ML17279A910
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| Issue date: | 03/08/1988 |
| From: | Bosted C, Johnson P, Sorensen R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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See also: IR 05000397/1988003
Text
U.
S.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION V
Report
No.
Docket No.
License
No.
Licensee:
50"397/88-03
50-397
Washington Public Power Supply System
P.
0.
Box 968
Richland, Washington
99352
Facility Name:
Washington Nuclear Project
No.
2 (WNP-2)
Meeting At:
Supply System Headquarters,
Richland, Washington
'eeting
Conducted:
Februar
4,
1988
Prepared
by: ~R.
C.
ore sen,
Resident Inspector
Approved by:
P.
H.
nson,
Chief
Reacto
Projects
Section
3
~Summar:
A Management
Meeting was held on February 4, 1988, to discuss
the
Supply System's
actions in response
to the Safety System Functional
Inspection
(SSFI) of August,
1987, plus other items of interest.
Date Signed
Reviewed by:
~so rr
4f C. J.
osted
Synior Resident Inspector
Date Signed
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DETAILS
1.
Mana ement Meetin
Partici ants
Su
1
S stem Partici ants
D.
W. Mazur, Managing Director
J.
W.
Shannon,
Deputy Managing Director
A.
L. Oxsen, Assistant
Managing Director for Operations
R.
G. Glasscock,
Director, Licensing and Assurance
J.
P.
Burn, Director of Engineering
C.
M. Powers,
Plant Manager
C.
H. McGilton, Manager,
Operational
Assurance
Program
L. J. Garvin, Manager,
gA Programs
and Audits
K.
D.
Cowan, Technical
Manager
NRC Partici ants
J.
B.
D.
F.
R.
P.
P.
H.
R.
B.
C. J.
R.
C.
Martin, Regional Administrator
Kirsch, Director, Division of Reactor Safety
and Projects
Zimmerman, Chief, Reactor Projects
Branch
Johnson,
Chief, Reactor Projects
Section
3
Samworth,
NRR Project Manager
Bosted,
Senior Resident Inspector
Sorensen,
Resident
Inspector
Bonneville Power Administration
S. Hickey, Deputy Administrator
2.
Mana ement Meetin
On February 4, 1988,
a management
meeting
was held at the licensee's
headquarters
facility in Richland, Washington, with the individuals
identified in paragraph
1 in attendance.
The purpose of the meeting was
to discuss
the licensee's
response
to the findings of the safety system
functional inspection
(SSFI) of August,
1987.
Also discussed
were
quality assurance
effectiveness
improvements,
recent plant performance,
and other...issues. of current
NRC interest.
A copy of the meeting
agenda
is included",as'ttachment l.
A copy of selected
slides
used during the
licensee!.i. presentations
is enclosed
as Attachment 2.
The meeting was
convened. 'at 8: 30 a.m.
Mr. Martin opened the meeting
by acknowledging its usefulness
and noted
that it was beneficial to discuss
issues
in a non-threating
environment.
Mr. Mazur responded
by noting that the Supply System
had instituted, some
exciting and challenging programs that would be described
during the
course of the meeting.
Mr. Oxsen described
the plant scram that had occurred the night before
the meeting
and described
what actions would be taken prior to restart.
Mr. Powers
then presented
a summary of recent plant performance,
noting
various
power generation
records for the Supply System.
He also reviewed
highlights of the 1987 refueling outage
and stated that the Supply System
intends to expand Motor Operated
Valve Actuator Testing System
(MOVATS)
testing of Limitorque valves
from Reactor
Core Isolation Cooling (RCIC)
and High Pressure
(HPCS)
Systems
to all safety-related
valves.
He then presented
the proposed
45 day schedule for the 1988 refueling
outage
and stated that it illustrated
a commitment to an expenditure of
capital
resources
for balance-of-plant
systems.
Mr. Powers
then discussed
performance
indicators with regard to both past
performance
and goals for the future.
He stated that the goals were
based
on exceeding
the industry averages
in various areas,
and noted that
MNP-2 had attained
a 90K unit availability during the past
2 quar ters.
He also discussed
personnel
errors,
which were
a major contributor to the
reactor
scram that had occurred the previous night.
