ML15239A537
| ML15239A537 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 11/21/1997 |
| From: | Ogle C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Mccollum W DUKE POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9712050161 | |
| Download: ML15239A537 (2) | |
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November 21, 1997 Duke Energy Corporation ATTN: Mr. W. R. McCollum Vice President Oconee Site P. 0. Box 1439 Seneca, SC 29679
SUBJECT:
MEETING
SUMMARY
- OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION
Dear Mr. McCollum:
This refers to the meeting conducted by mutual request at the NRC Offices on November 13, 1997 to discuss the status of plant performance issues. Enclosed are a list of attendees and the presentation handouts.
It is our opinion that this meeting was beneficial in that it provided the NRC staff with an understanding of Oconee Nuclear Station performance and your ongoing initiatives.
In accordance with Section 2.790(a) 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 meeting, please contact Mr. R. Carroll at (404) 562-4511.
Sincerely, Original si ned by:
Charles R. 8gle, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287 License Nos.
Enclosures:
- 1. List of Attendees
- 2. Licensee Presentation Handouts cc:
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Mr. J. E. Burchfield Manager, LIS Compliance NUS Corporation
.Duke Power Company 2650 McCormick Drive P. 0. Box 1439 Clearwater, FL 34619-1035 Seneca, SC 29679 Mr. G. A. Copp Mr. Paul R. Newton Licensing - E050 Legal Department (PB05E)
Duke Energy Corporation Duke Energy Corporation P. 0. Box 1007 422 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28201-1007 Charlotte, NC 28242-0001 Ms. Karen E. Long Mr. Robert P. Gruber Assistant Attorney General Executive Director N. C. Department of Justice Public Staff - NCUC P. 0. Box 629 P. 0. Box 29520 Raleigh, NC 27602 Raleigh, NC 27626-0520 Distribution:
Mr. Robert B. Borsum D. LaBarge. NRR Framatome Technologies R. Carroll, RII 1700 Rockville Pike. Suite 525 C. Ogle, RII Rockville, MD 20852 C. Payne, RII PUBLIC Mr. J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.
NRC Resident Inspector Winston and Strawn 1400 L Street, NW Washington, D. C. 20005 Dayne H. Brown. Director Division of Radiation Protection N. C. Department of Environmental Health & Natural Resources P. 0. Box 27687 Raleigh, NC 27611-7687 Mr. Max Batavia, Chief Bureau of Radiological Health South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, SC 29201 County Supervisor of Oconee County Walhalla, SC 29621 OFFICE RII:DRP SIGNATURE NAME (hCoy DATE 11/ -i
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LIST OF ATTENDEES Nuclear Requlatory Commission L. Reyes, Regional Administrator, Region II (RII)
B. Mallett, Deputy Regional Administrator, RII J. Johnson, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII J. Jaudon, Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS), RII H. Berkow, Director, Project Directorate 11-2, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
L. Plisco, Deputy Director, DRP, RII C. Ogle, Chief, Branch 1, DRP, RII D. LaBarge, Project Manager, Project Directorate 11-2, NRR R. Carroll, Project Engineer, DRS, RII G. McCoy, Project Engineer, DRS, RII Oconee Nuclear Station W. McCollum, Vice President, Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS)
B. Peele, Station Manager, ONS W. Foster, Safety Assurance Manager, ONS M. Nazar, Engineering Manager, ONS E. Burchfield, Regulatory Compliance Manager, ONS Visitors F. Giffels, CEO, HGP Inc.
