ML19340D233

Informs That Revised Licensed Operator Qualification & Requalification Training Program Submitted in Response to NRC Found Unacceptable.Program Must Be Revised, Incorporating Items Listed in Encl

ML19340D233
Person / Time
Site:	Crane
Issue date:	12/01/1980
From:	Collins P Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Hukill H METROPOLITAN EDISON CO.
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Docket No. 50-289 E

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Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057

Dear Sir:

We have renewed the Revised Licensed Operator Qualification and Requalification Training Program submitted by you in response to the March 28, 1980 letter frcxn H. R. Denton. Based on our review, we find that program to be unacceptable for M-1 licensed operations personnel.

Incorporation of the items listed in the enclosure to this letter will be necessary for acceptability.

Mr. Joseph McMillen has been assigned to review your program. He may be reached on 301-492-7476.

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P F. Collins, Gief Operator Licensing Branch Division of Human Factors Safety i

Enclosure:

Ccanents on M Operator Regnalifir me4m Program cc: See next page 1

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Metropolitan Edison Company ccw/ enclosure (s):

Mr. Marvin I. Lewis Dr. Walter H. Jordan 6504 Bradford Terrace 881 W. Outer Drive Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19149 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Walter W. Cohen, Consumer Advocate Dr." Linda W. Little Department of Justice 5000 Hemitage Drive Strawberry Square,14th Floor Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17127 Holly S. Keck Robert L. Knupp, Esq.

Anti-Nuclear Group Representing Assistant Solicitor York Krupp and Andrews 245 W. Philadelphia Street P. O. Box P York, Pennsylvania 17404 407 N. Front Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108 John Levin Esq.

Pennsylvania Public Utilities Com.

John E. Minnich, Chaiman Box 3265 Dauphin Co. Board of Comissioners Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Dauphin County Courthouse Front and Market Streets Jordan D. Cunningham, Esq.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101 Fox, Far-and Cunningham 2320 North 2nd Street

• Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Harrisbtrg, Pennsylvania 17110 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, D. C.

20555 Theodore A. Adler, Esq.

WID00 REAGER SELK0WITZ & ADLER

• Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel P. O. Box 1547 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105 Washington, D. C.

20555 Ms. Marjorie M. Aamodt

• Docketing and Service Section R.D. #5 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320 Washington, D. C.

20555 Ms. Karen Sheldon Robert Q. Pollard Sheldon, Harmon & Weiss 609 Montpelier' Street 1725 I Street, N.W. - Suite 506 I

Baltimore, Maryland 21218 Washington, D. C.

20006 Chauncey Kepford Earl B. Hoffman Judith H. Johnsrud Dauphin County Comissioner Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Dauphin County Courthouse 433 Orlando Avenue Front and Market Streets State College, Pennsylvania 16801 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101 Ms. Frieda Berryhill, Chaiman Ms. Ellen R. Weiss, Esq.

Coalition for Nuclear Power Plant Sheldon, Hamon & Weiss Postponement 1725 I Street, N.W.

2610 Grendon Drive Suite 506 Wilmington, Delaware 19808 Washington, D. C.

20006 Mrs. Rhoda D. Carr Mr. Steven C. Sholly 1402 Marene Drive-304 South Market Street-Harrisburg,. Pennsylvania 17109 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055

2-Metropolitan Edison Company Mr. Thomas Gerusky Ms. Jane Lee Bureau of Radiation Protection R.D. 3, Box 3521 Department of Environmental Resources Etters, Pennsylvania 17319 P. O. Box 2063 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Karin W. Carter Esq.

505 Executive House Mr. G. P. Miller P. O. Box 2357 Mr. R. F. Wilson Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Mr. J. J. Barton Metropolitan Edison Company Honorable Mark Cohen P. O. Box 480 512 0-3 Main Capital Building Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 G. F. Trowbridge, Esq.

Dauphin County Office Emergency Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Preparedness 1800 M Street, N.W.

Court House, Room 7 Washington, D. C.

20036 Front & Market Streets Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101 Mr. E. G. Wallace Licensing Manager Department of Environmental Resources GPU Service Corporation ATTN: Director, Office of Radiological 100 Interpace Parkway Health Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 P. O. Box 2063 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105

- Mr. R. W. Conrad Vice President, Generation Director, Criteria and Standards Pennsylvania Electric Company Division 1007 Broad Street Office of Radiation Programs (ANR-460)

Jonnstown, Pennsylvania 15907 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D. C.

20460 Miss Mary V. Southard, Chairperson l

Citizens for a Safe Environment I

P. O. Box 405 l

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108 Mr. Robert B. Borsum Babcock & Wilcox Government Publications Section Nuclear Power Generation Division State Library of Pennsylvania Suite 420, 7735 Old Georgetown Road Box 1601 (Education Bellding)

Bethesda, Maryland 20014 i

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126

• Ivan W. Smith, Esq.

