ML20114D506
| ML20114D506 | |
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| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 12/18/1984 |
| From: | GENERAL PHYSICS CORP. |
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| GP-R-212118, NUDOCS 8501310381 | |
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O PROCEDURES GENERATION PACKAGE FOR THE HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION Prepared for PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY GP-R-212118 Dec mber 18,1984 GENERAL PHYSICS CORPORATION COLUMBIA, MARYLAND
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.0 . I N T RO D U CTIO N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1.1 P ur po se . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1.2 Scope ............................................. I 1.3 B a ck gr oun d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2.0 F L O W CH A RTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1 Utilization of Flowcharts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3.0 PLANT-SPECIFIC TECHNICAL GUIDELINES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.1 G e n e ral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.2 Description of Conversion Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.2.1 - BW ROG-E PG to P-5TG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.2.2 P-ST G to EO P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4.0 EOPs W rit e r's G uide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.1 G en e r al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.2 Document Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5.0 EOP Verification Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5.1 _ G e ne ral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5.2 Verification Program Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
. 6.0 EOP Validation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6.1 G e n e r al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6.2 . Validation Program Description . . . . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1
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-- 7.0 - EO P Training P rogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.1 G e ne ral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 72 Training Program Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.3 Training Program Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.4 ~ EOP Training Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 8.0 System Function and Task Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 APPENDIX A EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES WRITER'S GUIDE I
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose P
This document identifies the elements to be used by Public Service Electric and Gas Company's (PSE&G) Hope Creek Generating Station to develop its Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs). The EOP's will provide the operator with directions to mitigate the consequences of a broad range of accidents and multiple equipment failures.
This document.is based upon the NRC Guidelines for Preparation of Emergency Operating Procedures, NUREG-0899, August,1982.
1.2 ' Scope This document was developed in response to Supplement I to NUREG-0737, Item 7.2b. The guidance provided in this document applies only to the Hope Creek EOPs and not to other procedures.
1.3 Background
ic Shortly after the accident at TMI, the NRC formed the Bulletins and Orders Task Force '(B&OTF) within'the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. The Task Force was
- responsible' for reviewing and directing the NRC -activities associated with the Three Mile Island-type accident for all operating plants, to assure their continued safe operation.
f-On the basis of the NRC's review, it was concluded that the General Electric (GE) designed boiling water reactor (BWR) plants were quite capable .of coping with small
- break LOCA's and feedwater transients, with or without stuck open relief valves.
The NRC did, however, identify improvements in' the systems, procedures and analysis _which will make the GE designed BWRs less suceptible to core damage during accidents and transients, coupled with system _ failures or operator errors. One of the I
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-w recommendations from the B&OTF was to restructure and reformat the current EOPs from an event basis to a symptom basis. The symptom-based Emergency Operating
' Procedures would be categorized according to general plant symptoms, such as loss of coolant inventory, as opposed to several separate existing associated procedures, i.e.,
LOCA Inside Containment, LOCA Outside Containment and Loss of Normal Feedwater.
Shortly af ter the TMI accident, the Owners' Groups were formed to study and resolve problems associated with the operation of their plants. The GE Owners' Group concurred with the NRC and recommended that the Emergency Operating Procedures for nuclear plants be restructured and reformatted to a symptom basis, as opposed to the more event-specific basis.
The BWR Owners' Group developed Emergency Procedure Guideline (EPGs) to be used by the utilities to develop Symptom-Based or Function-Oriented Emergency Operating Procedures. The Emergency Procedure Guidelines, Revision 2, NEDO-24934, June,1982 were reviewed by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. An SER was issued and the EPGs were issued to all licensees on February 8,1983 (Generic Letter 83-0A 2
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2.0 FLOWCHARTS 2.1- ' Utilization of Flowcharts
. Flowcharts are utilized for the Operator Action Steps of the Hope Creek EOPs.
$ These flowcharts provide the operator with visible guidance, which will help the operator
] .. get the plant into a safe condition quickly and consistently.
. The major deficiencies of event-type EOP's are (1) they required the operator to diagnose the specific event in order to mitigate the consequences of that event and, (2) they did not address multiple failures or unavailibility of various equipment.
The Hope Creek EOPs will be designed to minimize these deficiencies. This will be accomplished by selecting entry conditions to the EOP which are indications of potential emergency conditions or conditions which, if not corrected, could degrade into an' emergency. This gets 'the operator into the EOP quickly. Once the EOP is entered, .
c the order of priority is established by the values and trends of the monitored parameters-as the operator executes the procedures.
- There is no need for the operator to attempt to memorize the Operator Action Steps because they are visible on the flowcharts which are to be placed in the Control
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When plant conditions are stable, the operator enters a restoration procedure. At this time, the plant is shut down and should be in-a safe condition with the mos_t
-important verifications and actions completed, and plant equipment used to combat'the emergency is' returned to a standby condition. The operator is then directed to normal-plant procedures to restart or cooldown the plant.
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- 3.0 PLANT-SPECIFIC TECHNICAL GUIDELINES 3.1' General p The BWROG-EPGs will be used as a basis for the Hope Creek Plant-Specific Technical Guideline (P-STG). The format and arrangement of the Hope Creek Guideline closely parallels the BWROG-EPGs and contains plant-specific information for Hope Creek.
