours <br />0.00201 weeks <br />4.623075e-4 months <br /> in accordance with procedure SUADM-E-0 This i tern was a 1 so discussed in Inspection Report No. 50-280, 281/82-0 (Closed) IFI 50-280, 281/87-29-02:
Evaluate the offsite monitoring team radio communication system for adequacy in coverage of the 10 mile EP The inspector reviewed the SCARF response which indicated that a power amplifier malfunctioned dur.ing the dril Corrective maintenance was performed the same daY and the radio check was satisfactor The problems were attributed to random comp_onent failur (Closed) IFI 50-280, 281/87-29-09:
Verify that the contents of the offsite monitoring team kit is consistent with the inventory shee Contents of emergency kits had been checked monthly against the required inventory using Peria.die Test 55.3 Emergency Plan Radiation Instruments and Emergency Kits Inspection and Check (Closed) IFI 50-280, 281/87-29-11:
Review the adequacy of radio communication for the 10 mile EP The inspector reviewed the SCARF and determined that with the permanent corrective maintenance completed on October 9, 1987, there was no indication that the use of radios had been less than adequat.
Exit Interview The fnspection scope and results were summarized on June 24, 1988, with those persons indicated in Paragraph The inspector described the areas inspected and discussed in detail the inspection results listed belo Although reviewed during this inspection, proprietary information is not contained in this repor Dissenting comments were not received from the license Item Number 50-280, 281/88-22-01 Description and Reference Inspector Followup Item - Develop a system to ensure that the most recent revision of local government emergency plans are placed in the LEOF visual file, Paragraph *
50-280, 281/88-22-02 50-280, 281/88-22-03 50-280, 281/88-22-04
Inspector Followup Item - Review Procedure AP37 to make it more user friendly, Paragraph Inspector Followup Item - Demonstrate that augmentation personnel i denti fi ed in Table 5.1 can be made available in the specified times by conducting unannounced notification exercise Inspector Followup Item - Ensure that security emergency notification call lists contain the most recent revision of the emergency phone list, Paragraph Licensee management was informed that the one violation, one unresolved item discussed in Paragraph 2 and eight IFis discussed in Paragraph 8 were considered closed.