ML19352A078
| ML19352A078 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 03/11/1977 |
| From: | Ross D JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| To: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| References | |
| IEC-76-07, IEC-76-7, NUDOCS 8103030006 | |
| Download: ML19352A078 (3) | |
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$P574 W March 11, 1977 Mr. James P. O' Reilly, Di rector Office of Inspection and Enforcement United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region 1 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406
Dear Mr. O'Reilly:
Subject:
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Docket No. 50-219 IE Ci rcular 76-07 The purpose of this letter is to respond to IE Bulletin 76-07 which is concerned with inadequate performance by reactor operating and support staff at licensed power reactor facilities.
In complying with the requested action set forth in the circular, the Oyster Creek Nuclear Gener-atino Station staff conducted a review of the practices in effect at the station which are designed to minimize personnel related errors. The follow-ing procedures and programs are in effect at the Oyster Creek facility and will continue to be in the future:
(1) All NRC licensed operators and shift operators are required to read all plant reportable occurrences and other items judged of interest l
from other facilities that are placed in the required reading book.
Items of significant interest such as personnel error related repertable occurrenr.es are reviewed at lectures in the Licensed Operator Requalification Program.
To this end, a portion of the Requalification Program is dedicated to an Operations Update Session whereby a senior staff member reviews operational highlights and problems with each shift class.
In addition to licensed and shift operators, plant staff members are routinely routed significant items of interest such as IE Circulars, Industry Bulletins, Regulatory Guides, Operating Reports, etc.
(2) All plant administrative, ope. rating, maintenance and surveil-Iance procedures require a special review process prior to approval and implementation which includes a Plant Operations Review Committee (PORC)
PORC review and in some cases quality Assurance review and concurrence.
assures that all procedures do not violate the Technical Specifications bO h
Mr. O'Reilly March II, 1977 in the performance of any action and that the proper administrative controls are utilized throughout the performance of the whole procedure.
All surveil-lance procedures 'that deal with safety related systems have step-by-step sign-offs for the individual performing the procedures or a detailed data sheet with sign-offs. Also, maintenance procedures on Quality Assurance Systems have specific instructions on hold points for checks by an independent Quality Assurance Specialist.
(3) All plant modifications, tests, or experiments must have a safety analysis and evaluation performed and accompanying the proposal. This must be reviewed and approved by PORC in accordance with the Technical Specifi-cations and administrative controls related to this area prior to implementation.
Ali proposed plant modifications are controlled by procedures and reviews which assure that the proper precautions are applied and design considerations are designated.
(4)
In the area of control rod movement, all such movements for the purpose of criticality testing and shutdown margin demonstration are performed strictly in accordance with PORC approved procedures where aII required administrative controls such as use of the Rod Worth Minimizer are specifically addressed.
Additionally, it has been the practice of the Oyster Creek Station to have the technical engineering group advise and/or monitor all major control rod movements accompanying increases in power and/or flux shaping during power operations.
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Prior to assuming shif t duties, licensed operators are required to turn over the shift in accordance with administrative procedures and to acknowledge the assumption of shift responsibilities by signature in the j
Control Room log at the start of the shift.
Additionally, the plant condition and equipment status are logged in the Control Room log book at'the beginning of each shift. The equipment operators also have a shift turn over procedure to practice which, in essence, is a turn over of the balance of plant equipment, including the radwaste facility.
At all times, a minimum operations crew is maintained at the site in accordance with the Technical Specifications.
A member of the plant supervisory staf f, a group shif t supervisor who possesses a Senior Reactor Operator License is present at all times.
In addition, there is always a seplor member of the staff available by phone to the Shift Supervisor to discuss plant L
operations if the need arises.
The above controls have been effective in minimizing the number of This is personnel error related incidents at the Oyster Creek Station.
evidenced by the fact that the operator error related reportable occurrences constitute only a small fraction of all reportable occurrences and a review of l
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C Mr. O'Reilly March 11, 1977 all reportable occurrences since the plant has been in operation shows that the number attributable to operator error has been relatively constant with a slight decrease over the past two years.
It is for these reasons and the cited existing controls that we feel the concerns of IE 76-07 are not a problem at Oyster Creek and no further controls or actions are contemplated at this time.
Ver truly yours, 1 -
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