IR 05000410/1986044

Emergency Preparedness Implementation Appraisal Rept 50-410/86-44 on 860804-06.No Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Open Items from Insp Rept 50-410/86-23

ML20214M022
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Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	09/02/1986
From:	Conklin C, Lazarus W, Thomas W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20214M002	List: IR 05000410/1986044 ML20214M000
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Report N /86-44 Docket N License No. CPPR-112 Category B-1 Licensee: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation 300 Erie Boulevard West <

Syracuse, New York 13202 Facility Name: Nine Mile Point Unit 2 Inspection At: Scriba, New York'

Inspection Conducted: August 4-6, 1986 Inspectors: , hk W. Thomas,~EP SpecialisE ' '

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Inspection Summary: Inspection on August 4-6, 1986 (Report No. 86-44)

Areas Inspected: Emergency Preparedness Implementation Appraisal Followup to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of the emergency preparedness program for Nine Mile Point Unit 2 and the integration of the Unit 2 program into the overall site emergency preparedness program. Areas inspected included the open items from Inspection Report No. 86-2 Results: No violations were identified. One program area was identified, which is incomplete and requires corrective action. This is listed as an open item and will need to be addressed by the licensee and reinspected in a subse-quent inspection. Section 5 of this report summarizes this item and identifies what is required to be corrected prior to issuance of a low power and a full-power licens e609100503 e60903 PDR ADOCK 05000410 0 PDR

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DETAILS 1. Persons Contacted R Abbott, Station Superintendent

'M. Boyle, Nuclear and Compliance Technician

• G. Burgess, Assistant Emergency Coordinator R. Burtch,-Director Nuclear Information

• T. Chwalek, Emergency Coordinator

• M. Goldych, Training Department G. Griffith, Unit 2 Licensing

• W. Hansen, Manager, Nuclear QA Operations

• Hedrick, Supervisor, Training Department

• C. Howes, Health Physicist L. Kassakatis, Startup and Test Engineering

• E. Leach, Superintendent, Chemistry, Radiation Management

• T. Lee, Special Projects, Unit 2 T. Lempges, Vice-President Nuclear Generation

• T. Peeling, Training Instructor T. Perkins, General Superintendent

• T. Roman, Station Superintendent Unit 1

• A. Salemi, Assistant Emergency Coordinator

• S. Savar, Compliance Licensing

• R. Seifred, Assistant Supervisor, Training

• P. Volza, Supervisor, Radiological Support

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The inspectors also interviewed several licensed operators, health physics, administrative and training personne * Denotes those present at the exit intervie . Scope of Appraisal The purpose of this appraisal was to determine the readiness of Unit 2 to implement the Emergency Plan in preparation for licensing. The principal criteria for this appraisal are contained in NUREG-0654, " Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants", 10 CFR 50.47, and 10 CFR 50 Appendix E. The appraisal addressed administration, emergency organi-zation, emergency training and retraining, emergency facilities and equip-ment, procedures, coordination with offsite groups, drills, exercises, and walk-throughs, and the open items from Inspection Report No. 86-23.

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3. Summary of Results This report documents the followup of the areas for which review was completed during the previous inspection. Items which were listed as open items in the previous inspection report are addressed in Section The i item which needs to be addressed for resolution as a result of this inspection is listed in Section 5 as an "open item".

