IR 05000409/1982019
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| Site: | La Crosse File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png |
| Issue date: | 12/20/1982 |
| From: | Branch M, Spessard R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| 50-409-82-19, NUDOCS 8301070320 | |
| Download: ML20028C312 (7) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION III
Report No. 50-409/82-19(DPRP)
Dncket No. 50-409 Licensee No. DPR-49 Licensee: Dairyland Power Cooperative 2615 East Avenue - South La Crosse, WI 54601 Facility Name: La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR), Genoa, WI Management Meeting At: Dairyland Power Cooperative Corporate Offices, La Crosse, WI Meeting Conducted: November 9, 19
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Report Prepared By:
. W. Branc Senior Resident Inspector, LACBWR
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Report Reviewed By:
R. L. Spes'ard, Director M
"b Division of Project and Resident Programs Management Meeting Summary Management Meeting on November 9, 1982 (Report No. 50-409/82-19(DPRP))
Areas Discussed: The licensee's Regulatory Improvement Program. The meeting lasted two hours and was attended by five NRC personnel.
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DETAILS 1.
Attendance Dairyland Power Cooperative J. Taylor, Assistant General Manager for Power J. Parkyn, Plant Superintendent R. Shimshak, Director of Special Nuclear Projects G. Boyd, Operations Supervisor G. Joseph, Security Director P. Shafer, Radiological Protection Engineer B. Zibung, Health and Safety Supervisor Nuclear Regulatory Commission R. Spessard, Director, Division of Project and Resident Programs C. Paperiello, Chief, Emergency Preparedness and Program Support Branch R. Walker, Chief, Projects Section 2C R. Dudley, Project Manager, NRR M. Branch, Senior Resident Inspector 2.
Matters Discussed Mr. Spessard opened the meeting by stating that'the licensee's Regulatory Improvement Program transmitted by letter PGo-226 dated October 26, 1982, was an improvement over the first draft submitted on June 29, 1982.
Mr. Spessard went on to say that the program should be modified as needs arise. He requested that the licensee inform Region III whenever_the program is modified.
Mr. Branch presented the NRC comments which resulted from an integrated review within Region III. Summaries of these comments are as follows:
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Station Organization and Administration 1.
The program should provide for evaluation and strengthening of supervisory training / retraining.
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The program should reflect what your internal audit revealed about personnel needs and recruitment policy.
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The program should provide a commitment to eatablish a project management approach to handle any new NRC programs.
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The program review should address provisions for an acceptable backup to the radiation protection engineer, if he is going to be assigned to other projects in the future.
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Conduct of Operations
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The program should include a commitment to establish a method to communicate prior to performing any_ evolution that may significantly impact on radiation levels or could have an
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The program should provide for a review of Control Room access.
Unnecessary personnel should be restricted access and a more
formal atmosphere should be created.
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Plant Status Controls 1.
This program area should be expanded to include the security organization.
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The program should provide for additional training of operations personnel to ensure that they understand the definition of oper-ability and are able to recognize when a system should be declared inoperable.
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The program should place emphasis on log reviews by the Shift j
Supervisor, and " red" circling of out-of-specification entries should be considered.
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The program should indicate when the administrative control procedure will be implemented.
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Maintenance Organization and Administration 1.
The program should give consideration to the development of a system to trend failures and utilize this information to augment
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There appears to be a need for better acceptance by your main-f tenance mechanics of the security and radiological requirements as evidenced by their frequent unwillingness to wait for a complete search by the guard force prior to entry into the
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protected area, and by their attitude that radiological' controls are the sole responsibility of the health physics organization.
-The program should' address planned improvements in the interfaces-between these groups.
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Work Control System
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The program should indicate when the computer program will be implemented and how often the routine staff meetings will be held.
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The program should include an evaluation of the Maintenance
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Request (MR) review process to ensure that it is effective and
will prevent violations of the Technical Specifications.
