ML062680231
| ML062680231 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 01/21/2005 |
| From: | Nuclear Management Co |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| FOIA/PA-2006-0113 | |
| Download: ML062680231 (6) | |
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- TODAY Friday, Jan. 21, 2005 Please welcome Mike Lorek, Plant Manager! 0 Inside Mike joined Point Beach Nuclear Plant O = Face to Face on Jan. 4. He has shared the previous
§ = Self read 25 years with the Tennessee Valley o = Nice to know Authority (TVA), so it was a huge decision for him and his wife to move ~Ik ~ i 0 to Wisconsin.
" Events highlight importance of Mike began his education at North prompt attention to FFD issues Carolina State University in pursuit of a
........................ 2 degree in civil engineering, with the intention of taking over his father's construction company. (His father had
- Please welcome Mike Lorek, initiated and grown the company to a sizable business dealing with multi-million dollar Plant Manager! .................... I contracts.) However, he changed his mind and turned his attention to nuclear
- Human Performance clock ....... 2 engineering, earning a bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering in 1978. Mike then
- Cal Corner ........................... 2 attended the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UT), where he earned his master's
" NMC Bucks and Quick Thanks degree in Nuclear Engineering in 1980. He selected UT because their nuclear to be distributed week of engineering program is one of the most prestigious programs in the United States and Jan. 24 ................................. 3 also because of their close ties with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
- Six for success .................... 3 Upon graduation from UT in 1980, Mike accepted a position with TVA at the
- New Point Beach Unit 2 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant as a reactor engineer and was involved in the very first fuel reactor head arrives, work loading at the facility. Mike held the following positions with TVA from 1980 through continues on others ........ 4 2004: Reactor Engineer/STA, Engineering Training Instructor, Engineering Training
- We Energies 2004 W-2 forms Manager, Sequoyah Training Manager, Operations Superintendent, Project Engineer, mailed this week ................. 6 Mechanical/Nuclear Engineering Manager, System Engineering Manager, Site Engineering Manager, Assistant Plant Manager,and Corporate Engineering Manager
- NMCNet what's new ........... 6 of all three TVA sites. Mike also held an NRC Senior Reactor Operator License on the 0 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant from 1986 to 1994.
- Wise medical consumerism:
Taking medications safely ....... 5 Mike and his wife, Renee, have purchased and already moved into a home in Manitowoc, which they also share with their cat. By the way, he said his cat plays
- Watch out for the mousetrap!...6 fetch! After living in North Carolina all his life, Mike states, "The cold and snow don't bother me - you just have to stay inside!" (No confirmation on where he parks though!)
He said he is impressed at how nice the people are here, and he and his wife love the area.
Mike enjoys golfing, running, and reading (not all at the same time); he reads non-fiction or "highly technical stuff" because he loves to learn. Believe it or not, the name "Lorek" is pureblooded Polish, and his heritage includes four immigrants from Poland Ohio, and one last thing - Mike has been an NFC Central (North) fan since 1970!
The Point Beach Holiday Party is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9. Stay tuned for detailsl Please be sure to stop and introduce yourself- Mike is anxious to meet every employee! Written by Holly Kocourek.
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Jan. 21, 21, 2005 Events highlight importance of prompt attention to FFD issues 0 NMC Security would like to call employees' attention to two events within the fleet that highlight the importance of acting on Fitness for Duty (FFD) issues in a timely manner.
One event involved a delay in verifying a report of aberrant behavior by an employee, while the other involved a delay in responding to a report of aberrant behavior by an employee.
While neither incident jeopardized safe operation of the plant, it is critical that both individual contributors and supervisors follow rules for evaluating FFD information to prevent any safety standard violations.
To help employees learn from these incidents, NMC Security has issued an "Operating Experience" document summarizing the events.
CAL Corner S NMC Operating Experience A worker recently exhibited behavior calling into question his/her fitness. A Following are the Excellence Site manager directed the worker's supervision to for-cause test the worker.
Plan commitment action steps Supervision inappropriately allowed the worker to perform duties prior to conducting the for-cause test. Part of this delay included waiting the arrival due within the next two weeks:
of a replacement for, and turnover with, the worker to be for-cause tested.
