IR 05000369/1986034
| ML20214U621 | |
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| Site: | McGuire, Mcguire  |
| Issue date: | 11/25/1986 |
| From: | Decker T, Kreh J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| ML20214U581 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-369-86-34, 50-370-86-34, NUDOCS 8612090329 | |
| Download: ML20214U621 (7) | |
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Report Nos.: 50-369/86-34 and 50-370/86-34.
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Licensee: Duke Power ^ Company
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422 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28742
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Docket Hos.: 50-369 and 50-370 License Nos.: NPF-9 and NPF-17 Facility Name: McGuire Nuclear Station Inspection Condteted: November 3-7, 1936-Inspector:
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This routine, unannounced inspection involved review and evaluation in the area of emergency preparedness.
Results: No violations or deviations were identified.
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REPORT DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Licensee Employees
- T. L. McConnell, Station Manager
- R. B. Travis, Superintendent of Operations
- B. H. Hamilton, Superintendent of Technical Services
- D. J. Rains, Superintendent of Materials
- E. O. McCraw Compliance Engineer
- J. R. Leonard, Station Emergency Planner
- J. W. Foster, Station Health Physicist
- W. F. Byrum, Health Physics Coordinator
- N. G. Atherton, Associate Chemist Other licensee employees contacted included technicians, operators, and office personnel.
Other Organizations M. C. Fox, Chief, Cornelius Volunteer Fire Department, Cornelius, NC W. L. Wilson, Director, North Mecklenburg Ambulance Service, Cornelius, NC NRC Resident Inspector
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- Attended exit interview 2.
Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on November 7,1986, with those persons indicated in Paragraph 1 above.
The inspector described the areas inspected and sumarized the findings. The licensee did not identify as proprietary any of the materials provided to or reviewed by the inspector during this inspection.
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Licensee Action on Previous Enforcement Matters This subject was not addressed in the inspection.
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Notification and Comunication (82203)
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(5) and (6); 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E.
Section IV.D; and Sections E and F of the licensee's Emergency Plan, this area was inspected to determine whether the licensee was maintnining a capability for notifying and communicating (in the event of an emergency)
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among its own personnel, with offsite supporting agencies and authorities, and the population within the 10-mile emergency planning zone.
The inspector reviewed the licensee's notification procedures.
The procedures were consistent with the emergency classification and emergency action level scheme used by the licensee. The inspector determined that the procedures made provisions for message verification.
The inspector determined by review of applicable procedures and by discussion with licensee representatives that adequate procedural means existed for alerting, notifying, and activating emergency response personnel.
The procedures specified when to notify and activate the onsite emergency organization, corporate support organization, and offsite agencies.
Selected telephone numbers listed in the licensee's procedures for emergency response support organizations were checked in order to determine whether the listed numbers were current and correct. No problems were noted.
The licensee's management control program for the prompt notification system was reviewed.
According to licensee documentation and discussions with licensee representatives, the system consisted of 53 fixed sirens (with local emergency-vehicle sirens as backup) and approximately 85 tone-alert radios.
A review of licensee records verified that the system as installed was consistent with the description contained in the Emergency Plan.
iaintenance of the system had been performed by the licensee's System Communications division.
The inspector reviewed selected siren maintenance and test records for the period August 1985 to October 1986.
The records indicated that silent tests were conducted biweekly, growl tests quarterly, and a full-cycle test annually as specified in NUREG-0654, Appendix 3.
The inspector discussed with licensee representatives the failure of all 26 sirens in Mecklenburg County to actuate during the annual exercise on October 15, 1986.
Corrective actions implemented by the licensee included replacement of the encoder at the county Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
and a retest of the Mecklenburg County sirens on October 24, 1986, during which 23 of the 26 sirens functioned properly.
Following troubleshooting and mainter.ance, the three sirens which failed the retest were sounded successfully on October 30, 1986.
Licensee corporate management was considering a major upgrading of the siren system to improve reliability and to provide confirmatory " feedback" transmissions from the sirens to the county E0C for silent, growl, and full-cycle tests.
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The availability and operability of comunications equipment in the Control Room, OSC, and TSC were inspected during the annual exercise on October 15, 1986 (see NRC Report Nos. 50-369/36-29 and 50-370/86-29). No problems were observed at that time.
The inspector reviewed licensee records for the
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period January 1986 to September 19d6 which indicated that communication tests were conducted at the frequencies specified in PT/0/A/4600/06 and NUREG-0654,Section II.N.2.a.
Licensee records also revealed that corrective action was taken on problems identified during communication tests.
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The inspector reviewed the licensee's response to IE Information Notice No. 85-80, " Timely Declaration of An Emergency Class Implementation of an Emergency Plan, and Emergency Notifications." The licenses detemined that
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The licensee used a Shift Support Technician on duty full-time in the. Control Room to make notifications to offsite agencies.
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(including NRC) during an emergency until such time as.the TSC was-activated..The Shift Support Technician would defer to the Shift Supervisor if unable to provide an appropriate technical response to the NRC
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Headquarters.0perations Officer or other offsite contact.
As required by the Emergency Plan, training on "Information Transmission to Offsite
Agencies" was-given during 1986 to all.five individuals assigned to the
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position of Shift Support Technician, according to licenseesrecords.
In addition, monthly communication checks with offsite agencies were performed r
by Shift Support Technicians and evaluated by the Station Emergency Planner.
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No violations or deviationsiwere identified.
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. Changes To The Emergency Preparedness Program (82204)
j Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(16); 10 CFR 50.54(q); and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Sections IV and V, this area was reviewed to determine whether changes were;made to the program since the last routine inspection (December
>prepa) redness.y 11985 and to" note how these changes affected the'overall state'of emergency
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Emergency Plan and implementing procedures.
