IR 05000333/1987020
| ML20238D076 | |
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| Site: | FitzPatrick  |
| Issue date: | 08/31/1987 |
| From: | Lazarus W, Tuccinardi T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| 50-333-87-20, NUDOCS 8709100547 | |
| Download: ML20238D076 (7) | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:_ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _-- . - _ _ _. . L . , . , U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I-Report No. 87-20-Docket No. 50-333 License No.
DPR-59 Priority Category C , Licensee: New York Power Authority P. O. Box 41 Lycoming, New York 13093 Facility Name: Fi,tzPatrick Nuclear Power Station Inspection At: Scriba, New York Inspection Conducted: July 13-16, 1987 Inspectors: " Y- !2 yzu T. TGccinardi Emergency Preparedness / date' Specialist Approved by: h- /} M '//,/ 9 N W. J. Lazarus, Chief M 'date ' , Emerge'ncy Preparedness Section l Inspection Summary: Inspection of July 13-16, 1987 (Report No. 50-333/87-20) Areas Inspected: A routine unannounced preventative emergency preparedness inspection was conducted by one region-based NRC inspector.
Areas examined l included follow-up on previously identified inspection findings, training, audits, public information, notification, and facilities and equipment.
Results: No violations were identified, h 0-
- _ - - _ _ ._ . I- . DETAILS 1.0 Persons Contacted During the course of this inspection, the following personnel were contacted or interviewed.
Licensee Personnel D. Lindsey, Operations Superintendent D. Patch, QA Superintendent E. Mulcahey, Radiological & Environmental Services Superintendent G. Vargo, Radiological Engineer R. Converse, Resident Manager W. Fernandez, Superintendent of Power M. Prerie, Emergency Preparedness R. Baker, Maintenance Superintendent F. Catella, Training Coordinator A. Zaremba, Assistant Emergency Coordinator The inspector also interviewed and observed the actions of other licensee personnel.
2.0 Purpose The purpose of this routine inspection was to review implementation of the licensee's emergency preparedness program. Areas examined included open-items from previous inspection reports, training, audits, public information, notification, and facilities and equipment.
3.0 Licentee Action on Previous Inspection Findings During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the licensee's progress concerning open items during previous inspections. The following items were examined during inspection 50-333/86-07 of the 1986 annual exercise and were not repeated, and are closed.
(Closed) Followup Item 85-18-01 Practices in the control and activities that could have degraded emergency response (Closed) Followup Item 85-18-02
Certain practices in the TSC could have contributed to a degraded response (Closed) Followup Item 85-18-04 Certain practices conducted related to dose assessment that could contribute to a degraded protective action recommendation . _ _ _ __ -
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Certain practices conducted within the EOF that could have contributed to degraded response in annual emergency exercise 4.0 Status of Emergency Preparedness Program 4.1 Training i ~ Emergency Preparedness (EP) training is the responsibility of the Nuclear Training Department at James A. FitzPatrick (JAF).
EP training consists of eight courses beyond the EP training included in the required general employee training (GET). Of the approximately 500 persons who have received GET, approximately 300 have received an additional four hour course for EP essential personnel.
EP position specific courses are required to be completed by persons having specific position requirements such as dose assessor and emergency director. A passing grade of 80% must be received for course completion.
The personnel who have completed training for essential personnel and any required specific training are qualified to function on one of the two emergency response , ' teams, or as alternates.
EP courses are taught by an instructor with seven years of teaching experience. He conducts classes and participates in demonstrations.
The Assistant Emergency Coordinator (AEC) assists with demonstration and provides students with practical emergency response facility walkthroughs.
The licensee provides training for offsite emergency personnel on an annual basis and is a responsibility shared with Nine Mile Point.
Course work includes all the major areas of the emergency plan plus requested subject areas.
The Radiation Management Corporation has
' been contracted to provide medical training for Ambulance Services, Fire Brigade (both on-site and off-site), Oswego Hospital, the State University of New York Health Science Center, and the station physician. Oswego County provides training to the sheriffs department and the State of New York provides training for the New York State Police.
4.2 Public Information Program The inspector reviewed emergency information distributed to the public.
It was determined that publications have been developed and disseminated throughout the Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) that , adequately detail emergency response information.
The publication, common to both Nine Mile Point Units I and 2 and JAF, entitled "Nine Mile Point Emergency Planning and You" was written specifically for Oswego County. The booklet was reviewed and found to contain adequate information concerning Emergency Broadcasting System i _. _ _ _ _ _ _. _
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application for' specific assistance'for people within the EPZ that require special attention due to physical or mental impairment.
Oswego County maintains the booklets and provides mailing services to EPZ residents. JAF ensures the mailing was performed and. reviews the bocklet contents. -Additionally, stickers have been printed by the licensee with emergency information and are available for .. , - posting in areas frequented by transient population.
Publications and
stickers are updated and distributed on an annual basis.
Tone-alert radios have been placed in selected commercial establish-ments such as local motels, restaurants, industrial areas, and schools. Additionally, provisions have'been made for special population groups.
An index of persons who are disabled and who would require assistance in an evacuation is maintained by the county government.
