ML20057B214
| ML20057B214 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 09/08/1993 |
| From: | Bettenhausen L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Sieber J DUQUESNE LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9309200167 | |
| Download: ML20057B214 (3) | |
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W Q' is-Docket No. 50-412 SEP 81993 Mr. J. D. Sieber Senior Vice President Nuclear Power Division 3
Duquesne Light Company Post Office Box 4 Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077
Dear Mr. Sicher:
SUBJECT:
SEPTEMBER 2,1993, MEETING TO DISCUSS OPERATOR TRAINING This letter documents the results of a meeting requested by your staff to discuss the operator training program at Beaver Valley. Our July 7,1993, letter transmitting the results of initial license examinations at Beaver Valley Unit 2 had noted our disappointment in the performance of the applicants, and the requested meeting enabled discussions about tne examinations and Duquesne Light Company's (DLC's) planned actions to address the weak results. The meeting was open to the public and was attended by George Thomas, Ernest Chatfield, and Larry Freeland of DLC; Region I personnel including Wayne Hodges; and Robert Barkanic of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources.
As DLC had not participated in an initial license examination for approximately six years prior to the May 1993 examination, your discussion focused on the discrepancies between DLC's expectations for the examination process and the actual examination process currently performed uuder Revision 7 of the Examiner Samdards. Further, there was discussion regarding the four topics of technical and procedural interest covered in the July 7 cover letter. Also, DLC vrsonnel described their plans to evaluate the root cause of the weak operator performance and to correct those areas determined to be at fault.
We appreciate your interest in discussing the examination and in soliciting specifics and clarifications regarding the observed performance problems. We believe the meeting was successful in that resocct. However, the examination and its results are largely a matter of record, and the task at hand is to understand what caused the weak performarice and to correct it. As your plans appeared to be uncertain as to the schedule and methodology for your evaluations, we encourage you to establish a high priority for your evaluations and to pursue them in a determined, methodical manner.
As we would like to learn and understand your conclusions regarding the root cause(s) for the weak performance, we would appreciate your communicating the results in a future OFFICIAL RECORD COPY G: MEETING.BV 16008u g
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meeting when your evaluations have been completed. DLC personnel at the meeting f
t indicated a willingness to do this. Thank you for your interest in discussing the operator training area. There were no specific actions or commitments requested or made as part of this meeting, either by NRC or DLC personnel.
Sincerely, i
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tec H. Cettenhauscn Lee H. Bettenhausen, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety cc:
G. S. Thomas, Vice President, Nuclear Services D. E. Spoerry, Vice President, Nuclear Operations L. R. Freeland, General Manager, Nuclear Operations Unit K. D. Grada, Manager, Quality Services Unit N. R.. Tonet, Manager, Nuclear Safety Department H. R. Caldwell, General Superintendent, Nuclear Operations T. W. Burns, Director, Nuclear Training E. Chat 6 eld, Training Manager Public Document Room (PDR)
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