G. Erdmann, Consultant, HGP Inc.
ENCLOSURE 1
Oconee Nuclear Station Bi-Monthly Performance Meeting 031E PO November 13, 1997 ENCLOSURE 2
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___w~ EtcA genda
- Purpose of Meeting
- Plant Status
- Communication Activities
- Oconee Management Revi'ew s
- Temporary Defenses
- Recovery Plan Focus Areas
- Closing Remarks 2
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iE Purpose of Meeting
- Oconee performance not meeting expectations
- Recovery plan is being implemented
- Measures are in place to monitor performance
- Monthly updates to Duke Nuclear Exe tive Vice President
- Bi-monthly updates to Region II
- Continuously assessing performance improvement and monitoring change management issues
- While the initiatives and schedules presented today do not represent new regulatory commitments, site management is actively engaged with following through ofi these efforts 3
Plant Status Unit 1 - EOC 17 Refueling Outage OAC and ICS replacements
- LPSW System modifications Reactor coolant pump inspections/repas Steam generator inspections/repairs
,EOt Ommunication Activities
___August__
7/31/97 Conducted Site Leadership Meeting 8/12/97 Conducted "All Hands" Meeting August Began Employee Team Meetings
- August Began Monthly Execuive P Employee Meetings
- Monthly Focus Areas Discussed in Wekly Team Notes
- September Began Attending Supervisor Meetings
- 1/12/98 Next Site Leadership Meeting
- 1/22/98 Next "All Hands" Meeting
Oconee Management Reviews Reviews completed for:
- Operations
- Maintenance
- Engineering Reviews confirmed Oconee s assessment of needed improvements
- Corrective actions being implemented 6
__t Temporary Defenses
- Control Room Activities
- Operations / Engineering / Maintenance Communications
- ISI Work
- Trouble Shooting Activities
- Special and Post Mod Testing
- Chemistry / Operations Interfaces 7
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Temporary Defenses
- Too early to judge success
- Seeing positive indications
- Two successful forced outages
- No significant events in last 4,m ths
- Successful 3B HPI pump test under off-nominalf conditions
- Improved communication between site organizations
- Still too many lower level performance issues 8
Oconee Nuclear Site Recovery Focus Areas Annunicator Panel October, 1997 Fild Number of Involvement/Job' i:,site
.i' Observation Mispositionings T K McQuarrie 20%
R RT Bond 20%
Manager Observations 201 Projects Conducted and.
Initiative Group Self Assessment Milestones Met KE HR Lowery 2 0'9 S D Capps 50%
RED 1.0-1.99 POINTS YELLOW 2.0 - 2.89 POINTS GREEN 2.7 -3.0 POINTS RT Bond 26%
WHITE 0 POINT (Unreported)
Human Performance Number on In-Plant, QUARTERLY STATUSYTD NRC Reviews and SRG Vioaton Job Observations.d NGD monsure 9%
R T Bond 26%
CURRENT STATUS Culture Index LNGD measure 6%
DESIGN BASIS FOCUS AREA INITIATIVES:
HPI System Review Oconee Safety Related Designation Clarification (OSRDC) Project SQUG
- Oconee Service Water Project
- Improved Technical Specifications
- UFSAR Reverification
- Emergency Power Project Closeouf 9
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DESIGN BASIS FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: HPI System Review HPI Reliability Study
- Draft report under review
- Management briefing yesterday
- Submit to NRC in December Independent audit of HPI and LPI System
- Independent audit similar to a NRC Safety System Functional Inspection (SSFI)
Team onsite from 11/10/97 to 12/4/97
- Resolve open items in 1998 10
DESIGN BASIS FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Oconee Safety Related Designation Clarification (OSRDC) Project
- Completed clarification of Oconee QA-1 Licensing Basis
- Completed design basis event mitigation criteria for each event
- 95% of plant functions required for, design basis event mitigation identified
- Developing list of all components that suppOrt each identified plant function
- Development of a QA-5 program for non QA-1 mitigating components scheduled for late 1998 11
DESIGN BASIS FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: SQUG Review and Submittal
- SQUG Report will be submitted to NRC by 12/15/97
- Non-safety equipment used to meet stricter SQUG criteria resulted in a higher number of outliers
- Remaining activities include:
- Update SSEL
- Establish configuration control processes for non-QA SQUG equipment
- Outlier resolution (including relay replacements) 12
DESIGN BASIS FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Service Water
- Approximately 55% of the project completed
- Much of the outdoor infrastructure for the two new systems is already in place
