ML20039E098
| ML20039E098 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 12/04/1981 |
| From: | Hukill H METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. |
| To: | Novak T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| ML20039E090 | List: |
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| L1L-356, NUDOCS 8201060525 | |
| Download: ML20039E098 (5) | |
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DOCKEThG & SEimt December 4, 1981 URANCH L1L 356 Mr. Thomas M. Novak' Assistant Director for Operating Reactors Division of Licensing U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Cor: mission k*ashington, D.C.
20555 Des Mr. Novak:
'Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (TMI-1)
Operating License No. DPR-50 Docket No. 50-289 TMI-l Shift Manning Tliis letter is in answer to paragraph two of your letter Docket No. 50-289 of December 1, 1981 in which you requested our plan for continued staffing of the plant while in cold shutdown prior to restart.
The following--individuals (previously Licensed) who took the NRC examinations in October and did not pass have been removed from all licensed duties
- and will not be used for licensed duties without prior notification of NRC, or until they have passed the required NRC examination (s) and have been officially issued a new NRC license:
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The following individuals who took the NRC October examinations and did not pass were not previously licensed and will not perform licensed duties until such time as they are licensed by the NRC:
R WW RR KK lt is our plan to use our remaining operatori. who currently hold a cold shutdo.m license to fulfill licensed duties as long, as the plant remains in the cold shutdown condition. Justification for.those operators currently holding cold operating licenses but who did not pass all sections of the October NRC examination, and are planned to be used to meet the Technical Spacification license requirements for the cold shutdown condition are contained in Attachment 1.
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JUSTIFICATION Indicated below is the justification for those operators currently holding cold operating licenses but who did no: pass all sections of the October NRC cxa=ination, whom we consider to be co=petent to meet the technical specifica-
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Senior Reactor Ooerators 1.
I - Mr. I has been licensed as a Ro at 'IMI-l since 1974 and as a SRO since 1977. He has continually performed his licensed duties _in a highly co=petent and reliable =mmer.
He was promoted to Shif t Super-vdsor in April 1978 and continued his superior perfor=ance in that senior
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To assist Mr. I in carrying out his assigned duties on shif t, a mini =um of two Reactor Operators who successfully co=pleted all sections of the October RO examination vill be assigned to his shift at all times.
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.T_ - Mr. F has been licensed as a RO at THI-1 since 1974 and as a SRO since 1977.
He has performed his licensed duties in an effective and competent mner during that period.
He also served in the U. S.
Mavy nuclear program as an Electronics Technician qualified as Reactor Operator. Mr. I was just recently promoted to Shif t Supervisor, having been assigned as Shift Fore =an from March 1978 to September 1981.
M. F passed all requirements of the SRO exa=ination, including the oral exa=ination, except for one section of the writ:en examination..\\
(R-65%).
We are commencing to retrain him and consider ha vill soon be ready to retake this section.
Reactor Ooerators 3.
1 - Mr. Z had approximately six years of Navy nuclear experience p-ior
- o co:ing to TM1.
He has perfor=ed in a very satisfactory manner as a licensed Reactor Operator since 1978. He was promoted to Shift Fore =an in October 1980. Mr. Z passed all requirements for the SRO license, including the oral and si=ulator examinations, except for one section (R-64%) of the SRO vritten exa=ination. Based on his past l
perfernance and his perfo. ance on the October exa=ination (passed l
all 20 recuirements) I consider Mr. Z highly capable of perfor=ing l
licensed 20 du:ies in the cold shutdown condition.
He vill not be the technical specification requirenents for E.n S50 l
used to meet since he does not currently hold a cold SRO license. We are co=senc-ing :o retrain him and consider he vill soon be ready to retake the section of the SRO exa=ination he failed.
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f; - Mr. G received his RO license in 1974 as one of the original 4
l Operators of TMI-1.
He has de=enstrated during his years of operation thc: he is one of the most co=petent Reactor Operators and most qualified Control Room Operator in the entire plan:.
