ML17056B160
| ML17056B160 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 12/04/1990 |
| From: | Bettenhausen L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Sylvia B NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9012110286 | |
| Download: ML17056B160 (10) | |
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Docket No. 50-410 Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation ATTN:
Hr. B. Ralph Sylvia Executive Vice President Nuclear Operations 301 Plainfield Road
- Syracuse, New York 13212 Gentlemen:
Subject:
Inspection of the Emergency Operating Procedures and Reactor Operator Licensing Examinations The purpose of this letter is to formalize requests made in a conversation between Mr. K. Thomas of your staff and Mr. N. Conicella of my staff on November 19,
- 1990, regarding a planned inspection of the Nine Mile Point, Unit 2 Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs) during the week of January 28, 1991.
Additionally, in a telephone conversation between Mr. R. Seifried and Ms.
Tracy Walker, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing exami-nations at Nine Mile Point, Unit 2, during the week of January 28, 1991.
The objective of the planned EOP inspection is.to establish the answers to three general questions:
(1) Are the emergency operating procedures techni-cally correct; (2)
Can the emergency operating procedures be physically carried out in the plant during an emergency; and (3)
Can the plant staff correctly perform the emergency operating procedures?
The inspection will be conducted using the guidelines of NUREG 1358, "Lessons Learned from the Special Inspec-tion Program for Emergency Operating Procedures,"
issued April 1989, which includes Appendix A, the Temporary Inspection Instruction 2515/92 for such inspections.
Enclosure (1) is a list of the reference material that is requested to be provided to the NRC by December 14, 1990.
Enclosure (2) is a tentative sche-dule for both the inspection and operator license examinations, including the required facility support.
To better document the simulator portion of the licensing examination, your training staff's simulator operator should record predetermined plant condi-tions (i.e., plant pressure, temperature, reactor water level, etc.), for each simulator scenario.
The applicant will be responsible for providing this information with any appeal of a simulator operating examination.
Therefor e, your training staff should retain the original simulator examination scenario information until the applicant has either passed the operating examination, accepted the denial of the license, or filed an appeal.
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Niagara Mohawk. Power Corporation The final signed application certifying that all training has been completed shall be submitted at least 14 days before the examination date for each applicant.
This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget Clearance Number 3150-0101 which expires May 31, 1992.
The estimated average burden is 7.7 hours8.101852e-5 days <br />0.00194 hours <br />1.157407e-5 weeks <br />2.6635e-6 months <br /> per response," including gathering, xeroxing and mailing the required material.
Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch, Division of Information Support Services, Office of Information Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.
C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0101),
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact the undersigned at (215) 337-5291 or the Inspection Team Leader, Ms. Tracy Walker of our staff at (215) 337-5381.
Sincerely, inal ~i.gne4 OX'ee H. Bettenhausen, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosures:
1.
Reference Material for EOP Inspection and Reactor Operator Licensing Examination 2.
Tentative Schedule and Required Facility Support OFFICIAL RECORD COPY CONICELLA/NMP EOP 1/28/91 0001.1.0 12/04/90
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Niagara Mohawk. Power Corporation cc w/encls.:
J. Firlit, Vice President, Nuclear Generation K. Dahlberg,
- Manager, Unit 1
R. Abbott, Manager, Unit 2 C. Terry, Vice President, Nuclear Engineering J.
- Perry, Vice President, Quality Assurance S. Wilczek, Vice President, Nuclear Support J.
- Warden, New York Consumer Protection Branch M. Wetterhahn, Jr., Esquire G. Wilson, Senior Attorney J.
Keib, Esquire
- Director, Power Division, Department of Public Works, State of New York State of New York, Department of Law Public Document Room (PDR)
Local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector State of New York, SLO Designee K. Abraham, PAO-RI (2)
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Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
Management Assistant, DRMA (w/o encls.)
R. Capra, NRR D. Brinkman, NRR J. Caldwell, EDO R. Bellamy, DRSS J. Linville, DRP D. Vito, DRP G. Meyer, DRP M. Miller, DRP L. Bettenhausen, DRS R. Conte, DRS P. Swetland, DRP N. Conicella, DRS T. Walker, DRS OL Facility File DRS Files 3
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ENCLOSURE 1
REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR EOP INSPECTION AND REACTOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION l.
One full size copy of the EOP flow charts, colorized, like the ones in the control room.
2.
Two additional readable copies of the EOP flow charts.
3:
BWR Owners Group Emergency Procedure Guideline version used for the current EOPs.
4.
Procedure Generation
- Package, including:
A.
Plant Specific Technical Guideline B.
Writers Guide C.
Verification and Validation Program D.
Training Plan for the EOPs 5.
Deviation document explaining the differences between the Owners Group Emergency Procedure Guidelines and the plant specific technical guidelines and any EOP relevant documentation/correspondence that may assist in supporting the differences.
6.
Lesson plans and simulator scenarios used in the simulator for training on the EOPs.
7.
Surveillance procedures (procedures that are run frequently, i.e., weekly or that can be run on the simulator).
8.
Significant changes to the training materials that were sent to support the licensing examinations administered in August 1990.
9.
Current versions of any procedures referenced by the EOPs that have been revised after June 1990.
10.
EOP bases document.
ENCLOSURE 2 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE AND RE UIRED FACILITY SUPPORT
~Honda AM badging and entrance to include a short facility presentation on EOP development at Nine Mile Point, Unit 2.
PM - Meeting with facility to resolve initial technical and human factor findings
- Prepare for licensing examination
~Tee sda Administer licensing examination
- Begin interviews with licensed operators and facility personnel involved with EOP development and use
- Perform control roomlplant walkdowns of facility procedures with facility licensed operators (two to three operators required)
- Prepare for simulator demonstration
- Continue inspection of technical and human factor areas PN - Meet with facility management regarding inspection issues I~lledne ada Observe two different crews of licensed operators using EOPs in the
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plant simulator
- Continue with procedure walkdown (one operator preferred or knowledgeable operations support person)
PN - Neet with facility management regarding inspection issues
~Thur sda PM-
~Fei da Continue with procedure walkdown if required Continue interviews Continue inspection of technical and human factor areas Resolve inspection findings Neet with facilaity management regarding inspection issues AN - Resolve inspection findings and obtain commitments, if required PM Exit meeting