IR 05000346/1979008
| ML19269E196 | |
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| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 04/30/1979 |
| From: | Heishman R, Spessard R, Tambling T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML19269E192 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-346-79-08, 50-346-79-8, NUDOCS 7906260639 | |
| Download: ML19269E196 (3) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY CafMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGION III
Report No. 50-346/79-08 Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3 Licensee: Toledo Edison Company Edison Plaza 300 Madison Avenue Toledo, OH 43652 Facility Name: Davis-Besse 1 Inspection At: Davis-Besse Corporate Of fice, Toleda, OH Inspection Conducted: April 18, 1979
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J. G. Keppler R. F. Heishman Approved By:
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Support Branch Inspection Summary Inspection on April 18, 1979 (Report No. 50-346/79-08)
Areas Inspected: An enforcement conference was held with corporate and site management to discuss administrative and operating regulatory per.formance of the facility. The plants cnforcement history, number of personnel errors, breakdowns in management controls, equipment problems, and general ef fective-ness of management in dealing with identified problems were highlighted to demonstrate the need for improved management controls and plant operations.
The conference involved approximately 15 man-hours by four NRC personnel.
Results: No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified within the scope of this conference.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted J. Williamson, President and Chief Executive W. Johnson, Executive Vice President L. Roe, Vice President, Facilities Development R. Crouse, Fossil Operations, General Superintendent T. Murray, Station Superintendent G. Novak, Superintendent Power Engineering and Construction 2.
Enforcement Conference This conference was held as the first of a series of management meetings being requested by RIII to address major concerns regarding the opera-tion of the plant and the administrative and engineering support to the plant. The licensee was requested to address these concerns and formu-late a program to improve their management controls and plant operations.
A review of this program and its implementation will be the subject of discussion in the subsequent management meetings; the first to be held approximately a nonth later.
The specific areas of concern addressed in this first meeting were:
The unfavorable trend in the number of noncompliances found in the a.
operation and management of the plant.
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The increase in personnel errors during the first part of 1979, and the significance of the personnel errors that occurred in 1978 and the first part of 1979.
The increasing number of repetitive equipment problems that are not c.
being resolved in a timely manner.
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Apparent breakdowns in the management system to grasp and address technical and administrative problems in a timely fashion, as evi-denced by previously identified and neu problem areas still per-sisting.
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Other areas addressed during the meeting were:
The licensee's regulatory performance as compared to other RIII a.
licensee's with an operating license.
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The results of a recent RIII investigation (Inspection Report No.
50-346/79-06) which reinforced previous RIII concerns regarding certain aspects of the licensee's management control system involving facility changes.
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The types of enforcement action availabic to the NRC, and where Davis-Beste with its current regulatory performance record and existing trends fit into these action levels.
The licensee was advised that based on his current regulatory perf ormance record and existing trends, as exemplified by the specific areas of con-cern, prompt management action was necessary to affect both immediate and long term improvements in the areas of management controls and plant operations in order to avoid further escalated enforcement action in the future, e.g.,
imposition of civil monetary penalties or issuance of orders.
The licensee acknowledged the information presented during this enf orce-ment conference and stated that corrective action had been and would be initiated to improve and correct the identified areas of concern. The licensee indicated that a plan for achieving immediate and long term corrective action in these areas of concern, including an Duplementa-tion time table, would be presented during the next meeting to be held in about one month from the date of this meeting.
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