IR 05000413/1988017

Insp Rept 50-413/88-17 & 50-414/88-17 on 880425-26.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Util Progress in Correcting Exercise Weaknesses Identified During Plant 880219-20 Emergency Response Exercise

ML20154D181
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	05/05/1988
From:	Decker T, Sartor W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML20154D179	List: IR 05000413/1988017 ML20154D175
References
50-413-88-17, 50-414-88-17, NUDOCS 8805190078
Download: ML20154D181 (3)

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MAY 0 9 B88 Report Nos.: 50-413/88-17 and 50-414/88-17 Licensee: Duke Power Company 422 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28242

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Docket Nos.: 50-413 and 50-414 License Nos.: NPF-35 and NPF-52

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Facility Name: Catawba Inspection Conducted: April 25-26, 1988 Inspector: 88 /4 a 6-/5-/So

. W. M. Sartor, J g Date Signed Approved by: 8M b T. R. Decker, Section-Chief

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Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards SUWARY Scope: This routine, announced inspection was conducted to evaluate licensee's progress in correcting the exercise weaknesses identified during the Catawba Nuclear Station Emergency Response Exercise on February 19-20, 198 Results: No violations or deviations were identified.

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REPORT DETAILS Persons Contacted

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Licensee Employees R. G. Blessing, Engineer, Performance Reactor Group ,

• R. E. Harris, System Emergency Planner  !

! *M. D. McIntosh, General Manager, Nuclear Support B. McRee Emergency Planner T. 8. Owen, Catawba Station Manager >

0. Simpson, Station Emergency Planner

! Other licensee employees contacted included engineers, security force members, and office personnel.

4 NRC Resident Inspectors ,

M. Lesser  !

P. Vandoorn  !

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The inspection scope and findings were summarized on April 6,1988, with thos0 persons indicated in Paragraph 1 above. The inspector described the areas inspected and discussed in detail the inspection finding No ,

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dissenting coments were received from the license The licensee did not identify as proprietary any of the materials provided to or reviewed by  !

the inspector during this inspectio ;

) Licensee Action on Previous Enforcement Matters I

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\ Inspection Scope and Sumary l

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The Duke Power Company Crisis Management Center (CMC) was activated on the morning of April 26, 1988, to conduct a tabletop emergency exercise. The

purpose of the exercise was to address certain NRC identified weaknesses from the February 19-20, 1988 Catawba Exercise. The inspector noted that

the tabletop exercise was conducted as a seminar with discussions focused ,

on the correct actions that should have been taken in response to the '

, February 19-20, 1988 Catawba scenario. The training seminar appeared i

i effective as a followup to an energency action level and emergency classification training session conducted on April 19, 1988. It was also effective in demonstrating the need for additional training regarding the process for transmitting information to the States and countie An

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overall summary by the inspector was that the licensee has been adequately pursuing corrective actions to the Catawba exercise findings with the goal to demonstrate acceptable CMC response to the McGuire Emergency Exercise

scheduled during September 1988.

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a The inspector reviewed data available and discussed with personnel the status of the following open item As a result of the information available, the following items were identified to the licensee at the exit meeting as recommended for closur (Closed) Inspector Followup Item (IFI) 50-413/85-39-04, 85-414/85-36-04. Validatingoperatoraidcomputer(0AC)datathrough ;

use of appropriate algorithms. The OAC now provides a list of the '

out of service data points and the lock out data points that are set ,

to a fixed valu ' (Closed) IFI 50-413/85-39-05, 50-414/85-36-05. Automating the present manual transfer of data from OAC to VAX. This improvement item is being considered by the licensee for implementation, however i it will no longer be carried as an open item due to lack of a ;

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i (Closed) IFI 50-413/85-39-10, 50-414/85-36-1 Correction of transfer of TSC-0AC data to VAX computer. to preclude airborne >

contamination of personnel involved therein during possible emergency '

condition, This transfer of data was done by a Data Coordinator l located in the TSC using a PCAT (IBM) and modems during the recent exercise to preclude personnel contamination, (Closed) IFI 50-413/85-39-19, 50-414/85-36-1 Modifying ,

computerized dose assessment model to include ingestion pathway dosa !

calculations and making available to NRC or submitting to NRC documentation related thereto. The licensee has received a new dose assessment model from Impell which incorporates the ingestion j

pathwa The licensee may implement the new model following ;

j training. Licensee's iirplementation of a new dose assessment model ,

would be reviewed in a future inspection,

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' i (Closed) IFI 50-413/85-39-28, 50-414/85-36-28. Providing CMC with a ,

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continuous computer data input, at or near real time. A new computer system that is to be installed may provide real time data transfe .

If real time data transfer is provided by a new computor system, its effectiveness will be examined during a future inspection, j

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' i (Closed)IFl 50-413/85-39-29,50-414/85-36-2 Establish a dedicated !

! communications lines between the CMC and VAX computer systems and use

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of dial-up access as a backup. The CMC and VAX computer systems have !

been linked by hard cable, thus correcting the problem.

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