ML20147B347
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| Site: | Salem, Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 04/06/1993 |
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INTRODUCTION J. J. HAGAN -
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- FIRE WATCH PROGRAM J. F. KERIN i
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! INCIDENT AND INVESTIGATION L. A. REITER . , ,
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CORRECTIVE ACTIONS J. F. KERIN 1
l SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE J. F. KERIN j ..
1990 ALLEGATIONS L. A. REITER i
BROADER ASSESSMENT J. J. HAGAN i .-
! CONTROL OF CONTRACTORS J. J. HAGAN L,_,.
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REGULATORY ASSESSMENT F. X. THOMSON 1
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SUMMARY
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MEETING OBJECTIVES !
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e REVIEW THE NRC FINDINGS i
l e DESCRIBE THE FIREWATCH PROGRAM AT PSE&G l
- DISCUSS THE MISSED ROVES AND PSE&G'S INVESTIGATIONS i
e DISCUSS PSE&G'S CONTROL OF CONTRACTORS e DEMONSTRATE MINIMAL SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE
- DEMONSTRATE THAT ESCALATED ENFORCEMENT IS NOT WARRANTED 93EC131
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SUMMARY
OF NRC FINDINGS i i
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i e POTENTIAL VIOLATION l
j - FIRE WATCHES FAILED TO COMPLETE THElR ASSIGNED
. ROUNDS l-l - COMPLETED LOGS TO INDICATE THAT THE ROUNDS l HAD BEEN SATISFACTORILY PERFORMED, WHEN IN
! FACT, THEY HAD NOT BEEN PERFORMED
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VICE PRESEMNT NUCt. EAR OPERATIONS GENERAL MANAGER f
NUCLEAR SGMCES I
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FIRE PRO TCTION Fft OPERATOR - NUCLEAR SHWT SUPGMSOR (25) (8) 0 -
ASST. SUPGMSOR (FELD)
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FWIEWATCH (35)
NOTE: 24 HOUR PER DAY NGFT OPERATION DEDICATED INDUSTRIAL FERE DEPARTMBfT (BlWGADE)
F.W. 3 FIXED SHETS - 2 SUPBMSOfts PER SHFT JULY 1992 STAFF 980 LEVELS 93EC136
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FIREWATCH PROGRAM FIRE PROTECTION ORGANIZATION e SURVEILLANCE TEST PROGRAM e EMERGENCY SERVICES l
- FIRE RESPONSE
- EMERGENCY MEDICAL
- SPILL RESPONSE
- RESCUE l
e IMPAIRMEP.',,1GNITION SOUF i TRACKING e FIREWATCH PROGRAM (PTI) .
- COMPENSATION MEASURES FOR FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM OUT OF SERVICE
- OVERSIGHT BY PSE&G l 93EC126 l
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l FIREWATCH SURVEILLANCE :'
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- e SCHEDULED SURVEILLANCE -JULY 1992 l - SALEM -
96 AREAS / HOUR t
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10 AREAS / HOUR
- e REASONS FOR PERFORMING SURVEILLANCES i - GOOD PRACTICE r L
-f.4GURANCE
- TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS e 9 SUPERVISORS AND 35 FIREWATCHES ON 3 SHIFTS
- 2 SUPERVISORS /12 FIREWATCHES PER SHIFT
- 8 HOURS PER SHIFT /24 HOURS PER DAY e ROVES PER SHIFT
- SALEM 3 ROVE AREAS - 1 A - UNIT 1 RCA 1B - UNIT 2 RCA 1.
II - UNIT 1&2 COMMON AREAS 30 ROVES / SHIFT = 960 AREAS / SHIFT
- HOPE CREEK - 1 ROVE AREA 10 ROVES / SHIFT = 100 AREAS / SHIFT 93EC1-32
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i PATROL SURVEILLANCE DUTIES I 1 l
e IDENTIFY OBVIOUS ACTIVITIES BY PLANT PERSONNEL THAT
[l COULD INCREASE FIRE HAZARDS IN THE AREA i l
e IDENTIFY CONDITIONS LIKELY TO CAUSE A FIRE l l
I e IDENTIFY CONDITIONS LIKELY TO ADVERSELY AFFECT FIRE PROTECTION I
e IMMEDIATELY REPORT EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR FIRE e REPORT ALL OTHER APPARENT ABNORMALITIES ,
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-1 e DUTIES ARE DOCUMENTED
- POST ORDERS l
- PTI PROCEDURES .
