ML20140E620

Provides Two Violations That Are Subjects of EA Worksheet

ML20140E620
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	11/07/1996
From:	Kreh J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Boland A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
Shared Package
ML20140E502	List: ML20140E497 ML20140E508 ML20140E514 ML20140E519 ML20140E524 ML20140E530 ML20140E536 ML20140E541 ML20140E557 ML20140E573 ML20140E580 ML20140E590 ML20140E594 ML20140E620 ML20140E652 ML20140E659 ML20140E667
References
FOIA-96-485 NUDOCS 9704290051
Download: ML20140E620 (3)

Text

. .- . _ . . . . - _ _

1 k-1 From: A) ? d 2 2.

! To: James ATB Kreh, %ldnd

/4n ne_ .

4C D Date: 11/7/96 2:15pm

Subject:

ST LUCIE VIOLATIONS 1

Here are the 2 violations that are the subjects of the EAW. Thought it might help you to j get a preview of these. '

l l

l

! l 4

t i

1 I

s i

i 9704290051 970423 l PDR FOIA BINDER 96-485j PDR j

s  !

DRAFT NOTICE OF VIOLATION St. Lucie Plant ,

Inspection Report Nos. 50-335. 50-389/96-18  ;

i i

,- A .- 10 CFR 50.54(g) requires that nuclear power plant licensees follow and  :

. maintain in effect emergency plans which meet the planning standards of  ;

10 CFR 50.47(b) and the requirements in Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50.

Section 2.4 of the licensee's Radiological Emergency Plan (REP),

Revision 31 states that activation of the Technical Support Center i

4 (TSC) and the Operational Support Center (OSC) will be initiated by the Emergency Coordinator in the event of an Alert. Site Area Emergency, or General Emergency, and that arrangements have been made to staff the TSC and OSC in a timely manner. Also s Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)pecified is that is required for activation a Site Area of the  :

Emergency or General Emergency, and that arrangements have been made to i activate the E0F in a timely manner.

l-J The REP requirements delineated above are implemented by procedure EPIP- i 3100023E. "On-Site Emergency Organization and Call Directory".

Revision 72. The instruction in Section 8.2 of that procedure states ,

4 that, upon the declaration of an emergency classification, "the Duty Call Supervisor will initiate staff augmentation" using the " Emergency Recall System or Appendix A. Duty Call Supervisor Call Directory to notify persons..."  ?

Contrary to the above, from approximately July 22 to October 3.1996.  ;

arrangements were not available to staff or activate the TSC. OSC, or i EOF in a timely manner because the licensee did not have the capability '

to implement either the primary method (using the Emergency Recall  ;

System) or the backup method (using the Duty Call Supervisor Call '

Directory) for notifying its personnel to report to the plant during i off-hours to staff and activate.the TSC. OSC. and EOF.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement VIII).

J.

~'

B. 10 CFR 50.54(q) requires that nuclear power plant licensees follow and i maintain in effect emergency plans which meet the planning standards of 10 CFR 50.47(b) and the requirements in Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50. ,

REP Section 7.2.2. " Training of On-Site Emergency Response Organization 1 Personnel", states, "The training program for members of the on-site 1

emergency response organization will include practical drills as

appropriate and participation in exercises, in which each individual i demonstrates an ability to perform assigned emergency functions " The '

, licensee's Plan further states, "For employees with specific assignments J or authorities as members of emergency teams, initial training and  !

i annual retraining programs will be provided. Training must be current  !

to be maintained on the site Emergency Team Roster."

Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to provide a program which i included an opportunity for each individual assigned to the on-site emergency response . organization to participate in a drill or exercise.

1 \

)

1 i

a

l P l In 1994, the licensee failed to provide training for 17 positions l (approximately 92 individuals)' identified as part of the on-site l 2

~

response organization. In 1995, the licensee failed to provide training for 8 positions. (approximately 54 individuals) identified as part of the i on-site response organization,. The licensee's training program failed -

I to include initial or periodic retraining on certain procedures required to be implemented by several identified positions. In 1995, the  ;

i licensee failed to remove from the emergency response organization '

4 individuals who had not completed retraining as required. The

licensee failed to remove 6' individuals from the emergency response organization effective October 6.1996, who had not remained qualified F to fill response team requirements as a result of allowing their respirator qualifications to lapse. t v .

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement VIII).  !

J- )

i i 1 I

e I

i i I

l i '.

i '

V  ;

f l

l

-