He stated that prior
to last night, the last time I&C had affected unit availability was
March, 1986.
He also presented
a summary of half-scrams.
Mr. Powers
then discussed
"divisionalization" of surveillance
procedures,
which meant that a 28 day cycle would be established,
then certain
days
set aside for testing each
channel of logic (such that trip functions in
Divisions I and II would not be tested
on the
same day).
He noted that
an independent verification step
had been improperly performed in the
surveillance test conducted
the night before which had contributed to the
reactor
Mr. Martin noted the lack of reactor trips for several
months
and
questioned
whether this was
due to improved performance of the plant
staff or was
more
a matter of chance.
He then stated that
some
troublesome
signals
were noted during his plant tour,
such
as electrical
cabinets with the panel
screws missing.
He cautioned plant management
to
watch for these
types of indicators of potential trouble.
Mr. Oxsen then began
a discussion of lessons
learned
from the SSFI.
He
presented
an action plan for resolution of deficiencies
and
a plan for
improvement initiatives.
He stated that these
improvement initiatives
would be completed
by 1994 for 67 safety
and nonsafety
systems.
Mr. Powers
then presented
the near term actions for resolving the generic
implications~,of the Safety System Functional
Inspection (SSFI).
There
were ninadifferent aspects
to this program.
As a result of this
presentation','.
Mr. Kirsch questioned
whether this was
an attempt to shore
up a flied'system.
Mr. Burn answered
by stating that the licensee
desired to salvage
a flawed system,
to correct
and improve it, rather
than starting over.
A discussion of the system engineer
program, established
in 1986,
then
ensued with a subsequent,
detailed discussion of the various points of
the licensee's
SSFI response letter dated January
29, 1988.
Mr. Martin
concluded this particular discussion
by saying that an effort was
needed
by the licensee to integrate all these details in one overall assessment.
He also stated that
he would ask the Region
V staff to evaluate
the
adequacy of the licensee's
proposed corrective actions.
Mr. Burn then presented
the long term actions for the generic
implications of the SSFI.
He stated that the database pilot program
would be applied to the
Low Pressure
(LPCS) system first, then
to 16 other safety systems,
then
20 other topical safety areas
and
finally to 40 non-safety
systems.
LPCS is expected
to be completed
by
June,
1988, with an internal
on
LPCS to be conducted
in fall/winter
1988.
On-site electrical distribution systems
is then expected
to be
completed in the November 1988 - June
1989 time frame.
gA will lead the
and will have engineering
support.
Mr. Burn briefly discussed its
objectives.
Mr. Martin emphasized
that an SSFI is a basic approach,
which means
getting back to basics,
asking basic questions,
and not becoming overly
technical.
The focus is on functionality and asking simple questions.
He also stated that
he wished to update the status of the SSFI during a
future management
meeting.
Mr. Glasscock
then
made
a presentation
of improvements
in gA
effectiveness.
A discussion
followed concerning the adequacy of audits
and whether'roper
personnel
were being utilized for audit purposes.
Mr.
Martin stated that gA is a tough area to manage
and that Region
V will
review some of these
recent audits over the next couple of months.
Mr. Martin then mentioned the apparent
need for more frequent visits into
the plant by various
management
personnel,
based
on his review of plant
access
information obtained
from the WNP-2 security computer.
He
expressed
surprise at how little some managers
enter the plant and
emphasized
that the licensee
should take steps to provide
a stronger
management
presence
in the plant.
Mr. Powers
reviewed the status of the post-trip review program.
The
new
procedure
had been approved
two weeks earlier
and signed just before this
management
meeting.
He reviewed program improvements,
including, the
establishment
of a peer review group and
a restart
committee.
Mr.
Zimmerman inquired as to why it took so long to develop this program,
and
Mr. Powers replied that persons
responsible
were involved in other
activities.
Mr. Powers
then briefly reviewed the provisions of the root cause
analysis
program and stated that a procedure
implementing it would be
forthcoming.
He stated that their intent was to decrease
the threshold
for the=;use'f root cause
analyses,
and also stated that it had been
used
twice~in .the last four months.
Mr. Martin concluded this discussion
by
saying-that it was important for the licensee to put together
a process
of self-criticism that becomes
a part of the personality of the
organization.
