ML14181A294
| ML14181A294 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Harris, Brunswick, Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 04/28/1995 |
| From: | Verrelli D NRC Office of Inspection & Enforcement (IE Region II) |
| To: | Habermeyer H Carolina Power & Light Co |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9505050103 | |
| Download: ML14181A294 (32) | |
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April 28, 1995 Carolina Power and Light Company ATTN: H. W. Habermeyer, Jr.
Vice President Nuclear Services Department P. 0. Box 1551
- Mail 0HS7 Raleigh, NC 27602
SUBJECT:
MEETING
SUMMARY
- CP&L PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SECTION APRIL 25, 1995
Dear Mr. Habermeyer:
This refers to the management meeting conducted in the Region II Office on April 25, 1995. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss CP&L's Performance Evaluation section. A list of attendees and a copy of your handouts are enclosed.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us.
Sincerely, David M. Verre li, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 1A Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.:
50-325, 50-324 50-261, and 50-400 License Nos.: DPR-71, DPR-62, DPR-23, and NPF-63
Enclosures:
- 1. List of Attendees
- 2. Licensee Handouts cc w/encls:
Mr. R. A. Anderson Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P. 0. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461 (cc w/encls cont'd - See page 2) 9505050103 950428 PDR ADOCK 05000261 P
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Mr. W. R. Robinson Vice President Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant P. 0. Box 165, Mail Code: Zone 1 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Mr. C. S. Hinnant Vice President H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit 2 3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, SC 29550 W. Levis, Plant Manager Unit 1 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P. 0. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461 C. C. Warren, Plant Manager Unit 2 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P. 0. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461 J. W. Donahue, Plant Manager Carolina Power & Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant P. 0. Box 165, MC: Zone 1 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Dale E. Young, Plant Manager H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant 3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, SC 29550 R. M. Krich, Manager Regulatory Affairs H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant 3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, SC 29550 Max Batavia, Chief Bureau of Radiological Health Dept. of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, SC 29201 (cc w/encls cont'd - See page 3)
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R. E. Jones, General Counsel Dan E. Summers Carolina Power and Light Company Emergency Management Coordinator P. 0. Box 1551 New Hanover County Department of Raleigh, NC 27602 Emergency Management P. 0. Box 1525 Dayne H. Brown, Director Wilmington, NC 28402 Division of Radiation Protection N. C. Department of Environmental Norman R. Holden, Mayor Commerce & Natural Resources City of Southport P. 0. Box 27687 201 East Moore Street Raleigh, NC 27611-7687 Southport, NC 28461 Karen E. Long Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina P. 0. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602 Chairman of the North Carolina Utilities Commission P. 0. Box 29510 Raleigh, NC 27626-0510 Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff - NCUC P. 0. Box 29520 Raleigh, NC 27626-0520 Public Service Commission State of South Carolina P. 0. Box 11649 Columbia, SC 29211 Hartsville Memorial Library 147 W. College Avenue Hartsville, SC 29550 Jerry W. Jones, Chairman Brunswick County Board of Commissioners P. 0. Box 249 Bolvia, NC 28422 Distribution w/encls:
(See page 4)
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D. Verrelli, RH D. Trimble, NRR N. Le, NRR B. Mozafari, NRR G. A. Hallstrom, RH PUBLIC NRC Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 8470 River Road, SE Southport, NC 28461 NRC Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5421 Shearon Harris Road New Hill, NC 27562-9998 NRC Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2112 Old Camden Road Hartsville, SC 29550 S
