IR 05000255/1986009

Insp Rept 50-255/86-09 on 860226-28.No Violations, Deficiencies or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected: Emergency Preparedness Program,Including Emergency Detection & Classification,Notifications & Communications & Training

ML20140C045
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	03/18/1986
From:	Allen T, Patterson J, Snell W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML20140C025	List: IR 05000255/1986009 ML20140C021
References
50-255-86-09, 50-255-86-9, NUDOCS 8603250098
Download: ML20140C045 (6)

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

Report No. 50-255/86009(DRSS)-

Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Licensee: Consumers' Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, MI 49201 Facility Name: Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Inspection At: Covert, MI Inspection Condu ted: February 26-28, 1986

. h8A Inspectors: J Patterson 3^ lk Date T. Allen J- /7-86 Date to.S J Approved By: W. Snell, Acting Chief Emergency Preparedness Section 3/sa/E Date Inspection Sumary:

Inspection on February 26-28, 1986 (Report No. 50-255/86009(DRSS))

Areas Inspected: Special unannounced inspection of the following areas of the emergency preparedness program: emergency detection and classification, notifications and comunications; and training related to the licensee's-commitments to improve their emergency preparedness program, particularly those areas defined as a result of the August 20, 1985 annual emergency exercise. The inspection involved 42 inspector-hours onsite by two NRC inspector Results: No violations, deficiencies or deviations were identified as a result of this inspectio PDR I

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1. Persons Contacted i *J. Lewis, Technical Director '

• W. Beckman, Radiological Services Manager P. Bruce, Electrical Engineering and Maintenance Superintendent

• R. Fenech, Technical Engineer

• D. Fitzgibbon, Senior Licensing Engineer

• D. Malone, Senior Engineer

• R. McCaleb, Director, Palisades Quality Assurance

• L. Kenaga, Staff Health Physicist

• J. Brunet, Emergency Planning Coordinator, Palisades

• D. Fugere, Emergency Planner, Corporate M. Hobe, Emergency Planning Trainer, Midland Training Center R. Rice, Nuclear Plant Operations Manager G. Sleeper, General Engineer, Plant Safety Engineering

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• Denotes those attending the exit meeting on February 28, 1986.

2. Licensee Actions on Previously-Identified Items Related to Emergency Preparedness i (0 pen) Open Item No. 255/85016-05: The EOF needed more space for.NRC,

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real event participation to meet NUREG-0696 guidelines. The inspectors reviewed the changes made so far with the Site Emergency Planning Coordinator. A work table has been positioned at a right angle to the E0F Director's table with three outside telephones available for NRC's use. Also, work space and a conference area have been made available in the adjoining Manor House area. Five telephone lines were made available in the work area room, while three telephone lines were provided in the conference room which. adjoins the work area. The space for each of these Manor House rooms seemed adequate to the inspectors. The telephones in the E0F are not labelled as yet, nor are the actual telephones installed in the Manor House. This item

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remains open pending installation of telephones in the Manor House area.

4 (Closed) Open Item No. 255/85033-01: Commitment 2(d) from the list of corrective actions resulting from the May 3,1985 management meeting has been met by the licensee. The self-study method for Site Erlergency Plan (SEP) training now provides for a qualified instructor ,

to be available and administer an exam to those using the self-study '

method, particularly for requalification training. This-item has been clarified between the Emergency Planning Coordinator (EPC) and the ;

inspector (Reference letter of February 25, 1986 from B. D. Johnson, 1 Consumers Power Company, to J. G. Kenpler, Region III, U. S. Nuclear i Regulatory Commission). This item is closed.

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" (Closed) Open Item No. 255/85033-03: On the previous-inspection of December 16-19, 1985 outdated msps'of Van- Euren Cou.nty and Berrien County were.found in the TSC, EOF and in the kits'used for offsite radiation monitoring personnel. Jhe. inspector verified' that the -

licensee has replaced those maps;at the#1ocations.specified above-with current, updated maps for Van Buren', Berrien and also Allegan Counties. This item is closed-(Reference.Section 4, Issue 4)..

