ML17164A987
| ML17164A987 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 03/15/1999 |
| From: | Nerses V NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9903220174 | |
| Download: ML17164A987 (9) | |
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LICENSEE:
FACILITY:
PP8L, Inc.
March 15, 1999 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES), Units 1 and 2
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF THE FEBRUARY 11, 1999, MEETING WITH PP8L, INC. (PP8L)
STAFF CONCERNING THE NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION'S (NRC'S) PROCESS FOR CLASSIFICATION OF SSES UNITS 1 AND 2 EVENTS REPORTED IN LICENSEE EVENT REPORTS (LERS)
On February 11, 1999, the NRC staff 'met with representatives of PP&L. A list of attendees is contained in Enclosure 1. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the NRC's process for cause code classification of SSES, Unit 1 & 2, events reported in LERs.
PP&L stated that they were interested in learning how the NRC classified events into the various cause codes established by the NRC. This would allow PP&L to better understand the basis for the SSES performance indicators that the NRC periodically reports.
PP8L presented the classification results of their internal review of the events reported in their LERs covering the period from 1996 through the second quarter of 1998. The total sample size was 81 LERs. A comparison of the PP&L results with the NRC classification results showed only 18 of the 81 LERs reviewed by PP&L agreed completely with the NRC cause code assignments.
It was noted that some of the differences between the results appeared to be associated with an insufficient description in the LER of an event. As a result, in these instances the NRC was not able to determine the appropriate cause code.
However, most of the difference was found in how the NRC defined the maintenance cause code.
Because NRC's cause codes are programmatic cause codes based on the "Final Commission Policy Statement on Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants," March 17, 1988, (53 FR 9430) (i.e. they are assigned to a programmatic area), the cause codes such as the maintenance cause code, encompass a
broader category of events than most licensees would consider.
Original signed by:
Victor Nerses, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate l-1 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 15, 1999 PP8L, Inc.,
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES), Units 1 and 2
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF THE FEBRUARY 11, 1999, MEETING WITH PP&L, INC. (PP8L)
STAFF CONCERNING THE NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION'S (NRC'S) PROCESS FOR CLASSIFICATIONOF SSES UNITS 1 AND 2 EVENTS REPORTED IN LICENSEE EVENT REPORTS (LERS)
On February 11, 1999, the NRC staff met with representatives of PP8 L. A list of attendees is contained in Enclosure 1. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the NRC's process for cause code classification of SSES, Unit 1 8 2, events reported in LERs.
PP&L stated that they were interested in learning how the NRC classified events into the various cause codes established by the NRC. This would allow PP&L to better understand the basis for the SSES performance indicators that the NRC periodically reports.
PP&L presented the classification results of their internal review of the events reported in their LERs covering the period from 1996 through the second quarter of 1998. The total sample size was 81 LERs. A comparison of the PP&L results with the NRC classification results showed only 18 of the 81 LERs reviewed by PP&L agreed completely with the NRC cause code assignments.
Itwas noted that some of the differences between the results appeared to be associated with an insufficient description in the LER of an event.
As a result, in these instances the NRC was not able to determine the appropriate cause code.
However, most of the difference was found in how the NRC defined the maintenance cause code.
Because NRC's cause codes are programmatic cause codes based on the "Final Commission Policy Statement on Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants," March 17, 1988, (53 FR 9430) (i.e. they are assigned to a programmatic area), the cause codes such as the maintenance cause code, encompass a
broader category of events than most licensees would consider.
Victor Nerses, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate l-1 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388
Enclosure:
List of Attendees ccw/encl: See next page
Meeting Summary Distribution S. Collins/R. Zimmerman J. Zwolinski S. Bajwa MO'Brien J. Richmond, Region I
M. Harper T. Wolf
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Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.
Assoc. General Counsel PP&L, Inc.
2 North Ninth Street, GENTW3 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Terry L. Harpster Manager - Nuclear Licensing PP&L, Inc.
2 North Ninth Street, GENA61 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Regional Administrator, Region I
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Robert F. Saunders Vice President-Nuclear Site Operations Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Box 467, NUCSA4 Berwick, PA 18603-0035 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 35, NUCSA4 Berwick, PA 18603-0035 Director-Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Richard W. Osborne Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.
212 Locust Street P.O. Box 1266 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1266 Mr. Robert G. Byram Senior Vice President-Generation And Chief Nuclear Officer PP&L, Inc.
2 North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101 Mr. Herbert D. Woodeshick Special Office of the President PP&L, Inc.
Rural Route 1, Box 1797 Berwick, PA 18603-0035 George T. Jones Vice President-Nuclear Engineering & Support PP&L, Inc.
2 North Ninth Street, GENA61 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Dr. Judith Johnsrud National Energy Committee Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Board of Supervisors Salem Township P.O. Box 405 Berwick, PA 18603-0035
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