ML033630306
| ML033630306 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 12/10/2003 |
| From: | FirstEnergy Corp |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| Download: ML033630306 (33) | |
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Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station ngineering and Corrective Action Improvements 1
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Desired Outcomes emonstrate our Corrective Action Process and Engineering uality supports restart ovide you the future initiatives to improve overall orrective Action Program and Engineering Performance Lew Myers Chief Operating Officer - FENOC 2 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Meeting Agenda ngineering Function Supports Restart.....Joe Hagan ngineering Improvement Initiatives......Jim Powers ecent Corrective Action Program provements.Bob Schrauder orrective Action Program Improvements etails.Bob Schrauder Lew Myers Chief Operating Officer - FENOC 3 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Operational Improvement Plan perational Improvement Plan
-Ensures continued improvements and sustained performance
-Provides for a managed transition from the organizational and programmatic actions taken to support the Davis-Besse Return to Service Plan and Building Block Plans to that of normal plant operations and refueling outages
-Provided as part of Integrated Restart Report
-Funded as currently planned 4
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Cycle 14 - Operational Improvement Plan Barriers Demonstrating FENOCs Strong Safety Focus FENOC Vision:
People with a strong safety focus delivering top fleet operating performance Competent Strong Experienced Effective Individual Programs Management Oversight 5
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Engineering Functions Support Restart Joe Hagan FENOC- Senior Vice President 6
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Engineering Function Supports Restart
- Competent Individual
-Standards
-Accountability
-Ownership
- Experienced Management
- Strong Programs
- Effective Oversight 7
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Engineering Function Supports Restart Competent Individual Engineering Principles and Expectations Reinforcement August, 2003
-Rigorous Application of Engineering Procedures and Methods
-Knowledge and Maintenance of Design and Licensing Basis
-10CFR50.9, Completeness and Accuracy
-Ownership Selection and hiring Training and qualification Coaching and development Continued prudent utilization of contract staff 8
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Engineering Function Supports Restart Experienced Management
- New experienced leadership
- Design Engineering Standards Alignment
- System Engineering Standards Alignment
- Engineering Work Management Plan
- Observation and engagement 9
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Engineering Function Supports Restart Strong Programs
- Transition to Fleet-wide Processes
-Benchmarked to top industry performers
-System Health Reporting and Plant Health Committee
-Calculation/Program Improvement
-Validate old calculations prior to use
-Corrective Action Program
-Project Review Committee (PRC) 10 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Engineering Function Supports Restart Effective Oversight
- Company Nuclear Review Board
- Engineering Assessment Board
-Internal Quality Check
-Independent of product
-Critical review
- External Reviews
- Quality Oversight Organization
- Corporate-Driven Assessments
- Periodic Engineering performance review meeting 11 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Engineering Function Supports Restart
- Summary
-Integrated approach for improvement
-Requires ownership and monitoring by management
- Clear lines of accountability
-Engineering approach to Corrective Action Program has improved
-Demonstrated ability to perform fairly complex engineering projects satisfactorily
-Critical assessment will drive continued improvement 12 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
ngineering Improvement Initiatives Details Jim Powers Director - Engineering 13 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
ngineering Improvement Initiatives Details
- Competent Individual
-Engineering Assessment Board (EAB) feedback
-Supervisor/Manager coaching and reinforcement of standards
-Mentoring and development of incumbents and new hires
-Training
- TAP Root
- Operability Evaluations
-Hiring of new employees (20% replenishment)
- Program Owner Qualification Card (OI Plan)
-Managing of the Engineering Workload
- Use of Contractors
-Enhance System Engineering Ownership (OI Plan)
-New Technical Issue Resolution process 14 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
ngineering Improvement Initiatives Details
- Engineering Assessment Board (EAB) with expanded focus
-Comprised of highly experienced engineers
-Perform high quality and timely assessments
-Expanded role
- Root Causes
- Apparent Causes
- Calculations 15 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
ngineering Improvement Initiatives Details
- Strong Programs
-Corrective Action Program
-Modification Process
- Restricted use of At -Risk Changes (ARCs)
-Calculation Control Program
- Use of Checklists for ownership acceptance
-Design Interface Evaluation (DIE)
-System/ Plant Health Report (SHR)
-Design Basis Assessment Report (DBAR)
-Problem-solving/Decision-making Process
-Program Compliance Reviews (OI Plan) 16 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
ngineering Improvement Initiatives Details xperienced Management
-Actions
- Implement actions to improve safety margin (OI Plan)
- Implement Design Calculation Improvement Plan (OI Plan)
- Independent Calculation Assessment performed
- FENOC Equipment Reliability Program (OI Plan)
- Engineering Change Request (ECR) Prioritization (OI Plan)
- Implement ATLAS Design Basis Information System (OI Plan) 17 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
ngineering Improvement Initiatives Details ffective Oversight
-Perform Additional Latent Issue Reviews (OI Plan)
-Perform Program Compliance Reviews (OI Plan)
-Perform effectiveness reviews of Problem-solving and Decision-making Process (OI Plan)
-Perform independent external assessments of Engineering Improvement Actions (OI Plan)
-EAB assessments (OI Plan)
-Nuclear Quality Assessment (OI Plan) 18 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
ngineering Improvement Initiatives Details
- Engineering Workload Reduction
-Total of ~ 8,500 engineering workload items identified