4.3 Licensee Reviews / Audits The inspector reviewed "NYPA Standard Audit No. 576 'JAFPP Emergency Preparedness Program'" for 1986, and the unpublished and unnumbered o draft audit for 1987.
It was determined that satisfactory review of the emergency preparedness program and annual exercise has been conducted annually. This review provided an examination of the EP program and Wntified areas in need of improvement.
At the present time, areas in need of improvement identified during-the licensee audit, are tracked by hand in a Quality Assurance (QA) log maintained by the QA supervisor. A corrective action tracking system utilizing a computer program has been initiated to back-up the log. The log and computer tracking system includes replys, action completion dated, action escalation dates, persons responsible for action, and brief description of' problem.
QA audits are maintained in hardcopy in the QA office for a period of one year. They are then reduced to microfilm and maintained for the life of the plant.
The 1986 annual audit and the 1987 draft annual audit were both found to contain an open item relating to the Emergency Coordinator i ' position.
For more than a year the Emergency Coordinator (EC) has been reassigned to work on special assignments. The assistant EC has been working in the position since the reassignment. The inspector verified that the EC position has been vacant for over a year. -The licensee indicated that attempts are being made to fill l the position.
This area will be reviewed in a subsequent inspection (50-333/87-20-01).
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. . i During the review of the T936 and the 1987 audits, it was noted that ' placement of the QA auditors as observers during exercises, and the ' t control of the comments generated by the QA auditors during u exercises, is the responsibility of the emergency preparedness organization.
Coments are tracked on the EP computer tracking l system.
To improire independence in this area, the licensee is i evaluating changing the responsibility for placement of QA auditors during exercises and control of QA auditor comments to the QA organization. This area will be examined in a subsequent inspection (50-333/87-20-02).
The inspector noted that Oswego County was not on the distribution list of the 1986 audit.
The licensee indicated audits are made ' available to local governments by mail. The licensee was unable to verify that the audit had been provided to Oswego County Office of Emergency Preparedness'(0C0EP). OC0EP was contacted but indicated they had not received a copy of the audit. They were aware that the ..' annual audits are available to them. The. licensee indicated the , ! omission of Oswego County from distribution was a typographical error and would be corrected.
A copy of the 1986 Audit (#576) was ' immediately sent to 000EP. The part of the 1986 audit involving the evaluation for adequacy of the interface with local governments was verified to have been performed.
This area will be reviewed in a subsequent inspections (50-333/87-20-03) 4.4 Notifications The inspector reviewed communications procedures and inspected the communications systems and determined that the present communications capability meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50.47(b)(5), (6) and (7) and Appendix E of 10 CFR 50, Section IV.D.
The licensee maintains a capability for notifying and communicating with licensee personnel, offsite supporting agencies and local governmental authorities, and the population within the EPZ in the event of an emergency. The prompt notification system is in place ' and maintained: Testing of sirens is performed on a quarterly basis.
Approximately 1/4 of the 37 sirens are tested each day.for four consecutive days, once per quarter. The testing schedule is made availabh to the j public through the annually distributed publication entitled "Nine i Mile Point Emergency Planning and You." A silent test of the siren system is performed every two weeks. The most recent quarterly siren test was verified to have been performed May 11-15, 1987.
4.5 Facilities and Equipment The licensee's Emergency Response Facilities (ERF) were examined, Operational readiness of the Operational Support Center (OSC) Technical Support Center (TSC) and the Emergency Operations Facility (E0F) were verified to be adequately maintained.
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Equipment and procedures available . for use in an emergency in the OSC and TSC are stored in lockable lockers.
Inventories are performed on ~ a quarterly basis. The ' Einspector. randor:1y selected lockers and the equipment inventory for the EOF, to verify equipment availability and operability.
No-deficiencies were found.
' 'The:TSC and OSC are presently being remodeled. The plans for the . renovation were reviewed and found to be an. improvement over previ-ously existing facilities. However, renovation was still underway
at the time of this inspection. These facilities were verified to be operational while modifications are incomplete.
Changes to the-TSC include a change in the floor plan' allowing increased efficient > , use of space and changing the TSC to a dedicated facility.
Changes g to the OSC include additional office spact, and more overall square ij footage.
O The inspector expressed a concern that' assembly areas'were insuffi-cient in size to contain the number of people necessary. The licensee indicated the'new administration office building presently ' [u under construction would alleviate this problem.
J \\L The EOF,'a relatively new facility, (16 years old), was examined during the inspection. This E0F.is e dedicated facility with h, adequate space and facilities.. People designated to report to the new E0F ware verified to have been trained on new equipment and work
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TheJointNewsCenter(JNC)wasexamined.
It is located in an.old t naval militia building in Oswego, N.Y.
JNC was adequately equipped and maintained, and appeared to have sufficient space for the media.
.* 5.0 Exit Meeting The inspector met with licensee personnel listed in Section 1 at the y conclusion of the inspection. The licensee was informed that no vio-t i lations or deviations were noted.
Four outstanding ' items identified in i ' i previous inspections were closed.
There were no unresolved items. The inspector also discussed some a1Feas for improvement. The licensee
acknowledged these findings and agreed to evaluate them and institute v corrective action as appropriate.
At no time during the course of the inspection did the inspectors give the licensee written material.
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