ML20137B648

Forwards NRR Input to SALP for Jul 1984 - Nov 1985. Assessment of Licensee Performance in Plant Cleanliness & Housekeeping Included

ML20137B648
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Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	01/08/1986
From:	Stevens J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Norelius C, Novak T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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f JM 48 M Docket Nos: STN 50-456 STN 50-457 MEMORANDUM FOR: C.E. Norelius, Director Division of Reactor Projects, Region III.

T. Novak, Acting Director Division of FWR Licensing-A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation THRU: Vincent S. Noonan, Director PWR Project Directorate #5 Division of PWR Licensing-A FROM: Janice A. Stevens, Project Manager.

PWR Project Directorate #5 Division of PWR Licensing-A

SUBJECT:

NRR SALP INPUT FOR BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 Enclosed is NRR's input to the Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2. It covers the period from July 1, 1984 to November 30, 1985. In addition to evaluating licensee performance in the functional area of licensing activities, we included our assessment of licensee performance in plant cleanliness and housekeeping.

We have rated the licensee 2 in licensing activities and 2 in plant cleanliness and housekeeping.

Sincerely, (a)

Janice A. Stevens, Project Manager PWR Project Directorate #5 Division of PWR Licensing-A-

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SUBJECT:

NRR SALP INPUT FOR BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 Enclosed is NRR's input to the Systematic Assessment of Licensee Perfomance (SAli;) for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2. It covers the period from July 1, 1984 to November 30, 1985. In addition to evaluating licensee performance in the functional area of licensing activities, we included our assessment of licensee performance in plant cleanliness and housekeeping.

We have rated the licensee 2 in licensing activities and 2 in plant cleanliness i and housekeeping.

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Janice A. Stevens, Project Manager PWR Project Directorate #5 Division of PWR Licensing-A ,

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Docket Nos: STN 50-456 STN 50-457 FACILITY: Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2 LICENSEE: Commonwealth Edison Company EVALUATION PERIOD: July 1, 1984 to November 30, 1985 PROJECT MANAGER: Janice A. Stevens I. INTRODUCTION This report presents the results of the NRR evaluation of the licensee.

Commonwealth Edison Company (Ceco), in the functional area of licensing activities and other related areas. It provides NRR's input to the SALP review process as described in NRC Manual Chapter 0516. The review covers the period July 1, 1984 to November 30, 1985.

The approach used for this evaluation was in accordance with Office Letter No. 44 which requires that each organization responsible for developing safety evaluation reports also provide a SALP input with their evaluation. Additional inputs were solicited for selected review areas of particular significance.

The Project Manager also provided inputs on selected licensing actions. In most cases the staff applied the SALP evaluation criteria for the performance attributes based on first hand experience with the licensee or with the licensee's submittals.

The individual SALP evaluations for each rated licensing issue were assembled into a matrix which was then used, with appropriate weighting for the importance to safety of the licensing issue, to develop the overall evaluation of the licensee's performance.

This approach is consistent with NRC Manual Chapter 0516 which specifies that each functional area evaluated will be assigned a performance category based on a composite of a number of attributes. The single final rating is to be tempered with judgement as to the significance of the individual elements.

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SUMMARY

OF RESULTS Based on the approach described above, the performance of Ceco in the functional area of licensing activities is rated Category 2.

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III. CRITERIA j The evaluation criteria used are given in NRC Manual Chapter 0516, Table 1.

Weighting was used depending upon the individual licensing actions' importance

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IV. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS Generally, the licensee's performance was evaluated using the criteria specified

. in Manual Chapter 0516. There was not sufficient information to allow NRR to l evaluate two of the evaluation criteria, enforcement history and reporting and

! analysis of reportable events.

During the evaluation period there was a significant level of activity.

i Substantial effort was expended in preparing for the Braidwood OL hearing,

, which commenced on October 29, 1985. The low power license for Byron I was

! issued on October 31, 1984 and the full power license was issued on i

February 14, 1985. Consequently, many issues common to both Byron and ,

Braidwood were addressed during this evaluation period. A number of. site-

, specific issues concerning Braidwood were also addressed. The first draft of the Braidwood Technical Specifications was issued for review and comment; the second draft will be issued in the near future.

A. Management Involvement and Control in Assuring Quality

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The overall rating for this attribute is 2. The licensee's decision i making is usually at a level that ensures adequate management review.

The submittals needed to support licensing were generally timely, thorough and technically sound. Upper management was available to resolve concerns and took an active role on certain actions, such as the action concerning pipe whip restraints using energy-

absorbing material and the action concerning safety-related D.C.

systems.

! B. Approach to Resolution of Technical Issues from a Safety Standpoint

The overall rating for this attribute is 2. The licensee understands the technical issues and responses are generally sound and thorough.

' Conservatism is generally exhibited and approaches are viable'. In several instances, the licensee challenged staff positions, but only l when it believed safety would not be compromised.

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D C. Responsive to NRC Initiatives-The overall rating for this attribute is 2. In the weeks prict to issuance of the low power and full power licenses for Byron' Urif t 1, the licensee had to respond to many NRC initiatives, which were common to both Byron and Braidwood, in a short period of time.

The licensee responses were generally timely, sound and thorough'.

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D. Staffing The overall rating for this attribute is 1. Key positions are clearly.

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both the plant staff and the licensing department. The security organization positions and responsibilities are well defined; the security staff is considered to be more than ample to implement the facility physical protection program.

E. Training and Qualification Effectiveness The overall rating for this attribute is 1. The-lkcensee+has developed a comprehensive Shift Experience Program for Braidwood

! Station. The program is designed to give senior operators on shift additional supervisory training at an operating PWR (Zion Station) such that they can satisfy the hot participation requirements of Generic Letter 84-16.

V. CONCLUSIONS Based on our evaluation of licensing activities, an overall rating of 2 '

is assessed for Ceco licensing performance for the period July 1,1984 to '

November 30, 1985. '

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Plant Cleanliness and Housekeeping 7 The overall rating for this area is 2. Although housekeeping and control room behavior is discussed elsewhere in the NRC evaluation, NRR has a continued interest in this area since good housekeeping practices are an 7 indication that the licensee takes pride in its facilities. Visits by

the Project Manager and discussions with the Resident Inspectors indicate that the licensee's housekeeping practices have improved over this SALP?

review period due to increased management attention and the development of better procedures.

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c VII. RECOMMENDATIONS a

The licensee's best areas of performance were staffing and training and qualification effectiveness. Due to the rapidly approaching fuel load date for Braidwood Unit 1, the licensee's management should continue to maintain a high level of involvement in licensing activities and should also ensure that plant cleanliness and house-keeping practices continue to improve.

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