ML18045A588
| ML18045A588 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 07/18/1980 |
| From: | Baker K, Schulz R, Swanson E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18045A586 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-255-80-09, 50-255-80-9, NUDOCS 8009100140 | |
| Download: ML18045A588 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000255/1980009
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGION III
Report No. 50-255/80-09
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Docket No. 50-255
License No. DPR-20
Licensee:
Consumers Power Company
212 West Michigan Avenue
Jackson, MI
49201
Facility Name:
Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant
Inspection at: Palisades Site, Covert, MI
Inspection Conducted:
June 24-25, 1980
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Inspectors:
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Nuclear Support Section 2
Inspection Summary
Inspection on June 24-25, 1980 (Report No. 50-255/80-09)
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Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection of training and requal-
ification training for licensed operators and other plant employees. The
inspection involved 29 inspector-hours _onsite by two NRC inspectors.
Results:
Of the two areas inspected, no apparent items of noncompliance
or deviations were identified in one area; one apparent item of noncom-
pliance (Deficiency-failure to adhere to procedures for.training and
documentation - Paragraph 4), was identified in one area.
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DETAILS
1.
Persons Contacted
- J. G. Lewis, General Plant Manager
- H. W. Keiser, Plant Operations Superintendent
- G. H. Petitjean, Technical Engineer
- N. Hough, Senior Engineer - Training
- R. E. McCaleb, Quality Assurance Superintendent
The inspectors also interviewed 6 other licensee employees during
the course of the inspection.
- Denotes those present at the exit interview.
2.
Followup on Items of Noncompliance
(255/78-26):
Failure to adhere to procedures for training and
documentation.
As discussed in Paragraph 4 corrective action taken
and actions taken to prevent recurrence appear to have not been
effective.
3.
Licensed Operator Requalification Training
4.
The requalification training was reviewed to ascertain its con-
formance with Consumer Power Company's current Licensee Requalifica-
tion Program and regulatory requirements.
The inspector verified
that the established program includes the scheduled use of prepared
lesson plans.
On-the-job training requirements have been specified
to include control manipulations, review of changes in facility
design, procedures and license.
Training records of licensed indi-
viduals are maintained to include completed course and yearly
examinations, documentation of manipulations, documentation of
required simulations of emergency and abnormal conditions, results
of supervisory evaluations and observations of manipulations and
simulations.
The inspector reviewed the records of licensed senior reactor
operators and licensed reactor operators to verify that the licensee's
approved requalification program was being properly implemented.
Operators were interviewed to ascertain whether the training docu-
mented had been received.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
Training
The inspector reviewed the licensee's program for conducting general
employee training and retraining, training for temporary employees
and on-the-job training for operators, craftsmen, technicians, and
QA/QC personnel.
No major changes to the licensee's program had
been made since the last inspection in this area.
The majority of
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the changes were related to corrective action taken in response to
the item of noncompliance which resulted from the last inspection.
Job related Quality Assurance training was deleted, as were some
specific time requirements. It was found, however, that even.with
slightly relaxed training programs for General Employee Training
and Departmental Employee Training, many training requirements were
not documented in individual training records.
From reviewing a
selection of training records provided by the licensee for review,
the inspectors discovered many deficiencies similar to those pointed
out at the last inspection.
Included were:
(a)
Crane Safety Training, Forklift Training, and Controlled
Material Procedures Training not conducted every 2 years as
required by Administrative Procedure 13.3 (4 of 5 records from
maintenance disciplines}.
(b)
Industrial Safety and Quality Assurance Indoctrination not
conducted as required by Administrative Procedure 13.1 (3 of
12 GET records).
This constitutes an item of noncompliance with the Technical Speci-
fications Section 6.10.le and is classified as a deficiency.
The inspectors verified that the training documented in individual
training records was received by interviewing a selection of the
different categories of employees.
One of twelve General Employee Training Records reviewed was noted
to include an audit of documented training.
However, it had not
been completed in that no one was assigned responsibility for
correcting the deficiencies which were discovered, thereby rendering
it useless as a means of correcting the deficiencies.
The inspector also reviewed a Quality Assurance audit dated
October 27, 1978, and noted that several audit findings paralleled
the findings of this inspection.
Apparently, the corrective action
taken to correct the audit findings was not effective since similar
examples still exist.
In addition, the response.to IE Inspection
Report 78-26 describing corrective actions taken, corrective actions
taken to prevent recurrence, and the date when full compliance was
to be achieved was examined in light of the above findings.
The
licens'ee apparently did not effectively perform the corrective actions
he committed to complete.
Exit Interview
The inspectors met with the licensee representatives (denoted i~
Paragraph 1) with the NRC Senior Resident and Resident Inspectors
present on June 25, 1980.
The inspectors summarized the scope and
findings of the inspection.
The licensee discussed intentions they
have for reorganizing the Departmental and Special Employee Training
Programs into more effective programs.
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