Post-event
review and root cause
analysis
are part of this
process.
He was disappointed that it had taken
so long to establish
these
programs.
Mr. Samworth then reviewed several
licensing issues that needed to be
resolved
by the licensee,
including fire protection,
so that time can
be
spent
by
NRR on other licensing issues.
Mr. Martin concluded the meeting
by commenting favorably concerning
configuration control
and design initiatives, noting that these
are
vitally important areas,
and by supporting the program planned
by the
licensee
in response
to the SSFI.
He also endorsed
the
gA and root cause
analysis initiatives, encouraged
continued progress,
and stated that
upper management
must be active
and involved.
Finally, he noted that the
plant's
performance
during the last six months of performance
speaks for
itself.
Mr. Martin requested
another meeting in a couple of months.
The
Supply System concurred,
with Mr. Oxsen noting that it would be good to
time it near the end of the present
SALP period.
The meeting adjourned at 12:45 p.m.
Enclosure
1
MANAGEMENT MEETING
HASHINGTON PUBLIC HNER SUPPLY SYSTEM
February 4,
1988
SG1MI
1.
Opening Remarks, ~se of Meeting J.
B. Martin, Regional
Administrator, and D. H. Mazur, Managing Direatnr
2.
Summary of Recent Plant Activities C.
M. Powers,
Plant Manager
3.
Presentations
by Supply'System Staff
Status of Safety System Functional Inspection
(SSFI) corrective actions
Status of Root Cause Assessment/Post-Trip
Review Programs
Quality Assurance Effectiveness
Improvements
Reliability Improvement Program
SALP Improvement Program Status
4.
Issues of Current
NRC Interest Region V and
NRR Staff
Attention to program implementation (e.g., half-scrams,
personnel
errors)
NRR review procedures
Status of corrective actions for 1987 scrams
Areas of observed
improvement
5.
Other Topics of Interest
6.
Closing Remarks
Revised 2/2/88
SUMMARY OF 1987
PERFORMANCE
12/21/87
10/87
1987
07/26/87-
12/06/87
HIGHEST
ONE
DAY GENERATION
HIGHEST
MONTHLY GENERATION
YEARLY GENERATION
RECORD
LONGEST
CONTINUOUS
RUN
27.270
MWHR
799,830
MWHR
5.597,870
MWHR
133
DAYs
1987
REFUELING
OUTAGE
~
LENGTH:
77
DAYS
~
REPAIRED
BOTH RECIRCULATION PUMPS
~
RETUBED
BOTH MOISTURE
SEPARATOR
REHEATERS
~
ADDED HIGH
PRESSURE
TURBINE
PRE
SEPARATION
INSPECTED
TWO (2)
LOW PRESSURE
ROTORS
~
REPLACED
DRAIN LINE
0
INITIATED MOVATS TESTING
OF
RCIC/HPCS
~
NO.
1
HEATER
UPGRADE
~
VALVES 10
AND 15
~
MUCH
MORE
1988
REFUELING OUTAGE
0
LENGTH:
l5
DAYS
~
ATWS/ARI SAFETY MODIFICATIONS
~
FILTER DEMINERALIZER BLOCK VALVES
~
HIGH
PRESSURE
TURBINE INSPECTION
~
CONDENSATE LCV-11
~
TURBINE
GOVERNOR
VALVE, OVERHAUL
~
DIESEL
GENERATOR
OVERHAUL
~
CONTINUE MOVATS TESTING
PROGRAM
~
PUMPS
UPGRADE
~
MUCH
MORE
LESSONS
LEARNED
~
ERRORS
AND OMISSIONS
IN THE DESIGN BASIS
DOCUMENTS
~
LACK OF
READY ACCESS
TO DESIGN BASIS
INFORMATION
