ML18291A563
| ML18291A563 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Watts Bar  |
| Issue date: | 10/18/2018 |
| From: | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| To: | Division of Reactor Safety II |
| References | |
| Download: ML18291A563 (15) | |
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Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Chilled Work Environment Update October 18, 2018
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant l 2 Opening Remarks Paul Simmons, Site Vice President Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Simmons
Agenda Watts Bar Nuclear Plant l 3
- Background
- NRC Follow-up Inspections
- Nuclear Safety Culture Monitoring
- Initial Response to Radiation Protection Chilled Work Environment
- Chilled Work Environment and Cross Cutting Issue Closure Actions
- Sustainability of Performance Improvement
- Summary
- Closing Remarks Hulvey
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Background===
l 4 NRC determined Chilled Work Environment in Operations Department Watts Bar developed and implemented corrective actions based on root cause analysis NRC Problem Identification and Resolution inspection NRC issued 2017 Confirmatory Order in response to the apparent violation for failure to comply with 2009 Confirmatory Order Independent Nuclear Safety Culture Assessment Hulvey Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
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Background===
l 5 TVA Nuclear Fleet actions:
Benchmarked Nuclear Industry to assist in revising the Adverse Employment Action process Developed and implemented on-going Safety Conscious Work Environment (SCWE) training Established Nuclear Safety Culture peer team Developed and implemented Nuclear Safety Culture Monitoring Panel training Corporate Oversight Hulvey Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
2018 NRC CWEL Follow-up Inspection l 6 January and June 2018 NRC inspection results Root Cause Analysis corrective actions and enhancements were being implemented
> Positive effect on the chilled work environment within Operations Department
> Provides site-wide monitoring of safety culture Challenges in identification and evaluation of department-specific work environment trends Hulvey Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
2018 NRC CWEL Follow-up Inspection l 7 June 2018 NRC inspection results of Radiation Protection Department Majority willing to raise nuclear and radiological safety concerns Some reluctant or feel others may be reluctant to raise certain concerns Concluded a Chilled Work Environment exists Mid-Cycle Assessment Safety Conscious Work Environment (SCWE) Cross Cutting Issue opened Hulvey Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Nuclear Safety Culture Monitoring l 8 TVA Implements Various Means to Monitor Nuclear Safety Culture Nuclear Safety Culture Monitoring Panel (NSCMP)
Site Leadership NSCMP Nuclear Safety Culture Peer Team Nuclear Safety Review Board Employee Concerns Program Independent Safety Culture Assessments Executive Leadership Team (Corporate) Oversight Marshall Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Nuclear Safety Culture Monitoring l 9 Routine monitoring identified work environment issues within Radiation Protection Department Safety culture assessments performed with issues identified in:
Staffing Number of containment entries per week Management trust concerns Watts Bar actions:
Implemented staffing plan that included a bridging strategy Introduced a containment entry reduction initiative Initiated employee advisory group Marshall Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Watts Bar Initial Response to RP CWE l 10 Watts Bar response actions:
Plant Manager conducted All Hands Meetings with employees to discuss the inspection results Enlisted help from experts in resolving work place environment issues and Initiated Root Cause Analysis to:
> Understand Radiation Protection drivers
> Identify root and contributing causes for the RP chilled work environment
> Identify challenges in department SCWE monitoring
> Develop and implement corrective actions Marshall Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
CWEL and SCWE CCI Closure Actions l 11 Improve Watts Bar SCWE Address Radiation Protection Department CWE Sustained improvement in Operations Department Continued support of workforce to raise concerns without fear of retaliation Increase personnel confidence in:
> Problem identification and resolution
> Environment for raising concerns
> Methods to detect and prevent retaliation and chilling effects Understand department monitoring to detect declining trends and mitigate chilled work environment precursors Marshall Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Sustainability of Performance Improvement We are committed to healthy safety culture sustainability Site Leadership Accountability Training and Communications Adverse Employment Action Process Nuclear Safety Culture Monitoring Panel Employee Concern Program Surveys Nuclear Safety Culture Surveys Corporate Oversight l 12 Simmons Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Summary Watts Bar Nuclear Plant l 13 Simmons
- Watts Bar has made improvements in the overall work environment for raising concerns and will continue to develop and implement corrective actions to ensure a sustained environment to raise concerns without the fear of retaliation
- TVA is committed to resolving the chilled work environment in Radiation Protection Department and addressing the closure criteria determined by the NRC
- We are committed to ensuring sustained improvement in Operations Department and effective implementation of our fleet process for Nuclear Safety Culture monitoring.
- We are committed to preventing a chilled work environment from developing in another department at Watts Bar.
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