IR 05000344/1987010

Insp Rept 50-344/87-10 on 870323-27.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Emergency Preparedness Operational Support Ctr Drill & Followup on Licensee Commitments Described in Insp Rept 50-344/87-03

ML20209H904
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Site:	Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date:	04/16/1987
From:	Brown G, Fish R, Tenbrook W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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ML20209H892	List: IR 05000344/1987010 ML20209H885
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION F

REGION V

Report N /87-10 Docket N License No. NPF-1 Licensee: Portland General Electric Company 121 S. W. Salmon Street Portland, Oregon 97204 Facility Name: Trojan Nuclear Plant Inspection at: Rainier, Oregon InspectionConductef: March 23-27, 1987

Inspectors: A/d/D W G. Brown, Emergency Preparedness

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G dea W. Ten 8 rook, Radiation Specialist kl Ddte' Signed Approved By:

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4d v 4//0 87 R. Fish, Chief, Emergency Prepared- Date S'igned ness Section Summary:

Announced inspection of the licensee's emergency preparedness Operational i Support Center drill and follow-up on other commitments made by the licensee as described in NRC Report No. 50-344/87-03. A determination of the status of corrective actions resulting from previous inspection findings was also

included in this inspection effor Results

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DETAILS 1. Persons Contacted:

• D. Cockfield, Vice President, Nuclear

• C, Olmstead, General Manager, Trojan

• A. Ankrum, Nuclear Engineer, NSRD G. Bailey, Training Specialist

• J. Benjamin, Nuclear Engineer, NSRD

• K. Bostick, Nuclear Engineer, NSRD P. Bradley, Radiation Protection Engineer

• Dyer, Manager, Radiological Safety

• Harlos, Nuclear Engineer

• T. Lawson, Assistant Shift Supervisor

• T. Meek, Radiation Protection Supervisor S. Newcomb, Radiation Protection Engineer

• Nichols, Training Supervisor

• J. Reid, Manager, Plant Services

• Russell, Assistant Operations Supervisor .

• Schwartz, Maintenance Engineer

• Singh, Manager, Outage Planning aad Scheduling

• D. Swan, Maintenance Supervisor

• J. Taylor, Shift Supervisor

• J. Thale, Senior Engineer, NSRD

• T. Walt, Manager, Nuclear Safety and Regulation

" Denotes attendance at the March 27, 1987 exit interview 2. Follow-up On Open Items (Closed) Open Item 85-28-0 Determine if Procedure EP-12 should address respirator use. The licensee has evaluated the NRC concern identified during the observation of the 1985 exercise and EP 11. " Radiological Surveys", has been revised to incorporate action levels for donning respirator equipment based on whole body dose rate, iodine and particulate level Performance in this area during the 1986 exercise was satisfactory. This item is considered close (Closed) Open Item 85-28-0 During the 1985 annual emergency preparedness exercise the licensee did not make notifications to the NRC in a timely manner. To address this item, The licensee has revised EP-5,

" Emergency Coordinator", to include, as part of the Emergency Coordinator's (EC) duties, providing a dedicated PGE communicator to notify the NRC through the ENS. Performance in this area during the 1986 exercise was satisfactory. This item is considered close (Closed) Open Item 85-28-06. Review Trojan's evaluation of problems observed regarding air sample analysis during the 1985 annual exercis The licensee has provided additional Stabilized Assay Meter (SAM-II)

training to the applicable technicians. All training included hands-on experience. The licensee's performance in this area during the 1986 annual exercise was satisfactory. This item is considered close .

