ML20128B067

Forwards Draft Matl to Conduct of Operations, for Incorporation in Rept to ACRS Re Plant

ML20128B067
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	10/24/1969
From:	Brauner A US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To:	Vassallo D US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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NUDOCS 9212030551
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1 CCM 4 DCi; D. Vassallo, Reactor Projects Branch $1-Division of Reactor Licensing origbal signed by TEPU: Dailey Thompson, Chiefo;eey Thompson 4

- Operational Safety Branch, IRL:

SIAFF REPCET TO THE ACRS - NORfifERN STATES PCr.tER. COMPANY (MCIrrICf1LO)

DOOKET NO. 50-263 W

We beve reviewed the subject PS/.R and subsequent etendments in.considero-tien of Northern States Power Company's application for en operating license.

Drsrt material relating to tbc " Conduct of Operations" for incorporction in the report to the ACES is enclosed, includin;;:

(c) Organization and Responsibility

'(b) wualifications of Operating Personnel' (c) Training Progran.

(d) Operating Procedurec (e) Eeview end Audit (f) Preoperational and Startup Tests (6) Emergency Preparedness (b) Technict.1 Specificaticas In our meeting with Monticello personnel on October 2,19@, the adminis-trative section of the technical specifications was discussed. Certain deficiencies-were pointed out and although some of the information with respect to qualifications, record keeping, reportin6,_etc., have been-recent;1y incorporaT.ed in the FS/Ji, supplemental,information should be pro-9 vided in the techuler.1 specifications. We have expressed our concern to the applicant and they have agreed to update their-submittal. Since there arc a number of revisions to be made, we vill not com:nent on.the subject' at

- this time. - Further evaluation of the revised specifications vill be made as soon as they are received.-

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,i fiOUTICELLO DRA}T MATu1IAL FOR ACRS 2

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Ort;anization and Pcapensibility a.

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1 The applicant, ?; ort.hern States Power Company -(NSP), owner of the Monticello plent, is recponsible for the design, construction and opera-i f

tion of the plant. The prime contractor,' General-Flectric Company,

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designed the plant and' cupplied the nuclear etce:a supply cyctem, the

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initial fuel, t;nd the turb3 nc-generator. unit. Bachtcl-vos engaged as i

the architect-engineer to perform the non-nuclear design and construc-N

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Overall responbibility for operations at Monticello tion of the facility.

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is delegated to the Plant Dapcrintendent who reports to the General I

Superintendent of the U3P Pover Production Department. Ecsponcibility for accurity, operation and cointenance of the recetor, operction and' 4

safety of plant equipment, and actions of the operations personnel l

rests with the Assistant Plant Superintendent. The actions of the l

Operations Dapervisor, Maintenance Supervicor, Plant Ecoulta En51ncer, Radiation Protection Engineer and the clerical group arc coordinated j-i by the Acciatant Plant Dapcrintendent who. in turn reports to the-I f

Plant Daperintendent.

The twenty-six ccaber operating otaff is headed by 'the. Operations Supervisor who directs the operations at the plant and the. actions of

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the Shift Supervisors.

lie also directa the training progam-for l-operating personnel.

The Shift Dupervisor uskes certain that operationa at the: plant i

are conducted cecording to r.pproved procedurcs'and that operating i

There: must be a Chift Oupervicor on duty whenever the i

records are kept.

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plcnt is operating and be mcy cacuze the dutics of the Operctions Supervicor i

when the situation deman3s.

Pive chiftc, cach vith a compacment of five

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men, are responsibic for operation of the Monticello plant'. 'Each shift 1

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vill be compricci of a Shift Sapervisor (SRO), a Lead Plant Equipment 4

Operator (BO), a Plant Equipracnt Operator (RO), en Asaistant Plant Equip--

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ment Operator, and a Plant Attendant.

On-site technical accistance for '6nticello ic cupplied by the Plant 3

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Recults and Radiation Protection groups. The Plant-Eecults Engineer cuper-i i

vises the activities of twelve engineers and techniciano.

lle is responsible for reactor engineering,-plant-operating economy,-cpecial plant test vork, s

computer operation and maintenance, and the maintenance of plant proccas and 1

nuclecr instrumentation'. All redi6 tion safety _ aspects of-the plcnt cre a

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j bcndled by the Radiation Protection Engineer, who has a chemist and four radiation and chemical accistents vorhin5'for him.