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LIST OF ATTENDEES Nuclear Requlatory Commission S. Ebneter, Regional Administrator, Region II (RH)
A. Gibson, Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS), RH B. Mallett, Deputy Director, Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards (DRSS), RH D. Verrelli, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch lA, DRP, RH C. Casto, Chief, Engineering Branch, DRS, RH N. Le, Project Manager, NRR Carolina Power and Light Company H. Habermeyer, Vice President, Nuclear Services Department J. Moyer, Manager, Nuclear Assessment - Robinson M. Bradley, Manager, Performance Evaluation Section R. Rogan, Manager, Nuclear Licensing and Regulatory Affairs ENCLOSURE 1
Performance Evaluation Section CP&L ENCLOSURE 2
Introduction August 15, 1994 Performance Evaluation Section (PES)
Established May 30, 1995 Nuclear Assessment Sections (NASs)
Report to Site Vice Presidents CP&L
Before August 15, 1994 Executive VP Manager NAD Brunswick Robinson Corporate Harris NAS NAS NAD NAS August 15, 1994 - May 29, 1995 Executive VP VP NS&ESD Brunswick Robinson PES Harris NAS VP NAS
After May 29, 1995 Executive VP Brunswick Robinson VP Harris VP VP NS&ESD VP Brunswick Robinson Harris NAS NAS PES NAS
VP NS&ESD Manager Performance Evaluation Section PES Assessors Manager Quality Check Specialists V&EQ Brunswick (2)
Brunswick (1)
Robinson (2)
V&EQ Senior Robinson (1)
Specialists (9)
Harris (2)
Harris (1)
Performance Evaluation Section
- Assessment Function
- Provide Senior Management Independent Evaluation of Plant Performance
- Enhance Plant Assessment Effort through Use of Plant Peers Coupled with Experienced, Assessment-Trained Managers
- Provide Independent Evaluation of Plant Nuclear Assessment Section/QC Functions CP&L
Key Elements
- Review Current Self-Assessment Effectiveness
- Review Corrective Action Program Use
- Review Operating Experience Sharing CP&L
PES Staffing
- Experienced Nuclear Professionals
- Must Be Approved By Both Nuclear Services and Site Vice-Presidents
- Must Be Able to Rotate Into Plant Line Position
- Must Be Promotable e Provides Nuclear Management "Bench Strength" CP&L
Performance Evaluation Section
- Senior Management-directed, Broad Scope Assessments
- Self-Assessment Assistance in Areas Requested by Line Organizations. Major Functional Areas Covered at least every 24 months
- Oversight of Site NAS Organizations
- Includes Regulatory-Required Assessment of NAS CP&L
Performance Evaluation Section
- Senior Management Directed Assessments
- Broad Scope
- Use Company and Industry Peers
- Written Responses to Issues Required CP&L
Performance Evaluation Section
- Line Organization Requested Assessments
- Assist Mode - Reinforce Self-Assessment
- Focus on Areas of Concern to Plant
- Use Company and Industry Peers
- Response Through Corrective Action Program
- Patterned after Successful Entergy Operations Model CP&L
Performance Evaluation Section
- Regulatory Required Assessments
- Oversight of NAS Organizations
- At Least Once/24 Months
- Focus on Performance Results/Improvements Achieved through Correction of NAS Identified Issues/Weaknesses
- Other Compliance Requirements such as Security Access Authorization/Fitness For Duty CP&L
Nuclear Assessment Section
- Increase Accountability for Problem Identification and Effective Corrective Action Within the Plant Organization
- Independent Review Function to be Transferred to Site NAS May 30, 1995
- Continue Performance Based Assessments which Exceed Compliance Requirements CP&L
Examples of PES Assessments Senior Management Directed Corrective Action Program 94-03-CA-CORP November 8-16, 28-30, 1994
- Important Attributes
- Low Threshold for Identification of Problems
- Teamwork in Addressing Corrective Action
- Timeliness of Action
- Strong Root Cause Analysis
- Strong Self-Assessment CP&L
Corrective Action Program 94-03-CA-CORP November 8-16, 28-30, 1994
- Areas for Improvement
- Brunswick/Harris - Level 2 apparent cause determination so brief as to be indeterminate
- 90% of CAP procedures are the same for all three sites.
