IR 05000289/1981016
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 06/12/1981 |
| From: | Fasano A, Haverkamp D, Young F NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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l U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
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Report No.
50-289/81-16 Docket No.
50-289 Category c
License No.
OPR-50 Priority
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Licensee:
Metropolitan Edison Company P.O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Facility Name: Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Meeting at: Middletown, Pennsylvania Meeting conducted: June 11, 1981 P
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0. R. Haverkama, Senfar Resident Inspector (TMI-1)
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Al.N. F(sano, Chief, Three Mile Island Resident ddte signed Section, Projects Branch :12 Meeting Summary:
Meeting on June 11,1981 (Report. o. 50-289/81-16)
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Scope: Special, announced management meeting to ciscuss the results of the NRC board convened to evaluate the licensee's performance from April 1,1980, to March 31,1981, as part of the NRC's Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) program. Areas addressed included: Plant Operations; Surveillance /IST; Licensed Operator Training; QA/QC; Reporting; Comittee Activities; Procurement; Fire Protection; ISI; Design Changes and Modifications; Radiation Protection; Independent Measurements and Environmental Protection; Emergency Preparedness; Radioactive Waste Management; Transportation; Security and Safeguards; Preoperational Testing; and Overall Facility Management.
Results: A sumary of the licensee performance evaluation was presented.
Areas of concern were discussed with corporate and site management.
No new enforcement actions were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Licensee Attendees B. Ballard, Manager TMI Quality Assurance Modifications / Operations P. Clark, Deputy Chief Operating Executive, GPU Nuclea: Group J. Colitz, Plant Engineering Director 'iNI-l J. Fornicola, TMI Operations Quality Assurance Manager H. Hukill, Vice President and Director TMI-1 D. Shovlin, Manager Plant Maintenance TMI-l L. Smyth, Supervisor TNI-l Licensing R. Toole, Operations and Wintenance Director TMI-l E. Wallace, Manager PWR Licensing 2.
NRC Attendees R. Conte, Senior Resident Inspector (TMI-2)
A. Fasano, Chief, Three Mile Island Resident Section B. Grier, Director, Region I D. Haverkamp, Senior Resident Inspector (TMI-1)
F.. Keimig, Chief, Projects Branch #2 F. Young, Rasidant Inspector (TMI-1)
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Discussion A brief sunnary of the Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance iSALP) program was presented by the NRC.
The NRC Region I evaluation boa'rd meeting was discussed, including the appraisal period, performance data and the results of the board's evaluation.
(See Appendix 1 and Att,achments 1 and 2).
The licensee's overall performance was considered average.
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APPENDIX 1
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SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCE THREE MILE ISLAND I REGION I EVALUATION BOARD MEETING Facility:
Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Licensee:
Metropolitan Edison Company Unit Identification:
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License No./Date of Issue Unit No.
50-289 OPR-50/ April 19, 1974
Reactor Information:
NSS: B&W
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2535 Assessment Period: April 1,198a th' rough March 31, 1981 Evaluation Board Meeting Date: May 4, 1981 Review Board Memoers:
B. H. Grier, Director, Region I J. M. Allan, Deputy Director, Region I E. J. Brunner, Acting Director, ORPI, RI T. T. Martin, Acting Of rector, DETI, RI G. H. Smith, Director, OEPOS, RI R. R. Keimig, Chief, Projects Branch No. 2, ORPI, RI 0. C. OfIanni, Licensing Project Manager, Operating Reactors Branch No. 4, NRR Other NRC Attendees:
A. N. Fasano, Chief, Three Mile Island Resident Section, PB#2, ORPI, RI 0. R. Haverkamp, Senior Resident Inspector, (TMI-1) TMI Resident Section, PB#2, DRPI, RI
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ATTACHMENT 1 THREE MILE ISLAND 1
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LICENSEE PERFORMANCE DATA Assessment Period: April 1, 1980 to March 31, 1981 A.
Number and Nature of Noncompliance Items 1.
Noncompliance Category Infractions,
Deficiencies
,3 Notes: (1) One noncompliance was identified during the assessment period since the revised enforcement policy became effective.
(2) Five infractions were identified during the Health Physics Evaluation (3) Six infractions and three deficiencies were identified during the Management Appraisal (PAB) 1.nspection.
