ML20058P080
| ML20058P080 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 08/09/1990 |
| From: | Hodges M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Fitzpatrick E GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20058P083 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9008160040 | |
| Download: ML20058P080 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000219/1990005
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Dock'et'No. 50-219
GPU Nuclear Corporation
ATTN: Mr. Eugene E. Fitzpatrick
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REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORT No. 50-219/90-05(0L)-
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During the time period of April 9 through June 8,1990, the NRC conducted a
licensed operator requalification program evaluation at'the Oyster Creek
Nuclear Generating Station. The evaluation was conducted in.accordance with
Revision ~ 5 to NUREG-1021, " Operator Licensing Examiner Standards," specifi-
cally, ES-601, " Administration of NRC Requalification Program Evaluations."
The evaluation had two purposes: (1) to evaluate individual ^ licensed operator
competency; and, (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of the licensed operator
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requalification training program at Oyster Creek.'
. As a result of this evaluation, the Oyster Creek licensed operator requalifi-
cation. program has been rated as satisfactory; however, several significant
weaknesses were noted. The NRC results indicate that of the'21 licensed operators
examined, 5 of the 12 reactor operators failed at laast one part of the
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examination. All 9 senior reactor operators and all 4 crews were determined to
be satisfactory.
Section 2 of the attached report contains the details of the
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The Oyster Creek licensed operator requalification program contained the
'following significant weaknesses: (1) failure to establish and implement-
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improve the quality of the operating procedures; and,'.(3) failure to evaluate
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Reactor Operators (R0s) in all positions allowed by- their licenses during the _
facility administered annual operating tests. The enclosed report provides the
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details of these weaknesses.
GPUN letter to the NRC, dated July 26, 1990, Attachment 5 of the enclosed
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report, is the GPUN evaluation of' the Oyster. Creek licensed. operator requali-
fication program. .The evaluation also includes the corrective actions for
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weaknesses noted by the Oyster Creek training organization. The-NRC has
reviewed the evaluation and has the following concerns: .(1) a root-cause
analysis that identifies why the noted weaknesses occurred was not provided;
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(2) the evaluation did not addrcss procedure quality;:(3)'the evaluation did
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Accordingly, we request that you respond, in writing, within 30 days of the
receipt of this letter confirming the corrective actions committed to during
the interim exit meeting on April 24, 1990, and the final exit meeting on June
26, 1990. Additionally, the response should address the above noted weaknesses
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and concerns relative to the evaluation provided by letter to the NRC dated
July 26, 1990.
Section 7 of the enclosed report contains the NRC's under-
standing of your facility's commitments, made to date, to correct the weak-
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nesses noted relative to the requalification program.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of this
letter and its enclosure will be placed in-the NRC Public Document Room. The
response requested by this letter is not subject to the clearance procedures of
the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1980, Public Law No.96-511.
Should you have any questions regarding this requalification program evalu-
ation, please contact Mr. Robert Gallo at (215) 337-5291.
Sincerely,
Original signed By:
Marvin W. Hodges
Marvin W. Hodges, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure: REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM EVALUATION Report No. 50-219/90-05(0L)
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