ML20127A022
| ML20127A022 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 12/31/1992 |
| From: | Bettenhausen L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Opeka J NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20127A025 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9301110153 | |
| Download: ML20127A022 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000245/1992032
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DEC 311931
Docket No. 50-245
Mr. John F. Opeka
Executive Vice President - Nuclear
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Dear Mr. Opeka:
SUBJECT:
REQUALIFICATION PETAKE EXAMINATION AND INSPECTION
REPORT 50-245/92-32 (OL)
This refers to the inspection conducted and requalification retake examinations administered
by Mr. D. Florek and others frora December 14 - 17, 1992, at your Millstone Unit 1
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Nuclear Power 50ttion. The examination was conducted in accordance with NUREG-1021,
" Operator Licensing Examiner Standards," Rev. 6. The inspection reviewed licensee actions
on prior emergency operating procedure issues, independent audits of operator training
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progrcms, and corrective actions identiDed at the December 3,1992, management meeting in
the Region ottices.
On December 17, 1992, at the conclusion of the examination and inspection, findings related
to the preparation and administration of the requalification retake examinations and inspection
findings were discussed with Mr. Ilaynes and other members of your staff identified in the
enclosed report.
Four out of the five operators examined passed the retake examination. One operator failed
in the emergency classincation part of the simulator examination. One operator that was -
scheduled for the simulator retake examination was withdrawn by the facility on the morning
of the examination.
We also acknowledge your revised implementation date of July 1993 for Bowchart based
emergency operating procedures (EOP) as identified in your December 2,1992, letter.
Section 3.0 reviewed your implementation of prior EOP issues in your flowcharts.
Section 4.0 contains an unrese'ved item regarding how the technical specifications
requirements of paragraph 6.5.3.7 to audit training of the unit staff were being met. Based .
upon the information available to the inspector, it is not clear that audits of operator training
were performed in the period of 1986 to 1992.
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The report also discusses the December 3,1992, management meeting at the Region ofGees
in which you presented the facility analysis of why the 1991 remediation effort failed to
prevent the 1992 weaknesses and the corrective actions that the facility will take. Your letter
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dated December 7,1992, which was submitted as required by item 6 of our conGrmatory
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action letter CAL l-92-014, also provided short and long term corrective actions and the
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status of previously committed long term corrective actions. Your corrective actions will be
assessed further in future inspections of your licensed activities,
in accordance with 10 CFit 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of this letter and
the enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
If you have any questions, please contact Mr. R. Conte, Chief,11WR Section, at (215)
337-5210.
Sincerely,
Original Signed Br.
Lee H. Bettenhausen
Lee 11. llettenhausen, Chief
Operations liranch
Division of Reactor Safety
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Enclosures:
Inspection Report No. 50-245/92-32
w/ Attachments 1 - 4
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Examination Test items
Attachment 2 - Persons in attendance at the December 17, 1992, Exit Meeting
Attachment 3 - Persons in attendance at the December 3,1992, Management Meeting
Attachment 4 - Licensee handouts at the December 3,1992, Management Meeting
ec w/ encl.; w/o Attachments 1 - 4:
W. D. Romberg, Vice President - Nuclear, Operations Services
H. F. Haynes, Nuclear Unit Director
R. M. Kacich, Director, Nuclear Licensing
D. O. Nordquist, Director of Quality Services -
Gerald Garfield, Esquire
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Nicholas Reynolds, Esquire
NRC Resident inspector
State of Connecticut, SLO
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S. E. Scace, Vice President, Millstone Station
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M. Brown, Project Manager - Millstone Unit 1
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R. Heidecker, Supervisor, Operator Training
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V. McCree, OEDO
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J. Joyner, DRSS
R. Blough, DRP
R. Conte, DRS
L. Doerflein, DRP
D. Florek, DRS
J. H. Williams, DRS
J. S. Stewart, DRS
M. Parrish, EG&G
W. Raymond, SRI, Haddam Neck
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R. Barkley, DRP
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