~
LESS
THAN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ESTABLISHED PROCEDURfS
~
LACK OF
THOROUGH
AND fFFECT IVE INTEGRATION OF RELATfD
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
TO ASSURE
COMMUNICATION OF
DESIGN BASIS
INFORMATION ACROSS
ORGANIZATION
~
INSUFFICIENT INVOLVEMENT OF
QA IN THE VERIFICATION OF
DESIGN ACTIVITIES
PLAN OV RVI EW
HAVE DEVELOPED
BOTH NEAR-TERN AND LONG-TERN INITIATIVES TO
ADDRESS
GENERIC
IMPLICATIONS OF SSFI:
~
CONTINUE
IMPROVEMENTS IN CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
~
IDENTIFY AND ORGANIZE DESIGN BASIS DOCUMENTATION ON SYSTEMS
IMPORTANT TO SAFETY
~
PERFORM
INTERNAL SSFIs
ON
SELECTED
SYSTEMS
~
FURTHER
REFINE
AND INTEGRATE THE DESIGN
CHANGE IMPLEMENTATION
PROCESS
~
FURTHER
IMPROVE QA TECHNICAL OVERVIEW OF DESIGN
AND MODIFI-
CATION ACTIVITIES
~
PROVIDE CONTINUING MEASUREMENT 'AND FEEDBACK
ON
PERSONNEL
PERFORMANCE
THROUGH IN-LINE VERIFICATION AND QA OVERVIEW
PLAN OVERVIEW
SUPPLY
SYSTEM COHNITTED TO
INPROVENENT INITIATIVES:
~
PROPOSED
PROGRAN
TO
BE SUBNITTED TO EXECUTIVE BOARD BUDGET
REVIEW
~
SENIOR
NANAGENENT PERIODIC
REVIEW OF SCOPE/DIRECTION
~
CURRENT ESTINATE OF
CONPLETION
1990
NEAR
TERM ACTIONS TO
RESOLVE
GENERIC
IMPLICATIONS OF
THE SSFI
REPORT
~
REVISE
DESIGN
CHANGE
IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURES
TO
IMPROVE MODIFICATION PROCESS
~
APPLY SUPPLEMENTAL QUALITY REVIEWS
TO DESIGN
CHANGE
WORK
PACKAGES
~
REVISE
THE
PLANT MODIFICATION PROCEDURE
TO
REQUIRE
POST
MODIFICATION WALKDOWNS
PERFORM
A PILOT
PROGRAM
ON
THE
TO
CONSOLIDATE THE
DESIGN
DATA BASES
DOCUMENTS
'
~
REVIEW THE ENTIRE MODIFICATION PROCESS
TO
DETERMINE THE
EFFECTIVENESS
OF
IN LINE
QUALITY REVIEWS
AND UPGRADE
NECESSARY
~
AUGMENT THE 9A CAPABILITY TO
REVIEW DESIGN
MODIFICATION PACKAGES
CONDUCT
FORMAL>
INDEPENDENTS
MULTI"DISC I PL I NE
DESIGN
REVIEWS
ON
SEVEN (7)
MODIFICATION
PACKAGES
FOR
TECHNICAL ADEQUACY
CONTINUE THE ADMINISTRATIVE VERIFICATION
OF
ISSUED
DESIGN
CHANGE
PACKAGES
FOR
COMPLETENESS
DEVELOP
A
LONGER
TERM PLAN
FOR
CONFIGURATION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
IMPROVEMENTS
NG
S
~
tlANAGENENT ASSESSMENT
0
CONFIGURATION CONTROL
IHPROVENENTS
~
DATA BASE PILOT PROGRAM
~
INTERNAL SSF I
~
IPE/PRA
GENERIC
LETTER
QA EFFECTIVENESS
IMPROVEMEN
~
REVIEW
~
QA APPROACH
~
STEPS
TAKEN AND RESULTS
OBTAINED
~
WHAT THE SSFI
TOLD US
ABOUT QA
~
IMPROVED PROGRAMS
IN THE DESIGN
AND MODIFICATIONS
AREA
~
~
NEXT STEPS
~
WHAT THE SSFi
TOLD US
ABOUT QA
~
INCREASE
OUR
INVOLVEMENT IN THE DESIGN
AND MODIFICATION
ACTIVITIES
~
DO
A
MORE
COMPREHENSIVE
JOB
FROM THE
PERFORMANCE
PERSPECTIVE
~
EMPHASIS
ON
IMPLEMENTATION
~
NEED ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING CAPABILITY TO
IMPLEMENT THE
PROGRAM
e
INPROVED
QA ACTIVITIES, IN THE DESIGN
AND NODIFICATIONS AREA
e
PARTICIPATE IN ENGINEERING SELECTED
DESIGN REVIEWS.