He is highly respecced by the Shif: Supervisors and Fore =en for his extensive knowledge of the plan: and his ability to perform in a profe sional and co=petent =cnner in difficul and de=anding situations. Fr. ( received a grade of over j
E0'.' on the writ:en exardnation and passed t.ne oral exa=ination, but l
f ciled one sec:iori of. the vri::en -(T-63%).
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I other~ operators who failed only one section of the examination, we are commencing to retrain him and consider he will soon be ready to retake the section he failed.
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,T_ - Mr. T was an original operator of THI-l and received his RO license in 1974. He has always carried out his licensed duties in an exceptionally competent and professional manner and is especially capable in unusual or abnormal situations.
Because of his extensive knowledge and experi-ence in the plant he is frequently called upon by his supervisors for-assistance in these. type of situations. Mr. T successfully passed the written portion of the examination but failed the oral.
It is our considered opinion that a major contrib'uting' factor to his failure of the oral examination was "boardsmanship",
i.e., he is a very quiet and reticent individual who, therefore, has a natural tendency to have difficulty with. oral type examinations. We intend to attack this problem by giving him repeated oral exaninations by senior and know-ledgeable members of the plant staff.
I am confident he will be well prepared for his re-examinction.
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i Writer's Direct Disi heroer 00f.KETED December 18, 1981 L1L 358
'82 JAN -4 PS:23 Mr. Thenas H. Novak
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Assistcs: Director for Operating Reactors ERANCll Division of Licensing U. S. Nuclear Regulatory CW*sion Wr.chington, D.C.
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Thres Hile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (TMI-1)
Opera' ting License No. DPR-50,
Docket No. 50-289
'DfI-1 Shif t F=an4ng This letter is in response to your latter Docket No. 50-289 of Decie=ber 1, 1951, in which you requested that we provide our proposed operator staffing
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plan for THI-1.
Our letter L1L 356 of Dece=ber 3, 1981, provided the information requestad concerning shift staffing prior to restart.
This icut'er outlines our plans for restart and continued operation at power.
Our long term goal and current phhg are directed towa$ds regaining
' capability to have a sir.-shift rotation.
The loss of seven licensed i
operacors (four RO's and thrse SRO's) in the last year has us currently i
in a situation where ve have the capability for staffing five shifts consistent with the ahift manning cots:itments set forth in ASLB's Partial IrJ.tial' Decision of August 27, 1981.
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or esceed our Technical Specification requirements-for shift nanning sod the _licensa wming conditions for the operation of 'DfI-1 as set forth in the ASL3 Partial Initial Decision on Management Issues.
We vill also continue to ce= ply with the Staff Guidelines on overtine, and training requirements.
.The NRC oral and written re-examination of operators who failed one or core sections of the RD or SRO exa=ination's adiinistered in October is now scheduled for tha week of Februrary 8,1982.
Car staffing plan must therefore be shown as two sepsrate plans; one for startup before the re-examinations are administered and graded, and a second based on o'perations af ter the re-exaninations.
Licensed Operator Manning Plan Before Pa-Examination There are currently 21 individuals licensed as either RO or SRO as a. result of the October NRC License examinations.
So=c of these-individuals are not l
nor= ally shif t operating personnel, but are filling other positions in plant WQLk Qf d ' " (3 -
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' canage= cat, train 4 g and as an STA.
A specific program for assur'ing non-
.opersticus depar: rent licensed per=ennel'are funy aware of current plant starus and operation, which viu include instructicnal watches, vill be conducted.
This potentiany i=cludes three individuals from the Training
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Department, who were licensed operh. prior to assig:nent to the training j r ' ' ".
depar=nent,
and one STA.
These individuals win also be assigned on-shift with our :nora knowledgeable and experienced SRO licensed shift supervisors.
This additional trrining is not necessary for the two Sio licensed individ o
uals frca plant canagement' as they are deeply involved in plant operations
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on'a day-to-day basis, and are well versed en plant status and conditions.
Shown belse is the status "cf the currently licensed personnel.
Normal Shift Operating Staff 4
2 9
Others 6
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TOTAL 10 2-9 = 21 Ir r$
also ha desirable during this period to alter our shif t -n4ng 7
for short periods of time (less than 10 days) and have licensed operators working,in effect, a four shift rotation.