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Areas of Noncompliance
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Restart Management Health Inspection Appraisal Physics Program (PAB)
Evaluation INF/IV INF/DEF INF Plant Operations
Committee Activities
1 Fire Protection
Design Changes and Modifications
Radiation Protection
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Radioactive Waste Management
Security and Safeguards
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THREE MILE ISLAND I LICENSEE PERFORMANCE DATA Assessment Period: April 1, 1980 - March 31, 1981 B.
Number and Nature of Licensee Event Reports 1.
Type of Events A - Personnel Error
8 - Design / Manufacturing, Construction / Installation
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E - Component Failure
X - Other 8 + 1*
" Informational - not req orad by Technical Specifications 2.
Causally linked Eveats None identified (very small sample size)
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Licensee Event Reports Reviewed (Report Nos.)
LER's80-006 through 80-019, and 81-001 through 81-004 C.
Escalated Enforcement Actions
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Civil Penalties None Orders
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Order for Modification of License, dated August 29, 1980, to submit information to support the environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment at TMI-l by not later than November 1, 1980.
Order for Modifcations of License, dated October 24, 1980, concerning environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment.
Immediate Action Letters None
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THREE MILE ISLAND I LICENSEE PERFORMANCE DATA Assessment Period: April 1,1980 - March 31,1981 0.
Management Conferences Held Ouring past Twelve Months Management Meeting 50-289/80-18 on July 1, 1980 to discuss the Office of Inspection and Enforcement licensee management reviews / appraisals which were scheduled for accomplishment during July -August 1980 to augment the routine NRC inspection program.
Management Meeting 50-289/80-32 on December 17, 1980 to discuss the licensee's proposed corrective action for the items identified in the Health Physics Evaluation of TMI-I (Report 50-289/80-22) as needing improvement prior to restart. The licensee provided various proposed corrective actions already taken or planned to be taken for those items identified as significant weaknesses requiring improvement prior to TMI-I restart.
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Licensee Activities Throughout the assessment period the plant remained in cold shutdown, per
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NRC Commission Orders of July 2,1979 and August 9,1979, pending completion of modifications and other actions related to the TMI-2 accident.
Partial drain downs of the Reactbr Coolant System were conducted during May 30 -
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plant modifications and OTSG eddy current testing.
A preifminary plant heat-up to approximately 190'F was conducted on Janu 2ry 17
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Inscection Activities During the assessment period, 24 inspections were completed under the special TMI-I restart inspection program as implemented by memoranda dated January 28, 1980 and September 18, 1980 from the Director, Region I.
These included 5 inspections by the TMI resident section involving 481 inspector-hours onsite and 19 inspections by the regional office staff involving 1,126 inspector-hours onsite.
In July and August, 1980, the following special inspections were also conducted.
(1) management appraisal by the NRC IE Program Appraisal Branch (PAB) staff involving 516 inspector-hours (2) Health Physics evaluation by the NRC Region I and Headquarters staffs involving approximately 600 inspector-hours (3) "aear term operating license (NTOL)" review by the NRC Regional and Headquarters staffs involving 119 inspector-hours.
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THREE MILE ISLAND 1 LICENSEE PERFORMANCE DATA
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Investigation Activities investigattor 50-289/80-07 on March 21 and July 31, 1980 of an allegation concerning possible mis-marking of ASTM: A312 Grade 304 welded stainless steel pipe involving 13 investigative hours.
The allegation was not sub-stantiated.
Investigation 50-289/80-23 on July 1 - August 18, 1980 of concerns identified in sworn depositions obtained by the Three Mile Island Alert-(TMIA) Intervenor Group in preparation for the TMI-l restart hearings, involving 88 investiga-tion hours.
The concerns were not substantiated.
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ATTACHMENT 2 THREE MILE ISLAND 1 LICENSEE PERFORMANCE Above Below Averace Averace Averace A.
Functional Areas X
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Plant Operations 2.
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Maintenance-4.
Surveillance /IST X
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Licensed Operator Training X
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QA/QC X
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Reporting 8.
Committee Activities.
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Procurement X
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Fire Protection
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ISI X
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Design' Changes,and Modifications X
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Radia. ion Pr'otection X
Independent Measurements & Environ-mental Protection Not observed **
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Emergency 8reparedness Not assessed ***
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Radioactive ;!aste Management X
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Transportation X
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Security and Safeguards x
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Preoperational Testing X
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Overall Facility Manacement x
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July 1980 although compliance with NUREG-0654 was not incumbent on the licensee until April 1981. An emergency preparedness drill (NUREG-0654) will be conducted in DDIGIM AI June 1981 and a complete inspection of this UnIUIMML area will be conducted in July 1981.
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