ML13331B067

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Proposed Tech Specs 6.0,deleting Organization Charts & Revising Nuclear Safety Group & Independent Safety Engineering Group Reporting Responsibility
ML13331B067
Person / Time
Site: San Onofre  Southern California Edison icon.png
Issue date: 09/13/1988
From:
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO.
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Shared Package
ML13331B065 List:
References
GL-88-06, GL-88-6, TAC-69329, TAC-69330, NUDOCS 8809150058
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ATTACHMENT 2 PROPOSED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS SCV'.

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6.2 ORGANIZATION OFFSITE AND ONSITE ORGANIZATION 6.2.1 Onsite and offsite organizations shall be established for unit operation and corporate management, respectively. The onsite and offsite organizations shall include the positions for activities affecting the safety of the nuclear power plant.

a. Lines of authority, responsibility, and communication shall be established and defined for the highest management levels through intermediate levels to and including all operating organization positions.

These relationships shall be documented and updated, as appropriate, in the form of organization charts, functional descriptions of departmental responsibilities and relationships, and job descriptions for key personnel positions, or in equivalent forms of documentation. These requirements shall be documented in the FSAR.

b. The Station Manager shall be responsible for overall unit safe operation and shall have control over those onsite activities necessary for safe operation and maintenance of the plant.
c. The Vice President, Nuclear Engineering, Safety, and Licensing and the Vice President and Site Manager shall have corporate responsibility for overall plant nuclear safety. The Vice President and Site Manager shall take any measures needed to ensure acceptable performance of the staff in operating and maintaining the plant to ensure nuclear safety. The Vice President, Nuclear Engineering, Safety and Licensing shall take any measures needed to ensure acceptable performance of the staff in providing technical support to the plant to ensure nuclear safety.
d. The individuals who train the operating staff and those who carry out health physics and quality assurance functions may report to the appropriate onsite manager; however, they shall have sufficient organizational freedom to ensure their independence from operating pressures.

UNIT STAFF 6.2.2 a. Each on-duty shift shall be composed of at least the minimum shift crew composition shown in Table 6.2-1.

b. At least one licensed Operator shall be at the controls when fuel is in the reactor.* During refueling operations, this operator is permitted to step outside the red line to update the refueling status board. In addition, while the unit is in MODE 1, 2, 3 or 4, at least one licensed Senior Reactor Operator shall be in the Control Room Area.**

"At the controls" means within the area bounded by the three vertical instrumentation boards and the red line on the floor of the control room.

"Control Room Area" is defined by the control room and the Shift Superintendent's office.

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c. A health physics technician# shall be on-site when fuel is in the reactor.
d. All CORE ALTERATIONS shall be observed and directly supervised by a licensed Senior Reactor Operator or Senior Reactor Operator Limited to Fuel Handling who has no other concurrent duties during this operation.
e. A Fire Brigade of at least five members shall be maintained on site at all times.#

The Fire Brigade shall not include the Shift Superintendent and the two other members of the minimum shift crew necessary for safe shutdown of the unit and any personnel required for other essential functions during a fire emergency.

f. Administrative procedures shall be developed and implemented to limit the working hours of unit staff in the following job classifications:
1) Shift Superintendents, Control Room Supervisors, Control Operators, Assistant Control Operators, Nuclear Plant Equipment Operators, Plant Equipment Operators;
2) Electricians and their first line supervisors;
3) I&C Technicians, Computer Technicians, Test Technicians and their first line supervisors;
4) Operational Health Physics Technicians and their first line supervisors;
5) Boiler and Condenser Mechanics, Machinists, Welders, Crane Operators and their first line supervisors;
6) Contractor or other Department personnel performing.functions identical to those performed by personnel identified in items I through 5 above and within the organizational framework of the station.(1)

Adequate shift coverage shall be maintained without routine heavy use of overtime. The objective shall be to have operating personnel identified above work a normal 8-hour day, 40-hour week (excluding shift turnover and meal time) while the plant is operating (MODES 1, 2, 3 and 4).

However, in the event that The health physics technician and Fire Brigade composition may be less than the minimum requirements for a period of time not to exceed 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> in order to accommodate unexpected absence provided immediate action is taken to fill the required positions.

(1)

Shift Technical Advisors are exempt from the overtime guidelines specified, since sleeping accommodations are provided.

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overtime which exceeds 25%(11) of normal time is required due to unforeseen problems(iii) or during extended outages(iv), on a temporary basis, the following guidelines shall be followed:

1) An individual should not be permitted to work more than 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> straight (shift turnover and meal time are not included when calculating hours worked).
2) An individual should not be permitted to work more than 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> in any 24-hour period, nor more than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> in any 48-hour period, nor more than 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> in any 7-day period (shift turnover and meal time are not included when calculating hours worked).
3) A break (the time an individual leaves the work location to the time an individual returns to the work location) of at least 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> should be allowed between work periods (shift turnover time is not included when calculating the break; meal time is not included when calculating the break, unless it represents an administrative entry on the timesheet and not extra hours spent at the work location).
4) Except during extended shutdown periods, overtime should be considered on an individual basis and not for the entire staff on a shift.