Mr. David D. Maxwell, Chaiman Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel Board of Supervisors U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Londonderry Township Washington, D. C.

20555 RFD#1 - Geyers Church Raod Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Ms. Kathy McCaughin Three Mile Island Alert, Inc.

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency 23 South 21st street l

Region III Office Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17104 ATTN: EIS COORDINATOR Curtis Building (Sixth Floor)

Mr. L. W. Harding 6th and Walnut Streets Supervisor of Licensing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 480 Mr. J. G. Herbein Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Director, Nuclear Assurance Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057 l

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Metropolitan Edison Company Mr. R. J. Toole Allen R. Carter, Chairman Manager TMI-l Joint Legislative Conurittee on Energy Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 142 P. O. Box 480 Suite 513 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Senate Gressette Builling Columbia, South Carolina 29202 Mr. W. E. Potts Radiological Controls Manager, TMI-l Daniel M. Pell, Esq.

Metropolitan Edison Company ANGRY P. O. Box 480 32 South Beaver Street Middletowr., Pennsylvania 17057 York, Pennsylvania 17401 Mr. I. R. Finfrock, Jr.

William S. Jordan III, Esq.

Jersey Central Power & Light Company Harmon & Weiss Madison Avenue at Punch Bowl Raod 1725 I Street, NW, suite 506 Morristown, New Jersey 07950 Washington, DC 200;6 J. B. Lieberman, Esq.

General Counsel Berlock, Israel & Liberman Federal Emergency ifanagement Agency 26 Broadway ATTN: Occket Clerk New York, NY 10004 1725 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20172 Mr. J. J. Colitz Plant Engineering Manager, TMI-l Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 York College of Pennsylvania Country Club Road York, Pennsylvania 17405 Mr. G. K. Hovey Director, TMI-2 Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Mr. B. Elam l

Manager. Plant Engineering, Unit 2 Metropolitan Edison Compan; P. O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Mr. Richard Roberts The Patriot 812 Market Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105 Governor's O'ffee of State Planning Mr. R. W. Heward and Development i

Manager, Radiological Control, Unit 2 ATTN: Coorcinator, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Edison Company Sta:e Clearinghouse P. O. Box 480 P. O. Box 1323 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Harrisourg, Jennsylvania 17120-

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CmMENIS ON IFREE MILE ISLAND OPERATCR REOUALIFICATIM PRO @W (Unit 1 Administrative Procedure 1006) 2.1(q) Open book qui sa a M niatered for periodic evaluation of an operators knowledge of the subject atter do not appear appropri-l ate. Since these are periodic quizes and are normally aMnf atered at the conclusion of a short series of lectures, we can not accept the concept of an open book examination testing the licensee's knowledge of a subject. This portion of the requalification program should be changed to reflect this requirement. This change should also be e de on page 6.0 with reference to the amual written ey=ninmHnns.

l 2.2(c) h reference to control anipulations which are not performed at the plant shall be modified to state that all control manipulations shall be performed at the plant or on the simlator. h March 28th letter provides for the use of a sfrulator for control manipulations as a substitute for actual plant operations but does not allow the leeway suggested by the wording in your procedure as now written.

This section est be modified to clarify the requirement for control manipulations.

In addition, the last paragraph of this section states that,

" licensed personnel, whose job assignments are not directly related to unit operations will actively particoate in control room operation a miniman of one shift per quarter. We do not believe this is adequate to n=fnrain the skills and knowledge required to operate the plant in a safe manner.

This secten should be codified to better define " job assigments not directly related to unit operations" and then require a specific neber of siift assigrrnents per conth or per quarter depending on the closeness to the day to day operations of the plant. For instance a Licensed Nuclear Engineer assigned to the facility and working at the plant on a day to day basis, one shift per ucnth my be adequate, but the same anoinaar assigned on a non-routine basis needs core time during a three month period to retain his skills and knowledge to clearly reflect the requirements for these licensed personnel.

2.7 h exes tion from taking the current annual evaluation examinat'on for personnel receiving their license less then i

six months prior to the aMnistration of this ex="4nmHnn is unacceptable. Newly licened personnel shall be required to enter the requalification program upon receipt of their license and will be exemt from the annual evaluation examination only when this examination is administered less than three (3) conths after the applicant has received his NRC license.

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- Enclosure 2, "Lhit 2 Operator Requalif4r=Hm Progra Status" contains infomation regarding negotiatix.s with Pennsylvania State Lhiversity af=d at establishing training sessions as part of the requalif4raHm progra for thit 2 operators. The operation of the Penn State Research Reactor in lieu of simlator operation for the regna14fication program for the thit 2 operator will not ce acceptable. We do not believe that control u nipulations of a research reactor, except possibly for startups, is a viable substitute for manipulations of a power plant simintor.

You should therefore modify this part of your progr a to assure that the unit two (2) operators perfom the required control manipnlaHms on a simlator so that they mintain all their skills and icxuledge for operation of the plant.

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