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The Maintenance Supervisor is responcible for all equipment at the plant except computer and instrumentation equipment.- A crew of fourteen mechanically and electrically qualified men are under the supervision of the. Maintenance Supervisor.

Daring periods of major maintengnee, thio work force noy be supplemented with outside %1p.

j Uc have concluded that the organizational ~ structure for the Monticello i

plant is' cufficient to provide the technical support and cperating staff.

capable of operating the-facility cnd performing the necessary functione during normal and abnorr.al conditions.

Amendment 21'provides cdditioncl inferaction on the startup organiza-tion, detailinc responcibilities cnd authority. K ctartup organization

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chart and resumes of both Ocneral Electric ond Northern States _ Power i

personnel are olao included.

Currently cix-GE cnd cicht USP staff membera a

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shown on the chart are ceneduled as candidates for taking the AEC senior I

j license examination:1. Tersonnel to fill the GE Chift Test Engineer positions are not shown. Evaluation of these membera vill be performed i_

when personnel ore ansigned and resumes are submitted by'CE..

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Qualifications of Operating-Personnel i

The cupervi:.ory staff-chosen to manage the. operations at Monticello including the Plant Superintendent,- Assistant Plant Superintendent, Plcnt 1

Besults Engineer, Maintenance Supervir,or, Operations Supervisor end the five Ghift Supervicorc vore formerly licensed cenior operators: at Path-4 finder.

These personnel, except for the Plcnt Results Engineer, who i

l received nuclear experience at the Kctional Reactor Te ting Station, i

participated in the preoperational-testing, fuel loading, startup test-i j

ing and limited operation of the Pathfinder facility. The Endiation j.

Protection-Engineer, Chemist and r.everal staff engineers assigned to the l

Fe:rnts Crew, on the other hand, had limited nuclear experience. The F

operatorn assigned to the Monticello plant _ ore oll.former NSP fossil plant operators with greater than'two (2) years experience end ht.ve been l

ccaicned to Monticello for at least a year.

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opplicant'to supplement the radiction protection staff by hiring person-

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nel from'outside the. ESP organization. The minimum qualifications-of-

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the operating personnel as outlined in the. revised'seetion.13.a.3 of the PSAR ere saticractory.

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Training Program Selected personnel from'the Monticello organization have received-l t

reactor engineer training and experience-as outlined-in Fig.13-3-1 of the F3AR. ' This training encompecced fundamental coursenLin nucleer, t

steam and electriecl' power plant operation, BWR technology, equipment

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description and operating procedures.

In' conjunction vith the GEL 1

b Simulator-Training Program both classroom' and' on-the-job : training _ vere.

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conducted at-the Pathfinder and'Monticello_ sites.

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was not in oporction at the tica, somo'of;the_ operators-were assigned l

to shift work et the Pathfinder facility.cnd gained (valuable experience:

i by participating in simulated controllroom operations, nuclear:instru-1 4

mentation instructions, inveucel-work, nna' fuel handlin5 operations-i.

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The operations staff vill also. participate.in the planning and execution i.

of the preoperational testing, fuel loading end etertup testing program:

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The Plant Superintendent' has the. responsibility for training and i.

retrainingastaff personnhl_in order to_ maintain;the'ir proficiency at-a level at -least comparable to the qualifications they'achievedl at the

. time of their assignment to_the plant..The retraining procrcm. vill-i consist of a five-day' classroom' course'to'bc conducted tvicc yearly to i:

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reviev subjects-relating to. operations at the1 facility and:toibeifollowed V

sby a written excmination. At/lcast)five dcys.a' year vill be spent-e by licensed-operators observing _ or; conducting routinc shift duties at l

the planL but outside-of the control room.= The Shift Supervisor vill v.

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It is our conclusion that the training program is adequate. 'i he

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f succecs of the progren vill be measured,.in part, by the cbility of the

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i operationc staff to cuccescrully complete the AEC license examinations.

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Operating Procedures i

Detailed written procedures, $n the fora of an " Operations !!anual,"

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are being prepared for the Monticello facility as outlined in-section 13.h i

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and amendment 16 of the FSAR. These procedures vill inclule cll normal 4

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and reasonable, forececcble, abnor.cl operating conditions, to occure I

adequate conaiderction of.nuclcar cafety at the plant. The plant. staff 1

l under the direction of the Amsistant plcnt Superintendent vill write 1

the " Operations Manual" with technical acsistance from General Flectric.

