IR 05000400/1986056

Discusses SALP Rept 50-400/86-56 Submitted on 860925. Category 2 Assigned in Area of Instrumentation Remains Since Response Does Not Warrant Change to Category 1.Concurs That Util Has Strong,Comprehensive Training Program

ML20215C686
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	12/09/1986
From:	Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Utley E CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO.
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DEC 0 91986 Carolin ower and Light Company ATTN: r. E. E. Utley Senior Executive Vice President Power Supply and Engineering and Construction P. O. Box 1551 Raleigh, NC 27602 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCE REPORT N0. 50-400/86-56 This refers to the NRC's Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP)

Board Report for your Shearon Harris facility. The report was sent to you on September 25, 1986, and a Regional presentation was made on September 30, 198 You provided comments by letter dated November 3, 198 I appreciate your efforts in evaluating the SALP Board Report and providing comments on the Board's evaluatio Your comments on the report are valuable to me as input for assessment of our program for describing and categorizing performance of licensee Where weaknesses in our evaluation are justified, I can make adjustment Region II has reviewed Carolina Power and Light Company's (CP&L) response to the SALP Board rating of Category 2 in the area of Instrumentation. We find no new information of substance in your response that would warrant changing the Category 2 rating to a Category 1. It is our opinion that the information provided by CP&L was already known by the inspectors. Consequently, the rating by the SALP Board took this into consideration. In conclusion, the SALP Board rating of Category 2 in the Instrumentation area stand We have reviewed your response of November 3, 1986, to our SALP Board Report in the area of training, and in general, concur that CP&L hes a strong comprehensive training program at Shearon Harris and that there is ample evidence of manage-ment's commitment to quality training programs. Examples of noteworthy efforts include the progress toward INP0 accreditation of all training programs and the replacement of the original Harris simulator with a more modern site-specific machin In addition, conduct of the individual training programs is well proceduralized with written and approved training instructions and the programs appear to be staffed by qualified and dedicated personne The SALP Category assigned was on the basis of June 1986 training program inspection and the various operator licensing examination visits. The inspection did result in some NRC concerns and Inspector Follow-up Items (IFIs), although overall we concur with your statement that there were a minimum of adverse findings. It should be noted that violations of training program requirenents i

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Carolina Power and Light Company 2 are not normally issued prior to a utility receiving an Operating License. As a result of this inspection and the pass rate on the May 1986 simulator examinations, it was evident that some training deficiencies existed in the ability of operators to perform during simulator evaluations. Although we are

confident that CP&L will take prompt corrective action in this regard, we believe

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that by definition of Category 2, (i.e., NRC attention should be maintained at normal levels) the SALP evaluation in this area is appropriat No reply to this letter is required; however, should you have any questions concerning these matters, I will be pleased to discuss them with yo

Sincerely, ORIGINAL S!GNED BY:

A MELSON GRACE J. Nelson Grace Pegional Administrator cc: A. Watson, Vice President Harris Nuclear Project

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