LR-N990111, Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-354/98-302.Corrective Actions:Hope Creek Licensed Operator Training Completed Full Audit of 1998 Requalification Training Records

Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-354/98-302.Corrective Actions:Hope Creek Licensed Operator Training Completed Full Audit of 1998 Requalification Training Records

ML20205F750
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	03/25/1999
From:	Storz L Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
50-354-98-302, LR-N990111, NUDOCS 9904060417
Download: ML20205F750 (4)

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Public Service Electric and Gas Company Isals F. Storz Public Service Electric and Gas Ccmpany P.o. Box 236, Harwocks Bridge, NJ 08038 609-339-5700 servor vice Presdent - Nwear Operatona -

MAR 251999 LR-N990111 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION EXAMINATION REPORT 354/98-302 HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) provides the attached information in response to the Notice of Violation issued on February 26,1999, in Hope Creek Examination Report 50-354/98-302.

If you have any questions concerning the above information, please contact Brian Thomas at 609-339-2022.

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11AR 851999 Document Control Desk 2 LR-N990111 C Mr. H. J. Miller, Administrator - Region l USNRC Region 1 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. Richard J. Conte, Chief Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch Division of Reactor Safety U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. R. Ennis, Licensing Project Manager- Hope Creek U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Mail Stop 14E21 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. S. Pindale (X24)

USNRC Senior Resident inspector Mr. K. Tosch, Manager, IV Bureau of Nuclear Engineering P.O. Box 415 Trenton, NJ 08625 95-4933

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l ATTACHMENT REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION LR-N990111 During an NRC inspection conducted from November 24,1998 through December 4, 1998, the following violation of NRC requirements was identified as described below:

10 CFR 55.59(a)(5)(i) requires, in part, that the facility licensee shall maintain records documenting the participation of each licensed operator and senior operator in the requalification program.

l l Contrary to the above, from March 1998 through November 1998, the facility licensee failed to maintain records for five operators documenting their participation in the requalificat;on program. Specifically, the facility licensee was missing training attendance records for five operators on mandatory requalification program training classes.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1). i

RESPONSE

PSE&G concurs with the violation.

(1) The reason for the violation.

The reason for the failure to maintain records for the five operators in the requalification program is attributed to the following:

. Less than adequate Training Management Oversight concerning records program implementation and resource control. Training Management did not provide proper oversight of training records processing since record transmittal was allowed to consistently extend beyond the 7-day requirement contained in the procedures. Training Management also failed to increase supervision sufficiently to preclude record retention anomc'.L during implementation of training records retention using new SAP database.

. Failure to submit the training records package for r cessing within seven business days of course completion contrary to thc ' Nuclear Training Records' procedure.

. inadequate implementation of new SAP database for training records.

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ATTACHMENT REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION LR-N990111 (2) The corrective steps that have been taken.

A. Hope Creek Licensed Operator Training completed a full audit of the 1998 requalification training records. The Hope Creek Licensed Operator Training Staff took immediate actions to have all licensed operators make up any training for which records were missing. The outstanding records for requalification training were then reissued. This activity was completed prior to the end of the 24 mor.th licensed operator requalification training cycle.

B. A review of the 1998 Salem Licensed Operator requalification training records was performed and no significant problems were identified.

C. The Operations Training Instructors qualification process has been revised to include SAP database orientation for documenting training records.

D. The expectation that a records review will occur after each segment of operations requalification training and this review be conducted by the cognizant training supervisor has been promulgated by Operations Training Management.

E. Appropriate personnel involved with the administration and oversight of the Hone Creek operations training records processing were held accountable for their inappropriate actions in accordance with PSE&G policies.

(3) The corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations.

A. Training will be provided to the Operations Training Instructors and Training Management personnel involved in the processing of training records by June 1, 1999. This training will include a review of regulations governing training records, internal requirements and guidance concerning training records, and SAP computer training related to training record processing.

(4) The date when full compilance will be achieved.

Full compliance was achieved by December 31,1998, when the outstanding training

. records for requalification training were issued. This action was completed prior to the ,

end of the requalification training cycle. l 1

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