Any deviation from the above guidelines shall be authorized by the Station Manager, or by the Responsible Station Division Manager, or higher levels of management, in accordance with established procedures and with documentation of the basis for granting the deviation. Controls shall be included in the procedures such that individual overtime shall be reviewed monthly by the Station Manager or his designee to assure that excessive hours have not been assigned. Routine deviation from the above guidelines is not authorized.

g. The Plant Superintendent (at time of appointment), Shift Superintendents and Control Room Supervisors shall hold a senior reactor operator license.

The Control Operators and Assistant Control Operators shall hold a reactor operator license.

(11) 25% Is established as a level of overtime which will not significantly reduce the effectiveness of personnel, but which requires additional management approval prior to exceeding this level.

(III)

Unforeseen problems are forced shutdowns or power reductions of any unit, equipment failure or unscheduled repair, surveillance, calibration or maintenance, entry into a Technical Specification ACTION Statement or the absence of personnel required to provide normal shift coverage.

(iv) Extended outages are periods in Modes 5 and/or 6.

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f. The Fire Protection Program and implementing procedures at least once per 24 months.
g. An independent fire protection and loss prevention inspection and audit shall be performed annually utilizing either qualified offsite licensee personnel or an outside fire protection firm.
h. An inspection and audit of the fire protection and loss prevention program shall be performed by a qualified outside fire consultant at least once per 36 months.

AUTHORITY 6.5.3.6 The NSG shall report to and advise offsite organization management on those areas of responsibility specified in Sections 6.5.3.4 and 6.5.3.5.

RECORDS 6.5.3.7 Records of NSG activities shall be prepared and maintained. Report of reviews and audits shall be distributed monthly to the Vice President and Site Manager, Nuclear Generation Site, and to the management responsible for the areas audited.

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ATTACHMENT 3 PROPOSED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS SAN ONOFRE UNIT 2

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS 6.1 RESPONSIBILITY 6.1.1 The Station Manager shall be responsible for overall unit operation and shall delegate in writing the succession to this responsibility during his absence.

6.1.2 The Shift Supervisor (or during his absence from the Control Room Area, a designated individual) shall be responsible for the Control Room command function. A management directive to this effect, signed by the Vice-President of Nuclear Operations shall be reissued to all station personnel on an annual basis.

6.2 ORGANIZATION OFFSITE 6.2.1 Onsite and offsite organizations shall be established for unit operation and corporate management, respectively. The onsite and offsite organizations shall include the positions for activities affecting the safety of the nuclear power plant.

a. Lines of authority, responsibility, and communication shall be established and defined for the highest management levels through intermediate levels to and including all operating organization positions. These relationships shall be documented and updated, as appropriate, in the form of organization charts, functional descriptions of departmental responsibilities and relationships, and job descriptions for key personnel positions, or in equivalent forms of documentation. These requirements shall be documented in the FSAR.
b. The Station Manager shall be responsible for overall unit safe operation and shall have control over those onsite activities necessary for safe operation and maintenance of the plant.
c. The Vice President, Nuclear Engineering, Safety, and Licensing and the Vice President and Site Manager shall have corporate responsibility for overall plant nuclear safety. The Vice President and Site Manager shall take any measures needed to ensure acceptable performance of the staff in operating and maintaining the plant to ensure nuclear safety. The Vice President, Nuclear Engineering, Safety and Licensing shall take any measures needed to ensure acceptable performance of the staff in providing technical support to the plant to ensure nuclear safety.
d. The individuals who train the operating staff and those who carry out health physics and quality assurance functions may report to the appropriate onsite manager; however, they shall have sufficient organizational freedom to ensure their independence from operating pressures.

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UNIT STAFF 6.2.2 a. Each on duty shift shall be composed of at least the minimum shift crew composition shown in Table 6.2-1.

b. At lest one licensed Reactor Operator shall in in the Control Room when fuel is in the reactor. In addition, while the unit is in MODE 1, 2, 3 or 4, at least one licensed Senior Reactor Operator shall be in the Control Room area identified as such on Table 6.2-1.
c. A health physics technician# shall be on site when fuel is in the reactor.
d. All CORE ALTERATIONS shall be observed and directly supervised by either a licensed Senior Reactor Operator or Senior Reactor Operator Limited to Fuel Handling who has no other concurrent responsibilities during this operation.
e. A site Fire Brigade of at least 5 members shall be maintained onsite at all times.#

The Fire Brigade shall not include the Shift Supervisor and the 2 other members of the minimum shift crew necessary for safe shutdown of the unit and any personnel required for other essential functions during a fire emergency.

f. Reserved.
g. The Plant Superintendent (at time of appointment), Shift Superintendents and Control Room Supervisors shall hold a senior reactor operator license. The Control Operators and Assistant Control Operators shall hold a reactor operator license.
  1. The health physics technician and Fire Brigade composition may be less than the minimum requirements for a period of time not to exceed 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> in order to accommodate unexpected absence provided immediate action is taken to fill the required positions.

