ML17058A689
| ML17058A689 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 03/29/1991 |
| From: | Hodges M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Sylvia B NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. |
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| Download: ML17058A689 (8) | |
See also: IR 05000410/1991080
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MAR 29 55t
Docket No. 50-410
Niagara
Mohawk Power Corporation
ATTN:
Mr. B.
R. Sylvia
Executive Vice President
Nuclear Operations
301 Plainfield Road
Syracuse,
New York 13212
Docket Nos.
50-410
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
EMERGENCY OPERATING
PROCEDURES
INSPECTION
AND INITIAL'XAMINATION
'
REPORT
NO. 50-410/91-80
This refers to the special
safety inspection
conducted
by an
NRC Emergency
Operating
Procedure
Inspection
Team from January
28 to February
1,
1991, of
activities at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2,, to an initial
licensing examination
administered
on January
31,
1991,
and to the discussion
of our findings with yourself and other members of your staff at the conclusion
of the inspection.
The purposes
of the inspection
were to verify that the
NMP2 Emergency
Ope'rating
Procedures
(EOPs)
are technically correct, that the
NMP2 EOPs
can
be physically
carried out in the plant,
and that the
NMP2 EOPs
can
be implemented
by the
plant staff.
The enclosed
report identifies area's
examined during the inspection.
The areas
inspected
included
a comparison of the
NMP2
EOPs with the
BWR Owners
Group
(BWROG) Emergency
Procedure
Guidelines
(EPGs)
and the plant specific
NMP2
Emergency
Procedure
Guidelines,
a review of the
NMP2
by control
room and
plant walkdowns,
an evaluation of the
NMP2
on the plant reference
simulator,
a
human factors analysis of the
NMP2 EOPs,
a review of the on-going evaluation
program for EOPs,
and
a review of your quality assurance
program involvement in
the development
and maintenance
of the
EOPs.
The inspection
team concluded that the
NMP2 EOPs are technically correct,
can
be physically carried out in the plant,
and
can
be implemented
by the plant
staff.
The operators'nderstandi,ng
of the
EOP bases
and ability to use the
EOPs were considered
a strength.
There were
some technical
and
human factors
problems identified, mostly within the
EOP support procedures.
The majority
of the problems
appear to be the result of weaknesses
within the verification
and validation (VKV) process for the
EOP support procedures.
We request that
you respond,
in writing, within thirty days of receipt of this letter identi-
fying the actions
taken or planned to address:
( 1) the adequacy
of the justi-
fication for not including main
steam tunnel temperature
as
an entry condition
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EOPs (Section
4. 1); (2) the access
restriction in the
RWCU precoat filter
room that could hinder implementation of emergency
procedures
for alternate
boron injection (Section 5.0); (3) the weaknesses
in the
V5V program that
resulted in deficiencies
in the
EOP support procedures
(Sections
4.3, 5.0,
and
7.1).
During this inspection,
several
previously unresolved
items were closed.
The
most significant of these
was confirmation of your completion of the corrective
actions required to upgrade your licensed operator requalification program.
This program was evaluated
as unsatisfactory
in July 1989 and returned to
satisfactory
status
by letter from T. T. Martin dated
November
15,
1990 following
the
1990
NRC requalification examination
and your certification of corrective
action completion.
In addition,
an initial examination
was administered
to a reactor operator
license applicant
who had previously failed the simulator portion of the
initial examination.
The applicant
passed
the reexamination.
In accordance
with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's
regulations,
a copy of
this letter and the enclosures will be placed in the
NRC Public Document
Room.
The responses- directed
by this letter are not subject to the clearance
procedures
of the Office of Management
and Budget as required
by the paperwork
reduction act of 1980, Public
Law No.96-511.-
Should you have
any questions,
please
contact
Mr. L. Bettenhausen,
Chief,
Operations
Branch, at (215) 337-5291.
Sincerely,
OrYgiaal Signoh Byt
Enclosure:
Report
No. 50-410/90-80
Marvin W. Hodges,
Director
Division of Reactor Safety
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M. Colomb,
Manager,
Operations-Unit
2
C.
Beckham,
Manager, Quality Assurance
Operations-Unit
2
J. Perry,
Vice President,
Quality Assurance
K. Dahlberg, Unit
1 Plant Manager
J. Firlit, Vice President,
Nuclear Generation
C. Terry, Vice President,
Nuclear Engineering
S. Wilczek, Jr.,
Vice President-Nuclear
Support
D. Greene,
Manager, Quality Assurance
Operations-Unit
1
M. McCormick, Unit 2 Plant Manager
RE Tessier,
Manager,
Operations-Unit
1
J.
~ Warden,
New York Consumer Protection
Branch
M. Wetterhahn,
Esquire
G. Wilson, Senior Attorney
Director,
Power Division, Department of Public Service,
State of New York
State of New York, Department of Law
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Room (PDR)
Local Public Document
Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center
(NSIC)
NRC Resident
Inspector
K. Abraham,
PAO (2)
A. Sutthoff,
SAIEC
State of New York,
SLO Designee
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