- Significant changes implemented on the Units 2 LPSW System during Unit 1 refueling outage
- The remaining infrastructure work will be completed in early 1998
- The new systems will first be made operational oi Unit 2 during its outage in early 1998
- The new systems will be made operational on Unit 3 during its outage in late 1998 and on Unit 1 in early 1999 13
E DESIGN BASIS FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Improved Tech Specifications
- ITS submitted to NRC October 28, 1997
- NRC approval needed by December 1998 INITIATIVE: UFSAR Review Proj ct
- Phase I Review of Chapter 5 of UFSAR completed Discrepancy corrections identified and being addressed through the corrective action program
- Phase 2 Review of remaining UFSAR chapters Schedule being developed by December based on Phase 1 results 14
DESIGN BASIS FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Emergency Power Project Close-out
- Track to closure the modifications and other open items on the Oconee Emergency Power Project (Post November 1995 Items)
- Objective: Completion or disposition of remaining open iteins associated with the Emergency Power Project and the subsequent follow-up Self Initiated Technical Audit SA-95-39 15
13,POLP0 DESIGN BASIS FOCUS AREA INTITIATIVE: Emergency Power Project Close-Out Overall Status:
Non-Mod NSMs MMs Activities
- Completed 5 (25%)
100 (82%)
41(73%)
- Canceled 4(20%)
4 (3%)
3 (5%)
- Voided 1
9 7
- Open 11 (55%)
18 (15%)
12(22%)
TOTAL:
20 124 54 Status of Open Items:
- All 'open" Nuclear Station Modifications (NSMs), Minor Modifications (M.Ms), and Miscellaneous (Non-Mod) activities are scheduled/slotted.
- 2 NSMs (NRC commitments) scheduled for Innage 66 (4/2/98) 16
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SYSTEM/EQUIPMENT RELIABILITy FOCUS AREA Initiatives Underway OAC Replacement Project ONS Materiel Condition Upgrade ICS Replacement Project Control Rod Drive Mechanism Concerns Top Equipment Problem Resolution (TEPR) Process <
Equipment Aging Program Emergency Power System Continued Reliability/Availability Assurance
- New Initiatives System Team Development Fluid Leak Management Program Management of Temporary Modifications Control. Room Instrument Problem (CRIP) Management Monthly System Health Review 17
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SYSTEM/EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: OAC Replacement
- Unit 1 replacement on schedule
- OAC system procedures will be completed prior to startup
- Unit 3 outstanding issues to be resolved by 12/3 1/97
- Checking vendor drawings and I/O cabinet drawings on Unit 2
- Implementation at Keowee scheduled for 1998 (Innage 66) 18
SYSTEM/EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY,,
FOCUS AREA ee Nucle INITIATIVE: Materiel Condition Upgrade
- Completed the preparation of a four year plan to repair and' upgrade key areas around the site
- Identifying area owners and providing training (90%
complete)
- Area owners are in the process of performing a baseline inspection
- This plan includes estimates for materials,'resources, labor hours and inflation estimates 19
SYSTEM/EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: ICS
- Included all lessons learned from Unit 3 into Unit 1 implementation
- Unit 1 installation is complete Approximately 90% of cold functional test g completed
- Startup testing to be performed during Unit 1 restart
- Unit 2 package on schedule to support Unit 2 refueling outage INITIATIVE: CRDMs
- Vendor has provided draft proposal to replace the drives and associated power and control cables from bulkhead to the drives
- Engineering has reviewed the proposal and proyided comments
1101 SY S TEM/E QUIPMENT RELIABILITY FOCUS AREA (eL Nucle INITIATIVE: Top Equipment Problem Resolution (TEPR)
- Started implementation 7/15/97
- Formed TEPR team 8/1/97
- Developed site directive mid-September
- Initial major equipment problems identified
- In process of finalizing the workaround problem list 21
SYSTEM/EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY FOCUS AREA o e NudeC0 INITIATIVE: ONS Equipment Aging Progra m
- Developing one comprehensive equipment aging program for ONS
- Six steps included in equipment agSng management know the material know the environment
- understand the stressors identify the degradation mechanisms
- define the indicators
- prevent the consequences 22
SYSTEM/EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: ONS Equipment Aging Program Activities identified for creating comprehensive/controlling program for equipment aging
- develop matrix with criteria
- identify existing programs, processes, initiatives
- identify new programs, processes, initiatives complete documentation of program/matrix
