ML20133J282
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| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 10/10/1985 |
| From: | Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Richard J MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8510180360 | |
| Download: ML20133J282 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000416/1985012
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TTN: Mr. J. B. Richard
Senior Vice President, Nuclear
P. O. Box 23054
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Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCE, REPORT NDS. 50-416/85-12
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This refers to the NRC's Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP)
Board Report for your Grand Gulf facility which was sent to you on July 23, 1985;
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our meeting. of July 30, 1985, at which we discussed these reports; and your
written comments dated August 3, 1985, relative to the SALP report.
After careful review of the comments contained in your response to the SALP
report, I concur that the actions taken or underway in the areas of Emergency
Preparedness, Quality Programs and Administrative Controls Affecting Quality, and
Licensing should be effective.
No reply to this letter i,s required; however, should you have any questien
concerning these matters, I will be pleased to discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
Original Signed by
J. N. Grace
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ENCLOSURE
APPENDIX TO MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
GRAND GULF UNITS 1 & 2
SALP BOARD REPORT
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Meeting Summary
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A meeting was held at 10:00 a.m. on July 30, 1985, at your Grand Gulf
facility in Port Gibson, Mississippi to discuss the SALP Board Report.
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Licensee Attendees
D. C. Lutken, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
W. Cavanaugh, President and Chief Operating Officer
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J. B. Richard, Senior Vice-President
J. Moore, Assistant Vice-President for Informational Services
0. D. Kingsley, Vice-President, Nuclear Operations
J. E. Cross, General Manager
L. F. Dale, Director, Licensing and Safety
T. H. Cloninger, Director, Nuclear Engineering and Construction
S. M. Feith, Director, Quality Assurance
L. L. Tyrone, Acting Director, Nuclear Services
C. R. Hutchinson, Manager, Plant Maintenance
S. H. Hobbs, Manager, Nuclear Safety and Compliance
J. W. Yelverton, Manager, Plant Support
J. G. Cesare, Manager, Nuclear Licensing
W. J. Wright, Manager, Plant Operations
W. E. Edge, Manag,er, Quality Assurance Programs
S. F. Tanner, Manager, Site Quality Assurance
J. E. Reaves, Manager, Suppliers Quality Assurance
J. D. Harrington, Acting Manager, Nuclear Support
L. Daughtery, Compliance Superintendent
J. V. Parrish, Chemistry / Radiation Superintendent
R. H. McAnulty, Electrical Superintendent
R. G. Williams, Office Services Superintendent
J. L. Robertson, Operations Superintendent
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G. A. Ellis, Security Superintendent
K. E. Beatty, Training Superintendent
J. C. Roberts, Technical Superintendent
R. F. Rogers, Technical Assistant
G. O. Smith, Environmental Supervisor
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J. C. Vincelli, Radiation Contamination Supervisor
G. D. Chamon, Operations Training Supervisor
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P. B. Benedict, Emergency Planning Coordinator
W. J. Hendry, Nuclear Safety Coordinator
J. O. Ely, Nuclear Safety Coordinator
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J. D. Bailey, Compliance Coordinator
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W. A. Russel, Operations Assistant
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C. W. Angle, Principal Engineer Operational Analysis
C. E. Covaend, Quality Assurance
C. W. Heard, Quality Assurance
G. W. Ingram, Quality Assurance
R. L. Seans, Quality Assurance
L. C. Burgess, Quality Assurance
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NRC Attendees
J. N. Grace, Regional Administrator, Region II (RII)
R. D. Walker, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII
J. Philip Stohr, Director, Division of Radiation Safety
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V. W. Panciera, Chief, Reactor Projects Section 28, DRP, RII
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R. C. Butcher, Senior Resident Inspector, Grand Gulf, RII
J. Caldwell, Resident Inspector, Grand Gulf, RII
L. Kintner, Project Manager, Operating Reactors Branch, Division of
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Licensee Comments
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Licensee comments submitted in response to the SALP Board Report for Grand
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Attention:
Dr. J. Nelson Grace, Regional Administrator
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SUBJECT: Grand Gulf Nuclear Station
Unita 1 and 2
Docket Nos. 50-416 and 50-417
License No. NPF-29
File: 0260/15521
Response to SALP Report
(Nos. 50-416/85-12 end
50-417/85-03)
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Your letter dated July 23, 1985, transmitted the Systematic Assessment of
Licensee Performance (SALP) report for the Crand Gulf Nuclear Station (CGNS)
facility fer the period Octcber 1, 1983 through April 30, 1985.
