IR 05000397/1994009
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| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 05/04/1994 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Parrish J WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM |
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| Download: ML17290B165 (1) | |
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+***4 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON,TEXAS 76011 8064 Docket:
50-397 License:
NPF-21 May 4, 1994 Washington Public Power Supply System ATTN:
J.
V.
Par rish, Assistant Hanaging Director for Operations 3000 George Washington Way P.O.
Box 968, MD 1023
- Richland, Washington 99352 SUBJECT:
SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCE (SALP)
(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-397/94-09)
The NRC SALP has been completed for Washington Nuclear Project
(WNP-2)
covering the period.from March 1, 1993, through March 31, 1994.
This SALP was conducted under the revised SALP process implemented by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 19, 1993.
A meeting to discuss this report with you and your staff has been scheduled for May 12, '1994, at the Washington Public Power Supply System headquarters office in Richland, Washington.
During this meeting, you are encouraged and expected to candidly discuss any comments you may have regarding our assessment.
While this meeting is considered to be a presentation and discussion forum between the Washington Public Power Supply System and the NRC, the meeting will be open to any other interested parties as observers.
In accordance with NRC policy, I have reviewed the recommendations resulting from the SALP Board assessment and concur with the ratings and views.
The areas of Plant Operations, Haintenance, and Plant Support were assigned Category 2 ratings, reflecting good performance.
The area of Engineering received a Category 3 rating, reflecting adequate performance.
Viewed as a whole, we recognize that the Supply System has implemented a
number of improvement initiatives and consider that the overall performance at WNP-2 has improved.
Your actions to place managers with previous experience in successful nuclear power plant oper ation in key positions is particularly noteworthy.
Your management team has set higher standards of performance, and progress in achieving those new standards is evident.
Nonetheless, we conclude that considerable challenges continue to face the Washington Public Power Supply System.
Procedural adherence continues to be a weakness in several functional areas.
In the Engineering area, there were examples where the technical response to emerging issues was slow, of poor quality, or lacked thoroughness.
Licensing submittals have generally been weak.
While there have been a number of examples of Engineering identifying and promptly resolving issues, technical work in general needs to be of a higher quality, and the engineering response 9405160044 940510;It~
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