ML19235A271
| ML19235A271 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Watts Bar  |
| Issue date: | 08/23/2019 |
| From: | Lopez O NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB5 |
| To: | |
| Ryan Taylor, DRP at 404-997-4630 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML19235A271 (12) | |
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Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Safety Conscious Work Environment Update August 27, 2019
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant l 2 Opening Remarks Tony Williams Site Vice President, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Agenda Watts Bar Nuclear Plant l 3 Recent NRC Follow-up Inspection Results Nuclear Safety Culture Leadership Closure Actions for Chilling Effect Letter (CEL) and Safety Conscious Work Environment Cross-Cutting Issue (SCWE CCI)
Employee Concerns Program (ECP) Restructuring Plan Ensuring Sustainability Summary Questions
Recent NRC Follow-up Inspection Results l 4 January 2019 Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R)
Inspection NRC concluded "Watts Bar demonstrated a general positive trajectory in improving SCWE, but corrective actions had not been in place long enough to determine that SCWE issues were resolved and the corrective actions taken would prevent recurrence."
> Actions in the following slides demonstrate sustainability and effectiveness Severity Level IV Non-Cited Violation
> Some new supervisors did not complete nuclear safety culture training within the first 90 days of supervisory responsibilities
> All corrective actions associated with this violation are complete Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Nuclear Safety Culture (NSC) Leadership l 5 Leadership team is responsible for oversight and assessment of the health of the NSC Increased awareness at all levels of organizational leadership Nuclear Safety Culture Monitoring Panel (NSCMP)
Site Leadership Team NSCMP Nuclear Safety Culture Peer Team Employee Concerns Program Independent Safety Culture Assessments Safety culture assessments performed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) in July 2019 Anticipate final report in September 2019 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
NSC Leadership (cont'd) l 6 Assessment tools identify potential general work environment issues within individual departments and allow for timely response by leadership Examples of recent responsive improvements Site schedule enhancements Sitewide and fleetwide communications Oversight:
Executive Leadership Team (Corporate) Oversight Nuclear Safety Culture Peer Team Site Leadership Team NSCMP Nuclear Safety Review Board Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
CEL and SCWE CCI Closure Actions l 7 Employee Issues Tracking Matrix (EITM)
Comprehensive department monitoring tool provides leadership awareness of declining trends Enables leadership responsiveness to mitigate chilled or general work environment precursors to assist in sustainability Effective Improvement in Watts Bar SCWE Sustained improvement in Operations and Radiation Protection departments Continued support of workforce to raise concerns without fear of retaliation Increased personnel confidence in
> Environment for raising concerns
> Methods to detect and prevent retaliation and chilling effects Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Employee Concerns Program Restructuring RP Root Cause Analysis (RCA), as well as several other sources, identified issues with ECP effectiveness Restructured program is more proactive, with ECP representatives spending a majority of their time out in the field interacting with employees For concerns other than HIRD or potential CWE, ECP will engage management to facilitate resolutions of concerns Concerns involving HIRD or potential CWE will be investigated by an independent investigator Restructured program requires higher level of nuclear supervisory experience and skillsets of ECP personnel New Watts Bar ECP representative is in place l 8 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Ensuring Sustainability Site Leadership Accountability Corporate Oversight Nuclear Safety Culture Monitoring Panel Employee Concern Program Training and Communications Adverse Employment Action Process Employee Concerns Program Surveys Nuclear Safety Culture Surveys l 9 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Summary Watts Bar Nuclear Plant l 10
- Watts Bar is exhibiting sustainable and effective improvements in the overall work environment and implemented corrective actions to ensure an environment for raising concerns without the fear of retaliation.
- Watts Bar is committed to ensuring sustained improvement in the Operations and Radiation Protection departments and effective implementation of our fleet process for Nuclear Safety Culture monitoring.
- Watts Bar is committed to preventing a chilled work environment from developing in another department at the site.
- Watts Bar is preparing and will be ready for NRC inspection in October 2019 to review the closure actions for SCWE CCI and CO remaining items.
Questions?