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ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS 6.2.3 INDEPENDENT SAFETY ENGINEERING GROUP (ISEG)

FUNCTION 6.2.3.1 The ISEG shall function to examine plant operating characteristics, NRC issuances, industry advisories, Licensee Event Reports and other sources of plant design and operating experience information which may indicate areas for improving plant safety.

COMPOSITION 6.2.3.2 The ISEG shall be composed of at least five dedicated full-time engineers.

Each shall have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Physical Science or equivalent and at least two years professional level experience in his field. Off-duty qualified Shift Technical Advisors may be used to fulfill this requirement.

RESPONSIBILITIES 6.2.3.3 The ISEG shall be responsible for maintaining surveillance of plant activities to provide independent verification* that these activities are performed correctly and that human errors are reduced as much as practical.

AUTHORITY 6.2.3.4 The ISEG shall make detailed recommendations for revised procedures, equipment modifications, maintenance activities, operations activities or other means of improving plant safety to offsite organization management.

RECORDS 6.2.3.5 Records of activities performed by the ISEG shall be prepared, maintained, and forwarded each calendar month to offsite organization management.

6.2.4 SHIFT TECHNICAL ADVISOR The Shift Technical Advisor shall provide technical support to the Shift Supervisor in the areas of thermal hydraulics, reactor engineering and plant analysis with regard to the safe operation of the unit. The Shift Technical Advisor shall have a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in a scientific or engineering discipline with specific training in plant design and in the response and analysis of the plant for transients and accidents.

6.3 UNIT STAFF QUALIFICATIONS 6.3.1 Each member of the unit staff shall meet or exceed the minimum qualifications of ANSI N18.1-1971 for comparable positions, except for the Health Physics Manager who shall meet or exceed the qualifications of Regulatory Guide 1.8, September 1975.

  • Not responsible for sign-off function.

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ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS AUTHORITY 6.5.3.6 The NSG shall report to and advise the offsite organization management on those areas of responsibility specified in Sections 6.5.3.4 and 6.5.3.5.

RECORDS 6.5.3.7 Records of NSG activities shall be prepared and maintained. Report of reviews and audits shall be distributed monthly to the Station Manager and to the management positions responsible for the areas audited.

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ATTACHMENT 4 PROPOSED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS SAN ONOFRE UNIT 3

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS 6.1 RESPONSIBILITY 6.1.1 The Station Manager shall be responsible for overall unit operation and shall delegate in writing the succession to this responsibility during his absence.

6.1.2 The Shift Supervisor (or during his absence from the Control Room Area, a designated individual) shall be responsible for the Control Room command function. A management directive to this effect, signed by the Vice-President of Nuclear Operations shall be reissued to all station personnel on an annual basis.

6.2 ORGANIZATION OFFSITE 6.2.1 Onsite and offsite organizations shall be established for unit operation and corporate management, respectively. The onsite and offsite organizations shall include the positions for activities affecting the safety of the nuclear power plant.

a. Lines of authority, responsibility, and communication shall be established and defined for the highest management levels through intermediate levels to and including all operating organization positions. These relationships shall be documented and updated, as appropriate, in the form of organization charts, functional descriptions of departmental responsibilities and relationships, and job descriptions for key personnel positions, or in equivalent forms of documentation. These requirements shall be documented in the FSAR.
b. The Station Manager shall be responsible for overall unit safe operation and shall have control over those onsite activities necessary for safe operation and maintenance of the plant.
c. The Vice President, Nuclear Engineering, Safety, and Licensing and the Vice President and Site Manager shall have corporate responsibility for overall plant nuclear safety. The Vice President and Site Manager shall take any measures needed to ensure acceptable performance of the staff in operating and maintaining the plant to ensure nuclear safety. The Vice President, Nuclear Engineering, Safety and Licensing shall take any measures needed to ensure acceptable performance of the staff in providing technical support to the plant to ensure nuclear safety.
d. The individuals who train the operating staff and those who carry out health physics and quality assurance functions may report to the appropriate onsite manager; however, they shall have sufficient organizational freedom to ensure their independence from operating pressures.

