ML20116D987
| ML20116D987 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 04/23/1985 |
| From: | Fay C WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO. |
| To: | James Keppler, Norelius C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8504300144 | |
| Download: ML20116D987 (2) | |
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231 W. MICHIGAN, P.O. BOX 2046. MILWAUKEE, WI 53201 FILE L April 23, 1985 Mr. J. G. Keppler, Regional Administrator Office of Inspection and Enforcement, Region III.
U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 799 Roosevelt Road
-Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Attention:
Mr. C. Norelius, Director Region III Division of Reactor Projects Gentlemen:
DOCKET NOS. 50-266 AND 50-301 GENERAL TRAINING FOR NRC INSPECTORS POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 Your letter dated December 28, 1984 requested that
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t we cooperate in improving the initial access time for NRC Jnspectors at our Point Beach Nuclear Plant.
In accordahce with
-' dC regulation 10 CFR 50.70b(3), all personnel who are granted
- t. escorted access to the Point Beach Nuclear Plant are required receive general employee training.
This training consists of b generic and site-specific information concerning aspects of t,
rac ation safety, physical security, and emergency response.
Your Decomber 28 letter indicated that Region III will conduct its own tra3 ning covering the generic aspects of these topics.
You requested that we modify our orientation, training, and indoctrination procedures such 6. hat NRC personnel who have~successfully completed the NRC-administered comprehensive training program would not be delayed more than~one hour by our entry requirements (site-specific training, security badging, whole-body counting, etc.).
I apologize for not responding to your December 28
.. letter earlier.
However, we are presently evaluating the general employee training and orientation programs at our. Point Beach Nuclear Plant, and, until recently, no complaints were' received from NRC personnel while we continued our past practice until the evaluation was complete.
This evaluation was prompted, in part, by the upgraded training recommendations and requirements as suggested by the Institute of. Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) in their Good Practice documents.
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4 TMrf J. G.-Keppler April 23, 1985 we have observed in this evaluation that the generic training-subjects. comprise only a relatively small portion of the four to five hours we generally have found necessary to administer all entry training and processing requirements.
Thus, while we may determine
,that your generic training for NRC personnel can be' credited against our on-site training program, we do not believe we could reduce total entry processing delay to less than one hour as you suggest.
l For the time.being, and until our present training evaluation can be completed, we do not plan to make any' changes to the entry processing and training program for NRC personnel.
As you are aware, under normal circumstances the licensee i-assumes responsibility for the consequences of actions taken
. by personnel granted unescorted access to its facility and is liable for injury to persons or damage to equipment resulting from the activities of those individuals.
If we-determine, upon-completion of our ongoing training requirement study, that the
- NRC personnel may be credited for generic training administered by _ the NRC, we would assume that the NRC would accept full responsibility and liability-for the consequences which may arise from NRC personnel not participating in the normal' Point Beach staff-administered general training.
In anticipation of licensees accommodating your expedited access requests, we trust you are i
considering a mechanism for the NRC to acknowledge its acceptance of this liability and responsibility.
Very truly yours, SN
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Vice President-Nuclear Power i
C. W. Fay Copy to.NRC Resident Inspector.
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