-Post-Restart Existing Workload Categories Category Management Initiatives Potential Modifications Calculation Improvements Drawings Document Updates Engineering Evaluations Condition Reports Equipment Reliability 19 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
ngineering Improvement Initiatives Details
- Engineering Work Plan and Schedule
-Purpose is to provide overall direction to the Engineering organization during Cycle 14
- Provide assurance that the Engineering organization has appropriate resources to effectively support plant operation and, at the same time, complete the Post-Restart workload in a timely manner
-Schedule consists of ~ 240 activities 20 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
ngineering Improvement Initiatives Details
- Basic Work Completion Logic
-Review the existing work
-Prioritize these work items in accordance with the plant priority system as well as the System and Program Improvement priorities
-Eliminate, with justification, work items of very low value
-Develop overall work plans for each category
-Obtain management approval of the plans and then,
-Implement these plans 21 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
ngineering Improvement Initiatives Details
- 6. Engineering Improvement Initiative DESIRED OUTCOME: Improved quality of Engineering products, increased access to Design Basis information, and continued improvement in Safety Margins of the Station Sponsor: J. Powers Key Actions Owner Completion
- 1. Implement actions to improve Safety Margin: J. Grabnar
- a. Determine the Safety Margin for the top 10 Risk Significant 2nd Qtr 2004 Systems and develop a plan to improve safety margins
- b. Electrical System coordination improvements 4th Qtr 2005
- c. Masonry/block wall re-analyses and design changes 4th Qtr 2005
- d. Service Water improvements through Cycle 14
- 2. Perform additional Latent Issues Reviews B. Boles through Cycle 14
- 3. Implement the Design Calculation Improvement Plan J. Grabnar 4th Qtr 2004
- 4. Enhance plant equipment performance through the FENOC J. Rogers through Cycle 14 Equipment Reliability Program
- 5. Develop and implement the plan to enhance System B. Boles 4th Qtr 2004 Engineering ownership of plant systems in support of Operations 22 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
ngineering Improvement Initiatives Details
- Summary
-Engineering quality supports restart
-Continuous improvement is ensured through the Operational Improvement Plan
-Resources are committed for the Work Plan
-Calculations are being improved
-Changing approach to problem solving 23 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Corrective Action Program Bob Schrauder Director - Support Services 24 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Corrective Action Program
- Apparent Cause areas for improvement
-Evaluators sometimes had preconceived causes
-Evaluators didnt always address problem statements
-Evaluations and actions taken not always well documented
-Some evaluations not technically accurate
-Management involvement in evaluations and corrective actions 25 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Corrective Action Program
- Other areas for improvement
-Evaluations and corrective actions not always timely
-Some corrective actions closed to other documents
-Some corrective actions not completed as defined
-Rollover process caused confusion
-Trending of Condition Reports 26 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Corrective Action Program Actions Taken to Support Restart
-Phase II Program Review conducted
-Revised FENOC procedure
-Increased Management involvement
-Lessons learned training conducted
-Rollover process restricted and additional guidance provided
-Corrective Action Review Board (CARB) review of apparent cause evaluations
-Section managers attend CARB for section reviews 27 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Corrective Action Program Actions Taken to Support Restart
-Senior Leadership Team reviews root causes
-Selected root cause analyses reviewed by Executive Leadership Team
-Reduced number of apparent cause evaluators
-Improved training of apparent cause evaluators
-Dedicated team of apparent cause evaluators rotated to Support Services
-Manager review of open CRs and corrective actions
-Non-restart CRs recategorized using current process 28 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Corrective Action Program
- Trending
-Quarterly Trend Summary Reports resumed
-System Health Reports resumed
-FENOC Manager of Equipment Reliability
-CREST Statistical Process Control interface created
-Section assessments planned 29 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Corrective Action Program
- 9. Corrective Action Program Improvement Initiative DESIRED OUTCOME: Improved effectiveness and implementation of the Corrective Action Program demonstrated through improved Station performance Sponsor: R. Schrauder Key Actions Owner Completion
- 1. Implement the Apparent Cause Improvement Plan:
- a. Create a Subcommittee to the Corrective Action Review L. Dohrmann 4th QTR 2003 Board for review of Apparent Cause Evaluations
- b. Identify Apparent Cause Evaluators Managers 4th QTR 2003
- c. Develop Training Program and Expectations and provide J. Reddington 4th QTR 2003 training to the Apparent Cause Evaluators
- d. Qualify the trained Apparent Cause Evaluators using the J. Reddington 1st QTR 2004 Systematic Approach to Training
- e. On an interim basis apparent cause evaluators rotated L. Dohrmann 4th QTR 2003 to support services
- f. Have CNRB review selected apparent causes F. Von Alm 4th QTR 2003 30 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Corrective Action Program
- 9. Corrective Action Program Improvement Initiative DESIRED OUTCOME: Improved effectiveness and implementation of the Corrective Action Program demonstrated through improved Station performance Sponsor: R. Schrauder Key Actions Owner Completion
- 2. Establish the appropriate level of workload for Condition L. Dohrmann 1st QTR 2004 Report Evaluations and Corrective Actions and develop a
. to reduce the backlogs to those levels plan
- 4. Reestablish trending process L. Dohrmann 4th QTR 2003
- 5. Provide management training on apparent causes L. Dohrmann 4th QTR 2003 31 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003
Corrective Action Program
- Summary
-FENOC has a strong industry standard program
-The improvements weve made and continuing enhancements assure improved implementation of the program
-The CAP supports restart and safe operation.
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Closing Comments Lew Myers Chief Operating Officer - FENOC 33 avis-Besse ar Power Station December 10, 2003