ML20011A120
| ML20011A120 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/29/1981 |
| From: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| REF-10CFR9.7, TASK-PII, TASK-SE SECY-81-568, SECY-81-586, NUDOCS 8110070289 | |
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SECY-81-568 POLICY ISSUE (Information)
For:
The Commissioners From:
William J. Dircks Executive Director for Operations
Subject:
Status of Development Items in TMI Action Plan, NUREG-0660
Purpose:
To provide background information for a Commission briefing related to items under developnent in the TMI Action Plan.
Discussion:
Background
Following the TMI-2 accident on March 29, 1979, a number of studies and investigations of the accident were con-ducted, and each of these groups made a number of recommenda-tions based on these studies. The TMI Action Plan (NUREG-0660) was developed to assemole and prioritize the recommendations into discre+~ scheduled tasks and actions with a stated objective and ruference for the relevant recommendations.
Thus, the TMI Ac-ion olan provides a comprehensive and integrated plan "Or a:tions judged necessary by the Nuclear Regulat:r; Comission to correct or improve the regulation and operdon of nuclear facilities.
The Action Plan contains approximately 159 major items.
For each major item, the plan soecifies an objective, and discusses NRC actions, and licensee actions together with a respective schedules. Many of the major items are divided into sub-items; N vever, the number of sub-items for NRC actions and the number of actions recuired of licensees may not be the sare for each major item.
The items are al3o assigned to Decision Groups and Priority Groups.
Basically, Decision Groups A and B include those items already approved ( A), or sufficiently well defined in the CONTACT:
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s The Comissioners plan (B) that Comission approval of the plan meant that implementation should proceed.
Decision Group C items require further definition or development, and Decision Group D items are those that were not derived from the TMI-2 accident, but are part of the agency's normal operating plan and are included for completeness.
Senedules for Decision Group D items are not included in the plan.
The priority of the various actions in the plan was based primarily on the relative risk-reduction potential. The ranking system is discussed in Appendix B to NUREG-0660.
The Priority Groups are defined as follows:
Priority 1 - Should be initiated in FY81 or FY82 and accomplished as scheduled in the plan.
Priority 2 - Schedule, if possible, but initiation of development of a resolution can be deferred up to one year.
Priority 3 - Initiation of development of a resolution can be deferred up to two years.
Tracking System An Action Plan Tracking System (APTS) has been established by the Office of Management and Program Analysis (OMPA) to monitor the status of NRC action items in the plan.
This system provides a computer tabulation of significant information related to each issue and is updated quarterly, The September 1981 APTS summary is the fourth update.
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The information in APTS includes the name of the lead contact person, and the title, purpose, schedule, accomplish-
"p ments, current status and issues 21ated to each item.
Status indicators and status flags are also included in the APTS. The status indicators identify whether the item is active, inactive, complete or a requirement (approved for implementation). The status flags are green, yellow or red and indicate the status with respect to the originally approved schedule for each item.
The green flag indicates that the item is on schedule, yellow indicates a schedule slip up to one year, and red indicates a schedule slip of over one year.
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'ie Comissioners Following the initial issue of APTS, the tracking system was expanded to track individually each sub-item in the plan.
Consequently, the original list of 159 items was expanded to 346 items.
As indicated above, a number of Decision Group A and B items have been approved by the Commission for imple-mentation in operating plants. These licensee action items are identified in NUREG-0737, " Clarification of TMI Action Plan Requirements." There are approximately 128 sub-items in the implementation category (corresponding to 135 licensee actions), and their status is reported in a memorandum for Comissioner Bradford from W. J. Dircks, E00, " Status of ThI Action Plan Implementation Items,"
dated June 22, 1981. The implementation status has also been the subject of several Comission briefings by the staff. The most recent one was August 5, 1981.
In addition to the 128 items being implemented, technical resolution for 75 items was completed at the time the plan was issued or has been completed since. This includes some remaining items from the Bulletins and Orders Task Force that are covered in other parts of the plan.