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4. Follow-up on Previous Inspection Findings (Closed) (86-23-01): Clearly define the offsite authority /responsibil-ities of the Corporate Emergency Director and the Site Emergency Director, and identify those responsibilities for each position which cannot be delegate The offsite authority responsibilities of the Corporate Emergency Director and the Site Emergency Director are contained in Revision 16 of the Site Emergency Plan, Sections 5.2.1 and Section 5.2.5. Revision 16 was approved by the Station Operations Review Committee (SORC) on July 29, 1986 and is in the process of distributio Revision 16 also specifically identifies those responsibilities for each position which cannot be delegate As a result of the above findings, this item is close (Closed)(86-23-02): Conduct refresher training for operators in areas noted during walk-through examination Refresher training was conducted for control room operators between June 27 and August 1, 1986. The training emphasized the open items iden-tified during the appraisal conducted in May. The inspector conducted walk-through examinations on three shifts of control room operators to evaluate the effectiveness of the refresher training program. A common baseline scenario was used for each shift consisting of a small break LOCA into containment followed by a failure of a containment penetration. This basic scenario stressed the immediate accident classification, dose pro-jection and protective action recommendation aspects of the emergency procedures. Operators were not required to assess plant conditions from a sequence of control room indications. The scenario also included vari-ations from shift to shift on the amount of clad damage and coolant activity present, and other emergency conditions such as adverse weather and toxic gas in the control room. The operators demonstrated adequate knowledge and performance during the evaluatio As a result of the above findings, this item is close (Closed)(86-23-03): The Emergency Plan or associated procedures should I

contain provisions to provide weather alerts or warnings of emergency weather conditions to the control room. All control room operators should be aware of the provision OP-102, Meteorological Monitoring, was drafted to provide control room

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operators with procedural response to weather alerts or warnings. This procedure details the off normal procedures for high winds, tornadoes and heavy snow condition This new procedure was reviewed and operators were evaluated on their knowledge of its contents. OP-102 contains procedures

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that specify operator actions for high winds, tornadoes or heavy snow conditions. Power Control is responsible for warning the control room of adverse meteorological condition Operators were knowledgeable on the appropriate portions of OP-10 As a result of the above findings, this item is close (Closed) (86-23-04): Respiratory protection devices should be provided for control room operators inside the habitability envelope of the control roo The following documents were reviewed: EPMP-2, section 4.3.28, Respir-atory Protection Equipment; Unit 2 Operations Respiratory Status report dated 7/28/86; and the 6/30/86 roster of Unit 2 Operations personne The Unit 2 Control Room has ten (10) SCBAs, ten (10) spare bottles and ten (10) full face respirators with HEPA cartridges. All licensed opera-tors, as well as operators with fire brigade duties, are required to be trained for SC8A use. In addition, several operators were able to demon-strate proficiency in SCBA use during a walk-through conducted by the inspector. Licensed operator SCBA training is in progress and will be completed during the next 6 weeks training cycle, beginning August 11, 198 Based on the above review this item is close (Closed) (86-23-05): Complete the preoperational, surveillance testing, and turnover of the DRM The inspectors reviewed the status of the Digital Radiation Monitoring System (DRMS) and determined that three components of the system are incomplete at this tim Since the DRMS is being actively tracked by the Health Physics section as an ongoing radiological health protection item, this item is closed as an emergency preparedness item and is being tracked as item 85-32-06 in Inspection Report 85-3 (Closed) (86-23-06): Delete the reference to turbine building ambient temperature as indication of a steam line break in EAP- The following documents were reviewed: NMPNS Site Emergency Plan; and EAP- The reference to turbine building ambient temperature as an indication of a steam line break has been delete As a result of the above review this item is close .-

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(Closed) (86-23-07): Complete, test, and equip the Unit 2 306' Level decontamination facility and revise EPP-15, section 8 to reflect the existence of the Unit 2 decontamination facilit The following documents were reviewed: NMPNS Site Emergency Plan; and EAP-1 The Unit 2 306' Level decontamination facility has not been completed, tested and equipped, nor EPP-15, section 8 revised. The Unit 1 decontam-ination facility is fully operational and accessible to Unit 2 personnel and will provide adequate interim protection to Unit 2 personnel prior to issuance of a full power licens As a result of the above findings this item is close (Closed)(86-23-08): Change the immediate protective action recommend-ation upon reaching the General Emergency classification, from an immedi-ate evacuation of the 2 mile EPZ, to sheltering within a 2 mile radius and 5 miles downwin EPP-26 was revised to conform to NUREG-0654 and Information Notice 83-26 guidance on protective action recommendations at the general emergenc An immediate 2 mile radius and 5 mile downwind sector sheltering protec-tive action recommendation was adopted and operators were trained on the revisio '

As a result of these findings, this item is close (0 pen) (86-23-09): Revise figure 4.1 Attachment #6 of EAP-2 to provide for j fire EAL's consistent with the guidance of NUREG-0654.