- independent review by outside organizaton 23
SYSTEM/EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Emergency Power System Continued Reliability/Availability Assurance Assessment Being Performed by Systems Research International Dr. Omar S. Mazzoni', NTeam Leader
- Assessment Began in October with Field Walk-Downs, Interviews and Data Collection
- Assessment Will Be Completed in December 1997 24
SYSTEM/EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY Nud-FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Emergency Power System Continued Reliability/Availability Assurance Assessment includes:
- Maintenance History Highlights of the Emergency Power System
- Current. Condition of Equipmept
- Maintenance/Surveillance Program and Procedures
- OPS and Maintenance Training Programs and Procedures
- Use of Internal and External Operating Experience
- Availability of Spares
- Reftirbishment/Replacement Plans - Short and Long Term
- Identification of Cost Effective Equipmejit/System Upgrades 25
SYSTEM/EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY FOCUS AREA NEW INITIATIVES:
- System Team Development
- Fluid Leak Management Program
- Management of Temporary Mpdifi ations
- Control Room Instrument Problem (CRIP)
Management
- Monthly System Health Review
- Secondary System Reliability 26
HUMAN PERFORMANCE FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Human Performance Measures and Organizational Effectiveness
- Expectations reinforced at Site Leadership and "All Hands" meetings
- Real-time indicators developedk Site steering team and group human performance improvement teams leading efforts
- Increased monitoring and feedback through observation programs Regular emphasis on standards and expectations 27
HUMAN PERFORMANCE FOCUS AREA INITIATIVES:
- Reinstituted job observation process Increased emphasis on pre and post-job briefings
- Refocus employees and managemer on human error reduction (HER) tools
- Implement new HER reinforcement training plans
- Develop HER supervisor tool kit
- Provide HER orientation reinforcement for contractors and vendors
- Improve apparent cause and root cause trending 28
OCONEE HUMAN ERROR REDUCTION MODEL EVENT FREE HUMAN PERFORMANCE LL "0 oPersonal Safet Asmt. o 910 Self-Check (STAR)
X Questioning Attitude (QV&V)
Procedure Use & Adherence Clear Communication Techniques STOP...When Unsure Supervisors Work Preparation Task Assignment Clear Accountabiit Pre-Job Brief/Post-Job Brief' Field Involvement/Job Observations Communication and Information' Managers Common Mission, Goals Expectations Maintain Focus - Manage Change Clear Priorities, Roles & Responsibilities Performance Monitoring, Observation, Feedback g
S(b High Standards, Knowledge & Skill Effective Problem Solving, Conservative Decision Making 77-
HUMAN PERFORMANCE eo N3 FOCUS AREA MEASURE: Field Involvement/Job Observation 14 I-0
.8 12 10 z 8 c 6 0
Aug Sep Oct
%v Dec 30
HU-M-t PPE HHUMAN PERFORMANCE FOCUS AREA ce INude MEASURE: Pre-Job/Post-Job Brief 10 88 00 0
Aug Sep Oct Nbv Dec 31
HUMAN PERFORMANCE FOCUS AREA Culture Index is a leading indicator
- Current value is 11.92
- Using Culture Index to focus ofl areas of needed improvement
- Goal is > 14 by end of 1998 4
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It SELF ASSESSMENT FOCUS AREA
- Corrective Action PIP Backlog
- PIP Quality
- Manager Observation / Group Assessment Effectiveness
- In Plant Review and Safety Review Group Job Observation Process
- Benchmarking Activities 33
SELF ASSESSMENT FOCUS AREA e Nude' INITIATIVE: PIP Activity Backlog (> 6 months old)
Improve management of PIP backlog to reduce the number of PIPs greater than 6 months old MEASURE:
PIP Activity. Backlog (> 6 months 014)'
YTDATA YTD TARGET 400 3001 200 100 AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC 34
SELF ASSESSMENT FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: PIP Quality
- Reviewing closed portions of PIP's after 8/1/97
- Reopening PIPs where quality issues exist
- Providing feedback and coaching to PIP users on quality issues 35
SELF ASSESSMENT FOCUS AREA ee Nude INITIATIVE: Manager Observations/Group Assessments Raise the number and quality of manager observations and group assessments MEASURE:
100/
o80-/
60 20 g_ loup Asessmnt 0i M
Orer vtc 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Oi r CUr Cir 3 6
SELF ASSESSMENT FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Number of In Plant Reviews and Safety Review Group Job Observations Improve number and quality of independent job observations MEASURE:
Number of IPRs/LERs Completed Number of SRG Job Observations ULMER AR Completed 20 COMPLETEDYTD TARGET
- 15.