Consequently,143 sub-items can still be considered in the developmental stage by the staff.
Status The purpose of this paper is to discuss the status of the 143 developmental items (NRC Action) in the plan. A series of figures is enclosed to provide a graphic repre-
'sentation of the distribution of items in the plan and the current status of the developmental items. A list of the figures is presented in Table 1.
Future Work The TMI Action Plan contains 346 individual action items.
Of the total,143 items are in the developmental stage and technical resolution has been completed for 203 items.
Of the developmental items, 35 are Niority I items, and 8 are listed as red (i.e., a slip of over one year from the original schedule has occurred). Tables 2 through 4 present listings of the Priority I items with green, yellow, or red st:tus, respectively.
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information on the current status and causes of slippages is provided in the September 1981 APTS printout, provided to the Commissioner's assistants on September 28, 1981.
During Commission deliberations on the FY83 budget, we discussed the problem associated with potential shortfall in FY82 resources.
Recognizing that all questions could not be fully answered until we receive a FY82 appropriation, we did discuss the potential of deferring work on Priority II and III items. We expect to be in a position to discuss this deferral with the Commission shortly.
During FY82, the priority of all remaining Priority II and III developmental items will be reevaluated, and the items will be ranked in the order in which work should be resumed when resources permit.
The staff has reviewed the schedules for a number of the remaining Priority I items.
It appears that in some instances the original schedules may not have been realistic.
In several cases, it is clear that there is no possibility of changing the status from red to yellow or green, as long as the status is measured against the originally approved schedule.
In other cases, the work scope of the particular items has been expanded.
The staff recommends that revised baseline schedules and scopes be approved for these items.
A separate Commission paper is being prepared which will present the proposed revised schedules and scopes, and the justification for the changes.
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Enclosures:
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Tables 1 through 4 2.
Figures 1 through 7 DISTRIBUTION:
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Table 1 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 - All Action Plan Items _: This figure shows that 203 items have been comoleted and 143 items can still be considerec in oevelopment.
Fioure 2 - Priority I Items Only: This figure shows that if Priority I items only are considered, technical resolution is complete for 161 items, and only 35 items remain in development.
This indicates that much of the staff effort has been directed toward resolution of the Priority I items. The remaining developmental items (108) are Priority II and III and Decision Group D items.
Figure 3 - Development Items Only:
This figure shows the priority distribution and status flag distribution of the 143 developmental items.
There are 35 items in Priority I, 53 items in Priority II and 26 items in Priority III.
There are also 29 Decision Group D items remaining.
Of the remaining 35 Priority I items,14 are green,13 are yellow and 8 are red.
Figure 4 - Itcms Assigned to NRC Offices:
This figure shows the distribution of assignments for Action Plan items as given in NUREG-0606.
Of the 346 total items, 226 were assigned to NRR, 66 were assigned to Research, 38 were assigned to Inspection and Enforcement and 16 were assigned to M
other groups (NMSS, OGC, ADM, EDO, OPA, AE0D and IP).
y Figure 5 - Office Assignments of Develooment Items Remainino - All Priorities:
This figures shows the distribution by NRC office for developmental items in all categories.
Fic"re 6 - Office Assionments of Develoomental Items Remaining - Priority I:
This figure shows the distribution by NRC office of the remaining 35 Priority I i tems (NRR-14, RES-15, IE-4, Other-2).
Of the 14 NRR items,
7 are assigned to the Division of Human Factors Safety.
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the developmental items in Priority Groups II and III.
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.;n Table 2 Priority I Items Under Development - Green Status Office /
Original Current Item Ti tle NRR Div.