1 A preliminary revision to EAP-2 was reviewed for consistency with NUREG-0654 guidance. The copy of the fire classification procedure was accept-i able. However, the procedure had not been approved by the Station Opera-tions Review Committee (SORC), and operator training on the revised procedure had not been conducted. The current revision to EAP-2 will be presented at the next scheduled SORC rreeting and training on the revised j procedure for licensed operators will be completed during the next six week training cycle. In the interim prior to fuel load the revised EAP-2 has been placed on the operator's required reading list.

When the current revision of EAP-2 is 50RC approved, and operator training is completed, EAP-2 will be acceptable for fire EAL As a result of the above findings, this item will remain open until the revised EAP-2 has been 50RC approved and all licensed operators have been trained on the revisio (Closed)(86-23-10): Assign responsibility for initial dose projection functions to an on-shift person who would report to the Control Room at the activation of the Emergency Pla . - . - - _ - - _ - - . _ - _ _ - - , _ - _ - - - - - ~ - - - - -

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The inspectors reviewed EPP-8 Section 3.1 which assigns the responsibility for radiological assessment to Station Shift Supervisor (SSS), or Site Emergency Director (SED). The SSS or SED is responsible for assigning a Chemistry and Radiation Management Supervisor or Chemistry Technician to perform the initial dose projection. The Automated Dose Assessment System (primary) or the manual dose assessment system (secondary) are available in the Control Room and the TSC for performance of initial dose assess-men As a result of the above findings this item is close (Closed) (86-23-12): Provide definition in the EAls in EAP-2 for what combinations of equipment or system failure would prevent the plant from proceeding to cold or hot shutdown (Alert or Site Area Emergency classifi-cation). The cause of this equipment failure should not be limited to a fir During the Appraisal, the inspectors were not able to identify a specific set of initiating conditions for the classification of emergencies based on equipment failures not related to a fire. When asked to identify the EAL for these conditions, neither the operators nor the emergency planning staff were able to show the inspector the appropriate EAL. EAP-2 has been revised to include " loss of control" indication containing the appropriate conditions for this classification. Operators demonstrated familiarity with this EAL during this inspectio As a result of these findings, this item is close

(Closed)(86-23-13): Unit 2 should complete an accountability demonstra-tion to assure that the 30 minute accountability time can be achieve The following document was reviewed: Report of the NMPNS-Unit 2 Emergency Accountability Drill conducted 6/25/8 A drill was conducted to demonstrate Unit 2 accountabilit people participated in the drill and accountability was achieved in 20 minute Several minor deficiencies were identified and corrective actions initi-ated. A followup drill is scheduled in the near future to verify that all deficiencies have been corrected. Accountability will also be observed during the next emergency exercise at Unit As a result of the above findings, this item is close l

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5. Summary and Listing of Remaining Open Item During the appraisal followup it was determined that one Emergency Pre-paredness open item remained which required licensee action (86-23-09).

This item involves approval of EAP-2 for fire Emergency Action Levels (EALs) and training of the operators in its use. All operators must complete a review of the revised EALs through self-study prior to low-power license issuance, and formal training prior to full power licensin . Exit Interview At the conclusion of the inspection August 6,1986, the inspectors met with representatives-of the licensee (see Detail 1 for attendees) to discuss the findings of this inspection as detailed in this repor At no time during this inspection was any written material provided to the license .

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