IR 05000346/1979026
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| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 10/09/1979 |
| From: | Reyes L, Tambling T, Warnick R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| 50-346-79-26, NUDOCS 7912050018 | |
| Download: ML19210E423 (8) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGION III
Report No. 50-346/79-26 Docket No. 50-346 Licensee No. NPF-3 Licensee: Toledo Edison Company Edison Plaza 300 Madison Avenue Toledo, OH 43652 Facility Name: Davis-Besse 1 Meeting At: Toledo Edison Company Offices Meeting Conducted: Jept 19, 1979
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R. F. Warnick, Chief
/0 9 79 Reactor Projects Section 2 Meeting Summary Meeting on September 19, 1979 (Report No. 50-346/79-26)
Areas Inspected: A special, announced meeting was held with Corporate and site managa. ment to discuss the status of licensee actions taken to address specific Region III concerns expressed in previous meetings on April 18, May 31 and July 17, 1979. The meeting lasted approximately two hours and five Region III personnel attended.
Results: The licensee reported the status of implementation of the program that was outlined in the previous three meetings. The program was based upon 1500 201 7 9120 50 Clfd
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their assessment of problem areas to improve the level of management control, staffing, training, the correction of equipment problems and general plant operations. No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified within the scope of this meeting.
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DETAILS 1.
Attendees (Toledo Edison Company)
W. A. Johnson, President and Chief Operating Officer L. E. Roe, Vice President, Facilities Development R. P. Crouse, Vice President, Energy Supply T. D. Murray, Station Superintendent 2.
NRC J. G. Keppler, Director, Region III R. F. Heishman, Chief, Reactor Operations and Nuclear Support Branch R. F. Warnick, Chief, Reactor Projects Section 2 L. A. Reyes, Reactor Inspector T. N. Tambling, Reactor Inspector 3.
Corporate Meeting This meeting was the fourth of a series of management meetings requested by Region III. The purpose of this fourth meeting was to discuss actions taken by TEco to address specific Region III concerns expressed in the three previous meetings held on April 18, May 31 and July 17, 1979, (Inspection Report Nos. 50-346/79-08, 79-12, and 79-20) and to discuss the timetable to implement the various corrective actions, a.
Previous Meeting Recap The Region III Director summarized the purpose of the previous meetings.
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Licensee's Progress Report The licensee detailed the progress they have made to improve their level of management control, staffing, training, plant operations; and to reduce the number of equipment problems.
(1) Staffing Of 22 designated staff openings, the licensee has brought 8 new personnel on board as of July 31, 1978. However, two professional and three bargaining unit personnel have left the company reducing the net gain to date. The company's goal is still to have all positions filled by July 1980. An extensive recruiting effort is being pursued and the company has 16 invitations extended to new people for further interviews.
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The licensee has evaluated its salary structure and new hiring policies and has implemented changes effecting present employees and new personnel.
The licensee expressed concern in being able to fill all the new openings in a timely manner because of a finite
supply of qualified individuals and increasing needs throughout the industry.
Region III staff erpressed concern regarding the priority assigned to filling the openings in the Instrument and Control group. The I&C group has a backlog of work esti-mated to be several thousands man-hours and the imple-mentation of the Environmental Technical Specifications will add new surveillance and calibration requirements to the existing ones.
The licensee stated that they have put a top priority on filling I&C staff positions and started to routinely work on Saturdays to help decrease the backlog of work and to assure that work on safety related equipment is completed in a timely fashion.
(2) Procedures At the plant a group is being developed to centralize the preparation and maintenance of procedures. One position in this group has been filled and temporary assignments are being planned for the remaining two positions.
An outside consultant will be utilized to independently review plant procedures. The scope of this review will be designed to establish uniformity and general upgrading of procedures.
(3) Management Control The evaluation of the Station Promotional Policy is in progress and is expected to be revised by October, 1979.
Some of the proposed changes are still to be reviewed by the bargaining units.
(4) Training A broad training program is being implemented for all plant staff, directed primarily toward improving job-related skills. The p ogram includes:
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-The addition of a licensed operator and an experienced health physicist to the training staff has been completed.
These two persons are already performing their duties in the training department.
-Addition of one week simulator training to the requali-fication program for licensed operators. This require-ment is now included in the program.
-Addition of a " Basic Nuclear Technology Course" to train plant personnel other than operators. Approximately 80 maintenance technicians have attended this course and another class is scheduled for November, 1979.
-Addition of a training program on Technical Specifica-tions to be offered to the plant technical personnel.
The program is expected to be completed by December, 1979.
(5) LER's The total. mber of LER's in the areas of personnel error and inadequate procedure has been reduced during the past 6 months. The total number of LER's in the area of com-ponent failure has increased, apparently due to the sur-veillances completed during the maintenance outage.
(6) Maintenance Arrangements are being made with a maintenance contractor to help in the implementation of the Facility Change Requests. Final selection of the contractor is being negotiated.
(7) Surveillance Testing There are plans to implement, by April,1980, a spec-ialized computer program to assist the operator in iden-tifying and tracking surveillance requirements imposed by action statements in the technical specifications. A purchase order for the computer sof tware package has been issued.
(8) Nuclear Services Group The position of the Nuclear Services Group director has been filled as of September 1, 1979. Additional personnel are being transferred to fill remaining positions within the group.
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(9) Emergency Planning The licensee has put a high priority on conducting Emer-gency Planning at both the local and State levels. Three people are currently assigned to this task with the required management over view.
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Summation At the conclusion of the licensee's presentation, Region III personnel discussed the following items:
-Questioned whether in the process of reviewing the procedures the licensee is verifying that commitments in the FSAR, QA Manual, Regulatory Guides, ANSI Standards and other regula-tory requirements are being met.
-Expressed concern in the time schedule to replace the I&C supervisor in order to decrease the existing backlog of work and to comply with the additional requirements of the New Environmental Technical Specifications.
-Expressed concern in that repetitive LER's in the areas of Fire Protection Program, Post Accident Radiation Monitors, and Emergency Ventilation System account for approximately 20% of all IIR's.
-Expressed concern in the frequent breakdown of the security equipment in the gate house.
-Asked the licensee to schedule the next meeting during the first quarter of 1980.
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Exit Interview
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The inspector met with site representatives at the conclusion of the inspection and summarized the scope and findings of the inspection.
The licensee acknowledged the information.
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