Need a standard procedure
- Robinson-CAP produces lots of graphs/pie charts/memos for trending; however, managers don't find this useful
- Robinson - Line Management Ownership
- March 1995 NAS Robinson CAP Assessment Results:
+ Significant Improvement Noted CP&L
Examples of PES Assessments Plant Requested Robinson Maintenance 94-04-MA-R December 5-9, 1994
- Issues:
+ Threshold for OE information is not appropriate/OE not effectively utilized
- Weakness:
+4 of 12 jobs observed had procedure problems
- 8 of 12 jobs observed suffered delays equal to 4 Man-Hours each
- Tech. Support Engineer brought an uncontrolled manual to work site
- Maintenance self-assessments were inconsistent - one was rated "poor"
- Improvements Noted By NAS Since December 1994 CP&L
Examples of PES Assessments Regulatory-Required Nuclear Assessment Sections 94-05-QA-CORP December 12-19, 1994
- Important Attributes
- Well-written reports. Issues supported by facts
- Well-organized commitment matrix. Good management tool to ensure regulatory required assessments are scheduled and completed within prescribed time frames
- Effective use of Issues/Weakness database to ensure timely follow-up of NAD identified issues and weakness
- Weaknesses
- Some assessment commitments, including Station Blackout, have been made that NAS management has not included in their respective tracking systems. (Since Corrected)
- Plant NAS organizations have not documented verification that all NAS programmatic commitments have been met. (Since Corrected)
Benefits to Date
- NAS Continues Strong Assessment Effort
- PES Especially Useful in Round-Robin Assessments
- Senior Management Closely Tied in to NAS/PES Assessment Results/Observations
- Both PES/NAS Using Industry and Plant Expertise
- Both PES/NAS Emphasizing Key Attributes
- Self-Assessment
- Corrective Action
- Sharing Experience/"Lessons-Learned" CP&L
CAP Improvements
- "Core Team" of Root Cause Investigators Designated
- Adoption FPI Methodology for Prevention, Detection and Correction of Organizational and Programmatic Failures
- Indoctrinate Management and Key Personnel
- Perform Historical Data Analysis of Recent ACRs
- Shortened Evaluation Periods CP&L
Human Performance Initiatives
- Staffing Assessment
- Standards/Expectations/Effective Performance Management
- Self Assessment/Management Observation Programs
- Communications
- STAR Program
- Procedure Upgrades CP&L
LERs 4 Quarter Rolling Average LERs 10 R
8 BNP HNP 6s
- 0 4
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o1O I
I 4Q -92 IQ-93 2Q -93 3Q -93 4Q -93 1Q -94 2Q -94 3Q -94 4Q -94 1Q-95 CP&L
Root Cause for LERs 1992 through 1994 No. of Events
- Process People 25 U Equipment 20 15 10 5
0 1992 1993 1994 Time
Brunswick Personnel Error LERs LERs 16 14 12 10 8
6 4
2 0
1992 1993 1994 1995 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr YTD 1994 1994 1995 1995
Revised Tech Specs
- Reporting To Site VP
- Assessment Process Has Become Institutionalized
- Information Sharing
- Assessments Are Now Commitment And Performance Driven
Robinson Nuclear Plant NRC/CAP/NAS Findings Through 3/31/95 NRC CAP NAS Personnel Error 70%
38%
51%
Management 23%
12%
Inadequate 30%
19%
29%
Procedures Inadequate 19%
7%
Design/Equipment 11"C'1PI0
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 Personnel Error Trend: April 1994 - March 1995 NTIP New PGM and Ops Manager NOVs/LERs CRs WLs 80 CAP Enhancements 10 60
/__Increased IV and Emphasis 8
60 on STAR/Communication 40 4
20 2
0 0
2nd Qtr 94 3rd Qtr 94 4th Qtr 94 1st Qtr 95 Signif CRs NOVs LERs Signif CRs C
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 Inadequate Procedures Trend: April 1994 - March 1995 CRs NOVs/LERs 30 10 25 20 6
15 10 5
2__
0 0
2nd Qtr 94 3rd Qtr 94 4th Qtr 94 1st Qtr 95 Signif CRs NOVs LERs Signif CRs CP&L