N Step #: OP-10-00.23 Lessons Learned Task: Perform'arn Once management/supervision determines a worker's fitness is questionable Effectiveness Ii~'l 111 of the and a for-cause test is required, supervision must ensure the worker is implenlm impe~ern~in fCA0327 17 immediately removed from duty (i.e., is not allowed to assume duty or within k e- °e ance perform additional work) and is escorted to the test site.
organiza' 0il as effective" e is plan. NMC Operating Experience Group: ,nce A concerned worker recently brought to the attention of supervision a document he/she believed contained information reflecting aberrant Owner Js oell behavior on the part of another worker. Supervision requested a copy of the Due: 11 o5i document from the concerned worker. The concerned worker refused to provide a copy of the document to the supervisor. Supervision worked with the concerned worker's management and ultimately obtained a copy of the N Step'#: OP-14-005.9 document. Once obtained and verified as authentic, NMC immediately Task: Prepare a semi suspended the worker (alleged to have exhibited aberrant behavior) and took annual progress report. appropriate discipline and access authorization actions.
Group: Engineering Design Cont'd on next page Owner: Larry Peterson Due: 2/4/2005
a Jan. 21, 2005 Jan.21,2005 Six for success 0 Do you know what the Six Recent events highlight importanceofprompt attention to FFDissues (cont'd)
Points for Success (PBNP's top six priority items) are?,; Lessons Learned
- Workers must comply with NMC investigations. Refusing to cooperate (i.e., not provide a copy of the document when requested to do so by
- 1. Dry Cask Storage supervision) is unacceptable.
project,-4,t Quarter 2004: " Supervision should have informed the concerned worker bringing the document forward that his/her confidentiality would be protected and that jýi .2. UnitT2 spring outage his/her obligation as a worker at NMC sites is to comply with NMC 2005 investigations and that failure to due so could result in disciplinary action 3.CALIclO 5 i, P Quat~aer 20"0 jI n hm and/or suspension of access.
" Supervisors must evaluate concerns with FFD and trustworthiness and/or reliability as soon as possible. In this case, supervision could have employed other methods to obtain a copy of the document, greatly expediting the receipt of information needed to address the alleged aberrant behavior brought forward by the concerned worker.
NMC Bucks and Quick Thanks to be distributed week of Jan. 24 0 Human Resources (HR) has introduced several changes in the NMC Bucks and Quick Thanks rewards and recognition programs for 2005.
£ J l,.! L3 iL1I I , IIl , ' Employees are scheduled to receive their NMC Bucks and Quick Thanks the cessfIU
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ot week of Jan. 24 and should note the following changes:
" Quick Thanks will now be redeemed through HR during scheduled Station priorities are to quarterly redemption periods; improve within four Fundamental Areas:
- Redemptions are limited to $100 per employee per day for both NMC Bucks and Quick Thanks;
- 1. Human Performance
- 2. Corrective Action " NMC Bucks and Quick Thanks must be turned in during the redemption Program period (quarter in the year) in which they were earned; and
- 3. Manager and " Recipients must sign and date NMC Bucks and Quick Thanks on the day Supervisor received. (Employees who give an NMC Buck or Quick Thanks must also Effectiveness sign and date the certificate.)
- 4. Work Management NMC Bucks and Quick Thanks are certificates in $20 denominations that can Improvements within be cashed in for gift certificates at select local businesses.
these fundamental areas support our ability to successfully achieve our Six for Success.
as Jan. 21, 2005 Ja.-1A20 New Point Beach Unit 2 reactor head arrives, work continues on others 0 Point Beach Unit 2's new reactor vessel head arrived Tuesday afternoon at the plant after a long journey from Japan, where it was fabricated. A ship carried the new head, along with new control rod drive mechanisms (CRDMs), across the Pacific Ocean and through the Panama Canal to the port of Houston, Texas, where it arrived Jan. 5. From there, the new head and CRDMs were placed on a truck for transport to Point Beach.
"This is a $50 million investment in Point Beach that will ensure continued reliability of a vital source of electricity for this region," said Dennis Koehl, Point Beach Site Vice President. The new head will be installed during Unit 2's refueling and maintenance outage this spring.
NMC announced last year it had contracted with the Westinghouse Electric Company to replace five reactor vessel heads at three NMC plants with pressurized water reactors (PWRs)-the single-unit Kewaunee plant and the two unit Point Beach and Prairie Island plants. In turn, Westinghouse subcontracted with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to design and fabricate the replacement heads in Japan.
