ML19351E829
| ML19351E829 | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 12/08/1980 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8012190403 | |
| Download: ML19351E829 (3) | |
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BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR _ REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO Af1Ei.Df4ENT NO. 4 TO FACIIITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-75
.PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS CGiPANY SALEM GENERATING STATION, UNIT NO. 2 DOCKET NO:
50-311 As a result of a proposed management reorganization for the Salem Generating Station, the licensee has requested changes to Section 6.0
" Administrative Controls" of Appendix A (Safety) of the Technical Specifications. Tnese proposed changes also affect Section 5.0
" Administrative Controls" of Appendix B (Environmental) of the Technical Specifications.
Under the organization in effect at the time Facility Operating License DPR-75 was issued for Salem Unit 2, all of the Company's operating plants reported directly to the General Manager - Electric Production who, in turn, reported to the Vice President - Production, and who was siruitane-ously responsible for both fossil and nuclear operations. We commented in our Safety Evaluation Report Supplement that this organizational arrangement could tend to dilute the attention given by corporate manage-ment to nuclear operations, but we concluded that the organization was workable due to the heavy emphasis placed on nuclear operations.
The licensee now proposes to divide the duties previously exercised by the General Manager - Electric Production, by establishing a General Manager - Nuclear Production, a Gene!al Manager - Fossil Production, and a General Manager - Production Support. The Company's nuclear plants will now report to the General Manager - Nuclear Production who will also direct the activities of a newly designated Manager - Emergency Prepared-ness and a Manager - Nuclear Operations Support, previously designated the Manager - Nuclear Operations. The new General Manager - Production Support will control most of the corporate level technical resources supporting the Company's operating plants. This proposed new organiza-tional arrangement is shown on the attached Figure 6.2-1.
Our evaluation indicates that this proposed new organizational arrangement is superior to the previous arrangement since the new General Manager -
Nuclear Production can devote his entire attention to the nuclear plant operation.
Further, the Vice President - Production can now look to the General Manager - Production Support for most of the technical resources needed to support safe plant operation. Also, the revised organizational structure provides a Panager - Emergency Proparedness who can devote his attention to the emergency planning, security and i
fire protection functions at the nuclear plants. As shown in the revised Figure 6.2-1, the Manager - Emergency Proparedness will have direct access to the Vice President - Production on emergency preparedress matters.
The proposed revised organization also provides an Assistant Vice President -
Production, who supervises the Manager - Personnel Affairs and Administra-l tion, and through him the corporate Training Manager. The Assistant Vice President - Production also will serve as the Chairman of the Nuclear Review Board.
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, Under the organization in being at the time Salem Unit 2 was licensed, the Manager - Quality Assurance reported to the Vice President -
Engineering and Construction.
In the new proposed organization, a General Manager - Corporate Quality Assurance has been created, on a reporting level comparable to the Vice President - Engineering and Construction and the Vice President - Production.
This is shown on the attached Figure 6.2-1.
This change assures the continued separation of the quality assurance function from the production function and, in fact, should result in greater corporate attention being given to quali ty assurance. We conclude that it is acceptable.
Figure 6.2-2, attached, depicts the proposed new station organi:ation.
There are a number of significant changes that the licensee proposes to make.
In addition to a number of title changes, the Radiation Protection Engineer has now been moved such that he is free from olant operational pressures and has direct assess to the Station Manager. This is in accord with the desires of the.*;RR Radiation Assessment Branch anc is acceptable. The Senior Training Supervisor at the Station has been i
replaced by a corporate level Training Manager, who coordinates train-ing activities directly with the Department Heads at the Station. This should result in increased emphasis on training and is acceptable.
At the time the license for uit 2 was issued, the licensee had the Shif t Technical Advisors retorting to the Reactor Engineer.
By letter dated October 29, 1980, the licensee informed us that, in order to obtain a greater involvement of the STAS in shift operation and an improved awareness of plant conditions, the STAS had been shifted so that they would report to the Operating Engineer rather than the Reactor Engineer. This change is reflected on the attached Figure 6.2-2.
This reporting arrangement maintains STA independence from the actual shift operating crew and is acceptable.
4 Figure 6.2-2 also shows the Station Quality Assurance Staff now reporting to the Manager - QA Operations and Maintenance at the Corporate level who, in turn, reports to the new General Manager - Corporate Quality Assurance, as shown on Figure 6.2-1.
This maintains the independence of Station QA activities from operating pressures and is acceptable.
As a result of the organizational and title' changes as noted above, the text of Section 6.0 of the Safety Technical Specifications and Section..
5.0 of the Environmental Techn.ical Specifications has been altered. We i
have reviewed these text changes and find them to be in accordance with the proposed new organization.
I Overall, our review indicates that-the proposed organizational changes covered by the requested Technical Specification amendment should result in strengthened management controls of the nuclear plant operations, as compared to the organization that was in effect at the time the operating license for Salen Unit 2 was issued. On this basis, we conclude that the proposed management reorganization is acceptable.
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_3-Environmental Consiceration We have determined that the amendment does not authorize a change in efficent types or total amo,unts nor an increase in pcwer level and will not result in any significant environnental impact. Having mace this determinat cn, -e na.e i
further concluded that the amendment involves an action wnich is insignificant from the standpoint of environmental impact and, pursuant to 10 CFR SV.5(c';( ),
that an environmental impact statement er negative ceclaration and environrental impact appraisal need not be prepared 'ir, connection with tne issuance of this amendment.
Conclusion-We hase concluded, based on the consideraticns discussed abcve, tnat:
(1) because the amendment does not involve a significant :ncrease in tne probability or consequences of accidents previcusly considered-and does not involve a significant decrease in a safety margin, the amencment.dces not involve a significant haaards consideration, (2) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (3) such activities will te con-ducted in compliance with the Ccemission's regulations and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense anc security cr to the health and safety of the public.
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Date:
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