ML17177A617
| ML17177A617 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 08/31/1992 |
| From: | Wright G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Cordell R COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
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| NUDOCS 9209100057 | |
| Download: ML17177A617 (2) | |
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Docket No. 50-237 Docket No. 50-249 Commonwealth Edison Company ATTN:
Mr. Cordell Reed
. AUG 3 1 '1992 Senior Vice President Licensing Department - Suite 300 Opus West III 1400 Opus Place Downers Grove, IL 60515
Dear Mr. Reed:
SUBJECT:
EXAMINATION REPORT (INITIAL LICENSE)
During July 10 and July 13-17, 1992, R. Doornbos, and others administered NRC license examinations to employees of your organization who had applied for licenses to operate your Dresden Nuclear Power station.
At the conclusion of the examination, preliminary findings were discussed with those members of your staff ide~tified in the enclosed report.
Based on your staffs' comments on the written examination, we identified a concern on expected operator knowledge of administrative topics.
Dresden management's policy apparently does not require an operator to maintain a minimum administrative topic knowledge without the use of reference material.
For example, operators were not required to know how to sign off a procedural step performed outside the control room (e.g., valve alignment for a surveillance) nor were they required to know logging requirements.
This position is inconsistent with 10 CFR 55.41 and apparently with other Commonwealth Edison nuclear sites.
Administrative requirements are a necessary part of a licensed operator's duties.
We request that you respond in writing within 30 days of the date of this letter addressing our concern regarding the operators administrative topics knowledge level.
We commend the simulator staff's prompt response to an actual fire in a simulator annunciator panel.
Their actions were prompt, professional, and allowed the examination to continue with minimal delay.
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.
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Commonwealth Edison Company 2
AUG 3 1 1992 Should you have any questions concerning this examination, please contact us.
Enclosures:
- 1.
Examination Report No. 50-237/0L-92-0l
- 2.
Facility Comments and NRC Resolution of Comments
- 3.
Simulation Facility Fidelity Report
- 4.
Examinations and Answer Keys (SRO/RO) cc w/enclosures:
D. Galle, Vice President -
BWR Operations T. Kovach, Nuclear Licensing Manager
- c. Schroeder, Station Manager R. Radtke, Regulatory Assurance Supervisor DCD/DCB (RIDS).
OC/LFDCB Resident Inspectors LaSalle, Dresden, Quad Cities Richard Hubbard J. w. Mccaffrey, Chief, Public Utilities Division Robert Newmann, Office of Public Sincerely, Original signed by T. M. Burdick (for)
Geoffrey c. Wright, Chief Operations Branch Counsel, State of Illinois Center B. L. Siegel, NRR State Liaison Officer Randolph c. Weidner, Plant Training Manager R. M. Gallo, Branch Chief, OLB G. Buckley, Contract Examiner, PNL K. Mikkelsen, Contract Examiner, PNL RIII
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