1 Thoac areas to be covered in the manual vill include:

(3 ) step-by-step procedurea for startup, operation and shutdown of all i

major equipment, syctems and integrated plant operations; f

(2) detailed check 11 cts of'all major safety and instrumentation I

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(3) instrumantation and eq.tipment surveillance procedures; i

(4) refueling procedurcs;_

L (5) radiation control procedures; s-(6) obnormal operating pr6cedures; I

(7)' maintenance end tc.k procedures;.

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(9) cmergency procedurec.

The oriCinc1 procedurcs, per iodic updatinc, and changes thereto~

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Vill be reviewed by USP Power Production p::rsonnel and subaitted to the i

i, Station Operations Co amittee for opproval.

Special written test pro-

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ceduren prepared by qualified staff memberr.' vill be approved by the.

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Operations Comnittee who in turn will sub;;it them to the Safety Audit i

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Comittee for opproval, if neccccory.

i We conclude that provinions for the preparation, reviev end approvel f

of written procedures are satinfactory..Complionce vill further verify.

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the adequacy of-all procedures during their inspection program, L

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Feview and Audit i

There are two croupa responsible for the review ond' audit functions c

ct Monticello; they are the " Operations Committee" and the. "Screty e

I Audit Committee."

l Membership of the on-site " Operations Committee" vill include the Plant Superintendent, Assistant Plant Superintendent, Radiction Protec-tion Engineer, Plent'Results Engineer, OperationcLS.2pervisor, Maintenance l

.Supervicor and c, General Electric cite representative (until plant

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. acceptance by USP). Thi Plant Superintendent, or-c! designated iiSP

-l member in the obscnce of the Plant Superintendent, vill cet oc chairman i

I of the Operations Committee. A quorum shell-.consict of-four members of l

the committee.= -Meetings vill be held at least monthly or on enll by -

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the. chairman whenever tny member of the comittee considers it adviscble.

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. The responsibility-of the Operations Commistee is to review and evaluote cl1 proposed tests, test recults.and deviations pertaining thereto, reactor parameter chnaces, sni all-operations procedures cnd modifier-tions particularly those potentially involving safety considerat' ons.

i The majority of the reviews made by the Operations Cornittee v113 involve routine operational matters which do not require Safety Audit Committee consideration. Rinutes of the meetin6o vill be recorded and disseminated to USP management, members of both the Operations and. Safety Audit.

Committees and to appropriate staff personnel.

Membership of the Sciety Audit Committee vill include a USP Manngement Pepresentative who vill act es Chairman,_ the Assistant Plant Superintendent frca !bnticello, a USP Engineering Departcent-Pepresentntive, a GEIbnacament Fepresentative (through full power test-inG), and a concultant from outside the USP organizdtion.

In support of.the Safety Audit Committee, USP has-retained.a number of consultants with technical specic1 ties-capable of advising-USP personnel in all areas relating to the operation of the Monticello facility. A quorum for the Safety Audit l Committee vill consist of four members, including at least one consultant from outside the USP end GS oT6cnizationn. The

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proposed meeting frequency of-the con..ittee is semiannually, with no interval between meetings to cxeced eight months.. k'e vould like-to see 2

this committee meet at least quarterly and plan to pursue this-natter with the applicant.

The committee'n. basic responsibility is in an advicory capacity to-USP company management.

It in responsible for identifying andzudvising

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. management of any potential nuclear operating hazard.

Tne committee-also reviews,_ evaluates and has-approval authority of all nuelcar oriented proposals, tects, procedures and plant operating changes and modifications submitted by the Operations Conmittee.

Periodic audits of cafety-related plant operations are performed by the Safety' Audit Connittee at least twice yearly. - In.some. instances, the Safety Audit Committee may recommend that the Operationc Committee

-review or_investigste certain proposaln and-vill provide guidelines for the particular review or investigation to dctcraine if further Safety Audit Committee action is required.

Minutec.of the meetings vill be recorded and dieseminated to UDP management, members of both the -

Operations and Safety Audit Comnittees and to appropricte staff

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perconnel.

Our conclusion is that the functions' of the review cnd audit committees proposed by USP for the Monticello facility are_ adequate.

