IR 05000397/1991014
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| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 05/16/1991 |
| From: | Kirsch D, Miller L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| 50-397-91-14-MM, NUDOCS 9105280019 | |
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U. S.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION V
Docket Number:
50-397 Inspection Report Number: 50-397/91-14 License Number:
NPF-21 Licensee:
Washington Public Power Supply System P.
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Box 968 3000 George Washington Way Richland, Washington 99352 Facility Name:
Washington Nuclear Plant No.
Management Meeting:
May 2, 1991 at Region V
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L. F. Miller, Jr., Chief, Operations Date S gned Section Approved by:
I D. F. Kirsch, Chief, Reactor Safety Branch D te S gned
~Summar Mana ement Meetin on Ma
1991 Re ort No. 50-397 91-14 Areas Discussed:
The purpose of the management meeting was to discuss the root causes of the regualification program failure, and the Supply System's corrective action program for the deficiencies identified.
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WNP-2 MANAGEMENT MEETING Meetin Attendees NRC Attendees:
J. Martin, Regional Administrator, Region V
W. Russell, Associate Director for Inspection and Technical Assessment, NRR J.
Roe, Director, Division of Licensee Performance and Quality Evaluation, NRR R.
Zimmerman, Director, Division of Reactor K. Perkins, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Safety and Projects D-F., Kirsch, Chief, Reactor Safety Branch, Region V
L. F. Miller Jr., Chief, Operations Section, Region V
T. Sundsmo, Examiner, Region V P.
Eng, Project Manager, NRR Licensee Attendees:
C.
M. Halvorson, Chairman of the Board P. Knight, Board Member D.
W. Mazur, Managing Director A. L. Oxsen, Deputy Managing Director G.
D. Bouchey, Director, Licensing and Assurance J.
W. Baker, WNP-2 Plant Manager G.
C. Sorensen, Manager of Regulatory Programs D. Schumann, Root Cause Team Leader B. Barmettlor, Nuclear License Training Manager Details The Supply System opened the meeting with a concise presentation of the details of the root cause analysis (Reference 1) which closely followed that document.
Facility representatives then responded to NRC questions concerning the root cause analysis.
Facility representatives also stated that they w'ere not able to present the details of their planned corrective actions, since those were still under development.
They stated that they had not yet looked beyond those steps which were considered necessary to permit the operators who had been removed from licensed duties to be returned to licensed duties.
It was agreed that these details would be discussed at a subsequent meeting.
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NRC representatives questioned the licensee's assertion that ineffective licensee coordination with the NRC had been a
cause for failure of the requalification program evaluation.
The NRC pointed out that there had been an extensive history of meetings, which the licensee had attended, to notify the licensee of changes in the requalification process.
Moreover, it appeared to the NRC that the failures which had occurred would have occurred under the previous revision of the process as well, since they related to fundamental EOP performance error Wt
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". "esentatives questioned to what extent knowledge defx facie by operators had caused failures of the exam
.:ion, since the licensee's presentation did not expl~... this possibility.
Licensee representatives stated that
"= Training Department had identified some common knowl="'.ge deficiencies, and offered to discuss these at a later -:ecting, or separately.
NRC ri. ~resentatives questioned the commitment of operators to folLow emergency operating procedures (EOPs),
and licensee management's commitment to ensuring that EOPs were followed.
In addition, the NRC representatives questioned whether licensee management had provided sufficient oversight to the requalification training program in the last year.
These points were discussed in detail.
Licensee management acknowledged that the requalification examination was not any more difficult than previous examinations.
Management maintained, however, that unexpected changes in the examination process had resulted in rumors or statements by unknown persons which had significantly increased the operator's stress level to the extent that they had performed more poorly than their capability.
The NRC representatives expressed concern regarding unnecessary stress being placed on operators and asked the facility what actions it had taken to stop the flow of rumors from training to operations.
The NRC also asked the licensee how stress would have lowered operator's threshold for departing from their EOPs, since it was not.
clear how these two ideas were connected.
It was apparent from some of the responses to the NRC questions that the Supply System and the NRC did not share a
mutual'nderstanding of the root causes of the Supply System's unsatisfactory requalification program.
Mr. Martin summarized the NRC's concerns.
He stated that in order to be satisfied that the plant was safe,to restart from the current refueling outage, it was necessary for the license'e to ensure that licensed operators could, and would, use their EOPs, and to ensure that an effective training program to maintain operator competency was in place.
He emphasized that an additional meeting to further discuss these concerns was necessary.
Mr. Mazur stated that the Supply System clearly understood this message, agreed that another management meeting to discuss the points made by the NRC would be appropriate, and asserted that the Supply System would fix its problems.
Mr. Russell outlined the recent procedure for a requalification program to be identified as provisionally satisfactory once the NRC's confidence has been restored that a facility can effectively train and evaluate its licensed operators.
The meeting was adjourne ~,
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