The inspector reviewed the
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licensee's system (delineated in Section P of the Emergency Plan) for review
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and approval of changes to the plan and procedures.1The inspector verified that changes tof the plan and procedures were reviewed and approved by
management.
It was also noted that all such changes were submitted to NRC l
within 30 days of the effective date, as required.
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l Discussions with licensee representatives indicated that no * s,ignificant
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modifications to facilities, equipment, or instrumentation were completed I
since the last inspection.
I, The orgar.ization and management of' the emergency preparedness program were L
reviewed. The inspector verified that there had~ been no significant changes F
in the organization or assignment of responsibility for the plant and corporate. emergency planning staffs since the last inspection.
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inspector's discussion with licensee representatives also disclosed that l
l there had been no significant changes in the organization and staffing of the offsite support agencies since the last inspection.
The inspector reviewed the licensee's program for distribution of changes to the Emergency Plan and procedures.
Document control records for the period
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December 1985 _and October 1986 showed that appropriate personnel and organizations were sent copies of. plan and procedural changes, as required.
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No violations or deviations were identified.
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Shift Staffing and Augmentation (82205)
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(2) and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Sections IV.A and IV.C. this area was inspected to determine whether shift staffing for emergencies was adequate both in numbers and in functional capability, and whether administrative and physical means were available and maintained to augment the emergency organization in a timely manner.
Shift staffing levels - and functional capabilities of all shifts (as delineated in Figure B-1 of the Emergency Plan) were reviewed and found to be consistent with the guidance of Table 8-1 of NUREG-0654.
The licensee had established a duty officer system so that essential off-shift personnel would be available if needed.
The call-in procedure appeared to be effective in meeting Table B-1 goals.
The inspector discussed staff augmentation. times with a licensee representative, who indicated that telephonic drills and call-in during exercises had confirmed that Table B-1 augmentation times could be met. The inspector determined that telephonic drills to verify TSC augmentation capability were conducted several times annually during off-hours but were not documented.
Although such documentation was not required by the Emergency Plan or regulations, licensee representatives agreed henceforth to document the results of such drills.
No violations or deviations were-identified.
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Dose Calculation and Assessment (82207)
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(9), this area was inspected to determine whether there was an adequate method for assessing the consequences of an actual or potential radiological release.
This area was evaluated in detail during September 1985 as part of a special appraisal of emergency response facilities at McGuire (see NRC Report
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Nos. 50-369/85-29 and 50-370/85-28). Several program weaknesses, incomplete items, and improvement items were identifwd and are scheduled to be
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reviewed during a special follow-up inspection in January 1987.
In addition, the capability of licensee personnel to perform dose assessment / projection during an extended (simulated) emergency situation was extensively evaluated during the October 1986 exercise (see NRC Report Nos. 50-369/86-29 and 50-370/86-29).
The inspector reviewed selected 1986 calibration and maintenance records for the meteorological instrumentation system. Calibrations and periodic checks
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of the instrumentation were required by Technical Specification 4.3.3.4 and
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i Section H of the Emergency Plan. Semiannual calibrations of instruments for measuring upper and lower wind speed, upper and lower wind direction, and vertical temperature differential were performed in April and October 1986.
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contacts with the National Weather Service at Douglas Airport in Charlotte were made in accordance with licensee Procedure PT/0/B/4600/11.
Daily channel checks were conducted in accordance with PT/1/A/4600/038.
No violaticns or deviations were identified.
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LicenseeAudits(82210)
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(14) and (16) and 10 CFR 50.54(t), this area was inspected to determine whether the licensee had perfonned an independent review or audit of the emergency preparedness program.
Records of audits of the program were reviewed. The records showed that an independent audit of the program was conducted by the Audit Division of the licensee's Quality Assurance Department from December 9, 1985, to January 6, 1986, and was documented in Audit Report No. NP-85-25, dated January 20, 1986.
This audit fulfilled the 12-month frequency requirement for such audi ts.
The audit records showed that the State and local government interfaces were evaluated.
Audit findings and recommendations were presented to plant and corporate management. A review of past audit reports indicated that the licensee complied with the five-year retention requirement for such reports.
Licensee emergency plans and procedures required critiques following exercises and drills.
Licensee documentation showed that critiques were held following periodic drills as well as the annual exercise. The records showed that deficiencies were discussed in the critiques, and recommendations for corrective action were made.
The licensee's program for follow-up action on audit, drill, and exercise findings was reviewed.
Licensee procedures required follow-up on deficient areas identified during audits, drills, and exercises.
The inspector reviewed the status of the 29 " action items" from the licensee's 1985 exercise.
Records indicated that action was completed on 25 of those items; the other 4 had various dates established for scheduled completion.
Corrections for a sample of the closed action items appeared to be appropriate and suitably documented.
The licensee had established a tracking system (the McGuire Action Directory) as a management tool in following up on actions taken in deficient areas.
No violations or deviations were identified.
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Coordination With Offsite Agencies (82210)
The inspector held discussions with licensee representatives regarding the coordination of emergency planning with offsite agencies.
Written agreements existed with those offsite support agencies specified in the Emergency Plan, and the agreements had been renewed within the past three years, as required.
The inspector determined through personal interviews l
with representatives of selected local support agencies that the licensee was periodically contacting those agencies for purposes of offering training l
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and maintaining mutual familiarization with emergency response roles. Those interviews disclosed no significant problems related to the interfaces
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between the licensee and the offsite support agencies listed in Paragraph 1.
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