ML18082A829
| ML18082A829 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 07/16/1980 |
| From: | Schneider F Public Service Enterprise Group |
| To: | Hanauer S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8008060341 | |
| Download: ML18082A829 (2) | |
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Frederick W. Schneider Vice President Public Service Electric and Gas Company 80 Park Place Newark, N.J. 07101 201/622-7000 Production
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,/. i Dr. Stephen s. Hanauer, Director Division of Human Factors Safety U. s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
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Dear Sir:
July 16, 1980 STATUS OF LICENSED OPERATING PERSONNEL SALEM GENERATING STATION This letter is a review of the status of the licensed operating personnel at Salem Generating Station (Salem) and the plans of Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) to*:quickly im-prove their number.
The operation of both Salem Nos. 1 and 2 Units requires a comple-ment of four (4) licensed operators and two (2) licensed senior operators per shift.
Our plan of shift rotation for the licensed personnel is based on a five (5) shift schedule.
This schedule gives four (4) shifts for shift coverage and one (1) shift for
- training. It establishes a total operating complement of twenty (20) licensed operators and ten (10) senior_ licensed operators.
Because of the greater in-depth knowledge presently required of licensed p~rsonnel, many of our operators who hold an operator's license on Salem No. 1 Unit have failed to qualify for a license on the No. 2 Unit.
Following the June 16, 1980, license examina-
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tions for these operators, our total licensed operating personnel is expected to be reduced to eleven (11) operators and eight (8) senior operators.
This unanticipated occurrence has forced the -- ~-
1 Salem licensed operating personnel to assume a three (3) shift schedule of twelve (12) hours per day or sixty (60) hours per week.
They are supplemented by licensed station management per-sonnel to cover for absences due to illness, vacations, etc.
While retraining and successful re-examination may restore the licensed operating complement to a larger number than eleven (11) operators and eight (8) senior operators, it will not restore it to the desired level of twenty (20) operators and ten (10) senior operators.
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To reach the latter complement, PSE&G will place eight (8) de-greed engineers into a senior operator license program commencing
-August 4, 1980.
This will be a 7-8 month program* to be completed and ready for the senior operators license exam, March 1 - April 1, 1981.
The eight (8) engineers will meet all the "eligibility requirements to.be administered an examination" as detal.led in H. Denton's letter, "Qualifications of Reactor Operators", dated March 28,.1980, with the exception of holding an operator's li-cense for one (1) year.
The latter requirement goes into effect on December 1, 1980, just prior to our completing the training of the eight (8) engineers.
In order to get new licensed senior operators, as qualified as possible, to give relief to our licensed personnel from working these long hours, a waiver of the :r:equ_ire_d "_h_c::>lding an operator-'s license fo:i:: _one y~g_i'.
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Fai:J,ure to receive this waiver will mean continued long working hours for more than two (2) years until new licensed operators are trained.
In addition to losing licensed p~rsonnel because of failure to pass the examinations under the new examination criteria, the long hours of work have caused a number of licensed personnel to leave our employ and seek other positions where long hours of work are not required.
This has further exacerbated the problem.
The urgency of this request cannot be overstated.
We would appreciate your early reply so that we may take the necessary steps to relieve our critical licensed operator situation.
Very truly yours, CC Paul F. Collins, Chief NRC Operator Licensing Bureau