ML20055B956

Forwards Addl Info Requested by Chapter 13 in NUREG-0737, Item I.B.1.2, Near-Term OL Applications - Mgt for Operations. Draft Tech Spec Re Organization Mod Encl

ML20055B956
Person / Time
Site:	Midland
Issue date:	07/20/1982
From:	Jackie Cook CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Shared Package
ML20055B957	List: ML20055B956
References
RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737, TASK-1.B.1.2, TASK-TM 17966, NUDOCS 8207230652
Download: ML20055B956 (4)

Text

. , .-

. .T d'

m r consumers .

. Power

~

g y James W Cook

• ~ ' '

m p' 5 Vice President - Projects, Engineering

- and Construction

']

-* ..+ *- ,e General Offices: 1946 Wogt harnell Roere, Joskeen. MI 49201 e (617) 7880463 Jul 20, 1982- '

s s

~

haw " r i

e <

! liarold R.Denton, Director ~

, Office of Neclear^ Reactor Regulation

, y Division of Cicensing .

~

f

'US Nuclea.s hegulatory Commission ,

. Washington, DC 20555

! e+ , a '. , _

c MIDLA!!D' PROJECT

- 4 N k,( g , DOCKET,50-329:aad 50-330 . ~

i c' PROPOSED ORGANI7.ATIONAL MODIFICATION

• OFgTIIE NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENT

'p ,

\ "FlLE: 0505 ','81'l ' .SEstI AL: 17966 y ,, . ~ ,

5 k r, I

.Thelgintent of this letter is to provide additional information requested by

.' y(our, ISEG)'Chapter-13 described inreviewer. NUREG-0737, concerning I.B. I.2. the Independent This item isSafety Engineering presently listed as Group confirmatory on the Midland docket.

% s w.

g' Irsa me,eting that was held on May 4,1982.in Bethesda, Consumers Power Company

.' (CP Co) explained to the NRC Staff how it intends to modify its organization.

CP% believes that thismodification will result in an organization that will

,~ encompass the ISEG role and pliilosophy in addition to promoting a safer plant and utilizing personnel more; effectively. Appendix A describes the proposed organization. .

!**, Draft Midland technical specifications describing how the new organization will function are attached as appendix B.

~- '

p -

p- g u

.' y ,. .,.,

,1 s

. +

0 40

,., 'e r= .Y

~= 8207d30652 820730 C ' ,'

PDR ADOCK 05000329 ,

! ,A, ,- PDR _ .-. ,

' .N e

, P oc0682-1061al3b.

s

' * ,/ e -

l -

4 s ,s . .. .. ,

v \ ',#. g ;F [

. - - ._ - _ ..- -. .. . - = -

2 A submittal similar to Appendix A will also be included with the Big Rock Point and Palisades technical specification change requests which will be entered on their respective dockets for NRC approval under a separate cover.

The response to NUREG-0737, I.B.I.2, in the Midland FSAR will be updated to address the modified organization after NRC approval is received.

JWC/KJT/jm CC RJCook, Midland Resident Inspector RHernan, US NRC DBMiller, Midland Construction (3)

RWHuston, Washington JMPeschel, US NRC Region 3 DSBrinkman, US NRC oc0682-1061a131

S , .

1 I

1 i

4 1

1

(

l 4

i

APPENDIX A i

I l ORGANIZATIONAL MODIFICATION j OF Tile NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENT I

i

1 APPENDIX A Organizational Modification of the Nuclear Activities Department CP Co proposes to modify its organization by creating a new department titled Nuclear Activities Plant Organization (NAPO) and broadening the responsibil-ities of the Plant Review Committee (PRC) and Safety and Audit Review Board (SARB, which will be renamed the Nuclear Safety Board - NSB). This new organ-ization will involve the General Office and all three CP Co nuclear power plant sites (Midland, Palisades and Big Rock Point). The Independent Safety Engineering Group (ISEG) functions described in NUREG-0737, Item I.B.1.2 will be performed by NAPO except where other groups already carry out that duty or, a higher level group such as the NSB or PRC decides to perform the task them-selves. However, CP Co does not plan on conducting redundant reviews. The NAPO Site Administrator will coordinate with the chairman of the PRC and NSB to assure that ISEG functions are addressed and will further be responsible to report to the NSB/PRC on the significant issues and findings of NAPO. Inte-grating these functions in this coordinated manner will improve the overall safety of the plant through more effective utilization of experienced personnel.

The NAPO group will perform independent safety appraisals, perform plant trending and safety reviews on request, and act as a technical resource to the PRC and NSB. This will result in elevating the PRC and NSB from a level of issue identifiers to one of issue resolvers and also allow the senior and experienced managers who serve on these committees to better utilize their talents addressing key safety issues. In addition, the full-time availability of NAPO will permit safety reviews to be conducted in more detail than is now possible using part-time PRC members.

The Vice-President of Nuclear Operations, Executive Director of Nuclear l Activities and Plant Managers can request NAPO to provide specialized techni-cal support for problem resolution or General Office interface. NAPO will also interface with QA but not become an integral part of that organization.

l At present, CP Co does not plan on integrating STA's into the NAPO group but certain review functions may require STA interaction.

Since NAPO will be a single entity, individuals with a specific expertise will be available to support reviews at all sites regardless of their permanent home location. This will promote a transfer of information between the sites.

It is now projected that the ultimate staffing for the NAPO group will be approximately 10 professional people at Midland, 8 at Palisades, 1 at Big Rock

[

Point and 3 in the General Office. There will also be additional technical /

( secretarial help to assist them. NAPO will report off-site to the Vice I President of Nuclear Operations through the Executive Director of Nuclear

! Activities and is therefore independent of direct line responsibility for

. operating the plant. Independence from plant management will be fostered by l

development of career paths not dependent on plant management. NAPO will increase the available technical expertise located at the plant sites and permit additional systematic assessment of plant activities.

mi0782-1108a131 L