IR 05000309/1988017
| ML20205P879 | |
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| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 10/31/1988 |
| From: | Fox E, Lazarus W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20205P874 | List: |
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| 50-309-88-17, NUDOCS 8811090003 | |
| Download: ML20205P879 (6) | |
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REGION I
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50-309/88-17 Docket No. 50-309
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Licensee: Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company
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Augusta. Maine 04336
i Fact)ity Name: Maine Yankee Nuclear power Plant
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Inspection At: Wiscat tett Maine
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Inspection Conducted: September 19-21 g 1988
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Inspec'.f on Summary:
Inspection Conducted on September 19-21, 1988 (Report No. 50-309/II;T W Areas Inspected: Routine, announced emergency preparedness inspection and observation of'the licensee's annual partial-participation emergency exercise performed on September 20, 1988. The inspection was performed by a team of four NRC Region I and headquarters personnel.
Results: No violations or deviations were identified. The licensee's emergency response actions were adequate to provide protective measures for the health and safety of the public.
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OETAILS 1.0 P_ersons Contacted The following licensee representatives attended tf exit meeting held on September 21, 19S8.
E. Boulette, Plant Manager, Maine Yankee (MY)
J. Brinkler, Assistant Plant Manager, MY C. Frizzle, Vice President. Operations MY J. Garrity, Vice President Quality Program & Engineering, MY J. Hawxhurst, Scenario Development Group (SDG) Yankee Nuclear Safety Division,(YNS0)
G. Lehouillier, Maintenance Section Head, NY J. McArdle, SDG, YNSD B. Riethle, Manager Radiation Protection, YNSD I
J. Temple. Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, MY I
0. Whitter, Manager, Nuclear Engineering & Licensing, MY The t eam observed and interviewed other licensee emergency response personnel, contrcllers and observers as they performed their assigned functions during the exercise.
2.0 Emem ency__ Exercise The Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant partial participation exercise was conducted September 20, 1938 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
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Maine partially participated in the exercise.
FEMA did not observe.
2.1 Pre-enercise Act_1vities The exercise objectives, submitted to NRC Region I on July 11, 1998 were reviewed and determined to adequately test the licensee's Emergency Plan. On August 18, 1983, the licensee submitted the
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complete scenario package for NRC review and evaluation. NRC Region l
I representatives had telephone discussions with the licensee's emergency preparedness st4ff to discuss objectives, scope and content of the exercise scenario. At a result, minor changes were made in order to clarify certain objectives, revise certain portions of the scenario and ensure that the scenario provided the opportunity for the licensee to demonstrate the stated objectives as I
well as those areas previously identified by NRC as in need of corrective action.
NRC observers attended a licenset briefing on September 19, 198S, and participated in the discussion af emergency response actions expected during the various phases of the scenario.
Specific changes resulting from NRC scenario review and ccmment were also discussed.
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Since this was a partial participation exercise,.the scenario was developed to be fast moving and to realistically challenge the licensee's onsite organ'ization but liAt offsite impact.
On feptember 20, 1988, the exercise proceeded as' scheduled and the NRC team determined that the licensee's performance was adequate to protect public health and safety.
The exercise scenario included tne following events:
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Light plane crashes into 115Kv reserve power lines; 2.
Turbine Trip; 3.
Reactor Scram; 4.
Loss of Emergency Feed Water Pump; 5..
Activation' and staffing of Emergency Response Facilities
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Declaration of Urusual Event, Alert, and Site Area Emergency; 7.
Calculation of off-site dose consequences; 8.
Recommendation or protective actions to offsite officials; and
Recovery actions discussions.
2.2 Activities Observed
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9uring conduct of the licensee's exercise, NRC team members made c'etailed observations of the activation and augmentation of the energency organization, activation of emergency response facilities, and actions of emergency response personnel during the operation of the emergency response facilities.
The following activities were observed:
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Detection, classification, and assassment of scer.ario events; 2.
Direction and coordination of the emergency response; 3.
Augtrentation of the emergency organization and response facility activation; 4.
Notification of licensee personnel and offsite agencies of pertinent plant status information; 5.