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ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS UNIT STAFF (Continued)

f. Administrative procedures shall be developed and implemented to limit the working hours of unit staff who perform safety-related functions; e.g., senior reactor operators, reactor operators, health physicist, auxiliary operators, and key maintenance personnel.

Adequate shift coverage shall be maintained without routine heavy use of overtime. The objective shall be to have operating personnel work a normal 8-hour day, 40-hour week while the plant is operating. However, in the event that unforeseen problems require substantial amounts of overtime to be used, or during extended periods of shutdown for refueling, major maintenance or major plant modifications, on a temporary basis, the following guidelines shall be followed:

1) An individual should not be permitted to work more than 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> straight, excluding shift turnover time.
2) An individual should not be permitted to work more than 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> in any 24-hour period, nor more than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> in any 48-hour period, nor more than 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> in any 7-day period, all excluding shift turnover time.
3) A break of at least eight hours should be allowed between work periods, including shift turnover time.
4) Except during extended shutdown periods, the use of overtime should be considered on an individual basis and not for the entire staff on a shift.

Any deviation from the above guidelines shall be authorized by the Station Manager, his deputy, the Manager, Operations or higher levels of management, in accordance with established procedures and with documentation of the basis for granting the deviation.

Controls shall be included in the procedures such that individual overtime shall be reviewed monthly by the Station Manager or his designee to assure that excessive hours have not been assigned.

Routine deviation from the above guidelines is not authorized.

g. The Plant Superintendent (at time of appointment), Shift Superintendents and Control Room Supervisors shall hold a senior reactor operator license. The Control Operators and Assistant Control Operators shall hold a reactor operator license.

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ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS 6.2.3 INDEPENDENT SAFETY ENGINEERING GROUP (ISEG)

FUNCTION 6.2.3.1 The ISEG shall function to examine plant operating characteristics, NRC issuances, industry advisories, Licensee Event Reports and other sources of plant design and operating experience information which may indicate areas for improving plant safety.

COMPOSITION 6.2.3.2 The ISEG shall be composed of at least five dedicated full-time engineers. Each shall have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Physical Science or equivalent and at least two years professional level experience in his field. Off-duty qualified Shift Technical Advisors may be used to fulfill this requirement.

RESPONSIBILITIES 6.2.3.3 The ISEG shall be responsible for maintaining surveillance of plant activities to provide independent verification* that these activities are performed correctly and that human errors are reduced as much as practical.

AUTHORITY 6.2.3.4 The ISEG shall make detailed recommendations for revised procedures, equipment modifications, maintenance activities, operations activities or other means of improving plant safety to offsite organization management.

RECORDS 6.2.3.5 Records of activities performed by the ISEG shall be prepared, maintained, and forwarded each calendar month to offsite organization management.

6.2.4 SHIFT TECHNICAL ADVISOR The Shift Technical Advisor shall provide technical support to the Shift Supervisor in the areas of thermal hydraulics, reactor engineering and plant analysis with regard to the safe operation of the unit. The Shift Technical Advisor shall have a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in a scientific or engineering discipline with specific training in plant design and in the response and analysis of the plant for transients and accidents.

6.3 UNIT STAFF QUALIFICATIONS 6.3.1 Each member of the unit staff shall meet or exceed the minimum qualifications of ANSI N18.1-1971 for comparable positions, except for the Health Physics Manager who shall meet or exceed the qualifications of Regulatory Guide 1.8, September 1975.

  • Not responsible for sign-off function.

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4ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS AUDITS 6.5.3.5 Audits of unit activities shall be performed under the cognizance of the NSG. These audits shall encompass:

a. The conformance of unit operation to provisions contained within the Technical Specifications and applicable license conditions at least once per 12 months.
b. The performance, training and qualifications of the entire unit staff at least once per 12 months.
c. The results of actions taken to correct deficiencies occurring in unit equipment, structures, systems or method of operation that affect nuclear safety at least once per 6 months.
d. The performance of activities required by the Operational Quality Assurance Program to meet the criteria of Appendix "B", 10 CFR 50, at least once per 24 months.
e. Any other area of unit operation considered appropriate by the Nuclear Safety Group or Manager of Nuclear Operations.
f. The Fire Protection Program and implementing procedures at least once per 24 months.
g. An independent fire protection and loss prevention inspection and audit shall be performed annually utilizing either qualified offsite licensee personnel or an outside fire protection firm.
h. An inspection and audit of the fire protection and loss prevention program shall be performed by an outside qualified fire consultant at intervals no greater than 3 years.

AUTHORITY 6.5.3.6 The NSG shall report to and advise offsite organization management on those areas of responsibility specified in Sections 6.5.3.4 and 6.5.3.5.

RECORDS 6.5.3.7 Records of NSG activities shall be prepared and maintained. Report of reviews and audits shall be distributed monthly to the Station Manager and to the management positions responsible for the areas audited.

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