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(Closed) Open Item 86-41-03. Corrective actions to improve dose assessment capabilities in the Technical Support Center (TSC). The licensee has determined that dose assessments can be performed better in the Emergency Operations Facility (E0F) than the Technical Support Center (TSC) and, as a result, has transferred responsibility for dose assessment to the E0 A dose assessment walk-through was conducted with ,

some radiation protection engineers who would be responsible for providing dose calculations at the EOF for the TSC. Their performance was adequate to ensure accurate and timely dose assessment projections

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are provided to the TSC. This item is considered close (Closed) Open Item 87-03-0 Include classification of accidents as part

of the Shift Supervisor's annual retraining by January 30, 1987. The inspector reviewed training documentation identified as " Radiological Emergency Response Training (RERP) -4", dated January 13, 1987 which listed twelve Shift Supervisors (SS) who attended annual retraining. The

" Enabling Objectives" of the course included a description and purpose of the RERP plan, the criteria which mandates the RERP plan, and addressed classification of accidents. This action adequately meets this commitment. This item is considered close (Closed) Open Item 87-03-04. The licensee will issue a memorandum to all i SSs by February 27, 1987 emphasizing their responsibility to maintain overall control of emergency response until relieved by the Duty Plant

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Manager. The inspector reviewed the licensee's Inter-0ffice Memorandum, Serial No. RES-014-87 (dated February 11, 1987), from R. E. Susee to all

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Shift Supervisors. The text of the memorandum addressed the above

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subject. This action adequately meets this commitment. This item is considered close (Closed) Open Item 87-03-0 Perform walk-through drills to retrain applicable personnel in performing initial dose assessments in the E0F by February 28, 1987. The inspector reviewed training documentation dated February 19, 1987 which indicated that all of the personnel responsible for initial dose assessment calculations had attended the walk-through training. The training included use of the dose assessment computer, review of dose assessment responsibilities (Procedure EP-10) and hands-on dose assessment calculations. The inspector performed walk-throughs with two technicians who had attended this course and both satisfactorily demonstrated their ability to perform dose assessment calculations and implement Procedure EP-10 in an accurate and timely manner. The licensee has adequately met this commitment. This item is considered close (Closed) Open Item 87-03-06. By March 30, 1987 include in the Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) training the additional requirement that the trainee demonstrate proficiency in utilizing equipmen The inspector reviewed Trojan Lesson Plan R1-C-01-LP,

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entitled " Radiation Protection Retraining - Fourth Quarter 1986",

approved on December 10, 1986. Also, the inspector sat in on such a class being given to technicians and verified that actual demonstrations

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were required of each student at the end of the session. This commitment has been met. This item is considered closed.

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l j (Closed) Open Item 87-03-07.' Conduct two drills annually for emergency l 1 response centers. (First round of drills to be completed by April 1, i l 1987). The inspector reviewed scenarios and critique responses for each j of the emergency response facility (ERF) drills . The scenarios were i

substantially similar to one another so as to provide a consistent basis

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for evaluation.' According to the licensee, participants felt free to interrupt the drills to make training points or to resolve problem >

j Participants actively provided feedback to the controllers during cri-

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! (Closed) Open Item 87-03-0 Conduct a special drill for the OSC staff

, by April 1, 198 The licensee conducted a performance drill involving i the OSC staff on March 26, 1987 which was observed and evaluated by NRC

inspectors. The results of the evaluation are reported in Section 4 of  ;

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I ( Open ) Open Item 86-41-0 Corrective actions in response to problems i' in the Control Room identified in 1986 annual exercise. The licensee has implemented RERP training as part of the annual retraining of SS' ,

j Procedure EP-1, " Emergency Coordinator", has been revised to more clearly define responsibilities and actions while the SS is acting as EC. Other actions included relocating the Emergency Notification System telephone

! and the SS's emergency station to a more convenient area. A human

! factors review of the Emergency Action Levels (EALs) is currently in j process. Additionally, training in basic communications techniques and 1 inplant communications systems is being provided to other groups which i support the Control Room. The licensee expects this to result in better communications between the Control Room and other emergency facilities.

Progress in this area appears satisfactory. This item will remain open

pending satisfactory demonstration of Control Room actions during the

next annual exercise.

( Open ) Open Item 86-41-02. Corrective actions to improve performance l of the engineering section of the TSC identified in the 1986 annual

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i exercise. In an effort to improve the TSC Engineering Section working conditions by reducing congestion and noise, the licensee has implemented the following changes:

o Dose assessment responsibilities have been transferred from the

TSC to the radiation protection engineers in the E0F. This

will lessen noise and congestion in the TSC.

