ML13329A128
| ML13329A128 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 01/31/1989 |
| From: | Martin J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Fogarty D SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8902270281 | |
| Download: ML13329A128 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000206/1988032
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'JAN
1080
Docket Nos. 50-206, 50-361, 50-362
Southern California Edison Company
P. 0. Box 800
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rosemead, California 92770
Attention:
Mr. David J. Fogarty
Executive Vice President
Gentlemen:
This refers to the NRC's Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP)
Board Report dated November 25, 1988 for your San Onofre Nuclear Generating
Station (SONGS); our management meeting of December 13, 1988, during which we
discussed the contents of this report; and the written comments provided in
your January 13, 1989 letter in response to the SALP Board's report.
During the December 13, 1988 meeting, we discussed your planned corrective
actions in response to this assessment of your activities authorized by NRC
License Nos. DPR-13, NPF-10, and NPF-15. Subjects discussed during the
meeting are summarized in the enclosed meeting report.
Although four functional areas were considered by the SALP Board to be
Category 1, your performance in the Engineering/Technical Support and Safety
Assessment/Quality Verification areas was assessed to be Category 3. We
recognize the significant corrective actions your staff has undertaken in
these areas, as discussed with you during the December 13 meeting. However,
aggressive management attention is still needed to ensure that the defined
corrective actions are fully and effectively implemented.
As discussed with you during our November 2, 1988 management meeting,
effective actions by your safety oversight groups will also be important to
ensure that all engineering weaknesses are identified and included within the
scope of your corrective actions.
Your January 13, 1989 response described an
independent review of oversight organization effectiveness which you are
initiating with the assistance of a consultant.
During the management meeting we also discussed NRC concerns regarding the
following:
Additional effort is needed by SCE management and by your Licensing and
engineering staffs to improve the quality of licensing submittals. We
will monitor the effectiveness of improvements you are initiating in this
area, as described in your January 13, 1989 letter.
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Recent NRC initiatives have determined that, on an industry-wide basis,
as much as half the risk of core melt is associated with periods of
mid-loop operation. Your management should ensure that special diligence
is maintained by all plant personnel during such periods.
More effective measures are needed to address continuing discoveries of
illegal drugs inside the protected area of your facility.
We have reviewed your January 13, 1989, response to the SONGS SALP Report and
conclude that the corrective actions you described to effect improvement in
identified areas of weakness are responsive and substantial.
We will discuss
the progress of your corrective actions during future inspections and management
meetings.
Based on the formal exchange of information between our respective staffs, and
in the absence of verbal identification of discrepancies within the report or
.written comments from you which require resolution, no changes to the November
25, 1988 SALP Board Report are deemed'necessary. Related NRC conclusions are
presented in Appendix I to this letter.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790(a), a copy of this letter and the enclosures
will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Should you have any questions concerning this letter or Appendix I hereto, the
issues discussed in the enclosed meeting report, or the SALP Board's report,
we will be pleased to discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
J. B. Martin
Regional Administrator
Enclosures:
1. Appendix I, NRC Conclusions
2. SALP Meeting Report Nos. 50-206/88-32, 50-361/88-33 and 50-362/88-35
3. Licensee response to SALP Report, dated January 13, 1989
4. Final SALP Report Nos. 50-206/88-25, 50-361/88-26 and 50-362/88-28
cc w/enclosures 1, 2, and 4:
Dr. L. T. Papay, Senior Vice President
C. B. McCarthy, Vice President (San Clemente)
K. P. Baskin, Vice President
H. E. Morgan, Station Manager (San Clemente)
State of California
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T. Murley, NRR
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APPENDIX I
NRC CONCLUSIONS
A.
Comments Received From Licensee
Southern California Edison's January 13, 1989 response to the San Onofre
SALP Board Report presented no comments addressing the specific content
of the report. Because there were no comments, no changes were made to
the SALP Report.
B.
NRC Conclusions Regarding Acceptability Of Licensee's Planned Corrective
Actions
We-feel that your actions to deal with areas needing improvement appear
to be responsive and substantial.
We will review your progress during
our ongoing inspection program and .as part of future management meetings.
C.
Regional Administrator's Conclusions Based On Consideration Of Licensee's
Response
I have concluded that the overall ratings in the affected areas have not
changed.