ML19327C005
| ML19327C005 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 11/01/1989 |
| From: | Hairston W ALABAMA POWER CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8911140377 | |
| Download: ML19327C005 (3) | |
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1 Docket Nos. 50-348 50-364 U.- S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission ATIN: ' Document Control Desk i
Washington, D. C. 20555 Gentlemen:
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant NRC Simulator Training Concerns Identified In Inspection Report Nos. 50-348/89-19 and 50-364/89-_19 By letter of September 12, 1989, the NRC raised concerns regarding simulator training deficiencies in the areas of communications, normal operations, igenediate operator actions and accident mitigation strategies.
These concerns have been reviewed and in order to continue to improve in the areas noted in the inspection report the following actions have been or will be performed.
Comunications As a result of the concerns noted during the NRC administered license requalification examination in June, increased emphasis i
was placed on comunications. 'Ihe importance of clear concise comunications will continue to receive increased emphasis in the Operations Group. The topic of complete and accurate communication will be emphasized in the classroom and simulator portion of Operations training. In addition, proper comunications comprises one part of operator and team performance that is evaluated during the annual simulator examination.
Normal Operations In addition to communications, normal operations has also received increased attention during simulator training conducted since June. Normal operations and procedural adherence will continue to receive increased emphasis during annual simulator training.
In addition, training includes certain "off normal" situations that have occurred during actual operations to ensure that the lessons learned are appropriately applied.
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'Imediate Operator Action A new Operation Standing Policy has been developed and issued that gives instructions on how imediate operator actions are expected to be performed, verified and comunicated by the individual operator and the shift team. his policy has been reviewed with each crew during crew meetings and is being emphasized during the simulator training.
In addition, this policy will be developed into a performance guide that will be used as a standard for proper imediate operator action.
Accident Mitigation Strategies In order to ensure that every licensed person at Farley understands the actions for an A1WS, a Training Change Notice was issued explaining the purpose and importance of tripping the turbine during an A1WS event.
For the GGTR event, a recent enhancement in operations philosophy had been made to provide for a manual reactor trip prior to manual safety injection. The previous philosophy was to manually safety inject since that would give a reactor trip and water inventory make-up. %is could, however, lead to an aggravated A1WS scenario if the reactor does l
not trip on the safety injection signal, but the main feed pumps i
are tripped. Wis change in operating philosophy had been promulgated but not emphasized.
In addition, it should be noted that this was the first time this crew had been evaluated on this changed philosophy.
i General he performance of the crew' observed by the NRC in the simulator clearly was not to Farley Nuclear Plant standards. The apparent unwillingness to take constructive criticism, the inconsistency in performance and the off-handish manner that actions were taken are especially of concern. However, as noted in your report, the specific items were observed and corrected by the instructor during the training; hence, the requalification process is working. A meeting was subsequently held with this crew, the plant manager and the Vice President-Nuclear. The purpose was to obtain the crew's insight as to why they performed as they did and to ensure that they understood the proper attitude that they were expected to have concerning their jobs at Farley Nuclear Plant.
1 It is our experience that this crew's performance was not and is not typical of Farley Operations. However, we are continuing to monitor for indication of these or other problems in our performance.
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Page 3 Novenber l',1989 It is felt that the actions outlined above and our continued emphasis on a professional approach to operations will ensure that the noted areas are corrected and that operator performance wil) continue to
' improve.
If you have any questions, please advise.
Respectfully submitted, AIABAMA POWER COMPANY U
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W. G. Hairston, III NGH,III/ JAR md-10.54 cc: Mr. S. D. Ebneter Mr. E. A. Reeves Mr. G. F. Maxwell
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