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ML20127K469
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	01/21/1993
From:	Beach A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Hall D HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 9301260131
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Donald P. Hall, Group 4

Vice President, fluclear P.0, Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77251 Gentlemen:

This refers to the management meeting, open to public observation, conducted at the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STP) on January 13, 1993.

This meeting was attended by those on the attached Attendance List.

The subjects discussed at this meeting are described in the enclosed Metting Summary.

It is our opinion that this meeting was beneficial and has provided a better understanding of the initiatives you have taken to improve station performance.

In accordance with Section 2.790 of the f4RC's " Rules of Practice," Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter will be placed in the f1RC's Public Document Room.

Should you have any questions concerning this matter, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely, I Bill Beach, Director Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosure:

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J. C. Lanier/M. B. Lee P.O. Box 1088 Austin, Texas. 78767 City Public Service Board ATIN:

R. J. Costello/M. T. Hardt 1

P.O. Box 1771 San Antonio, Texas 70296 Newman & Holtzinger, P. C.

ATIN: Jack R. Newman, Esq.

1615 L Street, NW Washington, D.C.

20036 Central-Power and Light Company ATTN:

D. E. Ward /T. M. Puckett P.O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 INPO Records Center 1100 circle 75 Parkway Atlantt. Georgia 30339-3064 Mr. Joseph M. Hendrie 50 Bellport Lane

Bellport New York 11713 Bureau of Radiation Control State of Texas 1101 West 49th Street Austin, Texas 78756

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Houston Lighting & Power Company.(HL&P).

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South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STP)'

1 License Nos.: NPF-76 and NPF-80 Docket Hos.:

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Subject:

MANAGEMENT MEETING CONCERNING-STP INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE STATION PERFORMANCE On January 13, 1993, representatives of HL&P met with Region'IV personnel--at the STP Nuclear Support Center to discuss initiatives.taken to improve station.

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The staff found the meeting to be beneficial -in providing

-information about the initiatives.

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Attendance List 2.

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ATTACHMENT 1 i

ATTENDANCE LIST Attendance at the manageinent meeting between HL&P iand'NRC on January 13, 1993, in the Region ly office:.

$8f D. P. Hall, Group Vice President, Nuclear S. L. Rosen, Vice President, Nuclear Engineering W. H. Kinsey, Vice President, Nuclear Generation W. J. Jump, General Manager, Nuclear Licensing D. J. Denver, General Manager,- Nuclear Assurance T

J. Jordan, General Manager, Engineering G. L. Parkey, Plant Manager T. E. Underwood, Deputy Plant Manager J. M. Gruber, Director, Independent Safety Engineering Grcup R. J. Rehkugler, Director Quality Assurance D. O. Wohleber, Director, Records Management and Administration R. L. Balcom, Director, Nuclear Security K. J. Christian, Manager, Plant Operations-

-0. A. Leazar, Manager, Plant Engineering J. W. Soward, Manager; Nuclear Quality Control and Material Testing i

M. A. McBurnett, Manager, Integrated Planning and = Scheduling R. P. Garris, Manager, Human Resources and Facilities C. G. Walker, H.anager, Public Information G. B. Painter, Manager, Public Affairs T. A. Meinicke, Manager, Planning and Assessment M.

A.- Pacy, Manager,. Design Engineering J. D. Sharpe, Manager, Maintenance M. A. Ludwig, Manager, Training M. R. Wisenburg, Assistant to Group Vice President, Nuclear C. T. Bowman, Administrator, Corrective Action. Group-H. W. Bergendahl, Technical Services City of Austin P. W. Golde, Manager, Joint Projects NRC

-J. L.~Milhoan, Regional Administrator

-A-B. Beach, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP)

'2 A. T. Howell, Chief, Project Section D (PSD), DRP J. L. Pellet, Chief, Operations Section,' Division of Reactor Safety J. T. Gilliland, Public Affairs Officer, Region IV J. I.-Tapia,. Senior. Resident Irspector, STP, PSD, DRP R. J. Evans, Resident' Inspector, STP, PSD, DRP M. A. Biamonte, Training and Assessment Specialist, Office of Nuclear Reactor-

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SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT HL&P - NRC MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE JANUARY 13,1993 p uum,

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NRC - HL&P MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13,1993 AGENDA J.L MILHOAN INTRODUCTION MANAGEMENT, TEAMWORK, COMMUNICATION, OWNERSHIP IMPROVE SAFETY OF' OPERATION AND PLANT RELIABILITY D.P. HALL D.P. HALL DEVELOPING PERSONNEL T.A. MEINICKE ASSESSMENTS 1993 OUALITY ASSURANCE / CONTROL INITIATIVES D.J. DENVER D.J. DENVER COMMUNICATIONS ENHANCEMENTS 1

EFFECTIVE SUPPORT FOR PLANT OPERATORS G.L. PARKEY/

K.J. CHR'STIAN l

MAINTENANCE AND REDUCTION OF PLANT CHALLENGES ENGINEERING SUPPORT OF PLANT OPERATIONS T.J. JORDAN W.H. KINSEY MATERIEL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT W.H. KINSEY TRAINING REDUCTION IN REACTOR TRIPS AND ESF ACTUATIONS G.L. PARKEY D.P. HALL CLOSING REMARKS

IMPROVE SAFETY OF OPERATION AND PLANT RELIABILITY M AN AG EM ENT/TEAMWO R K/CO M M U NICATIO N S/OWN ERS HIP e

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IMPROVE AVAILABILITY / RELIABILITY MAKE STP A BETTER PLACE TO WORK IMPROVE STP REGULATORY PERFORMANCE i

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DEVELOPMENT NEEDS ASSESSMEi4T e