- TRAINING PROGRAM l
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SUMMARY
- 7/1/92
- PTl SUPERVISOR IDENTIFIES MISSED ROVE
- FIREWATCH ADMITS TO MISSING SEVERAL POSTS AND FALSIFICATION OF ASSOCIATED LOGS g
- PSE&G AND PTl MANAGEMENT INFORMED e IMMEDIATE ACTIONS
- PTl INVESTIGATION INITIATED - 7/2/92 I
- PTl ISSUES LETTER TO ALL FIREWATCHES - 7/2/92 l
- REVIEWED WITH NRC RESIDENTS - 7/6/92
- PSE&G QA INITIATES SPOT CHECKS - 7/6/92
- PSE&G CORPORATE SECURITY INVESTIGATION a INITIATED - 7/13/92
- PSE&G QA INVESTIGA7lOtl INITIATED - 7/13/92
- LER ISSUED - 7/30/92 0
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! CONTRACTOR INVESTIGATION :
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- DETERMINE EXTENT OF IMPROPER PERFORMANCE OF FIREWATCH ROUNDS l
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- EVALUATE PERFORMANCE OF FIREWATCH EMPLOYEES
.FOR A 7 DAY 100% SAMPLE PERIOD IN JUNE 1992, FOLLOW UP WITH INTERVIEWS OF INVOLVED EMPLOYEES e TEAM
- NINE PTl MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL 1
e APPROACH
- CARDREADER HISTORY CHECKS
- FIREWATCH INTERVIEWS / STATEMENTS
- FIREWATCH SUPERVISORY INTERVIEWS 93EC1-6 e
l, FIREWATCH PROGRAM PSE&G CORPORATE SECURITY INVESTIGATION oPURPOSE
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- DETERMINE KNOWLEDGE OF PTl AND PSE&G PERSONNEL REGARDING FALSIFICATION OF FIREWATCH LOGS l.
- SCOPE
- PTl FIREWATCH PERSONNEL, SUPERVISION, AND
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! MANAGEMENT
- PSE&G SITE PROTECTION SUPERVISORS AND OPERATIONS SUPERVISORS 1
e TEAM
- THREE INVESTIGATORS WITH PREVIOUS LAW.
ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE
- APPROACH
- INVESTIGATIVE PLAN AND FORMAL QUESTIONS 'l DEVELOPED WITH QA INPUT
- 53 CONFIDENTIAL INTERVIEWS 93EC17 l t
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FIREWATCH PROGRAM I
PSE&G QA REVIEW
- PURPOSE r t
- VALIDATE PTl'S INVESTIGATION RESULTS
- EVALUATE PERFORMANCE OF FIREWATCH PERSONNEL FOR 2 SAMPLE PERIODS IN ORDER TO SUBSTANTIATE RESULTS OF PTI'S INVESTIGATION AND ASCERTAIN IF THIS IS A RECENT PROBLEM l.
- SCOPE
- PTl INVESTIGATION EFFORT
- SAMPLE PERIODS, FEBRUARY 16-23,1992 AND APRIL 12-19,1992 l;
- TEAM
- TWO EXPERIENCED QA LEAD' AUDITORS WITH ONE ASSISTANT o APPROACH a
- WITNESS PTl VERIFICATION OF ROVE LOGS
- WALKDOWN SAMPLE OF 2 ROVE ROUTES FOR FAMILIARIZATION
- COMPARE ROVE LOGS WITH SECURITY ACCESS [
RECORDS
- COMPARE PSE&G RESULTS WITH PTI'S RESULTS 03EC18 L
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i l e 19 OF 35 FIREWATCH PERSONNEL DID NOT C.OMPLETE
] THEIR ASSIGNED ROUNDS AND COMPLETED LOGS TO l INDICATE THAT THE ROUNDS HAD BEEN COMPLETED [
] SATISFACTORILY, WHEN IN FACT THEY HAD NOT a
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FIREWATCH PROGRAM
SUMMARY
OF INVESTIGATION FINDINGS I ADDITIONAL FINDINGS OF INVESTIGATIONS e CORPORATE INVESTIGATION
- CONTRIBUTING FACTORS (WEATHER, LOCATION, BOREDOM, SELF-ESTEEM)
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- SUPERVISORS HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE MISSED CHECKS .
