ML17340A171
| ML17340A171 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 06/27/1980 |
| From: | Conlon T, Miller W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| ML17340A166 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-250-80-19, 50-251-80-20, NUDOCS 8009120539 | |
| Download: ML17340A171 (11) | |
See also: IR 05000250/1980019
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UNITEDSTATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION
REGION II
101 MARIETTAST., N.W., SUITE 3100
ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30303
Report Nos. 50-250/80-19
and 50-251/80-20
Licensee:
Florida Power 6 Light Company
9250 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL
33101
Facility Name:
Turkey Point
Docket Nos.
50-.250
and 50-251
License
Nos.
and DPR-41
Inspection at Turkey Point site near Homestead,
Inspec
r:
W. H. ilier, Jr.
Approved b
T. E. Conlon, Section Chief,
RCES Branch
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SlMARY
Inspection
on June 4-6,
1980
Areas Inspected
Da
e Signed
Dat
Signed
This routine,
unannounced
inspection involved
17 inspector-hours
on site in the
areas of fire protection/prevention.
Results
Of the areas
inspected,
one item of noncompliance
was found (Infraction - inade-
quate fire brigade training program - paragraph
5.a);
and,
one deviation
was
found (Deviation - fire protection administrative control procedures
do not meet
the NRC guidelines - paragraph 5.d).
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DETAILS
1.
Persons
Contacted
Licensee
Employees
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E. Yaeger, Site Manager
K. Hays, Plant Manager - Nuclear
W. Jones,
QC Supervisor
A. Klein, Technical Department
E. Knox, Training Supervisor
C. Miller, Nuclear Training
E. Tucker,
gA Engineer
F. Baker,
QA Engineer
A. Kaminsky, Nuclear Licensing/GO
A. Patrissi,
Fire Protection Administrator/GO
B. Wagner, Nuclear Operations
NRC Resident Inspector
-R. Vogt-Iowell
"-W. Marsh
-"Attended exit interview
2.
Exit Interview
The inspection
scope
and findings
were
summarized
on June
6,
1980 with
those persons indicated in Paragraph
1 above.
3.
Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings
Not inspected.
4.
Unresolved Items
Unresolved
items
are matters
about which more information is required to
determine
whether
they are
acceptable
or
may involve noncompliance
or
deviations.
New unresolved
items identified during this inspection
are
discussed in paragraph 5.b.
5.
The inspector
reviewed
the fire brigade organization
and training and the
fire protection administrative control procedures for this facility.
a.
Fire brigade
Presently,
there
are
two fire brigade
organizations at Turkey Point.
One brigade is composed of maintenance
employees
and the other brigade
is
composed
of operations
employees.
Since the maintenance
employees
are not available at the site
24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />
a day,
seven
days per week, the
brigade
composed
of the operation's
personnel
are
used to meet the
three
man fire brigade requirements
of Technical Specification Section 6.2.
A fire brigade training program is required by Section 6.4.2 of
the Technical Specifications
to be maintained.
This training program
is required to meet or exceed
the requirements of National Fire Protec-
tion Association manual
No.
27
(NFPA-27) Private Fire Brigades,
except
training sessions
are only to be conducted quarterly.
Sections
41 and
42 of NFPA-27 requires
a schedule
of training to be established
for
members
of the brigade,
to be adapted
to the purpose of the brigade
and to include actual fire fighting operations with extinguishers
and
fire hose lines.
Section
51 of NFPA-27 requires practice drills to be
conducted
to check the ability of the brigade
members
to perform the
operations
they
are
expected
to carry out.
Presently,
the records
available
at
the site
indicates
that the operation
members
of the
brigade
do not routinely attend
the required quarterly fire brigade
training drills and practice
sessions.
The records
available
do not
identify the type classroom training received
and the date of training.
Records
available for review indicate that
many fire brigade
members
have not received
any actual, "hands-on" fire fighting training since
1979
and
a number of them have not received
any actual fire fighting
training since 1977.
This item was identified as Noncompliance (Infrac-
tion)
Item
(250/80-19-01
and 251/80-20-01),
inadequate
fire brigade
training program.
Also, data
was not available to in'dicate that the
team leaders
for the fire brigade
had
received
the
advance, training
required
by Section
8.4.1
of Turkey Point Adminstrative
Procedure
0305,
Emergency
Team Training.
This is also included
as
a part of
this noncompliance.
Fire brigade organization and training procedures
A review was
made of the fire brigade organization
and training proce-
dures which include Turkey Point Adminstrative Procedure
0305, Emergency
Team Training,
and Procedure
15500, Fire Protection
Program.
These
procedures
do not address
or do not provide adequate
details to meet
many of the
NRC fire protection guidelines of the document entitled,
Nuclear Plant Fire Protection Functional Responsibilities,
Administrative
Controls and Quality Assurance.
Examples of areas in which the licensee's
fire brigade procedures
do not meet the NRC guidelines are as follows:
(1)
Qualifications of brigade
members
are not provided
as required by
Paragraph
2.b of Attachment
1 to the NRC guidelines.
(2)
Annual practice sessions for each brigade member are not a mandatory
requirement
as required by Paragraph
2 of Attachment
2 to the
NRC
guidelines.
(3)
Qualifications of fire brigade training instructors are not defined
as required by Paragraph
1.b of Attachment
2 to the NRC guidelines.