Schedule-
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Revise Reg. Guide 1.8 RES Feb..'82 Same I.A.2.6(5)
Upgrade Insp. Procedures for Training IE Feb.-82 Same Programs I.B.1.1(7)
Revise Reg. Guide 1.33 RES Feb. 82 Same I.E.3 Operational Safety Data Analysis RES As. Regrd.-
Same I.E.6 Reporting Requirements for Analysis of AE00 Arc. 82 Same Operating Experience II.E.2.2(1)
Research on Small Break LOCA and Transients RES FY 81 Same II.E.2.2(2)
Investigate Nat. Circulation and Reflux RES Aug. 81 In Pmgress Condensation II.E.2.2(4)
Semiscale Small Break LOCA RES Sept. 81 In Pmgress II.E.2.2(6) liigh Pressure lleat Transfer Data RES Aug. 80 Test Complete Analysis Underway II.E.3.2 Decay lleat Removal - System Reliability DST In USI A-45 II.J.4.1(4)
Deficiency Reporting - Revise 10 CFR 21 RES As Needed Same I..H.1 Maintain Safety of THI-2 TMIPO Ongoing Same III.A.2.1(4)
Revise Inspection Program - Upgraded IE Apr. 82 Same Requirements III.B.2 Implementation of NRR and FEMA's ED0 Apr. 82 Same Responsibility
9 Table '3 Priority I Items Under Development - Yellow Status Office /
Original Current Item Title NRR Div.
Schedule Schedule I.A.2.6(2)
Revise NUREG/CR-1750 " Requirements for RES Dec. 80 Sept. 81 Operator Licensing" I.A.2.6(3)
Revise '9 CFR 55 - Mandatory Training RES Sept. 81 June 82 I.A.2.6(4)
Operator Workshops RES Jan. 81 Dec. 81 I.A.4.1(2)
Training Simulator Improvements - Interim DHFS Dec. 80 Dec. 81 Improvements I.B.I.1(2)
Management for Operation-Criteria for DHFS Jan. 81 Dec. 81 Onsite-Offsite Organizations I.B.I.1(3)
Upgrade Management and Technical Resources DilFS Mar. 81 Mar. 82 1.B.1.1(5)
IE to Review Implementation of Upgrading IE June 82 Slip Expected Activities I.D.4 Guidance for Control Room Design RES July 81 On Hold II.E.2.2(3)
Improve Current Small Break Codes RES Dec. 81 Dec. 82 II.E.4.4(5)
Issue Modified Purge and Vent Requirements DSI Dec. 81 Apr. 82 II.J.3.1 Staffing to Oversee Design and Construction DilFS Aug. 81 Mar. 82 II.J.4.1(2)
Revise Deficiency Reporting Requirements RES Apr. 81 On Hold (50.55E)
III.A.1.1(2)
Upgrade Emergency Preparedness - Long Term IE Sept. 81 Apr. 82
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Table 4 Priority I Items Under Development - Red Status Office /
Original Current Reason for Item Ti tle NRR Div.
Schedule Schedule Schedule Change I.A.2.5 Training and Qualification of.0perating DHFS Jan. 1981 1983 Lack of Resources Personnel - Plant Drills I.A.2.6(6) long Term Upgrading of Training and DHFS Dec. 1980 Nov. 1982 Additional Techni-Qualifications - Nuclear Power Fundamentals cal Assistance Needed I.B.1.1(4)
Management for Operations - Long-Term DHFS July 1981 July 1982 Await Completion Improvements of Other Task 1
I.C.1(4)
Short-Term Accident Analyses and Procedures DSI Sept. 1980 Sept. 1982 Delay in Vendor Revision - Staff Transients Analyses
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II.B.6 Risk Reduction for Operating Reactors in DSI Dec. 1980 Apr. 1982 Await IP 2&3 High Pooulation Density Areas llearing II.C.1 Interim Reliability Evaluation Program RES Sept. 1980 flay 1982 Extensive Peer (IREP)
Review Comments II.C.3 Systems Interaction DST June 1981 tiar. 1983 Scope Enlarged II.E.4.4(4)
Containment Design - Purging DSI Apr. 1980 Apr. 1982 Delayed by Other Work
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