On July 30,
1985, members of our staff and the CGNS Safety Review Committee met with you
and men;bers of your staff to review the results of the report. Mississippi
Power & Light Company (MP&L) is responding to that report via this letter.
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MP&L endorses the SALP concept and believes that objective evaluations of
licensee performance benefit the licensee, the NRC, and the public by
identifying and focusing attention and resourcac on matters important to safety
of plant operations. MP&L is cocnnitted to operating CGNS safely and in
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accordance with all applicable regulations. Accordingly, va intend to be
responsive to the conclusions and recommendations discussed in your report.
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MP&L believes that a candid and cooperative relationship chould exist
between the NRC and its licensees in order to promote the free Interchange of
information necessary to facilitate the regulatory process and enhance nuclear
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safety. We believe that this sort of relationship exists between MP&L and
your office and intend to maintain the spirit of cooperation that has
characterized our dealings in the past.
Further, we have recognized and
addressed the areas where past SALP reports have shown that our operations
needed additional management attention and believe that the significant
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improvements documented in this SALP report provide evidence that we have
been responsive and are committed to nuclear safety in the operation of Crand
Gulf Nuclear Station.
MP&L was pleased with your assessment that there has been marked
improvement in the areas of plant operations, maintenance, and surveillance
activities and that startup testing, radiological controls and fire protection
were also improving. Of particular note was your assessment of our security
operations as a Category 1.
MP&L appreciates your observations that the identified weaknesses in this
SALP report occurred early in the rating period, that MP&L has taken
aggressive corrective action to address them, and that the performance trend
is improving. We believe we have worked diligently to address concerns that
occurred in late 1983 and early 1984 before receiving the full power
operating license for Grand Gulf and that our performance in all areas over
the last year has been fully acceptable and supportive of safe plant
operations. Additionally, your report recognized our commitment to and active
pursuit of improved performance in the future.
In accordance with your letter of July 23, 1985, the following address
the actions MP&L has taken or plans to take in response to each Category 3
rating:
We have reviewed your comments and our records or activities in this
area. We acknowledge some weaknesses exhibited during the April, 1984
full scale exercise and have taken aEFressive corrective action on
these items and subscquently cenducted a fully successful exercise in
Feb ruary , 1985. We believe our prograt has been inproving during this
SALP period, but acknowledge that we can and should improve further.
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following describes ~ actions that have been taken or are underway to
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further improve this area:
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Procedure 10-S-01-05 has been revised to resolve NRC concerns and the
associated violation has been closed.
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MP&L responded to the four NRC identified inconsistencies in Emergency
Plan Revision 8 and 9 via letters in March and July 1985.
Revision 10
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to the Emergency Plan incorporates MP&L's commitments and is expected
to be issued in September, 1985.
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The weaknesses identified during the 1984 exercise have been addressed
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and resolved as demonstrated by MP&L's performance during the 1985
exercise, which was characterized by the NRC as " fully successful".
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Concerning effective coordination with the State of Mississippi on
emergency news information, MP&L initiated monthly EP Status Meetings
with state and local officials in June, 1984 to addrens and resolve
concerns generated from the April 1984 exercise. These meetings were
not limited to emergency news information and have significantly
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MP&L is increasing management attention to this area, in that, for
the next several months the Emergency Planning Coordinator will be
functionally reporting directly to the Director, Nuclear Licensing
and Safety in order to focus day-to-day upper level management
attention on emergency preparedness. Additionally, MP&L will request
by separate communication that it begin holding quarterly EP status
meetings with NRC similar to those presently being conducted in the
licensing area.
