ML20058N060

Discusses Licensee Engineering Initiatives.Util Encouraged to Begin Similar Initiative.Cooperative Effort Would Promote Efficiency & Enhance Effectiveness of Nuclear Power Plant Engineering Activities

ML20058N060
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Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	08/06/1990
From:	Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Opeka J CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER CO.
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Executive Vice' President Engineering'and Operations 1

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Licensee Engineering Initiatives Nuclear, power, plant licensees, industry groups, professional societies,: and the NRC have devoted substantially increased attention-to nuclear power: plant engi-neering, program' enhancements in recent years.

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document'(DBD) updates, safety system functional inspections, 'and other engi--

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.In. order-to share experiences and foster a disciplined and coordinated. approach to engineering? initiatives,- licensees in the NRC Region V area have established 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-q igrams. ? Appropriate liaison has been provided with INP0 and NUMARC regarding H

Lthe forum' efforts:and guidelines. The. forum plans'to issue additional guide-lines,Jon'subjectsLwhich include engineering backlog, spare parts,-and qualifi--

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Forum members have indicated that' their counterparts Lin NRC Regions _II.and III2 are also in the-process of setting up:similar working.

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

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