Licensed Deerater Ma=ning Plan After Ee-Erdnation c
Training has cc=nenced for those operators who failed the October ex=-h, tion. " of those who failed, four vill not be reco= ended for re-exanination in February.
We do enticipate recot:ocuding three P4's and five 520'.s for the Februt.y re-e 4"* tion.
Shown below is the status of Licensed personnel, assu=ing all these individuals pass their *=%a-tion.
Nor=al Shif t Operating Staff 9
0 12 Others 6
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TOTAL 15 0
12 = 27-After the exanination results are available ve vill restructure our shift
-"4"3 to mininite the use of non--operating staff personnel.
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s "I'h= folleving steps are being taken to insure we achiava our goal of a
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- xtion rotacion add that appropriate cad adequate training is =ain-tainedt The training week as part of the shifr rotatics vill be retained.
To' reduce from six to five section, ve have elhinated the relief
.veak from the shift rotation which are nor= ally assigned to, the 0700-1500 shift.
This vill insura that continuity and adequacy of training is maintained.
An uaitional five 20 trainees frca the operations departmenc vill hav,e. completed their training progran in tima to permit then to taka the NEC RO arnmNtion during the week of February 8,1982 dad si=ulator annhtions scheduled in March.
The.se 5 vill be in addition to the 12 in the above tabulation, About four auxiliary operators vill estar the RO training program i
in January 1982.
About seven new hires vill enter the RO trMnhg progran in February or March 1982, About four 20's will enter the SEO trahg progra early in the f
year.
This program is designed to take six months. We have budgeted for seven shift supa: visors and seven shift foresen, fo t1982 and vill-maka eysry affort to achieve this nu=bar.
Zha operator training staff vi.11 be augnented by either internal l
or external resources to assure that use on shift of licensed me=bers of ~the Training Departnent staff does not hava an unacceptabla affect on the training progra i=plenestatien.
Based =n the above, I consider that TEI-1 has adequate licensed personnel to
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! safely restart and operate the Tait and that every reasonable effort is being taken to achieve the desired six section rotation in a thely manner.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 00CHETEP U1W BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD AND THE SPECIAL MASTER
'82 M -4 PS :23 In the Matter of
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Docket No. 50-22ffEIj$}[gf M
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(Restart)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of "TMIA MOTION TO DIRECT EXECUTION OF AFFIDAVIT AND TO ENTER DOCUMENTS INTO EVIDENCE" have been served on the following persons by deposit in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid,,on or before January 4, 1982.
- Judge Gary L. Milhollin Robert Adler, Esq.
'c/o Judge Ivan W. Smith
_ Assistant Attorney General' Chairman, ASLB 505 Executive House.
U.S. NRC P.O. Box 2357 Washington, D.C. 20555 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
- Ivan W. Smith, Chairman Mrs. Marjorie Aamodt ASLB R.D. 5 U.S. NRC Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320 Washington, D.C. 20555
- Steven C, Sholly Dr. Walter H. Jordan
. Union of Concerned Scientists ASLB 1725 Eye St.,
N.W.,
Suite 601' 881 West Outer Drive Washington, D.C. 20006 Oak Ridge' Tennessee 37830
- George F. Trowbridge, Esq.
Dr. Linda W. Little Shaw, Pittman,. Potts & Trowbridge l
ASLB 1800 M St., N.W.
I 5000 Hermitage Drive Washington, D.C. 20036 Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
- Counsel for NRC Staff
- Gary J. Edles, Chairman '.
Office'of Executive Leg ~al Director ASLAB U.S. NRC
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U.S. NRC Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 i *; Docketing and Service Section
- John H. Buck
- Office of the Secretary I
ASLAB U.S. NRC U.S. NRC Washington, D.C. 20555 Wa shington, D.C. 20555
- Christine N. Kohl A3 LAB U.S. NRC Uashingotn, D.C. 20555
- P.cginald L. Gotchy ASLAB Louise Bradford U.S. NRC.
Washington, D.C. 20555
- - Hand delivered January 4,1982
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