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maintenance will cause entry into an action statement, this
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should be flagged on the MR to alert the Shift Supervisor.
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The program should include an evaluation of the method of-l determining the retest requirements for work performed to ensure proper retesting is being performed. Proper documentation of~
work performed and timely review of retesting by _ the Operations Review Committee should be assured.
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Conduct of Maintenance 1.
The program should previde your schedule for correction of findings of the QA audit and program modification.
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Your present policy for the conduct of maintenance is based on-l the concept of "within the knowledge level of the mechanic" and does not require the detailed use of procedures. This policy may not be appropriate due to the influx of new maintenance personnel. Your audit should include an evaluation of your
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Plant Modifications i
No comments.
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Outage and Maintenance Activities Coordination
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The program should provide milestones for this action.
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The program should indicate how often your outage planning
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The_ program should include a review by the health physics department to ensure ALARA is considered in long-range planning of outages.
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Maintenance Personnel Training and Qualification i
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The program should provide the date for commencement of system training of the specified personnel and the scheduled completion date for present employees.
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The program should indicate the administrative actions to be used to ensure new employees get this training.
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Radiological Protection Organization and Administration 1.
Your actions for ensuring adherence to radiological requirements should include provisions for frequent surveillance of work by supervisor / managers of the crafts as well as supervisory
personnel from your health physics organization.
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Your method of documenting deviations from radiological requirements should include provisions for supervisory review and followup to ensure effective corrective actions.
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General Employee Training in Radiological Protection 1.
Training should stress that exposure control and contamination control are'the worker's responsibility.
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The program should indicate when in 1983 your action will be implemented.
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Internal Radiation Exposure No comments.
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Personnel Dosimetry No comments.
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Radioactive Contamination Control Your review of personnel monitoring problems should include an assessment of the adequacy of existing personnel monitoring equipment.
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Chemistry Control No comments.
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Condition of the Fuel and Primary Radioactive Chemistry Parameters The program should provide an implementation date for the action.
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Laboratory Consideration should be given to establishing administrative controls for evaluating the results between sample splits with the State and factoring this into your QA/ Confirmation program.
If you change your analytical techniques, your program should require your confirmation of results by several independent organizations using established techniques.
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Administrative Control 1.
The program should provide for reviews or audit of your commitment tracking system by your corporate office to ensure timely resolution of connitments.
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The program should indicate when in 1983 your system will be implemented?
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Technical Support 1.
The program should reflect recommendations made by your consultant who reviewed this area.
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The program should discuss the mechanism to implement this in-house support and how you will provide any specialized training for "non-nuclear" persons.
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The program should reflect your plans for new hires other than in the area of Mechanical Engineering discussed earlier.
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The program should reflect any plan for establishing a corporate nuclear support group.
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The program should reflect any, plans for establishing a separate position of Emergency Preparedness Director and should indicate if this person will have collateral duties.
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The program should describe any plans to increase the involve-ment of drill observers and to establish a mechanism to ensure deficiencies are corrected.
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-Staff Morale No comments.
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Staff Communications No Comments.
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Audits 1.
The program should provide milestones for implementation of your audit response policy and should indicate your policy for the length of time to correct deficiencies and what level of manage-ment will be involved to extend this time limit.
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The program should determine if your audit program would be strengthened by modifying your organization to have the QA department report directly to the Assistant General Manager for power and if such a modification would result in a positive corporate involvement in the resolution of problems before they become regulatory issues.
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The program should provide for yearly assessment of operating /
regulatory performance by the Safety Review Committee or corporate office and a comparison of the results with the findings of the NRC and INPO.
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Other Issues i
You appear to attribute many of your problems to training. Your program should reflect establishing a separate training department to handle all training problems.
i Mr. Taylor acknowledged the comments and committed to addressing them in a revision to the Regulatory Improvement Program.
Mr. Taylor indicated that the revision would be completed as soon as possible and would be
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