ML20056F393
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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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| ML20056F394 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 9308270119 | |
| Download: ML20056F393 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000498/1993025
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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
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.
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Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examination of
procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and
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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
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emergency response organization members by methods different than those
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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
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
Practice," were satisfied. This violation was self-identified, and the
licensee staff took prompt and effective actions to correct the problem.
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
identified during the last three inspections in this functional area.
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second weakness involved failures by all three crews evaluated to generate
prompt and accurate dose projections. Weaknesses according to 10 CFR Part 50,
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You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions
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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
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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
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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
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23, 1993.
Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased
to discuss them with you.
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Appendix - NRC Inspection 'leport
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Newman & Holtzinger, P. C.
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Washington, D.C.
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Central Power and Light Company
ATTN:
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P.O. Box 2121
Corpus Christi, Texas 78403
Records Center
700 Gallelria Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5957
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50 Bellport Lane
Bellport, New York 11711
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1700 Seventh Street
Bay City, Texas 77414
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Bethesda, Maryland 20814
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