ML18046A208
| ML18046A208 | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 12/03/1980 |
| From: | CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
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j 6.0 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS 6.1 RESPONSIBILITY 6.1.1 The General Manager shall be responsible for overall plant operation and shall delegate in writing the succession for this responsibility during his absence.
6.2 ORGANIZATION 6.2.1 OFFSITE The off-site organization for plant management and technical support shall be as shown on Figure 6.2-1.
6.2.2 PLANT STAFF The plant organization shall be as shown on Figure 6.2-2 and:
- a.
Each on-duty shift shall be composed of at least the minimum shift crew composition shown in Table 6.2-1.
- b.
At least one licensed Operator shall be in the control room when fuel is in the reactor.
- c.
At least two licensed Operators shall be present in the control room during reactor start-up (through 15% power), scheduled reactor shutdown and during recovery from reactor trips.
- d.
An individual qualified in radiation protection procedures shall be on site when fuel is in the reactor.
- e.
All core alterations after the initial fuel loading shall either be performed by a licensed Reactor Operator under the general supervision of a Senior Reactor Operator or directly supervised by a licensed Senior Reactor Operator (or Senior Operator limited to Fuel Handling) who has no other concurrent responsibilities during this operation.
- f.
A fire brigade of at least 5 members shall be maintained on site at all times.* This excludes 3 members of the minimum shift crew necessary for safe shutdown or any personnel required for other essential functions during a fire emergency.
'*Fire brigade composition may be less than the minimum requirements for a period of time not to exceed 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> to accommodate unexpected absence of fire brigade members provided immediate action is taken to restore the fire brigade to the minimum requirements.
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6.3 PLANT STAFF QUALIFICATIONS 6.3.1 Each member of the plant staff shall meet or exceed the minimum qualifications of ANSI N18.l-1971 for comparable positions.
6.3.2 Either the Chemistry and Health Physics Superintendent or the Health Physicist shall meet or exceed the qualifications of Regulatory Guide 1.8, September 1975. 1 6.4 TRAINING 6.4.1 A retraining and replacement training program for the plant staff shall be maintained under the direction of the General Manager and shall meet or exceed the requirements and recommendations of Section 5.5 of ANSI N18.1-1971 and Appendix "A" of 10 CFR, Part 55.
6.4.2 A training program for the fire brigade shall be maintained under the direction of the Director, Property Protection and shall meet or exceed the requirements of Section 27 of the NFPA Code-1975 except for fire brigade training sessions which shall be held at least quarterly.
1For the purpose of this section "Equivalent," as utilized in Regulatory Guide 1.8 for the bachelor's degree requirement, may be met with four years of any one or combination of the following:
(a) Formal schooling in science or engineering or (b) operational or technical experience/training in nuclear power.
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I EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT I
VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL SERVICES I
DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY PROTECTION
- Responsible for overall Fire Protection Program I
OTHER CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY OFF SITE ORGANIZATION PRESIDENT I
I EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT NUCLEAR OPERATIONS 1-----
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DIRECTOR OF GENERAL MGR GENERAL MGR SERVICES QUALITY MIDLAND PALI SADES ASSURANCE
- Figure 6. 2-1 SAFETY & AUDIT REVIEW BOARD I
PLANT SUPT BIG ROCK POINT December 3, 1980
CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY PLANT ORGANIZATION QA-NO Department General Manager Palisades (a)
Off Site I
QA Superintendent -------- - - - - -- --~ Plant Review Committee I I
l Operations &
Chemistry and Maintenance Health Physics Technical Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent I
Operations Superintendent Maintenance
&/or Supervisor SOL (b)
I Shift Supervisors SOL A.
Superintendent Personnel knowledgeable in the following areas identified in ANSI Nl8.7~1976/ANS 3.2 will report at the discretion of the General Manager.
I. Nuclear Power Plant Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic Systems.
- 2. Nuclear Engineering
- 3. Chemistry and Radi~chemistry.
~. Radiation Protection (reports to the Health Physicist).
A single individual may be qualified and perform in more than one discipline.