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_Preoperational and Startup Tests General Electric and Bechtcl prepare the detailed procedures for_

the construction, preoperational and startup tests, and submit.them.to the HSP Operations Committee for review..GE directs the test program which will be performed by NSP, GE and Bechtel personnel, with USP assuming responsibility for the licensed operation of the plant.

Thirty-eight preoperational\\ond forty-four startup tests arc scheduledL for-Monticello..The intent of'tho'preoperctional. testing in to demonstrate that all-components of a particular _-cyntem perform an intended 'and that the integrated cyctem vill meet its -denicn baain. The extent to which'

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a system can be tested under aimalated accident conditions varies with i

the function of the system.

All test results vill be revieve'dlby the I

NSP Operations Committee.

If initicl tent results are unaccepteble, l

corrective action la taken and a new procedure vill be written ani.

I approved before additional tecting is performed. The complete preopera-i 8

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tionnl tectinc, progrcm and its recultc are reviewed by.both the i

l Operations Committee and the Safety Audit Committee prior to beginning 1

l any startup testing.

Detailed test! procedures prepared by GE under specification-22A2192, titled "Monticello nuclear Plant Startup Test Procedures" are 'vailable J-l to AEC representativea for evcluation at the site.

As with Dresden 2, Cencral Electric doca not plan to conduct inte-3 i

h Greted hot functional preoperational checkout of the reactor facility

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prior to nuclear operation.

It is proposed that thece tests be deferred

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i during the low-power portion of the startup test procrc-n.

GS contends that certoin systems required to operate in a manner outside of design considerationc (without nuclear heat) may-recult in damage 'to cystem

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We have concluded that tho ' testing program described by the appli-cent--vill-provide a firm basis for the initial testing cnd operation cf I

the ' facility and vill verifyLadequacy of plant decigni i

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Northern States Power has submitted a plan that describes-the-emer -

gency organization, assignments of authority and responsibilities of-q i

plant personnel and off-cite cupport groups to cope with emergency t

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Detailed stcp-by-atep procedures to confine and reduce 4

j hazards in order to protect the health' and safety of the Jgeneral public 1

and site personnel, vill become an integral part of the Monticello l

j Operations Manuel.- D::ergencies.will be classified es either radiation 4

or non-radiation energencies with intensity dcaignations of a local, 1

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l site or gencrcl nature.

A local emergency is restricted to +.he ime-1 dicte confines of c. single buildinc vithoat-interruption of operationc.

Site.cmcrcencien vould affect n: ore than one building and the plant i

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vould have to be shut down. 'The general emergency may be the conaequence

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I' of a local or site emergency that extends to the inmediate environi. ant -

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or area outside the cite boundary.

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l The plant ic eq;ipped with thirty ares monitors cnd four continuous I-air monitors for indicating abnormal conditiona. All arca monitors i

cignnl an alarm in the control room. Tvalvo of the area. monitors and i

4 the four air monitors cound ' local alarms to initinte im'nediate evacua-tion. The plan describes the action that plant personnel are to take t

Site personnel are accigned when prescribed cetion levels are reached.

i-specific. responsibilities when any phase of the emerceney plan-is'to be initiated. The senior vorher, normally.the Shift Sapervisor,-ist recponsible for putting the emergency plan into action, u

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l cedures that are incorporated in the Operationc Mandal.

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j The Sheriff of Wright County is to be informed of the-situation when l

At appears that people outside the plant exclusion area may have to be

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evacueted, i Adequate encrcency cormunications end.accociated auxiliary 1

power sources have becn installed to provide uninterrapted liaison

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between on-site personnel and off-site support.groupc.

l The Medical Plan at Monticello provides for detailed procedures to j

i be employed in the rescue of radioactively contcminated or ' injured per-l cennel, cpplying first cid and decontuminating individuals on-site, f

If necessary, injured persons can be transferred from-the cite promptly l

by ambulance to designated hospitels for treatment by properly trained and equipped staff personnel.

i-The Operations'!bnual vill provide detailed. procedures for invecti-Cating and establishinc specific measures for rcentry into or -recovery j

of the facility depending on the particular circumntances involved.

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Emergency practice drills will'be conducted semiannually.to assure proper training of personnel..

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Conpliance vill verify the-adequacy or thece i

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