ML17174A697
| ML17174A697 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 05/10/1991 |
| From: | Siegel B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Kovach T COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9105200041 | |
| Download: ML17174A697 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249 Mr. Thomas J. Kovach Nuclear Licensing Manager Commonwealth Edison Company-Suite 300 OPUS West III 1400 OPUS Place Downers Grove, Illinois 60515
Dear Mr. Kovach:
May 10, 1991
SUBJECT:
MEETING WITH CECo AND DRESDEN STATION RELATED THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS UTILIZED TO ESTABLISH PLANT STAFFING REQUIREMENTS The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research has contracted the Pacific Northwest Laboratories (PNL) to develop information on the extent to which there are empirical trends in the relationship between nuclear power plant staffing and safe operations and maintenance.
Issues related to staffing were addressed in several investigati6ns of the incident at Three Mile Island Unit 2 and resulted in changes to staff size and composition at all plants, both in the United States and abroad.
The NRC is aware that some of these changes were the result of regulation while others were the result of individual utility's initiatives. The NRC needs to better understand the decision-making process utilities use to determine staff size and composition so that the NRC can make informed decisions on staffing issues. The important information gained from this effort will be considered in on-going efforts related to maintenance and operator licensing and for decisions related to staffing for advanced reactors.
- current data are needed from a sample of nuclear power plants to determine how decisions are made to establish numbers of people, qualifications for positions, types of jobs, configuration of staff, bases for staffing practices, manpower planning and decision making, and the extent to which these factors correlate with safe start-up and operations of nuclear power plants.
Dresden Station was selected for this study from a stratified random sample where a.11 operating plants were divided into eight categories based on plant age and number*of nuclear units operated by the utility.
The primary *information NRC wants to gain from this effort relates to the decision-making process utilities go through when establishing staffing practices.
The information will be obtained through interviews with key personnel at utility headquarters and at the plants.
PNL will need to spend approximately one day 'at utility headquarters and a day and a half.at the plant.
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Mr. Thomas May 10, 1991 Actual staffing data are also needed to examine the results of your decision-making process.
To reduce the time needed to retrieve the quantitative data from your records it is requested that this information be available to PNL at the time of the interviews. A list -0f the information needed is enclosed.
Based on discussions between myself and Milton Richter, it is our understanding you have consented to participate in this program and have requested that PNL schedule their visit the week of June 24, 1991.
We will be in contact at a later date to finalize specific dates and arrangements.
Enclosure:
Information Request cc w/enclosure:
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Sincerely, Original Signed By:
Byron L. Siegel, Project Manager Project Directorate III-2 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV/V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Mr. Thomas J~ Kovach Commonwealth Edison Company cc:
Michael I. Miller, Esq.
Sidley and Austin One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60690 Mr. J. Eenigenburg Plant Superintendent Dresden Nuclear Power Station Rural Route #1 Morris, Illinois 60450 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office Dresden Station Rural Route #1 Morris, Illinois 60450 Chairman Board of Supervisors of Grundy County Grundy County Courthouse Morris, Illinois 60450 Regional Administrator Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III 799 Roosevelt Road, Bldg. #4 Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Facility Safety 1035 Outer Park Drive
- Springfield, Illinois 62704 Robert Neumann Office of Public CounseJ State of Illinois Center 100 W. Randolph Suite 11-300 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Dresden Nuclear Power Station Unit Nos. 2 and 3
QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION NEEDS o
Numbers of plant personnel in Engineering (Technical Services),
Operations, and Maintenance o
Plant organization chart(s)
ENCLOSURE o
Numbers of contractor personnel used during regular operations in Engineering, Operations, and Maintenance for each of the last five years o
Numbers of contractor personnel used during outages for Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, during each of the last five years o
Turnover rate figures for the past year for positions in (1) maintenance, (2) operations, (3) engineering, and (4) management o
Staffing plan or other document(s) that indicate vacant positions in (1) maintenance, (2) operations, (3) engineering, (4) management o
Lists of training courses for entry-level emploxees in (1) operations, (2) maintenance, (3) engineering, and (4) management positions.