B. The Security Force will be supervised as described in the Plant Security Plan.
C. Quality Control Activities will be in accordance with the Consumers Power Quality Assurance Program Policies.
(a) Responsible for the Plant Fire Protection Program implementation.
(b) Either the Operations Superintendent or the Operations Supervisor will hold an SOL and meet the other requirements of 6.3. I of these Technical Specifications (as applicable to Operations Manager in ANSI Nl8.I). The individual holding an SOL shalt be responsible for the directing the activities*
of licensed operators.
(SOL - Senior Operator Licensee)
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_J 6.5 REVIEW AND AUDIT
- 6. 5. 1 PLANT REVIEW COM1'1ITTEE (PRC) 6.5.1.1 FUNCTION The PRC shall function to advise the General Manager on all matters related to nuclear safety.
6.5.1.2 COMPOSITION The PRC shall be composed of the:
Chairman:
Member:
Member:
Member:
Member:
Member:
Member:
Member:
Member:
Member:
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6.5.1.3 ALTERNATES General Manager of Designated Alternate Operations ~uperintendent or Operations Supervisor Technical Superintendent Maintenance Superintendent Plant Instrument & Control Engineer or Supervisor Plant Reactor Engineer Health Physicist*
Chemical Engineer or Supervisor Shift Supervisor (One)
Senior or General Engineer or General Health Physicist (One)
Operations & Maintenance Superintendent Technical Engineer Alternate members shall be appointed in writing by the PRC Chairman to serve on a temporary basis; however, no more than two alternates shall participate as voting members in PRC activities at any one time.
6.5.1.4 MEETING FREQUENCY The PRC shall meet at least once per calendar month with special meetings as required.
6. 5. 1. 5 QUORUM.
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A quorum of the PRC shall consist of the Chairman and four members (including alternates).
6.5.1.6 RESPONSIBILITIES The PRC shall be responsible for:
- a.
Review of:
- 1) all procedures required by Technical Specification 6.8 and changes thereto, and 2) any other proposed procedures or changes thereto as determined-by the PRC Chairman to affect nuclear safety.
- b.
Review of all proposed test_s and experiments that affect nuclear safety.
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- c.
- d.
Review of al~oposed changes to the Technica~ecifications.
Review of all proposed changes or modifications to plant systems or equipment that affect nuclear safety.
- e.
Investigation of all violations of the Technical Specifications.
A repJrt shall be prepared covering evaluation and recommendations to prevent i
recurrence and forwarded to the Vice President-Nuclear Operations and t9 the Chairman of the Safety and Audit Review Boad (SARB).
- f.
- g.
- h.
Review of the plant Emergency Plan and implementing procedures and shall:
submit recommended changes to the Emergency Plan to the Chairman of SARB 1
- i. Review of all events which are required by NRC regulations or Technical Specifications to be reported to the NRC within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
6.5.1.7 AUTHORITY The PRC shall:
- a.
Recommend in writing to the General Manager approval of items considered under 6.5.1.6.a through 6.5.1.6.d above.
- b.
Render determinations in writing with regard to whether or not each item considered under 6.5.1.6.a through 6.5.1.6.e above constitutes an unreviewed safety question.
- c.
Provide immediate written notification to the Vice President-Nuclear Operations and the Chairman of SARB of disagreements between the PRC and the General Manager.
- However, the General Manager shall have responsibility for resolution of such disagreements pursuant to 6.1.1 above.
6.5.1.8 RECORDS The PRC shall maintain written minutes of each meeting.
Copies shall be provided to the Vice President-Nuclear Operations, the Chairman of SARB, PRC members and alternates.
6.5.2 SAFETY AND AUDIT REVIEW BOARD (SARB) 6.5.2.1 RESPONSIBILITIES SARB is responsible for maintaining a continuing examination of designated plant activities.
In all cases, where a matter is formally considered by SARB, its findings and recommendations are communicated in writing to the Vice President-Nuclear Operations (NO) and other appropriate levels.of Management.
A written charter is prepared and approved by the Vice President-NO which designates the membership, authority and rules for conducting the meetings.
