IR 05000313/1989012

Insp Repts 50-313/89-12 & 50-368/89-12 on 890314-16.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Weaknesses Noted Re Delay in Notification of State.Major Areas Inspected:Annual Exercise of Emergency Plan & Procedures

ML20245C094
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	04/13/1989
From:	Everett R, Terc N NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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ML20245C093	List: IR 05000313/1989012 ML20245C092
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50-313-89-12, 50-368-89-12, NUDOCS 8904270002
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APPENDIX U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

NRC Inspection Report: 50-313/89-12 Operating Licenses: DPR-51 50-368/89-12 NPF-6 Dockets: 50-313 50-368 Licensee: Arkansas Power and Light ( AP&L)

P.O. Box 551 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 Facility Name: Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO), Units 1 and 2 Inspection At: Russellville, Arkansas Inspection Conducted: March 14-16, 1989 Inspector: ht N N. M. Terc, Emergency Preparedness Analyit Date (NRC Team Leader)

i Accompanying Personnel: C. Harbuck, NRR Project Manager, AND C. Poslusny, NRR Project Manager, AND R. Evans, NRC Resident Inspector, STP M. Good, Comex Corporation Approved: b, 44tY/ Y[3/ff7 R. J. EVerett, Chief, Security and Emergency Date Preparedness Section Inspection Summary Inspection Conducted March 14-16, 1989 (Report 50-313/89-12; 50-368/89-12)

Areas Inspected: Routine, announced inspection of the licensee's performance and capabilities during an annual exercise of the emergency plan and procedures. The NRC inspection team observed activities in the Control Room (CR), Technical Support Center (TSC), the Emergency Operations Facility (EOF), and the Operations Support Center (OSC) during the exercis Results: Within the areas inspected, no violations or deviations were identifie Four minor exercise weaknesses were identified by the NRC l inspection team (paragraphs 4, 5, 6, and 7). Weaknesses identified include a delay in notification of the State during the Site Area Emergency, poor radiological practices' during the medical injury, an organizational inconsistency, and coaching and prompting of players by a controlle Generally, the licensee's response was adequate to protect the health and safety of the publi "

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-2-DETAILS Persons Contacted AP&L

• Campbell, Vice President, Nuclear Operations

• J. Levine, Executive Director, Nuclear Operations

• E. Ewing, General Manager, Plant Support

• W. Perks, Manager, Training

• D. Boyd, Supervisor, Emergency Planning

• R. Gresham, Emergency Planning Coordinator

• D. Comax, Licensing Supervisor

• J. Bishop, Emergency Planning Coordinator

• F. Van Buskirk, Emergency Planning Coordinator J. Williams, Manager, Maintenance N. R_C

• R. Haag, Resident Inspector, AND The NRC inspection team also held discussions with other station and corporate personnel in the areas of security, health physics, operations, training, and emergency respons * Denotes those present at the exit intervie . Followup on Previous Inspection Findings (92701)

(Closed) Deficiency (313/8809-01; 368/8809-01): Failure to Simulate the Use of the Containment Spray During the 1988 Exercise - The NRC inspector noted that the licensee had added instructions in Procedure EPIP 1903.11,

" Emergency Response / Notifications" to prompt the use of containment spray when appropriat . Program Areas Inspected The NRC inspection team observed licensee activities in the CR, TSC, OSC, and EOF during the exercise. The NRC inspection team also observed emergency response organization staffing, facility activation, detection, classification, and operational assessment, notifications of licensee personnel, notifications of offsite agencies, formulation of protective action recommendations (PAR), offsite dose assessment, in plant corrective actions and rescue, security / accountability activities, and recovery operation Inspection findings are documented in the following paragraph . Technical Support Center (82301(2))

The NRC inspection team noted that the licensee delayed notification of the State for 33 minutes after declaration of the Site Area Emergency

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No violations or deviations were identified in this program are . Operations Support Center (82301(4))

The NRC inspector determined that the organizational structure used in the OSC during the exercise was different than that required by Procedures EPIP 1903.50, " Emergency Response Organization," and EPIP 1903.63, " Emergency Response Centers," in that the assistant to the OSC superintendent is not included in the organization described in the aforementioned procedure The above is an exercise weaknes (313/8909-02; 368/8909-02)

No violations or deviations were identified in this program are . Medical Team (82301(10]]

The NRC inspection team noted that poor radiological practices (e.g., team members did not wear anticontamination gloves).used by the medical rescue team resulted in cross contamination of personnel. In addition, there was an unnecessary delay in notifying the medical team that the ambulance had arrived and was waiting for the victi The above is an exercise weaknes (313/8909-03; 368/8809-03)

No 'iolations or deviations were ihntified in this program are . Scenario For the most part, the scenario develo wJ for the observed annual exercise was technically sound and challenging to the players, however, the NRC inspection team found some scenario incongruence during the exercise which detracted from the realism and free play of the exercis Some examples follow:

Exercise controller gave conflicting information to players pertaining to the status of the C charging pum Normal background contamination readings were given in areas that I would have been contaminated during the medical scenari The controller of the Electrical Maintenance Team No. 2 was observed doing extensive prompting and coaching to exercise player The above is an exercise weaknes (313/8909-04; 368/8909-04)

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. -4-i Exit Interview The NRC inspection team met with the NRC resident inspector and licensee !

representatives indicated in paragraph I on March 16, 1989, and summarized

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the scope and findings of the inspection as presented in this report. The licensee acknowledged their understanding of weaknesses and agreed to examine them to find root causes in order to take adequate corrective actions.

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