~
SELECT
AND PERFORM
INDEPENDENT DESIGN
REVIEWS
~
LOOK AT THE
IMPACT ON RELIABILITYAND SAFETY.
~
CRITERIA BEING DEVELOPED
TO
DO. THIS.
~
PERFORM
WALKDOWNS ON
A SAMPLING OF MODIFICATIONS
~
LOOK AT END RESULTS --
NOT JUST
PAPER
PROCESS'
~
INCREASE
LEVEL OF
SURVEILLANCE DURING THE DESIGN
AND
MODIFICATION
LOOKING AT PERFORMANCE/END
RESULTS
~
WORK PACKAGE REVIEW
~
WORK PRACTICE
IMPLEMENTATION
~
POST NODIFICATION TESTING
~
CONTINUE THE ESTABLISHED INSPECTION
PROGRAM WITH EMPHASIS
ON
IMPROVED PLANNING.
o
~
NANAGE THE SSFI
ON THE LPCS.
I
~
ALLOW OA TO TAKE A VERTICAL SLICE
AND EVALUATE THE TOTAL
PROCESS
FROM DESIGN
THROUGH OPERATION
AND NAINTENANCE
0
EVALUATE HOW THE SSFI
APPROACH
SHOULD BE
INTEGRATED
INTO'THE OVERALL QA PROGRAM
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM STATUS
~
PLANT MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE
ON
OVERALL
PLANT PERFORMANCE
ANALYSIS OF
REPORT
TO
FOCUS
ON
BOARD
RECOMMENDATIONS
(COMPLETE)
~
SPECIFIC
ACTION PLAN DEVELOPED
TO
IMPLEMENT
BOARD
RECOMMENDATI ONS
IN
EACH FUNCTIONAL
AREA
(COMPLETE)
1
~
STATUS
OF
MAJOR FUNCTIONAL AREAS'
.
OPERATIONS
MAINTENANCE
FIRE PROTECTION
OUTAGES
SECURITY
TRAINING
PLANT INPROVENENT PROGRAN
STATUS
PLANT NANAGENENT PERSPECTIVE
t SAl P = A
SFR
=
B
RELIABILITY =
C l
PROGRAN
INPROV
N
N
S
IN 1987
C
PLANT PERFORMANCE
MONITORING
A
NORE FIRST"LINE SUPERVISION
IN
THE FIELD
B/C
TROUBLESHOOTING
PROCEDURE
MWR/PNR
BACKLOG REDUCTION
C
PLANT NAINTENANCE COVERAGE 20
HOURS/DAY
A
REVISED HEAlTH PHYSICS
SUPPORT
CONTRACT
C
IMPROVED CHEMISTRY PERFORMANCE
A/B/C
IMPROVED OPERATOR
PROCEDURES
A/8
UNIFORMITY OF
OPERATING SHIFTS
A/B/C
IMPROVED POST
TRIP
REVIEW/SCRAM RESTART
A
NOW
HAVE ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT NANAGERS
IN PLANT NAINTENANCEi OPERATIONS'ND
TECHNICAL
A/B/C EXPANSION
OF
QA ORGANIZATION'S OVERVIEW
OF
PLANT ACTIVITIES
A
FIRE PROTECTION
PROGRAM
AND EXECUTION
PROGRAN
FOCUS
N 1988
B/C
A
A
B/C
B/C
A/B/C
A/B/C
A
A/B/C
A/B/C
POST
MAINTENANCE TESTING
GOAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION PLANS
STEWARDSHIP
OF
PLANT OPERATIONS
DAILY DEMAND SCHEDULES
EXPANSION
OF
PLANNING/SCHEDULING
PEER
EVALUATION PROCESS
REFINEMENT
OF
ROOT
CAUSE
ANALYSIS PROCESS
COMMITMENT TRACKING AND FOLLOW"THROUGH
SUPERVISION
INVOLVEMENT IN
AND AWARENESS
OF
PLANT ACTIVITIES
INDIVIDUAL AWARENESS
OF
AND ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR
Pl ANT REQUIREMENTS