- POOR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PTl MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION O PSE&G CORPORATE SECURITY INVESTIGATION
- EMERGENT WORK LED TO LAPSES IN SUPERVISION
- EXPECTATIONS NOT CLEARLY COMMUNICATED AND ,
MINIMAL REINFORCEMENT ,
e PSE&G QA REVIEW
- INSUFFICIENT DIRECT SUPERVISION
- INADEQUATE PERIODIC AUDITS AND SPOT CHECKS
- 16 OF 35 FIREWATCH PERSONNEL HAD UNBLEMISHED ,
RECORDS 1
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- . I 1-4 l' FIREWATCH PROGRAM l ROOT CAUSE CATEGORIES i
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- e LESS THAN ADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF PERSONNEL BY PTl
- POOR ROVE ROUTE DESIGN l - LESS THAN ADEQUATE FIELD SUPERVISION
- EMERGENT WORK COVERED BY FIELD SUPERVISION i - PROGRAM MANAGER PERFORMANCE ISSUES i l. ,
i l e LESS THAN ADEQUATE PERFORMANCE OF FIREWATCH
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- POOR TRAINING PRACTICES ,
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- EXPECTATIONS NOT REINFORCED
- LOW SELF-ESTEEM e LESS THAN ADEQUATE OVERSIGHT BY PES &G ,
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- FIREWATCH OVERSIGHT WAS LOW PRIORITY OF PSE&G j SUPERVISOR RELATIVE TO OTHER DUTIES !
- QA OVERSIGHT NOT STRUCTURED TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM
- ASSIGNMENT OF EMERGENT WORK TO PTl l
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IMPROVED SUPERVISION OF FIREWATCH PERSONNEL BY PTl e POLICY LETTER ISSUED ENCOURAGING FIREWATCH TO SUGGEST HUMAN FACTORS BASED ROVE ROUTE DESIGN ENHANCEMENTS
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e QUARTERLY AFTER-HOUR INSPECTIONS e WEEKLY RANDOM CARD HISTORIES OF A MINIMUM OF ONE FIREWATCH PERSONNEL, PER SHIFT e QUARTERLY RANDOM CARD HISTORIES OF A MINIMUM OF [
THREE FIREWATCH PERSONNEL e ROVE CHALLENGE PROGRAM USED A MINIMUM OF ONCE A WEEK FOR ALL SHIFTS e TELEPHONE CALL-INS FROM ISOLATED ROVE AREAS 1.
e ADDITIONAL FIREWATCH PERSONNEL ADDED DURING PERIODS OF EMERGENT WORK e REPLACEMENT OF PT1 PROGRAM MANAGER
- STRONG LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND
- EX.PECTATIONS CLEARLY DEFINED
- OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH PSE&G MANAGEMENT 93EC1-20 s.
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lMPROVED PERFORMANCE BY FIREWATCH PERSONNEL l e STANDARD 12ED FIREWATCH INDOCTRINATION TRAINING PROGRAM WITH FOCUS ON PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION
- ANNUAL REFRESHER TRAINING ;
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! e PTl CORPORATE STAFF-CONDUCTED SUPERVISORY l TRAINING FOCUSED ON SUPERVISOR / EMPLOYEE l
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- RELATIONS SKILLS, QUALITY POST INSPECTIONS,
! COMMUNICATIONS, AND QUALITY CIRCLES l - ANNUAL SUPERVISORY SKILL,S TRAINING l l
1 e GENERAL EMPLOYEE TRAINING REVISED TO STRESS THE l lMPORTANCE OF THE FIREWATCH PROGRAM i
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, FIREWATCH PROGRAM CORRECTIVE ACTIONS r IMPROVED OVERSIGHT BY PSE&G r
e RENFORCED PSE&G'S FIRE PROTECTION SU'PERVISION AND i MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE OF PROGRAM e ENHANCED FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATION - PSE&G AND PTl SUPERVISION RELOCATED TO SAME BUILDING [.
e RENFORCED PTI'S ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION e ON-GOING EVALUATION OF FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS e ENHANCED QA MONITORING OF FIREWATCH ROVE PERFORMANCE 1.