HUMAN PBOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM e

MASTER. OPERATING PLAN e

OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE 4

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c ASSESSMENTS COMPLETED MAINTENANCE PLANNING PLANT ENGINEERING SUPPORT OF MAINTENANCE BASIC SUPERVISORY SKILLS TRAINING CONTINUAL BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION PROGRAM ONGOING NUCLEAR SECURITY PROGRAM ACCREDITED' TRAINING PROGRAMS PLANNED WORK CONTROL AND SCHEDULING OUTAGE ACTIVITIES PROCEDURE IMPROVEMENTS CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM SENIOR MANAGEMENT SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM 5

%,,, m 1993 QUALITY ASSURANCE / CONTROL INITIATIVES MISSION STATEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL ARE DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING STATION EFFORTS TO PRODUCE SAFE, RELIABLE AND ECONOMICAL POWER, IN A MANNER THAT MAINTAINS STP IN A FAVORABLE. STATUS WITH OUR REGULATORS, EVALUATORS AND OWNERS. OUR JOINT MISSION IS:

e TO VERIFY THAT STATION ACTIVITIES ARE ACCOMPLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE REGULATORY, INDUSTRY, AND MANAGEMENT REO.UIREMENTS AND

' EXPECTATIONS, IN AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT MANNER; AND, e

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IDENTIFY, COMMUNICATE, AND PROMOTE THE UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION, TO SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT, THATTHEY CAN USE TO IMPROVE THE WAY THEY ACCOMPLISH THEIR FUNCTIONS.

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1993 QUAL!TY ASSURANCE / CONTROL IN!TIATIVES TO SUPPORT OUR MISSION, THREE GOALS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR 1993.

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IMPROVE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION 2.

ENHANCE STATION PERSONNEL'S UNDERSTANDING OF QUALITY AND ITS BENEFITS 3.

IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF QUALITY VERIFICATION ACTIVITIES l

KEY CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THESE INITIATIVES WILL BE:

A MEASURED INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT ARE SELF-IDENTIFIED AND e

EFFECTIVELY CORRECTED IN A TIMELY MANNER BY LINE ORGANIZATIONS A CORRELATING DECREASE IN THE NUMBER AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ISSUES THAT e

ARE IDENTIFIED BY OUTSIDE EVALUATORS AND REGULATORS GREATER QC INVOLVEMENT IN HELPING TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT SCOPE FOR e

WORK ACTIVITIES i

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COMMUNICATIONS ENHANCEMENTS ENHANCED SITE-WIDE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHING STATION " HOTLINE" FOR FIELDING EMPLOYEE PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS IMPROVING ACCESS TO THE SPEAKOUT PROGRAM BY DISTRIBUTING FORMS AND INSTALLING LOCKED DROP BOXES ORGANIZATIONAL INTERFACE ASSESSMENT IS IN PROGRESS e

FOLLOW UP TO ASSESSMENT OF ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR OPERATORS INTERVIEWS, SURVEY AND ANALYSIS e

COMPLETE BY MID-MARCH,1993 e

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EFFECTIVE SUPPORT FOR PLANT OPERATORS e

DEPARTMENT MANAGER HAS EXPERIENCE AS A SHIFT SUPERVISOR AT STP OPERATIONS SUPPORT ORGANIZATION STAFFED WITH EXPERIENCED, IN-HOUSE e

PERSONNEL e

ACTIVE - SHIFT SUPERVISOR PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT MEETINGS ON OPERABILITY ISSUES e

SITE-WIDE SENSITIVITY TO EARLY NOTIFICATION OF SHIFT SUPERVISOR e

MATERIEL CONDITION IMPROVEMENTS FOCUSED ON OPERATOR NEEDS (MAIN CONTROL BOARD ITEMS, INOPERABLE AUTOMATIC FUNCTIONS)

OPERATIONS / ENGINEERING INTERFACE ACTION PLAN DEVELOPED WITH ACTIONS IN e

PROGRESS e

' ORGANIZATIONAL INTERFACE ASSESSMENT OPERATIONS INVOLVEMENT IN WORK CONTROL PROCESS (TRIAGE) - SETTING e

PRIORITIES 9

ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO OPERATIONS e

PLANT MATERIEL CONDITION e

AREAS OF EMPHASIS AND ACTION e

PLANT IMPROVEMENTS ACHIEVED AND PLANNED ENGINEERS FOCUS ON MACHINERY, OPERATORS, PERFORMANCE NOT PAPER e

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MATERIEL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT BELIABILITY/AVAILABILIT/

8/92 12/92 5/94 OUTAGE 2278 1053 238*

IMPORTANT TO OPERATIONS 1357 1695 TOTAL 3635 2748

• UNIT ONE CYCLE FIVE REFUELING OUTAGE

_ SUPPORT MISCELLANEOUS 1879 1772 1992 SPECIAL INITIATIVE

- 86 SR'S 661 INSULATION PADS RESULTS

- 56 SR'S 266 DOORS

- COATINGS IN SOUTH YARD, DG13, UNIT 1 TURBINE BUILDING 1993 SPECIAL INITIATIVES

- INSULATION UPGRADES

- COATING UPGRADES

- RESERVOIR MAKEUP PUMPING FACILITY

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MAINTENANCE ISSUES DIRECT HIRE JOURNEYMEN WORK DIRECTION FEEDBACK MECHANICAL SUPERVISOR PROCEDURE e

ACTIONS ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY RELATED WORK JOURNEYMEN TESTING CERTIFICATION MATRIX ENHANCED OVERSIGHT MECHANICAL SUPERVISOR PROGRAM SELF ASSESSMENT OF OTHER STP PROGRAMS 12

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