ML20059D947

Ack Receipt of Revising C/A Commitments to 1993 Exercise Weakness in Area of Technical Assessment,Diagnosis & Mitigative Activities of Technical Support Ctr.C/A Found to Be Responsive to Concerns Raised in Insp Repts

ML20059D947
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	01/05/1994
From:	Chamberlain D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Cottle W HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 9401100150
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ATTN: William T. Cottle, Group Vice President, Nuclear P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483 I

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REVISED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO EXERCISE WEAKNESS (INSPECTION REPORT 50-498/9317-02; 50-499/9317-02) i j

Thank you for your letter dated December 16, 1993, revising your corrective action commitments to the 1993 exercise weakness in the area of technical assessment, diagnosis, and mitigative activities of the Technical Support Center (Exercise Weakness 50-498/9317-02; 50-499/9317-02). We have examined l

your revised corrective actions and find them responsive to the concerns i

raised in our inspection report. We will review the implementation of your corrective actions during a future inspection.

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Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact Dr. D. Blair Spitzberg of my staff at (817). 860-8191.

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Nuclear Licensing P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483 City of Austin Electric Utility Department ATTH:

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ATTN: Jack R. Newman, Esq.

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1100 West 49th Street Austin, Texas 78756 i

Judge, Matagorda County Matagorda County Courthouse 1700 Seventh Street Bay City, Texas 77414

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Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 South Texas Project Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. STN 50-498; STN 50-499 Response to Emeraency Preparedness Exercise Weakness 9317-02

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F. Groth (HL&P) to U.S.

NRC Document Control Desk, dated July 27, 1993.

(ST-HL-AE-4518)

Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL&P), as part of its response to the subject weakness, made the following commitment:

"A series of special seminars will be conducted with those personnel assigned to TSC technical staff responsible for assessment, diagnosis, and mitigative actions to clearly define responsibilities and relationship to each other, the operations Support Center, and the Control Room.

The seminars will include performance based tabletop exercises to evaluate the effectiveness of this training.

This series of seminars will be completed by December 1, 1993."

The initial series of seminars was completed on schedule.

However, because of station needs, approximately one third o' the assigned personnel were unable to attend.

It has been decided that additional training is necessary to fully develop and validate these skills.

Hence, beginning in January 1994 training, addressing plant assessment, will be provided monthly.

TSC technical staff members will attend one of the monthly sessions each quarter, therefore, makeup training for personnel missing the initial seminar series will not be conducted.

The continued need for this supplemental training will be evaluated after the 1994 Graded Exercise.

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Institute of Nuclear Power Washington, DC 20555 13H15 Operations - Records Center 700 Galleria Parkway i

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