' Since the Hope Creek P-STG is based upon the BWROG-EPGs, which has been validated by the Owners' Group and evaluated by the NRC, there is no requirement to validate the Hope Creek P-STG.
3.2 Description of Conversion Methodology The methodology for the conversion of the BWROG-EPGs to the Hope Creek P-STG is described in paragraph 3.2.1. Note that Hope Creek will write to Revision 3 of the EPGs with deviations documented on Figures 1 and 2.- The methodology for r conversion of the Hope Creek PSTG to the EOPs is described in paragraph 3.2.2 -
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BWROG-EPG background information will be used to determine the intent of'the Guidelines and their applicability to Hope Creek. Where applicability is
-verified, the generic Guideline will be converted to a plant-specific guideline that meets the intent of the source Guideline. This will help ensure that the prescribed operational sequence results in the desired plant condition endpoint. Where inapplicability of a Guideline is verified, technical justification of adaptation or omission will be provided.
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' The EOP writing team will reference a variety of source documents for plant specific information. These source documents include (but are not limited
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BWROG-EPGs
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.the information on Figure I will be completed by the writing team. The justification section will be used to provide plant-specific technical information or explain' deviations from Revision 3 of the BWROG-EPGs.
3.2.2 P-STG to EOP The writing team will convert the P-STG steps into a " logic"_ type flowchart format thru direct incorporation where possible. In all cases, the intent of the P-STG step will be _ included.- The format and style of this conversion will'be governed by Appendix A.
- As each step of the Hope Creek P-STG is converted to an EOP step, the 1
information on Figure ' 2 will be . completed by - the writer. Where direct incorporation of a step' cannot be accomplished,' the justification section _will be used to briefly describe EOP step equivalency. The information on Figure 2 will also be completed for EOP steps which incorporate station specific directives.
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'4.0 EOP WRITER'S GUIDE 4.1 General The EOP Writer's Guide is a document that provides specific, detailed instructions to : personnel writing or revising EOPs. In addition to establishing sound writing principles,' the guide promotes consistency of format, usage, and technical presentation among all EOPs and revisions, independent of the number of different EOP writers. The Writer's Guide' will be revised as necessary to reflect valid feedback resulting from procedure validation, training, and operator experience.
' The Hope Creek EOP Writer's Guide is based upon the requirements of Guidelines for the Preparation of Emergency Operating Procedures, NUREG-0899, August 1982,'
Section 5.0 - Plant-Specific Writer's Guide and the industry's Emergency Procedures
--Writing Guideline, INPO-82-017, July 1982. The Writer's Guide contains all the necessary information and guidance ..for translating the Hope Creek P-STGs into EOPs and is applicable only to the production and revision of the EOPs.
4.2 Document Description The Writer's Guide contains detailed information on the following major topics:
e EOP Designation and Npmbering - This section contains instructions for
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o Procedure Cover Sheet Format.- This section contains instructions for %ge-format, procedure organization, and instructional step numbering.
e Flowchart Guidelines - This section contains instructions for flowchart content, symbol coding, functional flow and branching, and ease of use.
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.w e Flowchart Instruction Steps - This section contains instructions on step length, step content, use of logic terms, component identification, level of detall, etc.
-e Alechanics of Style. -
This section contains instructions of spelling,
' hyphenation, punctuation, vocabulary, etc.
A complete copy of the Hope Creek EOP Writer's guide is included as Appendix A.
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~5.0 EOP VERIFICATION PROGRAM 5.1 General '
Yerification of the Emergency Operating Procedures will confirm that static aspects _of the procedures,'such as component designations, setpoints, and format, are
, correct in accordance with the EOP source documents, the generic guidelines, and the Hope Creek Writer's Guide. The verification plan is modeled after INPO Guideline 83-004, " Emergency Operating Procedures Verification Guideline."
5.2 ' Verification Program Description The Hope Creek verification program for EOPs will address the following 5' ' objectives: -
e EOPs are technically correct, i.e., they accurately reflect the plant-specific technical guidelines and other EOP source documents.
e EOPs are written correctly, i.e., they accurately reflect the plant-specific writers guide.
e The information presented in the EOPs will be consistent with ~the qualifications, training,~and experience of the operating staf f.
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GP-R-212118 PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY The verification includes the following:
e Verification - of the correctness and completeness of the plant-specific information merged with the generic guidelines.
e The application of human factors principles to the EOPs as delineated in the Hope Creek Writer's Guide.
e Verification of the ' compliance of the resultant EOPs with the generic guidelines from which they were developed.
e Verification of the compliance of the EOPs with applicable operating, system, and administrative procedures.
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^ 6.0 EOP VALIDATION PROGRAM
- 6.1 General Validation of the Emergency Operating Procedures will confirm the dynamic usability of the procedures by the operator and the operability of the equipment. The validation plan is - modeled after INPO Guideline 83-006, " Emergency Operating Procedures Validation Guideline."
