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Rev 0 to Administrative Procedure AP-3.4.1, Administration of Technical & Safety Reviews,Site Operations Review Committee.
ML17055B520
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Site: Nine Mile Point Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 02/13/1985
From: Abbott R, Perkins T, Roman T
NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
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Enclosure 85 NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE PROCEDURE NO. AP-3.4el ADMINISTRATION OF TECHNICAL AND SAFETY REVIEWS Site Operations Review Committee DATE AND INITIALS APPROVALS S XGNATURES REVISION 0 REVISION 1 REVISION 2 Station Superintende NMPNS T. W. Roman Station Superintendent NMPNS R. B.

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AP-3. 4. 1 ADMINISTRATION OF TECHNICAL AND SAFETY REVIEWS Site 0 erations Review Committee 1.0 PURPOSE This procedure defines the requirements of membership, meeting frequency, responsibilities, authority, and records for the Site Operations Review Committee (SORC) and provides the detailed procedure for committee meetings.

2.0 MEMBERSHIP Membership shall be as prescribed in Section 6.5.1.6 of the Technical Specifications.

3.0 RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY 3.1 Res onsibilities Shall be as defined in Paragraph 6.5.1.6 NMPNS Tech. Spec.

3.2 ~Authordt Shall be as defined in paragraph 6.5.le7 NMPNS Tech. Spec.

3.3 Records Shall be maintained at the plant in the form of minutes as prescribed in Technical Specifications: Paragraph 6.5.1.8 NMPNS Tech. Spec.

Record retention shall be in accordance with AP-10.1. The disposition of each item of Technical Specification 6.5.1.6 shall be identified in the minutes. The minutes of the meetings shall be serial numbered and copies shall be sent to the General Superintendent, Nuclear Generation, the Vice President Nuclear Generation NMPC, and the Chairman of the Safety Review and Audit Board.

4.0 MEETING FRE UENCY AND UORUM 4.1 Meeting shall be at least monthly and at the call of the Chairman.

(Tech Spec 6.5.1.4).

4.2 A quorum". shall consist of the chairman and four members including designated alternates. (Tech Spec 6.5.1.5).

AP-3.4.1 -1 December 1984

5.0 REVIEW PROCEDURE 5.1 ~ends Material for Presentation Material for SORC review may be prepared at the request of the chairman or may be generated by staff supervisors .in the course of their regularly assigned duties. All material. presented to the committee for formal review should be prepared in written form. When because of urgency, a subject is presented orally, the secretary to the committee will be responsible for recording the presentation in the appropriate format or subsequently obtaining a copy from the person making the presentation.

5.1.2 Outstanding Items List The secretary shall maintain an Outstanding Items List of all documents and other items pertaining to the SORC for review or recommendation which have been deferred, or referred to an individual or committee for implementation, study and/or later report. The Outstanding Items List is reviewed periodically by the committee to resolve any outstanding items.

5.1.3 Assignments for Presentation Anyone who has completed an assignment for presentation to SORC or has other material for presentation, should notify the SORC Chairman or his secretary stating the title of the document or sub)ect ready for review. This material may then be used to make up the meeting agenda.

5.1. 4 Meeting Agenda Wherever practical, the SORC Chairman or his alternate shall distribute an agenda to all SORC members prior to each meeting, listing the documents and other matters to be presented for review.

If available, copies of any documents on the agenda shall be furnished on request to any member of SORC. The physical maintenance of Outstanding Items Lists and agendas for SORC may be assigned to the secretary to the SORC Chairman subject to the supervision of the SORC Chairman.

5.2 Material Presentation Presentations for Information Subjects presented for general information or informal discussion, and which do not require a recommendation from the Committee, may be presented orally or in writing. These presentations may be summarized or. referenced in the minutes of the meeting without commentary.

AP-3.4.1 -2 December 1984

5 ~ 2.2 Safety Analysis Reports and Other Reports Prepared for Formal Revie~ and Approval It is expected that Safety Analysis Reports and other reports of a more complex nature will be presented to SORC in summary form accompanied by an analytical review completed by a knowledgeable person not a party to the original report. The reviewer may be but need not be a member of SORC. Reviews should be made as outlined in Section 5.3.

5.2.3 Other Reports Other reports which may require SORC review and recommendation, but for which no formal comments are submitted may be presented with the permission of the chairman. When presented, these shall be summarized or referenced in the minutes of the meeting along with the committee recommendations.

5.3 Formal Review Procedure When massive or complex documents require SORC review and recommendation, a qualified person shall be designated to prepare a summary and review for presentation at a special or regular meeting.

5.3.1 Reviewers Reviewers shall not be persons directly involved in the preparation of the document; however, prior to presentation the author may deliver copies of his document to reviewers designated by the SORC Chairman or by the supervisor sponsoring the matter for presentation. He shall then attempt to produce , a document satisfactory to all reviewers. See AP-3.4.3.

