ML20133H892

Forwards Sser Documenting Staff Evaluation of Qualifications & Training of Operators at Facility.Audit Indicated Licensee Taking Steps Beyond Required Training to Maintain Operational Readiness

ML20133H892
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	08/06/1985
From:	Noonan V NRC - COMANCHE PEAK PROJECT (TECHNICAL REVIEW TEAM)
To:	Counsil W TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
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ML20133H897	List: ML20133H892 ML20133H902
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GL-84-16, NUDOCS 8508090562
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AUG 0 61985 Docket Nos.: 50-445 and 50-446 Mr. W. G. Counsil Executive Vice President Texas Utilities Generating Company 400 N. Olive Street, L. B. 81 Dallas, Texas 75201

Subject:

NRC Staff Evaluation of the Qualifications and Training of Operators at the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES)

On July 9 and 10, 1985, Don Beckham, Acting Deputy Director, Division of Human Factors Safety (DHFS) and Larry Crocker, Management Section Leader (DHFS) accompanied Charles Trammell, Comanche Peak Task Force Project Manager to the CPSES Site. An audit of the qualifications and training of the operating staff personnel was conducted. Records for license candidates (5 successfully licensed, two repeat failures) and all five Shift Advisors were reviewed. The review was conducted against the ap-proved FSAR program description and CPSES procedures TRA-204 and TRA-299, the implementing procedures for licensed operator requalification training and shift advisor training, respectively.

The audit indicatt.d that not only was all required training being conducted, but also several additiont.1 steps were being taken by the applicant to main-tain and enhance operational readiness.

1. A comprehensive program to send all licensed operators to observe and participate in evolutions at operating units has been ongoing for some time. All Shift Supervisors and Assistant Shift Supervisors will have been to at least six weeks of training. Plants are chcsen to take advantage of special evolutions similar to expected activities at CPSES, such as Diablo Canyon's initial criticality and start-up testing. Non-supervisory personnel are being sent for observation training now.

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2. The applicant makes extensive use of the plant-referenced simulator in the training of operations personnel. Each shift trains together in a 1 in 6 rotation. The Shift Advisors participate with the shifts in requalification training, rotating among the shifts to provide infor-mation exchange and familiarity. At the end of each week's training, a comprehensive exercise is conducted on the simulator involving the Shift Advisors, the Control Room Supervisors and crew and the other operations personnel, including Auxiliary Operators, Instrumentation and Control Technicians, etc. The drills concentrate on team functions, communica-tions, and anticipating problems.

3. The applicant has extremely strong coordination between the operations department and the training department. There was excellent information flow and cooperation. Learning deficiencies were documented and related to individuals, with specific upgrade requirements identified, or to 37

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4. The plant-referenced simulator was being used to validate all plant pro-cedures. The operators and plant engineers were conducting test pro-cedures, start-up procedures, and normal plant procedures on the simulator to ensure their accuracy and usefulness.

5. CPSES personnel were conducting all preoperational testing on Unit 2 systems. This practice had been instituted on Unit I and was being continued on Unit 2.

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6. CPSES is committed to INP0 Accreditation and an INP0 site visit is scheduled in the near future.

The audit team also discussed the NRC letter (V. S. Noonan to M. D. Spence) dated March 1, 1985 in which NRR indicated the acceptability of continuing use of Snift Advisors at CPSES after March 1985. The team pointed out that the letter encouraged them to use any additional delay to improve their operators' experience, and questioned them on their intent to continue the use of Shi',t Advisors. Mr. Kuykendall indicated that CPSES would use Shift Advisors regardless of NRC requirements. He indicated that the advisors had become a valuable addition to their operating staff and would be retained through full power operation.

We request that Texas Utilities provide a statement on your intent regarding i Shift Advisors and a description of the additional factors in support of a request to continue use of the Shift Advisors to meet Generic Letter 84-16, and to allow continuation of the program currently underway to enhance the operational experience of all licensed operators.

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Mr. W. G. Counsil AUG 0 61985 The DHFS prepared a supplemental safety evaluation report on the current status of staffing, and the qualification and training of operating personnel, as a result of the described audit. We propose to include the enclosed evaluation (portions on organization changes excepted) in a forthcoming SSER.

Please advise Mr. S. B. Burwell, of my staff, when we may expect a response to the above request.

Sincerely, CRIGINAL SIGNED M E Vincent S. Noonan, Director for Comanche Peak Project Division of Licensing

Enclosure:

Supplemental Safety Evaluation Report

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i AUG 0 61985 W. G. Counsil Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Texas Utilities Generating Company Units 1 and 2 cc:

Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esq. Resident Inspector / Comanche Peak Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Nuclear Power Station Purcell & Reynolds c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1200 Seventeenth Street, NW P. O. Box 38 Washington, D.C. 20036 Glen Rose, Texas 76043 Robert A. Wooldridge, Esq. Regional Administrator, Region IV Worsham, Forsythe, Sampels & U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wooldridge 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 2001 Bryan Tower, Suite 2500 Arlington, Texas 76011 Dallas, Texas 75201 Mr. Homer C. Schmidt Larry A. Sinkin Manager - Nuclear Services 3022 Porter Street, NW #304 Texas Utilities Generating Company Washington, D.C. 20008 r ~

Skyway Tower 400 North Olive Street, L.B. 81 Dallas, Texas 75201 Mr. Robert E. Ballard, Jr. Ms. Billie Pirner Garde Director of Projects Citizens Clinic Director Gibbs and Hill, Inc. Government Accountability Project 11 Pen Plaza 1901 Que Street, NW New York, New York 10001 Washington, D.C. 20009 David R. Pigott, Esq.

Mr. A. T. Parker Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Westinghouse Electric Corporation 600 Montgomery Street P. O. Box 355 San Francisco, California 94111 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.

Renea Hicks, Esq. Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Assistant Attorney General 2000 P. Street, NW Environmental Protection Division Suite 611 P. O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Washington, D.C. 20036 Austin, Texas 78711 Nancy E. Wiegers Mrs. Juanita Ellis, President Spiegel & McDianned Citizens Association for Sound Energy 1350 New York Avenue, NW 1426 South Polk Washington, D.C. 20005-4798 Dallas Texas 75224 Ms. Nancy H. Williams CYGNA 101 California Street San Francisco, California 94111

. 1 AUG 0 61985 Texas Utilities Electric Company Comanche Peak Electric Station Units 1 and 2 cc:

Resident Inspector - Comanche Peak c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission P. O. Box 1029 Granbury, Texas 76048 Mr. John W. Beck Manager - Licensing Texas Utilities Electric Company Skyway Tower 400 N. Olive Street, LBh81

. Dallas, Texas 75201 Mr. Jack Redding

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Licensing T Texas Utilities Generating Company 4901 Fairmont Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 20814 William A. Burchette, Esq.

Heron, Burchette, Ruckert & Rothwell Suite 700 -

1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20007 Mr. James McGaughy Southern Engineering Company of Georgia 1800 Peachtree, Street, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30367-8301

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