IR 05000458/1992031
| ML20034H761 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 03/16/1993 |
| From: | Callan L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Graham P GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9303220031 | |
| Download: ML20034H761 (4) | |
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A NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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MSR l 6195 Docket: 50-458 License: NPF-47 Gulf States Utilities ATTN: P. D. Graham Vice President (RBNG) P.O. Box 220 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-458/92-31 Thank you for your letter of November 10, 1992, in response to our request for additional information relating to your quality assurance audit of a self-screening contractor. The additional information was helpful in our understanding of the issue. The unresolved item discussed in NRC Inspection Report 50-458/92-31 regarding the self-screening issue will be reviewed during a future inspection.
Sincerely A \\! L. J. Ca lan, Director DivisijnofRadiationSafety and Safeguards cc: Gulf States Utilities ATTN: J. E. Booker, Manager-Nuclear Industry Relations P.O. Box 2951 Beaumont, Texas 77704 Winston & Strawn ATTN: Mark ~J. Wetterhahn, Esq.
1401 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
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Department of Justice Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 94095 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9095 H. Anne Plettinger 3456 Villa Rose Drive Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 President of West Feliciana Police Jury P.O. Box 1921 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 Cajun Electric Power Coop. Inc.
ATTN: Philip G. Harris 10719 Airline Highway P.O. Box 15540 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70895 Hall Bohlinger, Administrator Radiation Protection Division P.O. Box 82135 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884-2135 ( - .. -
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.i _ ,_Um _ - @ GULF STATES UTILITIES ' COMPANY w..nw.m .w cmcrecxm u macavu.t av4= mn $HE A C?! (<4 L75 (Oied 'de6 Sf41 November 10, 1992 RBG-37712 - , File Nos. G9.5, G15.4.1 j } I} 5 1 Li - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission t .jj[ . . ' 611 Ryan Plaza Drive Suite 400 ,,j T/ 3 P ? !b Arlington, TX 76011 ~~ - .' j "",m,., 2; - 'j e ' Gentlemen: i ' " " - River Bend Station - Unit 1 Docket No. 50-458/92-31 Pursuant to the request for additional infonnation in Inspection Repon 92 31 this letter provides the results of Gulf States-Utilities Company's (GSU) funher investigation of a self screening contractor incident of improperly cenifying its personnel for unesconed access. The inspection was conducted by Messrs. B, . Earnest and T. Dexter on September 8-11,1992, of activities authorized by NRC , Operating License NPF-47 for River Bend Station - Unit 1 (RBS). GSU's ' response is provided in the attachment.
Should you have any questions, please contact Mr. L.A. England at (504) 381-4145.
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Sincerel, . /4, kM J.C. Deddens Senior Vice President ! River Bend Nuclear Group , s [h bW MHQ/I E/ KJG/SIAV/JHM/kvm Ga' Attachment
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cc: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission . ( Document Contml Desk - _ Washington, D.C. 20555 ' h ';f %[ NRC Resident Inspector ' fj 2fy/ P.O. Box 1051 , St. Francisville, LA 70775 ' kc- .
, _ W , y , , ATTACIBfENT y "' NRC Region IV Safeguards personnel requested in Inspection Repon (IR) 92-31 that Gulf States Unlities Company (GSU) investigate the circumstances surmunding a self screening contractor incident to determine mot cause. The results am summarized as follows.
! . . - -l In April,1992, GSU discovered that the Dowell Schlumberger, Inc. (DSI) site manager had
certified DSI personnel for unesconed access without proper psychological evaluation. Until ! about April 7,1992 DSI had been cenifying their employees for uncsconed access to River-Bend Station (RBS) under the previous access authorization pmcedure PSP-4-200, Rev. 4.
Under Revision 4 of the pmcedure, psychological evaluations would not be required since Revision 4 allowed personnel with three years service to be " grandfathered" into the program.
GSU had advised DSI in early February,1992, of the new access authorization pmcedural
requirements as an attachment to the new GSU/DSI contract. However, the administrative (on-site) project manager who had authority to cenify the contmetor personnel as having received
the proper screening requirements was not cogmzant of the change. Personnel were cenified as acceptable up to as late as April 6,1992, when the last personnel were improperly granted - unesconed access to River Bend Station under Revision 4 of the procedure. On or about April-l 7, the on-site project manager of DSI returned from a hospital stay and convalescing period to learn of the new Procedure PSP-4-200, Revision 5, and, at that time discontinued certification of contract employees under provisions of Revision 4, and began to use Revision 5 of the
procedure.
In an effon to verify the pmject manager's sequence of events, QA personnel interviewed several people, reviewed several documents including hospital records, telephone records, e protected area access records, and other documents. QA was unable to prove any willfulintent , to disregard RBS procedures, NRC rules or regulations.
, The root cause is that, due to the project manager's extended absence, he did not know of the new procedure changes even though he should have known. The project manager's illness that ' caused him to be away fmm his desk is considered a contributing factor in his not knowing of the changes. The following referenced documents give additional details of the investigation and are available for funher review by the NRC on request.
REFERENCES: 1.
Condition Repon 92-0391 dated 5/28/92 { 2.
Telogs Licensing /NRC dated 10/5/92 (RBCS 42772 & 42773) 3.
PSP-4-200, Rev 4, " Access Pmgram (Access Suitability)" ' dated 6/29/90 4.
PSP-4-200, Rev. 5, " Personnel Security Program { (Access Authorization)" dated 12/12/91 5.
IR 92-31 dated 10/13/92 (RBC-42831) . 6.
QA Memo to Licensing fmm C.G. Sprangers } dated 10/16/92 (SCRB-19189)
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GSU Quality Assurance Finding Repon 92-05,-A-0323-01
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