5.3.2 Review Form Documents subject to the review described in this section shall be accompanied by a document review report and check off sheet designed to correspond with the document to be reviewed. After presentation to SORC, this review report shall be retained in the station files with the final approved document.

5.3.3 Acceptance at SORC Meeting as Revised If the SORC meeting results in a document with acceptable revisions; a copy of the original submittal with attached or marked revisions shall be returned to the originator or alternate for preparation of a revised document suitable for publication.

5.3.4 Unsatisfactory Document If a reviewer considers a document unacceptable as presented or as revised, he may present his recommendations directly to SORC for consideration.

AP-3. 4.1 -3 December 1984

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5.3.5 If the recommendations of a reviewer or the results of the SORC meeting are such that:

a~ It is not practicable to accept or draft revisions at the time of the meeting,

b. The comments require referral back to the author for general revision or research, or Co There is an unresolved disagreement between reviewers, The Chairman shall assign the original author or other knowledgeable person to coordinate the preparation of a revised submittal of the document.

5.4 Review of Occurrences Re uirin Co nizance of the SORC Unusual or reportable occurrences involving operating variations. or equipment malfunctions which do or may require cognizance of the SORC, shall be recorded on the plant occurrence report (see AP-10).

Where a formal report is made, the general procedure outlined in Section 5.1 shall be followed.

5.4.2 Investigations made prior to preparation of a formal report may be conducted by a knowledgeable person or subcommittee appointed by the Chairman; This committee shall report when convened by the Chairman the purpose of the investigation.

5.4.3

~ ~ The person assigned by the General Superintendent to prepare special submittals to the HRC shall maintain an Occurrence Report Form in accordance with AP-10.2.2. Ee shall act as Coordinator for the special SORC investigation. The results of the investigation and any comments by members of SORC shall be included in the minutes of the meeting. Copies of the final report or letter along with copies of any comments by members of SORC shall be attached to the Occurrence Report Form and placed in the Occurrence Report file as evidenced that appropriate investigations, reports, and distributions have been made concerning the occurrence.

5.4.4 When an occurrence is reportable in accordance with the 10CFR50.73, a Licensee Event Report (LER) shall be submitted to the NRC. (See AP-10 2.2) ~

5.5 All investigations made by or at the direction of SORC and/or the General Superintendent shall include if possible, a determination of the cause and corrective action required. If the cause and/or corrective action cannot be determined upon first presentation, the measures being taken to make these determinations shall be presented to SORC.

AP-3.4.1 -4 December 1984

5.6 Scram Reports prepared in accordance with AP-10 shall also be submitted to SORC for review in the same manner as occurrence reports. Scram reports need not be reviewed by SORC prior to restart unless the cause of the scram or the plant transient response is not fully understood. Under these conditions SORC will provide the independent assessment per generic letter 83-28 Section 1.1.6, -and SORC approval is required prior to restart. OP-43 and/or RAP-6 determine the need for this independent review.

5.7 0 eratin Ex erience Assessment The Site Operations Review Committee augmented by additional technical personnel shall be responsible for regular assessment of operation experience with the requirement for making recommendations for improvement in station safety and performance. Detailed procedures for operating experience assessment are contained in AP-3 '.2~

5.8 Plant, Modifications 5.8.1 The Site Operations Review Commit tee augmented by additional technical personnel shall be responsible for site review of the in AP-6 '.

design of modifications and associated safety evaluations as detailed 5 ~ 8.2 The Site Contact shall coordinate the site review and document the reviews on the modification review form (Figure 1). Open review items shall be documented on the SORC or SRAB meeting minutes as applicable. The completed review form shall be logged by Site Planning and become part of the modificatIon file 7.0 APPENDICES 7.1 Modification Review Form

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Figure 1 NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION MODIFICATION REVIEW FORM SITE OPERATIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE Modification

Title:

Modification Control No. N Y M Design Review: 0 Conceptual 0 Final 0 N/A Documents Reviewed: 0 Safety Evaluation 0 Technical Specifications 0 Site Functional Specification 0 Conceptual Design Description 0 Other:

Document Title Document No.

Originator: Name Dept. Date Pro)ect/Site Engineer: Date Logged by Site Planning: Date REVIEW:

Accepted as Presented Accepted as Revised Name Initials/Date Initials/Date

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SORC REVIEW:

First presented to SORC by on Date Accepted by SORC: 0 As submitted 0 As Revised. Meeting t 0 This modification does not involve an unreviewed safety question and does not involve a change to technical specifications.

0 This modification involves an unreviewed safety question or a change to technical specifications. Prior NRC approval shall be obtained.

The documents submitted for revie~ need more detailed engineering or revision.

Return to SORC for further review.

The modification may proceed and be installed after final review of the safety evaluation.

SORC Chairman Date 0 SORC Review N/A Int.

Logged,'.Complete By Site Planning Date SRAB REVIEW 0 Accepted as submitted 0 As revised Meeting Date SRAB Chairman Date 0 SRAB Review N/A Int Logged Closed By Site Planning Date Decem er 1

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