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Forwards Insp Repts 50-498/93-25 & 50-499/93-25 on 930802-06 & Notice Violation
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Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	08/24/1993
From:	Callan L; NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Cottle W; HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
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ATTN: William T. Cottle, Group

Vice President, Nuclear

P.O. Box 1700

Houston, Texas 77251

SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-498/93-25; 50-499/93-25

(NOTICE OF VIOLATION)

This refers to the inspection conducted by Dr. D. Blair Spitzberg and

J. Keeton during the period August 2-6, 1993. The inspection included a

review of activities authorized for your South Texas Project Electric

Generating Station facility-. At the conclusion of the inspection, the ;

findings were discussed with those members of your staff identified in the

enclosed report. .

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Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report and include

a review of the operational status of the Emergency Preparedness Program. '

Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examination of

procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and >

observations by the inspectors. The inspection findings are documented in the :

enclosed inspection report.

Based on the results of this inspection, certain licensed activities appeared

to be in violation of NRC requirements, as specified in the enclosed Notice of

Violation (Notice). The violation involved the requalification training of j

emergency response organization members by methods different than those -

required by the Emergency Plan. Another violation, discussed in Section 2.1

of the enclosed report was identified for failure to submit changes to the .

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Emergency Plan and implementing procedures to the NRC as specified in

10 CFR 50.4. This violation is not being cited because the criteria in ;

paragraph Vll.B.2 of Appendix C to 10 CFR Part 2 of the NRC's " Rules of l

Practice," were satisfied. This violation was self-identified, and the ;

licensee staff took prompt and effective actions to correct the problem. l

In addition to the violation cited, two emergency preparedness weaknesses were

identified during walkthroughs conducted with operating crews. One weakness

involved a crew's underclassification of conditions corresponding to an Alert.

We are concerned that emergency classification weaknesses have now been i

identified during the last three inspections in this functional area. The l

second weakness involved failures by all three crews evaluated to generate l

prompt and accurate dose projections. Weaknesses according to 10 CFR Part 50, i

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licensee. '

You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions <

specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response to the violation !

and the two weaknesses. In your response, you should document the specific

actions taken and any additional actions you plan to prevent recurrence.

After reviewing youi response, including your proposed corrective actions and ;

the results of future inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC ;

! enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatcry

requirements.

Finally, an unresolved item is discussed in Section 5.1.1 of the enclosed

report. This item involves your capability to perform emergency

accountability of onsite personnel during the day shift within the time

criteria specified in NUREG 0654 and the Emergency Plan. During the previous

three drills that tested this capability, your evaluators determined that the

criteria was not met. In the two most recent drills, between 50 and 200 '

onsite individuals were not accounted for after 30 minutes. NRC views the

timely accountability of onsite personnel as a critical emergency response ;

capability. Consequently, we plan to resolve this item by evaluating your

next day shift accountability drill to determine whether you can meet the

required criteria. We understand that this drill is scheduled for September ,

23, 1993.

Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased

to discuss them with you.

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Enclosure:

Appendix - NRC Inspection 'leport

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City of Austin

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City Public Service Board

ATTH: K. J. Fiedler/M. T. Hardt

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Newman & Holtzinger, P. C.

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Washington, D.C. 20036

Central Power and Light Company

ATTN: D. E. Ward /T. M. Puckett

P.O. Box 2121

Corpus Christi, Texas 78403

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Mr. Joseph M. Hendrie

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Bureau of Radiation Control

State of Texas

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Austin, Texas 78756

. Judge, Matagorda County :

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Bay City, Texas 77414

Licensing Representative

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ATTN: Rufus S. Scott, Associate

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P.O. Box 61867

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