ML20132E643

Rept of Interview W/Dh Beckham Re Discrepancies in Reactor Operator Training Program at Facility,Per Impact on Facility Operation.Portions Deleted

ML20132E643
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	09/25/1984
From:	Mark Resner NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTOR & AUDITOR (OIA)
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U. .dUCLEAR GEGULATOnY COMMisslON Office of Inspee

or and Auditor o..seo..........._ Sept c h r 25, 19B4 eue Report of Interview Don H. Beckham, Chief, Operator Licensing Branch, Division of Human Factors Safety, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comis-sion, was interviewed concerning his knowledge of the discrepancies in the Reactor Operator Training Prognm (ROTP) at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (GGNS) with respect to the impact on operation of that plant. He provided the following information:

His first involvement in this matter began in the September / October 1983 -

timeframe. He recalled that sub he Auoust 15- 983, ins t GGNS perfomed by -

nw ons Branch (OB), Division of eactor Safety (DRS),

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OLS, OB, DRS, and others, they '

related t r rinoings in that inspection to him.

Generally, they told him that the licensee had an atroscious filing system for ROTP records at the site.' They also told him that based on their findings, they planned to conduct another on-site training assessment of the reactor operators at GGNS. Following that "assment which was conducted from October 31 through November 4, 1983 advised him that apparently some of the reactor operators had not receiveo all of the required training.

On November 18, 1983, he attended a meeting between Mississippi Power and Light (MP&L) and Region II officials to discuss a recertification of ROTP at GGNS that was deemed necessary by NRC as a result of the on-site assessment

' conducted on October 31 through November 4, 1983. At that meeting, MP&L verbally com;tted to NRC that they would conduct a total recertification for ROTP at GGNS and also that until the recertification was completed, the reactor would remain in a state of cold shutdown. At that meeting MP&L provided handouts describing the corrective action plan they were proposing (Exhibit 1).

Coincidental with the meeting of November 18, 1983, he participated in dis-cussions about whether or not operator licenses at GGNS should be revoked or suspended. NRC believed that MP&L was not being totally above board on the issue regarding dis repancies in ROTP, however, there was nothing to substan-tiate that individual operators had committed actions which warranted revoca-tion or suspension of their licenses. Rather, it appeared that MP&L management was at fault for not properly administering RulP.- NRC also believed that although the Readtor Operators (RO) had not received all nf the training required, they had been previously examined and licensed by NRC and were believed to be competent.

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k'ith respect t'6 the suspension or revocation of operator licenses at GGNS and I the resulting irnpact on the operating license, such actions would have, in '

effect, caused a revocation or suspension of it. He noted that there was fuel in the reactor which required the attention sof licensed operators even while the reactor was in a cold shutdown condition. Also, to off. load irradiated fuel would have required direct supervision by licensed operators. These factors were considered in the decision by NRC not to revoke or suspend operator licenses at GGNS.

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