ML20058B102
| ML20058B102 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 11/18/1993 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Cottle W HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9312010394 | |
| Download: ML20058B102 (5) | |
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50-498 50-499 Licenses: NPF-76 NPF-80 Houston Lighting & Power Company ATTN: William T. Cottle, Group Vice President, Nuclear P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483
Dear Mr. Cottle:
SUBJECT:
REVIEW 0F DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION TEAM REPORT RESPONSES Thank you for your letter of October 15, 1993, which provided your third response to our letter of June 10, 1993, forwarding the Diagnostic Evaluation Team (DET) report for the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station.
Your letter enclosed the 1994 - 1998 Business Plan for the South Texas Project and noted that the Business Plan encompasses those actions and associated resource allocations necessary to effect near-term improvements in station performance and sustained superior performance over the longer term. You stated that the vision of the Business Plan is to make the South Texas Project a world class performer.
The Business Plan and your previously submitted Operational Readiness Plan constitute your response to the DET report. The DET report identified various significant weaknesses in station performance and attributed these weaknesses and the observed declining performance to four root causes:
(1) failure of management to provide adequate support, (2) ineffective management direction and oversight, (3) failure to effectively utilize self-assessment and quality oversight functions, and (4) ineffective root cause and corrective action processes.
The South Texas Project Restart Panel, which is composed of managers and staff in both the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and Region IV, and staff members from the Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data have determined by their review that the Business Plan and the Operational Readiness Plan establish a framework to address the performance issues and root causes identified in the DET report. We understand that detailed action plans and supporting data are contained in the Business Plan: Companion Book (Volumes 1-5).
My staff plans to conduct a.
detailed review of the Companion Book during future inspections.
Although I am encouraged by your responses, sustained success of your i
improvement initiatives and permanent performance improvement will depend on continued management commitment and involvement to follow through on proposed corrective actions. The NRC will continue to closely monitor station I
activities until overall operation improves and performance is on a sustained i
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I appreciate your continuing cooperation with my staff in the conduct of our inspections and assessments.
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The Light c o m p a nyS uth Texas Project Electric Generating Station P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483 Houston Lighting & Power August 5, 1993 ST-HL-AE-4532 File No.:
G36 Mr. James M. Taylor Executive Director for Operations United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission 80 F Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001 South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. STN 50-498; STN 50-499 Response to the Diaanostic Evaluation Team ReDort Dated June 10. 1993
Dear Mr. Taylor:
Houston Lighting & Power (HL&P) is in receipt of your letter of June 10, 1993 which forwarded the results of the Diagnostic Evaluation conducted at the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STPEGS) from March 29 to April 30, 1993 and requested a response to the report within 60 days.-
Since receipt, HL&P has been reviewing observations noted in the report, as well as the results of our own internal and external assessments.
Additionally, as discussed in recent management meetings and presentations to the NRC, HL&P has initiated, and in several cases completed, significant corrective action to address issues identified in the Diagnostic Evaluation Report (DER) and our own
. assessments.
After careful review, HL&P believes that the most effective way to assure that significant and lasting corrective action is taken to address the root causes of the issues identified in the DER is to provide a response in the form of a Business Plan, similar to the responses provided by other facilities such as Palo Verde.
This approach was discussed with Mr. James Milhoan on July 30, 1993'and was described during our meeting on August 3, 1993.
f MitC-93\\93 215.001 Project Manager on Behalf of the Participants in the South Texas Project EDO - 009251 03'09(&5- [ 00
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August 5, 1993 ST-HL-AE-4532 File No.:
G36 Page 2 The Business Plan serves many purposes, but with regard to the issues in the
- DER, it will deso ibe the initiatives being undertaken to effect sustained improvements, the action plans to accomplish those initiatives, resource allocation to support those action plans, and mechanisms for assuring that actions taken are effective.
HL&P will provide a matrix to relate specific DER issues to those areas of the Business Plan which are designed to address that issue.
Significant progress has been made in developing the detailed i
action plans which will be included in the Business Plan, and several of these plans are essentially complete.
In most cases, the main task outstanding to finalize these plans is the development of budgets and resource loadings to support the plans.
Since resource allocation is a sig.tificant issue raised in the DER, HL&P believes that the plan should not be finalized until related budgets and resource loadings have been developed.
It is expected that this work will be completed on or about October 15, 1993.
certain key issues described in the DER warrant action prior to the resumption of power operations.
Over the near term, these issues sre being addressed in the context of a comprehensive Operational Readiness Plan (ORP) now being developed.
The ore will describe steps being taken by STPEGS to address items identified in the DER which require action to support power operations, issues in the NRC's Confirmatory Action Letter and its supplement, and other near-term issues identified by internal or external assessments and inspections.
Additionally, the ORP will describe how HL&P will assess and measure that STPEGS is ready to return to power operations, including the delineation of milestones and criteria which must be met prior to returning either STPEGS unit to service.
It is anticipated that the ORP will be submitted on or about August 27, 1993.
HL&P will keep the NRC apprised of the status and i
progress of the Business Plan and the ORP during periodic management meetings.
As previously discussed with your staff, HL&P has taken significant actions since the completion of the Diagnostic Evaluation, e
Senior level managers, with proven track records in the nuclear industry, have joined the team at STPEGS to provide the benefits of their talent and experience to the overall improvement efforts.
Steps have been taken to improve Operations staffing and to e
remove burdens from the Operations staff which potentially detract from their primary functions of monitoring and controlling the plant equipment.
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August'5, 1993 ST-HL-AE-4532 File No.:
G36 Page 3 Actions to improve the Units' materiel condition and reduce e
overall maintenance backlogs have been implemented, and progress in backlog reduction has occurred.
Steps have been taken to better define engineering tasks and e
work load, and to improve the effectiveness of the engineering program.
HL&P will continue to update the NRC staff on the progress in these areas through normal management and staff interaction and through the performance criteria defined in the ORP and Business Plan.
HL&P believes that the approach described in this letter for addressing the DER and achieving long-term improvements in performance at STPEGS is the most effective and manageable method to accomplish those objectives.
If you have any questions on our approach or details of our plan, please call me or Mr. Joe Sheppard (512-972-8757) at your convenience.
Sincerely, e.=> T~~~ M W. T. Cottle Group Vice President JJS/nl P
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South Texas Project Electric Generating Station August 5, 1993 ST-HL-AE-4532 File No.:
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Regional Administrator, Region IV Rufus S. Scott Nuclear Regulatory Commission Associate General Counsel 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Houston Lighting & Power Company Arlington, TX 76011 P. O.
Box 61867 Houston, TX 77208 Lawrence E. Kokajko Project Manager Institute of Nuclear Power U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations - Records Center Washington, DC 20555 13H15 700 Galleria Parkway l
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1615 L Street, N.W.
1100 West 49th Street Washington, DC 20036 Austin, TX 78756-3189 D. E. Ward /T. M.
Puckett U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.
Central Power and Light Company Attn:
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Box 1771 721 Barton Springs Road San Antonio, TX 78296 Austin, TX 78704 Mist-93\\93 215.001