ML18052A141
| ML18052A141 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 10/30/1985 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Dewitt R CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| References | |
| CAL-85-15, NUDOCS 8511040228 | |
| Download: ML18052A141 (3) | |
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CONFIRMATORY ACTION LETTER CAL:.:RIII-85-15 Docket No. 50-255 Consumers Power Company ATTN:
Mr. R. B. DeWitt Vice President Nuclear Operations 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, MI 49201 Gentlemen:
CAL-RIII-85-15 This letter confirms the conversation on October 15, 1985, between Mr. J. F. Firlit of your staff and Mr. E. G. Greenman of this office, and as further discussed during our meeting at the Palisades site on October 24, 1985, related to the status of the maintenance program at the Palisades Nuclear Station and your ongoing efforts to reduce existing backlogs.
With regard to the matters discussed, we understand that you will complete the following actions prior to startup following the scheduled November 1985 refueling outage:
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Achieve a significant overall reduction in the current backlog of outstanding maintenance work orders (now in excess of-1700) by maximized staffing of the maintenance workforce during the upcoming refueling outage.
The reduction will be achieved through a program which prioritizes work according to its importance to safety with priority given work that can only be performed during an outage.
Achieve a specific reduction (with a target of zero) of those outstanding control room maintenance work orders that:
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Directly affect the controls used by operators during emergency situations, off-normal situations or routine operations.
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Results in information, relied on by operators to take action, being inaccurate or indeterminate.
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Results in an annunciated control room alarm that reflects an off-normal condition.
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Develop and implement trending programs to aid in the identification and assessment of root causes for system and equipment malfunctions, to validate the preventive maintenance program, and to determine the need for replacement or upgrading of installed equipment.
These programs at a minimum will address the following areas:
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Corrective maintenance - this trending program will include the development of a machinery history data base of one year for safety-related equipment and for those systems important to safety.
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Preventive maintenance - this trending program will include all safety-related equipment and systems equipment important to safety.
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Meaningful performance objects/milestones are to be developed and a monthly progress/status report will be prepared and submitted to the NRC Region III office addressing progress with respect to Items 1-3 above.
We further understand that following the 1985 refueling outage:
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The regular plant maintenance workforce will be augmented with twenty (20) additional maintenance personnel plus supervisors. This additional workforce will continue to reduce the work order backlog to an optimal level. This optimal level will be determined by the licensee utilizing input from INPO, other utilities and Palisades plant historical data. A report will be submitted to NRC six months following the refueling outage defining the optimum backlog.
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The machinery history addressed in item 3. above will be extended to include three years of history data six months following startup from the 1985 refueling outage.
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A progress/status report will be submitted every two months to review progress on reducing:
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Work Order Backlog.
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Control Room Deficiencies.
We understand that startup following the scheduled November 1985 refueling outage will not occur until (1) a presentation is made to Region III discussing the completeness and adequacy of actions taken to address the above items ana (2) until authorization to restart is obtained from the Regional Administrators office.
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Should your understanding differ from that stated above, please inform this office immediately.
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Mr. Kenneth W. Berry, Director Nuclear Licensing J. F. Firlit, General Manager DCS/RSB (RIDS)
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