IR 05000458/1990015

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-458/90-15

ML20062G630
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	11/21/1990
From:	Collins S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Deddens J GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.
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NUDOCS 9011290356
Download: ML20062G630 (3)

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'! Docket No. 50-458/90-15 License No. NPF-47 Gulf States Utilities ATTN: James C. Deddens Senior Vice President (RBNG) l P.O. Box 220 St._Francisv111e, Louisiana 70775 Gentlemen:

Thank you for your letter of September 28, 1990, in response to our letter

and' Inspection Report 50-458/90-15 dated August 29, 1990. We have reviewed your reply and find it responsive to the concerns raised in our inspection i

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Gulf States Utilities ATTN: James C. Deddens Senior Vice President (RBNG)

P.O. Box 220 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 Gentlemen:

1 hank you for your letter of September 28, 1990, % response to our letter and Inspection Report 50-458/90-15 dated August 29, 1990. We have reviewed your reply and find it responsive to the concerns raised in our inspection

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report. We will review the implementation of your corrective actions dur* g a k future inspection to determine that full compliance has.been achieved and will l be mainteine

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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555 Gentlemen:

River Bend Station - Unit 1 Refer to : Region IV Docket _No. 50-458/ Report 90-15 I

Pursuant to 10CFR2.201, this letter provides Gulf States Utilities Company's (GSU) response to tho exercise weakress noted in NRC Inspection Report No. 50-458/90-15. The inspection was performed by Mr. N. M. Terc during the period of June 11-16, 1990 of activities authorized by NRC Operating License NPF-47 for River Bend Station - Unit 1, GSU's response is provided in the attachmen Should have any questions, please contact Mr. L. A. En'jland at(504)you 381-414

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W. H. Odell I Manager-Oversight River Bend Nuclear Group T /pg Attachments cc: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV  !

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'i Response to Weakness 50-458/9015-02 REFE9ENCE Inspection Report - Letter from S. J. Collins letter to Deddens,

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dated August 29, 199 DESCRIPTION The inspector interviewed a small sample of selected key emergency responders working as emergency response organizational teams who would constitute the first phase of the emergency response. Interviews were held with three control room teams; namely a Shift Supervisor, a Control Operations Foreman (C0F), and a Communicator. Another team consisted of decisionmakers that would respond to the Technical Support Center (TSC)

(i.e. an Emergency Director, a Radiological Assessment Coordinator (RAC).

Onsite Coordinator (00), and a Communicator). Finally, a tea:n was selected from decision makers that would respond to the Emergency Operations Facility (EOF (i.e., a Recovery Manager, an Offsite Assessor, a RAC, and a Consnunicator)). Each interview lasted 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> and consisted of two part The first part it,volved presenting a number of questions and evaluating the teams' response pertaining to their duties and responsibilities during emergencies, and several other fundamental concepts in emergency respons The second part consisted of presenting a scenario and conducting a walk-through of the teams' response to classify, perform dose assessment, notify, and make protective action recommendation The inspector found that, for the most part, the teams performed well, made correct decisions, and took proper actions to implement the Emergency Plan to protect the emergency workers, the public, and mftigate the acciden The inspector noted that all teams were able to assess the magnitude and scope of the simulated accident presente However, one of the teams interviewed underclassified the accident and had difficulties in following the emergency action level classification procedure. The team was not always clear about the methods and capabilities of dose assessment / projection methods available to them, and had conceptual difficulties pertaining to the factors to be considered when making protective action, recommendation The conceptual weaknesses identified were discussed and misunderstand 1ngs were corrected during the course of the interview GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY'S RESPONSE

'he root cause of the weakness has been determined to be inadequate conceptual training for Emergency Directors and Recovery Manager Emergency Implementing Procedure EIP-2-102 establishes the basic training requirements for personnel who perform emergency functions. Attachment 1 ( to EIP-2-102 is a training reauirements-matrix which shows the training l requirement for various GSU personne The Emergency Director and Recovery L Manager are required to complete the following training:

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Energency Response Organization and Facilities (T0101)

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Radiological Assessment and Protective Action Recommendations (T0104)

Management Control of Emergencies (T0108)

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Drill Participation However, the training module T0108, Management Control of Emergencies, did not cover conceptual aspects of the duties and responsibilities of the Recovery Manager and of the Emergency Directo .

To correct this weakness, the Managenent Lontrol of Emergencies (ED/RM) l training module has been revised by GSU Nuclear Trainin This course

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presentation includes information relating to certain key personnel including Recovery Managers and Emergency Directors, as well as detailed instruction and practical exercises in emergency event classification and protective action recommendation GSU believes this training module revision will improve understanding of the methods and capabilities of dose assessment / projection and eliminate conceptual difficulties with the fastors considered when making protective action recommendation SCHEDULE FOR ACTION  :

All Emergency Directors and Recovery Managers are scheduled to attend this training prior to March 1, 199 i

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