. (0 pen)~OpenItemNo. 255/85033-04: This item concerns the need .

l~ 'for additional drills and training on better contamination control ~

pract1ces and to eliminate simulation.in future. exercises,' drills or real events. The inspectors confirmed that. the licensee's

' efforts are progressi_ng in this area, and a May 1986 OSC drill:is

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scheduled to address this issue. The drill scope and objectives were reviewed by the inspectors,' including the use cf step-off pads, and found acceptable. This item will remain open until satisfactorily 3 demonstrated in PALEX-86 (Reference Section 4. Issue 4).

! (0 pen).0 pen Item No. 255/85033-05: This. item concerns the present j A tural design of the TSC' including the office dividers which

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tended to inhibit comunication in the PALEX-85 exercise. An interim Palisades site comittee including the Facilities Manager and the EP Coordinator, among others, have evaluated the current i TSC setup. Their conclusion is that the cubicle office setup will  ;

I remain, since no acceptable office space could be found for the

present TSC office occupants. This decision had not been. officially

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i approved by the Plant General Manager or Corporate managemeat.at the:

i time of this inspection. This item remains open (Reference Section 4, Issue 8)- .

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! (Closed) O pn Item No. 255/85033-06: This item concerns the l misunderstanding by some PALEX-85' exercise players of the.responsi--

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bility and authority within the EOF, particularly for the position of EOF Director and HP Team Leader. Revisions in the SEP have been made since the previous inspection- to include statements to clarify-

{ the responsibility of the EOF Director in the event of a conflict ,

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between the Site Emergency Director-(SED) and the EOF Director. If

such a conflict occurred, the EOF Officer would. resolve' the issue ~.

I These draft revisions of the SEP include Sections 5.4.1, 5.5.10 and 5.5.15. The changes made as evaluated in the previous inspection, plus these SEP revisions, adequately complete Issue 13. This item is close (0 pen) Open Item No. 255/85033-07: This item relates to the ability

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to monitor, assess,- and trend radiological. field data in PALEX-8 l Since the previous inspection, trend gra l

the Emergency Response Facilities (ERFs)phs to.be usedhave forbeen completed comparison of for-dose rates between values reported by the offsite teams and calculated whole body and thyroid dose rates. 1These trend graphs will be mounted in the ERFs. Lesson. plans.in dose assessment have been adjusted to l meet the needs of HP technicians and.other categories of emergency response personnel to better utilize the radiation survey data from- >

the offsite teams. The licensee decided a revision of current-

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' Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures 'FPIPs) was not'necessary. .

Methodology to assist.the -lead person in using present EPIPs and

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better managing,the teams and their field-generated infonnation is -

being'followed. Current actions are on schedule; however, training .

with the new lesson plans wasLjust-starting at the time of this_

inspection. This item will: remain open until the issue-is adequately- '

demonstrated in PALEX-8 (0 pen) Open Item No. 255/85033-08: This. item relates to the E0F.HP team not properly performing dose assessment functions, which led to some confusion between the licensee and the State of Michigan on'

source term, calculated dose rates, and adequate size of the pro-tective action area. Another drill involving the EOF and TSC .is planned for April or May 1986. The new IBM PC computw for dose assessment use should be operational, and emergency response personnel assigned to this function will be trained. Resolution of this issue is progressing satisfactorily, but is still open .

pending satisfactory demonstration in PALEX-86 (Reference Section 4, Issue 15).

3. Activation of the Site Emergency Plan The inspectors reviewed and evaluated four ac;ivations of the SEP'that-occurred between December 20, 1985 and Februat 26,1986. ' The four emergency classifications, Notices of Unusual L rents (NUEs). were correctly made and based on the applicable Emersa ncy Action Level (EAL).

Notifications were made to State, Counties and ti 3 NRC within the: required .

time . Status of Corrective Actions Initiated to Im) rove t'.e ~ Emergency Preparedness Program Includinc Responses to Onergent i Exercise Weaknesse ,

as Identified in Report No. 50-255/85016 from-the PA EX-85. Exercise

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Issue 1 No change since the previous inspection. The timetablesfor review of PALEX-86 scenario to ensure that the scenario events clearly defina the desired. actions and that proper contingency messages are available to assist the Controller is still scheduled for luly 5,-198 Issue 3 i Since the previous inspection, another OSC drill. plan has been developed.' i The inspectors reviewed the drill scope and objectives;and found them-  !

satisfactory in addressing areas of concern from the PALEX-85 exercise, d Increased use of anti-contamination clothing, radiation boundaries,-  :

step-off pads, along with demonstration of. good contamination controls- "

are among the drill objectives for the May 1986 drill.