NMC is undertaking replacement of PWR vessel heads proactively as regular inspections continue to demonstrate the structural integrity of the existing heads. Read more on NMCNet.
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Point Beach Unit 2's new reactor vessel head was loaded from a ship onto a long truck in Houston Jan. 5 for transport to the Point Beach plant site, where it arrived Tuesday afternoon. Workers then transferred the head, which weighs about 100 tons, to a gantry crane for transfer to a transporter that carried the head to its temporary resting place at a warehouse on the Point Beach grounds. The head will be installed during Unit 2's refueling and maintenance outage this spring.
Jan. 21, 2005
- Ask your pharmacists to clearly mark each vial with all necessary instructions.
- Always keep medicines in their original containers.
Wise medical consumerism: Taking medications safely 0
- Let your provider know about your past reactions The fourth in a series of articles to certain medicines. Tolerance levels may change Submitted by: Occupational Health with age. For instance, as some people age, they may show greater sensitivity to some medications Medications can be harmful if not used properly. The such as painkillers or tranquilizers.
tips below will help reduce medicine-related problems:
- Ask about the possible side effects of a medication. If you do experience some, call your c Tell your health care provider if: provider and find out what you should do. Often, just a change in dosage is all that is needed.
S Another provider is treating you!
S You've ever had an allergic reaction and to ** Don't drink alcohol while on a medication if you what. don't know its effect. Regular alcohol use can S You are pregnant or breast feeding. speed up the metabolism of certain medicines.
You have diabetes or kidney or liver disease. This can make the medicine less effective. Some 0 You use alcohol, tobacco, or "street drugs." medicines, such as sedatives, can become deadly when used with alcohol.
n Have your provider keep a record of all the medicines you take. This includes over-the
- Never take someone else's medication.
counter (OTC) items like vitamins, aspirin, laxatives, etc., as well as any medicine another
- Throw away all medications that have expired.
provider has prescribed.
- Try to reduce the need for medications, such as t3 Ask your provider to tell you what a medicine is sleeping pills or laxatives. For example, a hot bath for, when you should take it, and for how long. and a glass of milk might help you fall asleep.
Find out, too, if it should be taken in a special way Changing your diet to increase your fiber intake (i.e., with food or plenty of water). Write these might replace the need for a laxative. Check with things down so you don't forget what the provider your provider for non-medical alternatives.
says. I iz Don't stop taking medications your provider has m Use the same pharmacy to buy prescriptions as prescribed, even if you feel better. Check with well as over-the-counter medications. This way, a your provider first.
complete record of your medicines can be kept in one place. This is especially important if more than one provider has been'writing your prescriptions. Your pharmacist can also spot possible harmful combinations of medicines and food-and-medicine interactions.
Jan. 21,2005 NMCNet WHAT'S NEW 0
- NMC bolsters computer :
- system
" What is happening?
- The Information Technology
- (IT) department will begin its
- upgrade of the fleet-wide
- computer network in early
- March. The project includes
- enhancing network servers,
- computer workstations, and
- the Microsoft Office suite of
- software applications. Read
- more Watch out for the mousetrap! 0 Final health survey gift
- certificate winners Megan, a fourth grader at Langlade Elementary School in Green Bay, announced demonstrates a chain reaction during a program at the Energy Center on Tuesday, Jan. 18. Other groups visiting the Energy Center this week included
- Read more Holy Family School from Brillion and Wrightstown Elementary School.
Revised policy:
- Business Expense Groups scheduled for next week are:
- Reimbursement (Fl 0008)
I- Cleveland Elem. School
- Read policy 0 Wisconsin Connections Academy 0- Koenig Elem. School - Two Rivers
- Revised policy: Equal 01-Monroe Elem. School - Manitowoc
, Opportunity/Non Harassment (CP 0003)
- Read policy We Energies 2004 W-2 forms mailed
- Palisades returned to
- service W, this week 0 iRead more W-2 forms for 2004 were mailed to employees' homes this week. ESS-HR will be updated on Feb. 1, 2005, with copies of
- Excel Energy files for these tax documents.
iMonticello spent fuel
!storage facility Employees may view or print copies of W-2 forms in ESS-HR, at any
- Read more time, beginning with tax year 2001.
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