Training
As discussed in the SALP report, this area was considered to be at a
Category 2 during the latter half of the rating period and improving.
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report did not recommend any increase in NRC inspection activity or change
in licensee management attention.
Corrective actions taken to address
previous NRC concerns in this area are well documented and NRC has
recognized their effectiveness.
Consequently, no further discussion is
presented here.
Quality Programs And Administrative Controls Affecting Quality
MP&L understands the NRC's comments and observations and acknowledges that
improvement needs to be made in some areas of this program. Consequently,
the following actions have been or are being taken:
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The site Monitoring Audit Report has been reformatted to
specifically highlight field observations. This emphasizes the
icportance of field work to the auditor and displays a more
obvious " quality presence" to operating personnel.
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Several QA Department personnel have cocpleted training in the
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Training has been initiated in the area of quality improvement
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for the purpose of increasing awareness of operational processes
versus simply auditing for compliance.
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MP&L is actively pursuing INPO accreditation of the QC training
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program.
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QA has accepted major new responsibilities in the areas of NDE,
ISI, & visual inspection which requires day-to-day contact with
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Plant Staff organizations.
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The reorganization and subsequent merger of the Plant Quality
Section into the corporate Quality Assurance Department became
effective on April 1, 1985. This merger, plus the implementation
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of staffing study recommendations, has served to increase the
overall QA effectiveness and address the NRC's concern regarding
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Management changes have occurred within and directly above
Nuclear Plant Engineering to improve this group's effectiveness
and performance. More emphasis is being placed on the areas
identified as needing management attention.
Performance in the " Quality Programs & Administrative Controls
Affecting Quality" category is recognized by management to be the
responsibility of all members of the Nuclear Production Department (KPD).
The QA Department will continue to work with other NPD organizations to
increase their quality program implementation effectiveness.
Similarly,
the QA Department intends to increase its effectiveness through additional
training in technical areas & assessment techniques; continued high level
of presence in daily plant activities; and new emphasis on quality
improvement.
Licensing
MP&L recognizes that this rating is predicated to a large degree on two
recently proposed enforcement actions for issues going as far back as 1980.
Corrective actions have been taken to address the issue of accuracy of NRC
submittals. Specifically, MP&L has implemented a comprehensive information
certification procedure. This procedure requires verification of
information and personal sign-off by MP&L staff and management prior to
submittal to the NRC and replaces the less structured practices which were
used previously. The procedure includes a written sign-off by a chain of
individuals to ensure that responsibility and accountability for the
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accuracy of submittals is personalized. MP&L believes that through this
procedure of redundant checks, it has enhanced substantially its ability to
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fulfill the fundacental obligation that it has as an NRC licensee to
provide accurate information in all submittals.
The Nuclear Licensing and Safety Department has developed and implemented
a work control and action tracking system which requires that activities
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necessary to respond to the NRC on issues be positively assigned to
responsible individuals and tracked to ensure due dates are met.
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system is used by department management personnel to ensure that proper
priority is assigned, that work is ongoing, and that work is completed
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and documentation developed and transmitted in a timely manner.
The reorganization of the Nuclear Production Department in May, 1984 placed
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more emphasis and management attention on the licensing function.
Additionally, the Vice President - Nuclear Operations is devoting a
significant amount of his time in overseeing activities in this area.
MP&L expects continued improvement as a result of these actions.
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where improvement of our operations is needed. We believe the corrective
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actions we have taken have been effective and expect continued improvement in
the future. We look forward to positive indications of this in the next SALP
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We shall be happy to discuss this response or answer any questions
you have.
Yours truly,
L. F. Dale
Director
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Mr. J. B. Richard
Mr. O. D. Kingsley, Jr.
Mr. R. B. McGehee
Mr. N. S. Reynolds
Mr. H. L. Thomas
Mr. R. C. Butcher
Mr. James M. Taylor, Director
Office of Inspection & Enforcement
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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