ML14181A163

Package Consisting of Employee Concerns Programs Re Providing Comments to Listed Questions

ML14181A163
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Site:	Robinson
Issue date:	12/28/1993
From:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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FACIL:50-261 H.B. Robinson Plant, Unit 2, Carolina Power & Light C 05000261 AUTH.NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION NRC -

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Package consisting of "Employee Concerns Programs" re providing comments to listed questions.

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EMPLOYEE CONCERNS PROGRAMS PLANT NAME:

Robinson LICENSEE:

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Please indicate yes or no as applicable and add comments in the space provided.

A.

PROGRAM:

11.

Does the licensee have an employee concerns program? Yes

2.

Has NRC inspected the program? No. Quality Check site representative discusses current issues with the Senior Resident Inspector on a routine basis.

B.

SCOPE: (Indicate all that apply.)

1.

Is it for:

a. Technical? Yes

b. Administrative?

Yes

c. Personnel issues? Yes

2.

Does it cover safety as well as non-safety issues?

Yes

3.

Is it designed for:

a. Nuclear safety? Yes

b. Personal safety? Yes

c. Personnel issues -

including union grievances? Yes

4.

Does the program apply to all licensee employees? Yes

5.

Contractors?

Yes

6.

Does the licensee require its contractors and their subs to have a similar program? No

7.

Does the licensee conduct an exit interview upon terminating employees asking if they have any safety concerns? Yes.

C.

INDEPENDENCE:

1.

What is the title of the person in charge? Manager, Quality Check

2.

To whom do they report? Manager, Nuclear Assessment Department

3.

Are they independent of line management? Yes

4.

Does the ECP use third party consultants? The licensee does not normally use outside consultants as part of the program.

5.

How is a concern about a manager or vice president followed up? A review of the concern is conducted by the next level of management. Concerns directed against the Manager, Nuclear Assessment Department are immediately forwarded to Senior Vice President, Nuclear Generation Group D.

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1.

What is the size of the staff devoted to this program?

Four. One manager and three site representatives.

2.

What are ECP staff qualifications (technical training, interviewing training, investigator training, other)?

Minimal.

"Interviewing" training including OJT.

Experienced QA/QC personnel in this position.

E. REFERRALS:

1.

Who has followup on concerns (ECP staff, line management, other)? Concern is identified, reviewed and classified by ECP staff members and then forwarded to line management personnel for investigation and resolution.

F. CONFIDENTIALITY:

1.

Are the reports confidential? Yes

2.

To whom is the identity of the alleger made known (senior management, ECP staff, line management, other)? Senior management and ECP staff

3.

Can employees:

a. be anonymous? Yes

b. report by phone? Yes G. FEEDBACK:

1.

Is feedback given to the alleger upon completion of the followup? Yes. Verbal communication of results/resolution.

2.

Does program reward good ideas?

Yes. Good ideas are rewarded with a letter of appreciation from the President or Chief Operating Officer.

3.

Who, or at what level, makes the final decision of resolution? Manager, Quality Check

4.

Are the resolutions of anonymous concerns disseminated? No, only to submitter.

H. EFFECTIVENESS:

1.

How does the licensee measure the effectiveness of the program? The licensee has no formal measure of program effectiveness.

2.

Are concerns:

a. Trended? Yes. Monthly status of number received and total YTD; semi-annual report to senior management.

b. Used?

Yes

3.

In the last three years how many concerns were raised? 111 Of the concerns raised, how many were closed?

110 What percentage were substantiated? The licensee does not substantiate.concerns.

4.

How are followup techniques used to measure effectiveness (random survey, interviews, other)? A random survey conducted by senior management.

5.

How frequently are internal audits of the ECP conducted and by whom?

Infrequent. Only one internal audit of the program has been performed since 1990, that one being conducted in August 1993.

I. ADMINISTRATION/TRAINING:

1.

Is ECP prescribed by a procedure? Yes

2.

How are employees, as well as contractors, made aware of this program (training, newsletter, bulletin board, other)?

Initial GET training, bulletin boards, ECP boxes located throughout the plant, posters, and brochures.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

(Including characteristics which make the program especially effective, if any.)