ML17284A469
| ML17284A469 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 07/20/1988 |
| From: | Martin J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17284A470 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8808100310 | |
| Download: ML17284A469 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000397/1988008
Text
Docket No.
50-397
Washington Public
Power Supply System
3000 George Washington
Way
Richland, Washington
99352
Gentlemen:
Subject:
Systematic
Assessment
of Licensee
Performance
(SALP)
The
NRC Systematic
Assessment
of Licensee
Performance
(SALP) Board has
completed
its periodic evaluation of the performance of your Washington
Nuclear Plant
Number
2
(WNP-2) facility during the period of June
1,
1987 through
May 31,
1988.
The performance of WNP-2 was evaluated
in the functional areas of plant operations,
radiological controls, maintenance/surveillance,
emergency
preparedness,
security,
engineering/technical
support,
and safety assessment/quality
verification.
The
criteria used in conducting this assessment
and the
SALP Board's evaluation of your
performance
in these functional areas
are contained
in the enclosed
SALP report.
A management
meeting to discuss
the results of the
SALP Board's
assessment
is
tentatively scheduled for August 18,
1988.
This date
and the location for the
management
meeting will be discussed
with you in the near future.
Overall, the
SALP Board found your performance
to be acceptable
and directed
toward
safe facility operatiop.
However, there
were
a number of concerns
identified
by the
NRC during this assessment
period.
Concerns
common to the functional areas
assessed
were insufficient Supply System
management
involvement in activities
and
insufficient follow-through on commitments
and corrective actions.
Weaknesses
were
identified that were specific to four key functional
areas
as follows:
Operations - the
number
and type of personnel
errors resulting from insufficient
operator attention to plant procedures,
proceeding in the face'of uncertainty,
and inadequate
preparation of equipment clearances.
Maintenance/Surveillance
- maintenance
personnel
not following procedures
and
insufficient controls over work performed
on vital maintenance
work requests.
Engineering/Technical
Support - insufficient understanding
of plant design,
inadequate
control of design
processes,
and discrepancies
in the design
data
base.
Safety Assessment/guality
Verification - the ineffectiveness
of quality groups
in identifying developing plant problems,
slowness
and ineffectiveness
in
implementation of the root cause
assessment
program,
and marginal staffing in
various groups.
Your performance
in plant operations
and engineering/technical
support
was evaluated
Category 3.
You are requested
to provide
a written response
within 30 days after
our forthcoming meeting which addresses
your plans to improve performance
in these
functional areas.
Comments
on other portions of the
SALP report may be provided
as appropriate.
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A management
summary of this assessment
is provided in Section II of the
enclosed
report.
Certain strengths,
weaknesses,
and Board recommendations
are
provided in Section
IY, Performance Analysis.
In accordance
with Section
2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice,"
Part 2,
Title 10,
Code of Federal
Regulations,
a copy of this letter and the enclosed
SALP report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document
Room,
as well as
any
comments
you may wish to submit to
NRC regarding
the content of the
report.
The NRC's Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational
Data performed
an
assessment
of licensee
event reports
submitted for WNP-2.
This assessment
was
provided
as
an input to the
SALP process;
a copy is therefore
provided
as
Attachment I to the enclosed
report.
No reply to this letter is required,
however,
should you have
any questions
concerning the
SALP report,
we would be pleased
to discuss
them with you.
Sincerely,
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Enclosure:
SALP Report
No. 50-397/88-08
Attachment
1 Enclosed in SALP Report
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M. Powers,
A. G. Hosier,
A. L. Oxsen,
G.
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W.
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Burns
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State of WA
N. S.
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BLCPSR
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T. Hurley, Director,
T. Foley,
NRR Project Manager
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Cook
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