IR 05000346/1978023

Insp Rept 50-346/78-23 on 780816.No Noncompliance Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Personnel Errors,Procedural Deficiencies,Staffing Weaknesses & Communication Problems

ML20197B219
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Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	09/21/1978
From:	Knop R, Tambling T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML19256A042	List: IR 05000346/1978023
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TASK-TF, TASK-TMR 50-346-78-23, NUDOCS 7811010271
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INEPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT

REGION III

Report No. 50-346/78-23 Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3 Licensee: Toledo Edison Company Edison Plaza 300 Madison Avenue Toledo, OH 43652

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Facility Name: Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 Inspection At: Davis-Besse Corporate Office, Tolede OH Inspection Conducted: August 16, 1978 f[ ' - a .

Inspectors: R. C. Knop Zl2o/7[

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Reactor Operations and Nuclear Support Branch Inspection Summary Inspection on August 16, 1978 (Report No. 50-346/78-23)

Areas Inspected

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and site managetrent to discuss potential problern areas, enforcement history, enforcement action associated with the SFAS-diesel generator f sequencer design defect and actions being taken by the licensee to-J. - improve their management controls and plant operations. The meeting involved 12 man-hours by four NRC personne Results: No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified within the scope of this tneetin A 7/

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DETAILS 1. Persons Contacted J. Williamson, President and Chief Executive

• W. Johnson, Executive Vice President

• Grant, Vice President, Energy Supply

• Roe, Vice President, Facilities Development

• L. Phillips, Vice President, Administrative Services

• Evans, Assistant to Vice President

• T. Murray, Station Superintendent

• Lenardson, Quality Assurance Director

• C. Domeck, Project Engineer, Davis-Besse 1

• Buck, Operations Quality Assurance Supervisor

• C. Daf t, Quality Control Supervisor

• Green, Station Administrative Coordinator

, * Denotes those attending the management meetin . Management Meeting This meeting was held for a threefold purpose: To summarize the significant past enforcement actions and operating problems; a review of NRC enforcement policies and the impact of the SFAS diesel generator sequencer problem, and a discussion by the licensee of steps being taken to improve management controls and plant operation A summary was made of matters requiring further review and assess-ment by the licensee to improve their management conttol and plant operations. Within this summation the following specific items were discussed: Problem areas identified in the management meeting held October 24, 1977 and the fact that many of these items still persis A review of the enforcement history indicated that the majority of noncompliances are associated with failure to properly follow procedures and that additional corrective action may be necessar E An analysis of the large number of licensee event reports Jjf (LER's) shows a large portion of them associ ted with

_: personnel errors and procedural deficiencies These LER's In need to be reviewed to determine what additional action is

_.I . necessary to correct the current trend and minimize the preventable event ._. ._

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. A review of problem areas indicates staffing weaknesses at both the plant and engineering levels. Specific areas are in core physics, and instrumentation and controls. These conclusions are based upon significant problems associated

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with these areas and the fact that contractor personnel assisting in these areas during power ascension testing will

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eventually leave the site. Also there have been no significant staff increases at the engineering level to handle the in-creasing workloads associated with construction of Units 2 and 3.

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" Communication between the plant and other part of the company need to be reviewed to ensure that identified problems are adequately tracked to ensure timely evaluation and resolution.

In the review of certain events such as the SFAS-diesel

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generator sequencer problem, selection of replacement values for failed incore detector strings and under voltage stripping of motor feeders on C2 and D2 buses suggest a problem in the quality of the initial review of contractor supplied informatio The large number of open facility change requests and such problems as the pressurizer level control indicate that identified problems are not getting timely evaluation, resolution, followup and/or clasecu A summary was made of the type of enforcement action available to the NRC. Due to the seriousness of the problems associated with the SFAS-diesel generator sequencer problems, the licensee was informed the items of noncompliance identified had been sent to the Inspection and Enforcement Headquarters for escalated enforcement actio A representative of the licensee acknowledged the comments made by the NRC personnel and stated that corrective action had been or would be initiated to improve their management control and plant operations. The representatives state that they had initiated a review and had already started programs to further identify and correct problems. To date their program includes: Staff seminars are being conducted with the various operating

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groups to identify their problem areas and why personnel

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, Special Task Forces have been setup for the purpose of personnel recruitment. The hiring goals are six people within the instrumentation and control area and ten people with engineering backgrounds, A corporate program is underway to improve communications and resolution of problems requiring coordination by several divisions.

Corporate level meetings will be resumed to ensure that proper attention is given to resolution of problems.

< The quality Assurance group is and will continue to make an independent assessment of LER's from that being performed by the plan The representative of the licensee also reaffirmed a previous commitment that priority will be given to Unit 1 in lieu of Units 2 and l I

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