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o Ring-down lines to offsite Emergency Operations Centers (EOC)

! have been silenced in the TSC. Additionally, discussions with j offsite authorities regarding emergency response and protective

action recommendations will now take place in the EOF rather

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I This item will remain open pending satisfactory demonstration of i performance by the TSC engineering section during the next annual

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( Open ) Open Item 86-41-05. Corrective actions.to ensure timely l activation of E0F. The licensee is considering changing procedures to

! reorganize responsibilites so that the E0F can be activated under the I direction of the Emergency Coordinator while he is still physically located in the TSC. The licensee feels that this change will allow the EOF to rapidly activate with onsite personnel and carry out its mission and responsibilities to offsite agencies until the arrival of senior management. This item will remain open pending satisfactory demonstration during the next exercis . Other Licensee Commitments During the management conference conducted January 23, 1987, the licensee stated that the Trojan Training Department had been reinforced to support the expanded training effort in emergency planning. The inspector verified that PGE had contracted with Advanced Technology Engineering Systems, Inc. to provide additional qualified staffing to support the Trojan Training Department in ,

developing and implementing emergency response trainin The l staffing was found to be as stated by the licensee in the management conference and consisted of a senior engineer, one long-term and.two-short term contract engineers. This action satisfies this commitment.

' The licensee also stated that training responsibilities had been reassigned so that the Trojan Training Department had sole responsibility for Trojan's onsite emergency response trainin Previously, this responsibility had been shared with other . department The inspector reviewed document CAO-028-87M, dated January 22, 1987, which formally assigned this responsibility to the Trojan Training Departmen It was as described in the management conference. This action satisfies this commitmen During the conference the licensee stated that a manager or supervisor had been assigned to be in charge of each ERF to ensure the facility's readiness at all times. The inspector reviewed a Trojan memorandum dated January 12, 1987 from C. A. Olmstead which provided for ERF accountability assignments for emergency plan readiness. The document assigned responsibility for each ERF to selected managers and supervisors from operations, maintenance and plant services. It also specified the duties of each assigned manager. These actions satisfy this commitmen . OSC Performance Drill Background During the 1986 annual emergency preparedness exercise several deficiencies were identified regarding the functions of the Operations Support Center (OSC). To address the deficiencies,'the licensee committed to several corrective actions involving management and training. The licensee further committed to conducting a major drill of the OSC to evaluate the effectiveness of the corrective actions. The deficiencies in OSC performance during

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. 5 the 1986 exercise are discussed in Section 9 of NRC Report N /86-41 dated December 24, 1986, and the corrective action commitments are discussed in NRC Report No. 50-344/87-03, dated February 6,198 c. Scenario The scenario postulated a primary leak in containment in excess of

. 50 gpm followed by a major loss of coolant accident (LOCA) and the declaration of a Site Area Emergency. During the sequence of events, radiological conditions required the donning and use of SCBA gear by some. teams as well as the transfer of operations from the primary to the alternate OSC. The scenario was designed to demon-strate nine objectives which are discussed and evaluated belo d. Objectives and Findings 1) Objective: Demonstrate that the OSC can be activated within 30 minutes of declaration of an alert.,

Finding: The OSC was activated in less than twenty minute The licensee met this objectiv ) Objective: Demonstrate that the OSC can communicate task assignments and OSC activities with the Control Room, TSC, and EO Finding: As its primary means of communication, the OSC depended on a three-way communications bridge connecting the OSC with the other ERFs. Secondary communications consisted of the commercial phone system and portable radios. During the drill, the OSC experienced a real failure of the primary communications system and had to resort to their secondary systems to maintain communications. The OSC promptly developed an innovative interfacing'of their commercial system to replace the disabled three-way bridge and effectively demonstrated their ability to continue communications under adverse conditions. The licensee met this objectiv i 3) Objective: Demonstrate that the OSC can assemble, brief, dispatch, communicate with, and track OSC teams to the completion of assigned task Finding: All teams were given thorough briefings prior to their departure. Telephone communications between the OSC and teams were timely and precise, some being performed in spite of the handicap of wearing a respirator. The new status board was effective in tracking individual teams, tasks, and status of

