ML20147A929

Notice of Violation from Insp on 880104-08.Violation Noted: Individuals Did Not Receive Appropriate Emergency Training & Failure to Produce Records Indicating That State or Local Govt Notified of Evaluation/Audit Rept

ML20147A929
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	02/24/1988
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20147A907	List: IR 05000298/1988002 ML20147A903 ML20147A929 ML20147A945 ML20147A990
References
50-298-88-02, 50-298-88-2, NUDOCS 8803010397
Download: ML20147A929 (2)

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i APPENDIX A 4

NOTICE OF VICLATION Nebraska Public Power District Docket: 50-298 Fort Calhoun Nuclear Stetion Operating License: OPR-46 i

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i During an NRC inspection conducted on January 4-8, 1988, two violations of NRC requirements were identified. The violations involved failure to perform training for personnel assigned to the emergency response organization and failure to make available the emergency program interface evaluation results to the state and local governments. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1987), the violations are listed below- i A. Failure to Perform Training 10 CFR 50.54(q) requires that a licensee shall follow and maintain in ,

effect emergency plans which meet the standards in 50.47(b) and the l requirements in Appendix E.  !

3 Section 8.1.1 of the Cooper Nuclear Station (CNS) Emergency Plan states ,

that formal classroom training is provided to each CNS employee on an (

annual basis. Additionally, the Plan states that initial training will be '

conducted and refresher training will be conducted on an annual basis, i The Plan listed 11 functional categories that required initial training ,

and retraining. Among those requiring training and retraining were '

Station Operators / Operational Support Center (OSC) personnel. The Emergency Plan Training Program is charged to ensure that station personnel who will be active participants in the emergency organization ,

are familiar with the contents of the Emergency Plan and Emergency Plan  ;

Implementing Procedure (EPIPs). j Contrary to the above, a review of randomly selected emergency response personnel training records indicated that nine individuals had not j received appropriate required emergency response training, in tnat eight '

Station Operators had not received required annual formal classroom j

retraining during calendar year 1987 and one Station Operator had not received the required initial training or retraining. I This is a Severity Level IV violation. (Supplement VIII)(298/8802-01) I This is a repeat violation (298/8702-02).

B. Failure to Make Available Evaluation Review 10 CFR 50.54(t) requires that part of the review involving evaluation for j

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adequacy of licensee interface with state and local governments shall be available to the appropriate state and local governments. Section 8.3 of l

the Plan states, "Audits . . . includes Quality Assurance audits per '

10 CFR 50.54(t) and NRC Inspection Report response submittal," A QA  :

evaluation / audit was conducted during March, April, and May 1987. The i

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evaluation audit report transmittal merro stated, "As specifically pointed out in previous Emergency-Preparedness evaluation / audit reports, it is the responsibility of the Emergency Planning Coordinator to ensure dissemination of the results of the attached report regarding interfaces to contiguous state and local authorities in compliance with 10 CFR 50.54(t)." ,

Contrary to the above, the licensee could not produce records indicating that the state or local government had been notified of the evaluation / audit report.  :

t This is a Severity Level IV violation. (Supplement VIII)(298/8802-02)

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Nebraska Public Power District is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to this Office within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice. This reply, should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation if admitted, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results  ;

achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Dated at Arlington, Texas, this 24th day of February 1988. ,

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