- REVISED QA AUDIT PLAN FOR FIRE PROTECTION TO INCLUDE FIELD VERIFICATION OF ROVES AND SAMPLE COMPARISON OF ROVE LOGS WITH SECURITY DOOR TRANSAC'i10N RECORDS .
1 e ADDITIONAL FIREWATCH PERSONNEL ADDED DURING PERIODS OF ,
EMERGENT WORK 93EC121
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- CONTINUING SUPERVISORY (LEADERSHIP / MANAGEMENT) I j SKILL TRAINING j
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j PERSONNEL, PSE&G SAFETY COORDINATOR AND SENIOR i FIRE PROTECTION SUPERVISOR 4
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- o PLACEMENT OF SIGN-IN SHEETS FOR ROVE AREAS WHERE l PHONES ARE NOT AVAILABLE i
e THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WILL BE .1
- MONITORED AND ADJUSTED AS NECESSARY J
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i l CURRENT PERFORMANCE :
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. e OVERALL INCREASE IN MORALE
- NO DISCREPANCIES IDENTIFIED DURING RANDOM WEEKLY CARD READER VERIFICATIONS ;
- SATISFACTORY QA SURVEILLANCE REPORTS e BASED ON A SAMPLING OF CARD READOUTS, FIREWATCH PERSONNEL FULFILLED RESPONSIBILITIES DURING MARCH SNOW STORM l
e PTl UTILIZING CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OFINION SURVEYS TO MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF EMPLOYEE MORALE 1
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l l l e NO DISCREPANCIES IDENTIFIED DURING RANDOM WEEKLY
! CARD READER VERIFICATIONS -l l
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e SATISFACTORY OA SURVEILLANCE REPORTS l e BASED ON A SAMPLIP;G OF CARD READOUTS, FIREWATCH i PERSONNEL FULFILLED RESPONSIBILITIES DURING MARCH l SNOW STORM a
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- PTl UTILIZING CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OPINION SURVEYS 4
i TO MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF EMPLOYEE MORALE l
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i AREAS REQUIRED BY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS / FIRE ,
PROTECTION PROGRAM e COMPENSATING FACTORS
- SALEM SWITCHGEAR ROOMS A EARLY WARNING DETECTION .
A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
- HOPE CRE5K REFUELING FLOOR A NO SAFE SHUTDOWN EQUIPMENT A OPERATOR ROUNDS
- SALEM BAILING & STORAGE AREA A EARLY WARNING DETECTION IN AREA ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF OPEN PENETRATION
- MISCELLANEOUS AREAS L
A EARLY WARNING DETECTION e NO FIRES HAVE GONE UNDETECTED AS THE RESULT OF THE MISSED FIREWATCH ROVES e CONCLUSION
- BASED ON THE ABOVE FACTORS, FIREWATCH ROVE DEFICIENCIES HAVE MINIMAL SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE 93EC137
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! AUGUST 10,1990 ALLEGATIONS I l
l l ALLEGATIONS FORWARDED TO PSE&G BY NRC
- I-l e 7/18/90 i
j - HOURLY PATROL OF ZONE 1B MISSED BY 17 MINUTES l - SUPERVISOR KNEW AND INFORMED WATCH NOT TO WORRY l [
- ROVING LOG REDONE TO INDICATE ALL TOURS WERE l
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- ONE PATROL EXCEEDED ONE HOUR BY 20 MINUTES
- ROVING LOG REDONE TO INDICATE ALL TOURS WERE l.
! PERFORMED ON THE HOUR l e AREA REQUIRING FIREWATCH WAS NOT ON ROUNDS SHEET (CLOSED BY NRC LETTER 7/2/92) l i - BAILING STORAGE AREA NOT ON ROUNDS UNTIL INCIDENT REPORT IN 1989
! - NOT PROPERLY REPORTED TO NRC
) e THREE PTl EMPl.OYEES MAY HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF i PROBLEMS 93EC1-18 i .
