IR 05000344/1988028

Insp Rept 50-344/88-28 on 880711-15.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Followup on Previous Insp Findings,Review of Emergency Facilities,Equipment, Instrumentation & Supplies & Exam of Training Program

ML20207E681
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Site:	Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date:	07/25/1988
From:	Brown G, Fish R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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ML20207E641	List: IR 05000344/1988028 ML20207E638
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50-344-88-28, NUDOCS 8808180124
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s U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION V

Report N /88-28 Licensee: Portland General Electric Company 121 S. W. Salmon Street Portland, Oregon 97204 Facility Name: Trojan Nuclear Plant Inspection at: Rainier, Oregon Inspection conducte : July 11-15, 1988 Inspector: , 'W Id fT Ti. A'.'. B rown Date Emer ncy Preparedness Analyst Approved by: (/)hCf,wv 7f?Sfff ^

g R' F!~ Fish, Chief Date Emergency Preparedness Section Summary:

Areas Inspected: Routine unannounced inspection of the licensee's emergency preparedness (EP) program. The inspection included followup on previous inspection findings (Inspection Procedure 92701), review of emergency facilities, equipment, instrumentation and supplies (Inspection Procedure 82701), and an examination of the EP training program (Inspection Procedure 82701). The inspector also reviewed the EP involvement in the 7/10/88 event of the 0-ring failure on the seal injection filter housing (Inspection Procedure 82201).

Results: No deficiencies or violations of NRC requirements were identified.

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DETAILS 1. Persons Contacted PGE Personnel:

• F. Jones, Engineer, Emergency Preparedness W. Kernion, Chemistry Laboratory Supervisor

.1. MacMinn, Radiation Protection Technician J. Perrin, Shift Supervisor R. Ritschard, Nuclear Security Branch Manager

• G. Zimmerman, Manager,' Radiological Safety Branch Others

• S. Harlos, Contractor, AT Engineering Services, In S. Huntington, Coordinator, Cowlitz County Department of Emergency Services

• Indicates attendance at the July 15, 1988 exit interview 2. Followup on Open Items (Module 92701)

(Closed) Open Item 87-03-02. Commitment to revise the emergency response organization (ERO) lesson plans. The inspector reviewed ERO records of task analysis, job analysis, lesso, plans and records of comments from students who had completed the revised ERO courses. Based on the results of this review, this item is close (Cicsed) Open Item 87-32-02. Procedure inadequate to ensure proper monitoring of field team exposure. The inspector reviewed Procedure EP-103, Revision 1, and noted that the procedure now requires the field team communicator to poll field team members at an established frequency and record their exposure. The procedure alsn requires competent authority in the EOF to timely review each record. This action adequately addresses this concern. This item is close ( Open ) Open Item 87-22-01. Need to conduct periodic staffing and augmentation drills to evaluate emergency staffing capability. This item will remain open pending acquisition of paging equipment, implementation of procedures and conducting a successful dril ( Open ) Open Item 87-32-01. Conflict in definition of "special popula-tions" exists between the emergency plan and the implerenting procedur The procedures have been revised and are now being reviewed by the Procedure Review Board (PRB). This item will remain open pending approval of the revised procedure by the PR _ _ _ _ . - - -

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This area was inspected to verify that key facilities and equipment were l adequately maintained, to determine whether changes made since the last l routine inspection were adequate to meet NRC requirements and that the changes did not adversely affect the emergency preparedness progra The inspector toured the Technical Support Center (TSC), the Operations Support Center (OSC), and the Emergency Operations Center (EOF). All emergency response facilities (ERFs) inspected appeared to be in a state

, of operational readiness. Emergency locker inventories were well l maintained and supplied as represented in the emergency plan and I associated implementing procedure. Communications, data processing, and radiological survey equipment in the ERFs were randomly tested and found to be operationa The inspector noted that modifications had been made to the EOF to accommodate the NRC emergency response staff and some rearranging of the layout of the TSC had occurred. None of the changes were judged to have decreased the effectiveness of the emergency preparedness progra No violations or deviations were identified in the review of this program are . Training (Module 82701)

The inspector conducted walk-through drills with the TSC Radiation Protection Technician, the OSC Chemistry Emergency Team Coordinator, and the EOF Security Representative. All had received radiological emergency response training within the past year. Each was required to respond to a scenario which exercised his emergency response responsibilitie Based on their performances, the inspector concluded that the licensee provided proper training and that the participants understood their I emergency responsibilities. The inspector noted, however, that one

, participant, the TSC Radiation Protection Technician, appeared unfamiliar I with his facility in that he did not know to whom he was to report, where

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the air filtration cystem was located, and how to activate the radiation l

monitoring syste This did not prevent him from carrying out his l responsibilitie ;

i No violations or deviations were identified in the review of this program area.

t Independent Inspection Effort (Module 82201)

At the request of the Trojan Resident Inspector's office, the inspector reviewed records regarding an event that occurred on July 10, 19884 The event involved reactor coolant system leakage resulting from the failure

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of an 0-ring on the "A" seal injection filter housin The Resident Inspector's office had noted that, while the event was properly evaluated by the shift supervisor, Control Room records indicated that the he was considering making an emergency declaration as late as 24 minutes into the event even though there appeared to be no support for such consideration. The issue of concern to the resident inspectors was

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whether there was possible confusion in taking proper actions and whether the emergency implementing procedures provided adequate guidance in evaluating the even ,

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The shift supervisor was interviewed by the inspector and members of the Resident Inspector's staf The shift supervisor stated that the emergency procedures were adequate, that at no time did he have any doubt as to the proper course of action regarding emergency declaration, but because it was taking his operators so long to isolate the leak, he was not sure that the leet could be isolated, so he was prepared to declare an emergency event as a conservative actio These statements adequately show that there was no need for this concer No violations or deviations were identified in the review of this even . Exit Interview (Module 30703)

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The scooe and findings of the inspection, presented in detail in the body of this report, were discussed with the licensee's representatives at an '

exit interview conducted on July 15, 1988. Those in attendance are denoted in Section 1 of this repor The licensee was advised that no violations or deviations were identified during this inspection.

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