SARB membership, qualifications, meeting frequency, quorum, responsibilities, authority and records are in accordance with the nuclear plant Technical Specifications and ANSI Nl8.7-1972.
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6.5.2.2 FUNCTION SARB shall function to provide independent review of designated activities in the areas specified in 6.5.2.3.
6.5.2.3 COMPOSITION AND QUALIFICATIONS Collectively, the personnel appointed for SARB by the Vice President-NO shall be competent to conduct reviews in the following areas:
- a.
Nuclear Power Plant Operations.
- b.
Nuclear Engineering.
- c.
Chemistry and Radiochemistry.
- d.
Metallurgy.
- e.
Instrumentation and Control.
- f.
Radiological Safety.
- g.
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
- h.
Quality Assurance Practices.
An individual appointed to SARB may possess expertise in more than one of the above specialties.
He should, in general, have had professional experience at or above the Senior Engineer level in his specialty.
6.5.2.4 ALTERNATE MEMBERS Alternate members may be appointed by the Vice President-NO to act in place of members during any legitimate and unavoidable absences including a conflict-of-interest determination.
The qualifications of alternate members shall be similar to those members for whom they will substitute.
6.5.2.5 CONSULTANTS Consultants shall be utilized as determined by SARB members and/or the Chairman to provide expert advice to SARB.
SARB members are not restricted as to sources:of technical input and may call for separate investigation from any competent source.
6.5.2.6 MEETING FREQUENCY SARB shall meet at least once per calendar quarter during the initial year of facility operation following fuel loading and at least once every six months thereafter..
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6.5.2.7 QUORUM A quorum of SARB shall consist of the Chairman or his designated alternate and four (4) members or their alternates.
No more than a minority of the quorum shall have line responsibility for operation of the facility.
It is the responsibility of the Chairman to ensure that the quorum convened for a SARB meeting contains appropriately qualified 1
members or has at its disposal consultants sufficient to carry out the review functions required by the meeting agenda.
- 6. 5. 2. 8 REVIEW SARB shall review:
- a.
Proposed tests or changes to procedures, equipment and systems which are deeme.d to involve an unreviewed safety question as defined in 10 CFR 50.59.
- b.
Proposed changes in Technical Specifications or licenses.
- c.
Significant operating abnormalities or deviations from normal and expected performance of plant equipment that affect nuclear safety.
- d.
All. events which are required by regulations or Technical Specifications to be reported to the NRG in writing within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> and other violations (of applicable statutes, codes, regulations, orders, Technical Specifications, license requirements or of internal procedures or instructions) having nuclear safety significance.
- e.
Reports and meeting minutes of the PRC, including safety evaluations for changes to procedures, equipment or systems an4 tests or experiments, completed under the provisions of 10 CFR, Section 50.59, to verify that such actions did not constitute an unreviewed safety question.
- f.
The results of actions taken to correct deficiencies identified by the audit program specified in Section 6.5.2.9 at least once every six months.
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6.5.2.9 AUDITS Audits of operational nuclear safety-related facility activities shall be performed under the cognizance of SARB.
These audits shall encompass:
- a.
The conformance of facility operation to provisions contained within the Technical. Specifications and applicable license conditions at least once ~er 12 months.
- b.
The performance, training and qualifications of the entire facility staff at least once per 12 months.
- c.
The performance of activities required by the Operational Quality Assurance Program to*meet the criteria of Appendix "B," 10 CFR 50, at least once per 24 months.
- d.
The facility Site Emergency Plan and implementing procedures at least once per 24 months.
- e.
The facility Security Plan and implementing procedures (as required by the Security Plan) at least once per 24 months.
- f.
Any other area of facility operation considered appropriate by SARB or the Vice President-NO.
- g.
The facility Fire Protection Program and implementing procedures at least once per 24 months.
- h.
An independent fire protection and loss prevention inspection and audit shall be performed annually utilizing either qualified off-site licensee personnel or an outside fire protection firm.
- i.