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(4)
Simulated
use of fire fighting equipment in drills is not stipu-
lated
as required
by Paragraph
3.c of Attachment
2 to the
NRC
guidelines.
(5)
Some drills are not specified
to be
conducted
on backshift
and
unannounced
as
required
by Paragraph
3.e of Attachment
2 to the
NRC guidelines.
(6) All drills are
not required
to
be
preplanned
as
required
by
Paragraph 3.f of Attachment
2 to the NRC guidelines.
(7)
Fire fighting strategies
are
not provided for safety-related
areas
of the plant as required by Paragraph
d of Attachment
5 of
the NRC guidelines.
These
above
items
are
examples
of some of the fire b'rigade training
and organization
features
currently being
evaluated
by
NRC
(NRR).
This item is identified
as
Unresolved
Item (250/80-19-03
and 251/80-
20-03), fire brigade
organization
and training does not meet the
NRC
guidelines,
and will be reviewed upon completion of the NRR evaluation.
Data
was not available at the site to adequately
review the scope of
the physical examinations
given to the members of the fire brigade to
determine if this examination included performance of strenuous activity
as
required
by Paragraph
2.b of Attachment
1 to the
NRC guidelines.
The licensee
advised that this data
would be available at the site
prior to
a reinspection
of the fire protection program
area.
This
item is identified
as
Inspector
Followup Item.
(250/80-19-04
and
251/80-20-04)
scope of fire brigade physical examinations,
and will be
reviewed during a subsequent
NRC inspection.
Offsite fire protection forces
This site is dependent
upon the professional fire fighting forces at
the adjacent
Homestead Air Force
Base
and Dade County Fire Department.
The records available for review indicates that an extensive training
program existed
between
the plant and the offsite fire departments
in
1977.
However,
since
that
time very little contact
has
been
made
between
the plant and the offsite departments.
The most recent visit
by Dade County appears
to have been
a brief visit during an emergency
drill in October
1978.
During 1978 several visits were
made to the
plant by the Air Force Fire Department but no drills or training were
apparently
conducted
in
1979.
On
May 26,
1980 six Air Force fire
fighters visited
and toured the facility.
The licensee
advised that
planning is underway to improve the fire and radiation training provided
to the offsite departments
by the plant.
This 'i'tern is considered part
of the unresolved
item in paragraph 5.b.
and will be reviewed during
a
subsequent
NRC inspection.
The procedures
for requesting offsite fire fighting assistance
are not
consistent.
Emergency Procedure
20107
and Duties of Emergency Coordin-
ator Procedure
20101 require that both the Dade County and Homestead
0'
Air Force
Base Fire Departments
be contacted
for assistance
in the
event of large fires.
However,
Emergency roster procedure
20104 (call
list) requires
that
Dade
County Fire Department
be called only for
fires in non radiation
areas
and the
Homestead Air Force
Base Fire
Department
be called
only for fires in the radiation
areas
of the
plant.
The licensee
is to review this problem
and
these
procedures
and take necessary
corrective action prior to September
1,
1980.
This
item is identified as Inspector Followup Item (250/80-19-05
and 251/80-
20-05),
inconsistent
procedures
for requesting offsite fire fighting
assistance,
and will be reviewed during a subsequent
NRC inspection.
d.
Fire protection administrative control procedures
The licensee's
procedures
were reviewed to assure
compliance with the
NRC guidelines
contained
in document entitled,
Nuclear Plant Fire
Protection
Functional Responsibilities,
Administrative Controls
and
equality
Assurance
as
commited to by the licensee
in letter L-78-197
from Robert
E. Uhrig of FPSL to A. Schwemcer'f
NRR dated
June 5,
1978.
The following discrepancies
were noted:
(1)
Procedures
do not designate
the onsite position responsible for
the review and evaluation of proposed
work activities to identify
potential transient fire loads,
as
required
by Paragraph
1.d(4)
of Attachment
1 to NRC guidelines.
(2)
Procedures
do not require
a program to indoctrinate all plant
contractor personnel in appropriate fire protection administrative
procedures
and
emergency fire protection procedures
as required
by Paragraph 1.d.(5) of Attachment
1 to NRC guidelines.
(3)
Procedures
do not
address
the
review of transient fire loads
occuring during maintenance
and modification work activities
and
the
need for additional fire protection equipment to be provided
in the work area
as
required
by Paragraph
B of Attachment
3 to
the NRC guidelines.
(4)
Procedures
are not provided for the control of open
flames
and
other possible iginition sources
other
than welding and cutting
operations
as required by Paragraph
1 of Attachment
4 to the
NRC
guidelines.
(5)
Procedures
do not require the supervisor
who approves
welding and
cutting permits
to
be trained in industrial fire fighting and
fire prevention
as
required
by Paragraph
2.a of Attachment
4 to
the NRC guidelines.
(6)
Procedures
do not require oxyacetylene
equipment
to be
checked
for leaks before being
moved into the work area
as required by
Paragraph 2.b.(4) of Attachment 4 to the NRC guidelines'
The
above
procedure
discrepancies
are
considered
a failure to meet
a
commitment to the
NRC and are identified as Deviation Item (250/80-19-
02 and 251/80-20-02), Fire protection Administrative procedures
do not
meet the NRC guidelines.
Except
as
noted
above,
within the areas
examined
no additional items
of noncompliance or deviations were disclosed.