6.2 Validation Program Description The Hope Creek validation program for EOPs will address the following objectives:
e The EOPs are usable, i.e., they can be understood and followed with a minimum of confusion,- delays, and errors.
e A correspondence exists between the procedures and the control room / plant hardware.
e The instructions presented in the EOPs will be consistent with the shift manpower, qualifications, training, and experience of the operating staf f.
e Assurance that the procedures will work, i.e., that the procedures guide the operator in mitigating transients and accidents.
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The validation plan includes the following:
e- Comparison of the level of information presented in the EOPs with the minimum crew staffing required by the technical specifications, qualification, training, and experience of the operating shift. j i
l e Determination that the EOPs can be understood and followed without confusion, errors, and delays.
e Determination that a correspondence exists between the EOPs and control room / plant instrumentation and equipment.
e Determination that there is a high level of assurance that the EOPs will be effective in providing operator guidance towards the mitigation of transients and accidents.
e . Simulator exercises and control room walk-throughs will be used for EOP validation.
e Scenarios will be developed to ensure all EOPs possible will be exercised on the simulator. These scenarios will include multiple failures, both simultaneous and sequential.
e Control . Room walk-throughs will be performed on all EOPs to ensure the steps which cannot be performed on the simulator are covered.
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GP-R-212118 PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY 7.0 - EOP TRAINING PROGRAM 7.1 General EOP training will be a vital element in the overall operator training program at Hope Creek. A unified effort on the part of the training department and the EOP writers will result in operators who are knowledgeable in both the use and the intent of these
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7.2 Training Program Development When developing training in the area of EOP's the following major items will be considered:
e What type of operator training should be provided (initial, requalification).
1 e - What method of operator training should be followed (classroom and/or simulator, etc.).
e What operator knowledge and skill level is required.
e What training material is needed to support EOP training requirements.
e .What current operator licensing requirements or guidelines exist.
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7.3 Training Program Objectives The objectives of this training program will include:
7.3.1 Review of the requirements for the EOP's from:
e NUREG-0737 TMl 11 Task Action Plan e Supplement I to NUREG-0737 - Emergency Planning Requirements e NUREG-0899 - Guidelines for the preparation of Emergency Operating Procedures 7.3.2 Discussion and review of the philosophy of the BWR Owners' Group Emergency Procedure Guidelines (EPG's) including:
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e Need for symptom oriented procedures as opposed to event oriented procedures e Entry conditions and exit criteria e ' Use of flowcharts for operator actions -
-7.3.3 - Discussion of EOP flowchart development from the BWR Guidelines through the use of the Plant Specific Technical Guidelines.-
7.3.4 Understanding of the content and use of-each EOP. This will include careful- review and walk-through of procedure steps to ensure operator knowledge of technical bases, location of instrumentation, and use of the procedures. i l
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- GP-R-212118 PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY 7.3.5 Successful performance of a series of practical exercises to completely walk-through each EOP.
7.4 Training Methods The training will be conducted using both classroom lecture and simulation exercise.
7.4.1 - The classroom lectures will present the operators with:
o Technical basis for the procedure steps e The philosophy behind the procedures e The relationship among procedures e The use of flowcharts 7.4.2 The simulator exercises will provide practical experience in executing each procedure. This will include knowledge of the procedure interrelationships, ability to locate and use instrumentation and experience in utilizing the procedures as a shif t (crew).'
e A wide variety of scenarios will be used, including multiple (simultaneous and sequential) failures.
e Classroom discussions will be utilized for portions of the EOPs that cannot be exercised on the simulator.
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. GP-R-212118 PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY 7.4.3 Requalification Training All licensed operators will participate in control room walk-throughs using the EOP's during requalification training. The walk-throughs will be conducted in the control room or using the plant-specific simulator.
The_ training and operations staffs will participate in presenting
-requalification training. Participants in the requalification training program will critique the EOP's exercised during the training program. Any additional training needs will be determined from this critique and formal feedback discussed in 7.4.5 7.4.4 Training on Revisions Training on minor procedure revisions will be conducted through a. program of preshift briefings or lectures in the requalification program. Training on major revisions will be conducted by the use of classroom instruction and walk-throughs in the control room or on the plant-specific simulator. If operational considerations do not allow control room walk-throughs, end the plant-specific simulator is not available, training on major revisions will Le conducted during classroom instruction.
7.4.5 Operator Feedback Operator feedback resulting from EOP training will be solicited and docu-mented. This information will be collected following initial training and each requalification segment as specified by the Nuclear Training Center Instructor Development Manual. Additional training needs will be determined from this evaluation.
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GP-R-212118 PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY 8.0 SYSTEM FUNCTION AND TASK ANALYSIS A _ system fui.ction and task analysis was performed during the Control Room Design Review (CRDR) and is described in the Hope Creek Generating Station CRDR summary report. The objective of the system function and task analysis was to determine the information and control requirements associated with control room operator emergency response tasks in order to allow a systematic analysis of the completeness and adequacy of the control room equipment to support emergency response. The data from the CRDR task analysis is being used in the preparation of the EOPs. The task analysis will be updated on the completed EOPs. This will be done as part of the CRDR. The task analysis provides integration between the EOPs and CRDR.
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