An inspection and audit of the fire protection and los_s prevention program shall be performed by an outside qualified fire consultant at intervals no greater than three (3) years.
Audit reports encompasse~ by Section 6.5.2.9 above shall be forwarded to the Vice President-NO"and Management positions responsible for the areas audited within thirty (30) days after completion of the audit.
6.5.2.10 AUTHORITY SARB shall report to and;,advise the Vice President-NO on those areas of responsibility specified' in Sections 6.. 5.2.8 and 6.5.2.9.
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6.5.2.11 RECORDS Records of SARB activities shall be prepared and distributed as indicated below:
- a.
Minutes of each SARB meeting shall be prepared and forwarded to the Vice President-NO and each SARB member within approximately two weeks following the meeting'.
Minutes shall be approved at or before the next regularly scheduled meeting following the distribution of the minutes.
- b.
If not included in SARB meeting minutes, reports of reviews encompassed by Section 6.5.2.8 shall be prepared and forwarded to the Vice President-NO within approximately two weeks following completion of the review.
6.6 DELETED 6.7 SAFETY LIMIT VIOLATION 6.7.1 The following actions shall be taken in the event a safety limit is violated (
References:
Sections 2.1 and 2.2):
- a.
The reactor shall be shut* down until the Commission authorizes resumption of operation (10 CFR 50.36(c)(l)(i)).
- b.
The safety limit violation shall be reported immediately to the Commission in accordance with 10 CFR 50.36, to the Vice President~NO and to SARB.
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6.8 PROCEDURES 6.8.1 Written procedures shall be established, implemented and maintained covering the activities listed or referenced below:
- a.
The applicable procedure recommended in Appendix "A" of Regulatory Guide 1.33 (November 1972).
- b.
Refueling operations.
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- c.
Surveillance and testing activities of safety-related equipment.
- d.
Emergency Plan implementation.
6.8.2 Each procedure and administrative policy of 6.8.1 above, and changes thereto, shall be rev.iewed by the PRC and approved by the General Manager prior to implementation.
6.8.3 Temporary changes to procedures of 6.8.1 above may be made provided:
- a.
The intent of the original procedure is not altered.
- b.
The change is approved*by two members (or designated alternates) of the PRC, at least one of whom holds a Senior Reactor *operator's license.
- c.
The change is documented, reviewed by the PRC at the next regularly scheduled meeting and approved or disapproved by the General Manager.
- 6. 8.4 Written procedures shall be establi.shed and maintained covering implementation of the Security Plan.
Tnese procedures and changes thereto shall be reviewed and approved in accordance with Consumers Power Company's Nuclear Power Plant Security Plan.
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- e.
Records of training and qualification for current members of the plant staff.
- f.
Records of reactor tests and experiments.
- g.
Records of changes ma.de to Operating Procedures.
- h.
Records of radioactive shipments.
- i.
Records of sealed source leak tests and results.
- j.
Records of annual physical inventory of all source material of record.
- k.
Chlorine treatment records.
6.10.2 The following records shall be retained for the duration of the Provisional Operating License:
- a.
Record and drawing changes reflecting facility design modifications made to systems and equipment described in the Final Safety Analysis Report.
- b.
Recor~s of new and irradiated fuel inventory, fuel transfers and assembly burnup histories.
- c.
Records of radiation exposure for all individuals entering radiation control areas.
- d.
Records of gaseous and liquid radioactive material released to the environs.
- e.
Records of transient or operational cycles for those facility components designed for a limited number of transients or cycles.
- f.
Records of inservice inspections performed pursuant to these Technical Specifications.
- g.
Records of Quality Assurance activities required by the QA Manual to be retained for the duration of the Provisional Operating License.
- h.
Records of reviews performed for changes made to procedures or equipment or reviews of tests and experiments pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59.
- i.
Records of meetings of the PRC and SARB.
- j.
Records of monthly facility* radiation and contamination surveys.
6.11 RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAM 6.11.1 Procedures for personnel radiation protection shall be prepared consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR, Part 20, and shall be approved, maintained and adhered to for all operations involving personnel radiation exposure.
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