Communication /information flow, and recordkeeping;
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Provisions for implant radiation protection; 7.
Performance of offsite and implant radiological survey:,;
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Perfor~ance of technical support, repair and corrective actions; 9.
Assem%y, accountability and avacuation of personnel; 10.
Preparation cv informattor. for dissemination at the Emergency t'aws Center; and 11.
Management of recovery operations.
3.0 Exercise Observation _s The NRC team noted that the licensee's activation and augmentation of the emergency organi:ation, activation of the emergency response facilities, and use of the facilities were generally consistent with their emergency response plan and implementing procedure.
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3.1 Exercige Strengths The team also noted the following actions that provided strong positisa. indication of their ability to cope with abnormal plant conoittons:
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Prompt and proper actions were taken in accordance with
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appropriate procedures throughout the exercise, however, particularly noteworthy was the excellent management control and the prompt, correct and professional actions taken during the initial portion of the exercise in the simulator control room; 2.
Good command and control evident in all emergency response facilities; 3.
Good effective use of OSC teams, and interaction of teams, that provided effective solutions to correct scenario related problems; 4.
Direction, control, and coordination of activities in the TSC and EOF provided timely and effective resolution to most problems; and 5.
Personnel briefings on plant statua and undates to emergency personnel in each facility were timely anu complete.
i 3.2 Exercise Weakness The NRC identified the following exercise weakness which needs to be evaluated and corrected by the licensee.
The licensee conducted an adequate self critiq;e of the exercise that also ider,tified this area.
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After Emergency Res;qnse Facilities are activated and staffed, the responsibilities for classification should be clearly defined so as to assure the Recovery Manager is included in classification decisions (UNR 50-309/88-17-01).
Additionally, improvement items, most of which were addressed by the license in their critique, were discussed and noted by the licensee
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for evaluation.
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4.0 Licensee Actions on Previously Identified Items The following items were identified during the previous exercise.
Based upon observations made by the NRC tt.am during this exercise and review of the scenario and the information provided to the controllers, the following inspector follow-up items were not repeated and are closed.
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(Closed)(50-319/87-11-04) Initial staffing ~of The OSC and EOF should be evaluated in order to assure timely activation and provision for full
support of the plant err,ergency response organization.
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(Closed) (50-319/87-11-06)' Controller Radiological data maps for offsite
monitoring teams were. difficult to use..The maps should have shown north
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and a scale as-well-as pre-designated sampling locations.
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The following item remains an exercise weakness and will remain open.
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(0 pen) (50-319/08-11-05) Radio Communication between the.0SC and the
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inplant repair / corrective action, and survey teams was not reliable.
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During this exercise remedial action has been taken by the licensee.
However, there were additional problems encountered by the teams when
using the radios in the exercise because of security and the repair teams using the same radio frequency.
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5.0 Licensee Critique
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The NRC team attended the licensee's post-exercise critique on
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September 20, 1988 during which the key licensee controllers discussed
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observations of the exercise. The licensee indicated these observations
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Specific improvement areas which were identified by the licensee related l
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Once centers are c:tivated, responsibilities for declaration of
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protective action recommendations and hot line communications need j
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Technical Support Center (TSC) procedures should be reviewed for
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consistency and consider including assignment of responsibilities; l
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The content of the TSC status boards should be assessed; j
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Oose assessment should consider "bounding" potential for offsite i
rad 1M ogical consequences if a release is not in progress; and i
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Separate radio channels should be established for in plant teams use l
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6.0 Exit Meeting and NRC Critique f
The NRC team met with the licensee representatives listed in Section 1 of
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The team leader summarized the l
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adequately addressed and no violations were observed. Although there
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were areas identified for corrective action, the NRC team determined that within the scope and limitations of the scenario, the licensee's performance demonstrated that they could implement their Emergency Plan and Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures in a manner which would adequately provide protective measures for the health and safety of the public.
Licensee management acknowledged the findings and indicated that appropriate action would be taken regarding the identified open items.
At no time during this inspection did the inspectors provide any written information to the licensee.
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