'll, 0
SELF ASSESSMENT FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Benchmarking Activities Adopt industry best practices by increased focus on benchmarking activities MEASURE:
Number of Benchmardng Acivites Pleted YTDActual 18 YTD Target 16 14 12 10 8
6 4
2 0
I ALK3 SEPT CN 38
__,OPERATIONAL FOCUS AREA INITIATIVES
- Effective root cause and corrective actions for operational related events
- Prompt response to operational oncerns
- Enhance Operating Experienee Program
- Effective daily risk assessment process
- Work backlog management 39
OPERATIONAL FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Effective root cause and corrective actions for operational-related events Improve root cause and corrective actions for operational-related events
- Team selected to review all ents
- Management team will provide oversight
- Characterize all mispositioning events at monthly meetings
- Special assistance to support group ipvestigationA
__t OPERATIONAL FOCUS AREA ce N u -c MEASURE: Site mispositionings Number of Site Mispositions 7YTD ACTUAL 6#
YTD TARGET 5
4-0 3
2 AUG3 SEPT OCT NOXV DE 41
OPERATIONAL FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Prompt Response to Operational Concerns
- Plant Concern / Action Register implemented
- Workarounds added to TEPR Problem Resolution list MEASURES:
- Operations Shift Managers' feedback (initial feedback is positive)
- Number of Workarounds resolvedyper quarter 42
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'OPERATIONAL FOCUS AREA 040 ee INucl INITIATIVE: Enhance Operating Experience Program Emphasize expectations regarding site use of operating experience MEASURE:
Num ber of OEDB Accesses by Oconee te aggggYTD ACTUAL 3400 --
YTD TARGET 3200 3000 2800 2600 2400 2200 2000
OPERATIONAL FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Effective daily risk assessment for activities affecting unit operation
- Structured process implemented to communicate and manage higher risk activities Special emphasis coding for risk, tivfties Contingency actions taken based on risk codes Sentinel tool will replace PRA matrix
- Training on new risk process completed
- Critical Maintenance Process assigns oversight for higher risk activities 4f 44
OPERATIONAL FOCUS AREA INITIATIVE: Work Management Backlog
- Control age and quantity of outstanding maintenance tasks
- Timely closure of field completed task paperwork
- Use Priority E work request category only when needed
- Stress seven week schedule to improve management of Maintenance crews 45
i OPERATIONAL FOCUS AREA ee INucle MEASURES: Work backlog management Backlog of Innage Backlog of Innage Corrective Corrective Work Orders Work Orders older than 1 (per Unit) year) aYTD Actual 200 MYTD Target wYTOA ct ual 35 150 30 100 25 50
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OPERATIONAL FOCUS AREA o eNude MEASURES: Work backlog management Labor Completed Work Orders Priority E Work Orders older still OPEN than 1 Year g YTDAdd aYTDAdd gYTDTarga a YTD TagL 520 5
47014 420 3701 320 2
270 220 170 120-JJJL1 70-.
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Organizational Changes lliam R. McCollum Jr Vice President B. L. Peele M. K. Nazar Station Manager Engineering Manager W. W. Foster 1.E. Sites Safety Assur.Manager t
Citun. & F-ac.Manager B. K. Jones R. L. Martin.hh Training Manager Bus. Mgmt Manager L. C. Bolin T. J. Pettit Human Res. Manager Comm. Rel.M~nager Represent Mgmt Changes
Organizational Changes B. L. Peele Station Manager T. D. Curtis }
D. M. Hubbard C. W. Bloyd Q*G T. Hamrick J. A. Twig Operations Supt.
Maintenance Supt.
Work Control Supt.
Chemistry Manager Rad. Prot. Maager
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Engineering Manager C. A Litle~ L.J.Azzrelo ~X [ L. V. Wilkic G. M. Johns S
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