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their missions. Personnel in the OSC were kept abreast of events through frequent briefings given by the OSC Director or senior members of his staff. The licensee met this objectiv ) Objective: Demonstrate that the OSC can track individual OSC member dose x

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Finding: Within 10 minutes of the activat! ion and staffing of the OSC, Radiation Protection personnel had entered TLD identification numbers of all OSC personnel into the dosimetry data base which identified the dose records, respirator qualification status, and.other pertinent information for each individual. A hard-copy of the information was,also provided in the event of computer failur Upon returning from a task, each person's dose was timely updated from the Radiation Work Permit. The licensee met this objectiv ) Objective: Demonstrate that the OSC can relocate to the Alternate OS .

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Finding: The OSC staff effectively anticipated a need for relocation baser on the increasing radiation levels in the Auxiliary Building, and directed that the alternate OSC be set up prior to the actual need to relocat Evacuation routes were properly discussed-and the SCBA Compressor Team and PASS team, who were in the field, were alerted to the relocation as required. The OSC personilel were moved to the alternate OSC, accounted for and ready, to resume operations within nine minutes of the order to relocate. The licensee met this '

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6) Objective: Demonstrate that the alternate OSC can assemble, brief, and dispatch one OSC tea '

Finding: A team was dispatched from the alternate OSC to the Intake Structure Service Water Pump Room. The team was properly prepared and dispatched. Briefings and contamination control were as effective as those in the primary OS The licensee met this objectiv ) Objective: Demonstrate that the SCBA compressor team can be dispatched and used to refill the SCBA bottle Finding: Tne SCBA team was dispatched in a timely manner and adequately performed its task. Empty bottles were refilled in an expeditious manner and an effective system for segregating empty containers from full ones was implemented. The licensee met this objectiv i 8) Objective: Demonstratd that contamination control can be maintained in the OSC, including personnnel, tools and SCBA Demonstrate that OSC radiological habitability can be monitore Finding: Frisking stations were set up at strategic location Donning and removal of anti-contamination clothing and self-monitoring were properly demonstrated. SCBAs were properly packaged and decontaminated prior to reuse. Iodine i grab samples were taken and evaluated . A Continuous Air f4onitor (CAM) was quickly put into operation and provided i continuous monitoring for air particulate activity'throughout t

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this objectiv ) Objective: Demonstrate th'at the OSC teams can perform their duties when working conditions require respiratory protectio Demonstrate that the OSC can dispatch and receive teams utilizing SCBA Finding: SCBAs were properly donned and used in the fiel Communications, although difficult, were successful. OSC members quickly responded and resolved one situation where a team member accidentally bled his air tank. The licensee met this objectiv Conclusions 1) The licensee satisfactorily met all goals established for the OSC dril '

2) Training corrective: actions were adequate and effective as evidenced, among other things, by:

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a) The efficient command and control exhibited by the OSC Director / Radiation Protection Supervisor / Shift ^ Supervisor team which directed the OSC effort b) The OSC's anticipating futuro requirements based on current conditions, such as setting up the alternate OSC when the Auxiliary Building radiation levels increased, and preparing the SCBA compressor before it was neede c) The active discussion of safety concerns between the TSC and OSC regarding a request to survey the PASS are ) Management involvement in the emergency preparedness program has improved significantly, as evidenced, among other things, by:

a) The presence of the Vice President of, Nuclear Operations and the General Manager Trojan at most of the drill b) The Vice President of Nuclear Operations' directly addressing the participants prior to the OSC drill,

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stressing the importance of the drill and the emergency response program in genera ) Personnel carried out their tasks in a concise and professional manner, and the inspectors did not observe any instances where participants displayed a casual attitude toward the dril This was an improvement over the 1986 exercise result ,

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8 Exit Meeting The above comments and findings were discus licensee's representatives attending Section 1 of this repor n March 27 1987.thisThe exit irepres nterview ar,e denoted in

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