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MEMORANDUM FOR: James Y. Vorse, Director, Office of Investigation, Atlanta Field Offi.e FROM:
James P. O'Reilly, Regional Administrator
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE GRAND GULF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (CASE NO RII-83-A0085)
During our Operational Readiness Team inspection (83-38) at Grand Gulf, it was determined that incorrect information was provided to the NRC in a letter from Mississippi Power and Light Company (MP&L) dated September 3, 1981, which requested the NRC to administer the fi rst group of reactor' operator license exams. This matter of incorrect information being provided to NRC was originally documented as an unresolved item, 50-416/83-06-01, during an earlier Training Assessment inspection when it was stated by the licensee to be a record keeping deficiency. Report 83-38 documents the fact that not all recuired training of the operator candidates was actually conducted as stated in the MP&L application letter and records noted items as unresolved item 83-38-11 pending further review by regional management.
You and L. Williamson, at my request, attended the Management Meeting held in the Region II offices on October 12, 1983, with
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as known by MP&L. You are, therefore, aware of the general circumstances of this matter.
This matter is being pursued for possible Escalated Enforcement Action and will be resolved following further inspection efforts and our review of your investi-gative findings as discussed in the following paragraphs.
In order to enable Region II to better evaluate the regulatory significance of the above situation, we request that you conduct an investigation of this matter--a matter that involves the submittal of false information to the NRC on a subject that could be material to the granting of licenses to operators. You are requested to examine the following areas during your investigation:
A.
A review of verbal information orovided by MP&L at our meeting of Octooer 12, 1983, is nighlignted as follows:
1.
Incorrect information was included in Operator License applications as the result of poor administration and inadequate review of the status and completion of operator training.
2.
Qualification cards were not completed for two reasons:
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The practical factors portion of the cards were not cone because the associated procedures had not been written or the notation "later" was not noticed on the cards during MP&L's review.
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Complete qualification cards were not regarded as being necessary for the adequate preparation of license candidates. This attitude was held by the, then, Operations Superintendent and Training Superintendent.
Neither of these individuals is currently employed by MP&L.
3.
Several courses indicated by the license application as having been attended by applicants did not have documented attendance records, in all cases, in the plant files.
It appears that a majority of the applicants did attend the training courses; however, the licensee states that the associated records have been lost or were misplaced at various times.
4.
The training supervisors who were involved in the above described
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situation are no longer employed by MP&L and a new training organiza-tion, including managers and consultants, is now in place.
B.
Review any information that could relate to the willful submittal of incorrect information or other causes of incorrect submittals.
It is to be noted that in this case we have "two" types of NRC licensees - a utility and individuals (Licensed Operators).
O We will, during the course of the investigation, provide any technical assistance V
that you may need at your request.
If new information of significance is developed through your investigation, please inform me immediately because of pending licensing actions by the Commission.
In view of the way this case developed, we are also proceeding to verify the adecuacy of the licensee's corrective actions in progress.
This action will be concurrent with your investigation.
If you have any questions concerning this request, please contact me or Gregory A. Todd at extension 4193.
mes P. O'Reilly cc:
R. C. Lewis C. A. Julian Q
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