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! e INITIALLY INVESTIGATED BY QUALITY ASSURANCE. NONE l OF THE ALLEGATIONS WERE SUBSTANTIATED
- SUBMITTED TO NRC - 9/28/90
- REVIEWED SECURITY DOOR RECORDS AGAINST ROVE LOGS I
- PERFORMED DETAILED DOCUMENT REVIEWS l
- INTERVIEW INVOLVED PTl AND PSE&G PERSONNEL
- ALL FIREWATCH ROVE REQUIREMENTS WERE MET l
e REINVESTIGATED BY CORPORATE SECURITY INVESTIGATOR IN SUMMER,1991. NONE OF THE ALLEGATIONS WERE SUBSTANTIATED
- SUBMITTED TO NRC 9/27/91 a 93EC1 15
g FIREWATCH PROGRAM INVESTIGATION OF AUGUST 10,1990 ALLEGATIONS ,
,e CORPORATE SECURITY INVESTIGATION - SUMMER i I
1991
- 20 PEOPLE INTERVIEWED: ALL ASKED FOLLOWING
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QUESTIONS l - DO YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF ANYONE FALSIFYING OR ALTERING OF THE ROVE FIREWATCH LOGS?
- DO YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF ANYONE SLEEPING WHICH WAS COVERED UP?
- DO YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF ANY NRC VIOLATIONS?
- DO YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF ANY WRONG DOING BY ANY PSE&G OR OTHER CONTRACT EMPLOYEES?
- ARE THE SIGNATURES AND INITIALS ON THE FIREWATCH LOGS YOURS7 93EC138
. l. l FIREWATCH PROGRAM INVESTIGATION OF AUGUST 10,1990 ALLEGATIONS e INCIDENTS IN ALLEGATIONS WERE APPROPRIATELY I DOCUMENTED BY CONTRACTOR. CARD READER LOG REVIEWS CONFlRMED PEOPLE COVERING ROVE WERE IN !
AREAS NOTED ON LOGS l
ll e NONE OF THE ALLEGATIONS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH FIREWATCH PERSONNEL SYSTEMATICALLY SKIPPING POSTS AND SUBSEQUENTLY. FALSIFYING LOGS TO l INDICATE COMPLETING POSTS I
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l e CORPORATE SECURITY INVESTIGATION INTO JULY 1,1992
. INCIDENT FOUND NO TIES TO 1990 ALLEGATIONS
.i e PSE&G MAINTAINS THAT THE ALLEGATIONS WERE NOT SUBSTANTIATED AND WOULD NOT HAVE REASONABLY PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY THIS CONCERN l
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l l e QA SURVElLLANCE OF EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ROUNDS
- MARCH - APRIL,1992 PERFORMED RANDOM HISTORICAL CHECKS [
- NO EVIDENCE OF MISSED ROUNDS OR FALSIFIED LOGS l
e QA SURVElLLANCE AND SPOT CHECKS - CURRENTLY BEING PERFORMED QUARTERLY ['
- FIREWATCHES
- EQUIPMENT OPERATORS
- SECURITY WATCHES
- NO EVIDENCE OF MISSED ROUNDS OR FALSIFIED LOGS [:.
1 e NO EVIDENCE OF BROADER IMPLICATIONS 93EC129 L
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e ALL CONTRACTORS ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO A DESIGNATED PSE&G EMPLOYEE e NEW NUCLEAR DEPT. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
- NAP-68, " CONTROL OF ON-SITE CONTRACTOR [
PERSONNEL"
- SPECIFIES REQUIRED CONTRACTOR TRAINING FOR EACH CONTRACT
- lSSUED JUNE 1,1992 I
e CONTRACTOR CONTROL TRA!NING
- EMPHASIS ON PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY
- COMPLETED AUGUST 3 - SEPTEMBER 12,1992 .
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- PSE&G DOES NOT DISPUTE THE VIOLATION e MINIMAL SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE f.
- SEVERAL MITIGATION FACTORS APPLY
- SELF IDENTIFIED
- THREE PROMPT, INDEPENDENT, PROACTIVE AND {
i COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS
- COMPREHENSIVE AND PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
- PROMPT NOTIFICATION OF NRC
- FALSIFICATION OF LOGS ISSUE ISOLATED TO d-FIREWATCHES
- 1990 ALLEGATIONS WOULD NOT HAVE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY
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- THREE PROMPT, INDEPENDENT, PROACTIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS
- 1990 ALLEGATIONS WOULD NOT HAVE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY e COMPREHENSIVE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS e DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO STRONG FIRE
. PROTECTION PROGRAM - VIEWED AS AN INDUSTRY LEADER e MINIMAL SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE
- RECOGNIZED SAFETY CULTURE e ESCALATED ENFORCEMENT NOT WARRAP3TED S3EC1 14
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