ML20058N050

Discusses Licensee Engineering Initiatives.Encourages Initiation of Initiative Similar to Region V Establishment of Engineering Managers Forum to Share Experiences

ML20058N050
Person / Time
Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	08/06/1990
From:	Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Frizzle C Maine Yankee
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NUDOCS 9008130186
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Dear Mr. Frizzle:

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Licensee Engineering Initiatives Nuclear power plant licensees, industry groups, professional societies, and the i

NRC have devoted substantially increased attention to nuclear >ower plant engi-neering program enhancements in recent years. Many licensees save undertaken significant positive initiatives in the engineering area, including design basis document (D8D) updates, safety system functional inspections, and other engi-neering program improvements.

I in order to share experiences and foster a disciplined and coordinated a)proach to engineering initiatives, licensees ir the NRC Region V area have esta>l1shed an Engineering Managers' Forum. This forum has held several meetings since it was initiated in 1988, and has issued a formal charter plus two guideline docu-ments dealing with plant design basis documentation and other engineering pro-grams. Appropriate liaison has been provided with INPO and NUMARC regarding the forum efforts and guidelines. The forum plans.to issue additional guide-lines, on subjects which include engineering backlog, spare parts, and qualifi-cation of engineers.

Forum members have indicated that their counterparts in NRC Regions 11 and Ill are also in the process of setting up similar working groups.

I encourage you and other power reactor licensees in Region I to initiate a similar initiative that would provide for the sharing of information and ex-periences involving engineering initiatives and solution of problems common to all. A cooperative effort of.this nature would promote efficiency and enhance the effectiveness of nuclear power plant engineering activities.

The current chairman of the Region V Engineering Managers' Forum is Mr. John Allen ofArizonaPublicServiceCompany, telephone (602)340-4181.

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J. Randazza, Assistant Chairman of the Board J. H. Garrity, Executive Assistant to the President l

E. T. Boulette, Vice President Operations P. L. Anderson, Project Manager 1

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G. D. Whittier, Manager. Nuclear Engineering and Licensing R. W. Blackmore, Plant M nager l

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