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comunications with the TSC and radio communications to the E0F Health .i Physics Communicator. The inspectors' review of.the drill scope an ;

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objectives of this drill concluded that it also meets most of the remaining objectives of Issue If step-off pads and other contamination control practices are demonstrated in the May 1986 drill, the corrective actions-recommended will be completed except for satisfactory demonstration in the PALEX-86 exercise. The inspector concluded that the licensee's actions'

are satisfactory and progress is continuing to resolve Issue Issue 6 This issue concerns attitude problems as observed in PALEX-85 and is being continually addressed by the licensee in drills, training sessions, and instructions to those with emergency response functions, as confirmed by the inspectors. This issue remains open until satisfactorily demonstrated in PALEX-8 Issue 8 This issue concerns the recently completed licensee evaluation of the TSC design and layout including the present arrangement of office cubicle This item is also described in Section 3.e of this report. One additional f.hange has been the installation of another speaker in the office cubicle area for better sound reception when announcements are made from the SED and/or his emergency support manager Issues 10 and 11 Status remains unchanged on these two issues, which include better training for exercise Controllers to improve their performance and also planning to avoid a shortage of Controllers for future exercise Issue 12 No changes in this issue have occurred since the last inspection. Training with State and local government representatives to increase the coordina-tion with the licensee in the Joint Public Information Center cannot be scheduled until closer to the completion date of this issue, namely, July 29, 198 Issue 14 This issue has previously been described in Section 3.g of this report. The licensee had four items of resolution to complete (ReportNo. 255/85016). Two of these (Items 1 and 4) were completed prior to this inspection. A more efficient and practical methodology for controlling the offsite teams is being developed as part of Item This issue is being addressed satisfactoril Issue 15 )

This issue concerns the unacceptable performance of the EOF HP team in- j properly performing the required dose assessment functions in-PALEX-8 This resulted in confusion between the licensee and the State of Michigan j

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on source term, calculated dose rates, and the proper protective action recommendations. Dose assessment training on the new IBM PC computer was scheduled to begin the week of March 3-7, 1986. 'This facet of the issue and shouldthedo planned much toTSC-E0F drillexercise resolve this tentatively scheduled related for Ap(Referenceril and May 19 weakness

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Issue 16 The licensee has revised GORT Procedure E0F-3 to establish the position of E0F Administrator. This individuals duties are clearly defined to manage

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the E0F and direct the actions of the interim plant personnel until the arrival of-the EOF Director. Procedure EI-4.3 has also been revised to eliminate the previous position of EOF Leader. This issue is close . Update on Site Emergency Plan Training Program The SEP Training Program'has been revised, effective January 27, 198 Lesson plans have been revised since PALEX-85 to include statements that any simulations in drills and exercises will not be acceptable, with few exceptions. Criticisms, suggestions, or proposed changes which result from critiques after a drill, exercise or an emergency response training class are noted, and if shown to have merit, are listed on an Actions Items Request (AIR) form. This is then put on a computerized tracking system and resolution is assigned. Depending on the item, it could be included in the next lesson plan for that course. The NRC inspection reports are also used as input for this AIR form. The emergency planning matrices have been revised since the previous inspection to update the list of courses with the emergency response titles. Courses are now offered four times yearly to accomodate all. Supervisors are sant printouts of their employees who require emergency response training three months before the 12 month deadline. This change was made to_ help eliminate the possibility of exceeding the annual period for required training. A list of all EP courses offered for the year is sent to each site EPC for distribution to supervisory personne The inspectors interviewed five individuals with the following emergency response titles: Site Emergency Director; Engineering and Maintenance Support Group Leader; Comunications Support Group Leader; Communications Support Team Member; and Health Physics Support Group Leader. All were knowledgeable of their emergency response functions and demonstrated competence in fulfilling their emergency roles. None were found to be deficient in their EP training requirement . Exit Interview The inspectors held an exit interview on February 28, 1986, with those licensee representatives denoted in Section 1 of this report. The inspectors determined from the licensee that none of the information i discussed was proprietary in nature. The inspectors discussed the scope and findings of the inspection; and concluded that emphasis was continuing on: improving the content and quality of the emergency preparedness program,

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