ML20148E893

Forwards SALP Rept 50-346/87-01 for Nov 1986 - Dec 1987. Overall Performance Acceptable

ML20148E893
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Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	03/21/1988
From:	Davis A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Shelton D TOLEDO EDISON CO.
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ML20148E899	List: IR 05000346/1987001 ML20148E893
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ATTN: Mr. Donald Shelton

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Gentlemen:

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l Enclosed for your review, prior to our scheduled meeting on March 30, 1988, is

the SALP 6 Board Report for the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant, covering the -

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period November 1, 1986, to December 31, 1987. _0n September 21, 1987, .

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Region III issued the SALP 5 Board Report for Davis-Besse covering the period ,

September 1, 1984 to October 31, 1986. Because the June 9,1985 loss of main ,

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and auxiliary feedwater event and other events and activities following  ;

completion of the SALP 4 assessment period revealed numerous significant

problems, performance ratings were not assigned in the SALP 5 report. As

such, the comparisons made in this letter c H the enclosed report between

current and previous ratings refer to the ratings assigned in SALP 4.

In accordance with NRC policy I have reviewed the SALP Board assessment ,

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and concur with its ratings. Overall, 6uring the assessment period, your  :

performance was found to be acceptable. You have made improvements in many

areas since the event in June of 1985 which caused you to shut down for about ,

18 months for major modifications to plant equipment. You have committed

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extensive resources to improve the material condition of the plant, its

supporting staff, and its management. Much remains to be done including work

in the Balance of Plant area. We will continue to monitor your action in this i

< area closely. I note that there were some organization changes and a turnover  !

I in several key mid to upper level managers during the assessment period. I

, also note that there are some indications of staff morale problems and i

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non-harmonious relations between certain staff members. While these issues

have not appeared to effect plant performance to date, we remain sensitive to

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closely and address them in a response to this letter.  ;

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The Davis Besse plant recently began a six month refueling and maintenance t

outage to complets modifications deferred from the 18 month outage in 1985 and ,

1 1986. We note that owing in part to problems with engineering support, this t

outage had to be delayed by approximately one month. Given this and the .

i ambitious schedule for the outage I request that you keep NRC Region III l

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informed of any major schedule changes.

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Specific areas from the enclosed report that I would like to highlight for

your attention are:

1. Ratings for surveillance and security improved from Category 2 to

Category 1. In addition, the ratings for radiological controls and

outages remained Category 1.

2. Performance in the functional areas of maintenance, emergency

prepareoness- quality programs, and training improved from Category 3

to Category 2 ratings. Emergency preparedness was also identified as

having an improving trand near the ed of the assessment period.

3. The fire protection functional are> 'ned a Category 3. This rating

was primarily due to a lack of man; c oversight of the routine fire

protection program which resulted i .ficiencies in fire barriers,

unsatisfactory fire watch performance, and weaknesses in fire brigade

performance combined with the overall slow progress in establishing

compliance with 10 CFR 50 Appendix R. We recognize that you have and

continue to devote extensive resources to fire protection; hnever,

continued close management attention is necessary te ensure m

outstanding issues are resolved in a timely manner.

4. Performance in the remaining functional areas of operations, engineering,

and licensing continued to be rated Category 2.

To assist us in evaluating your performance, we request that you provide a

written response within 30 days after our meeting addressing your plans to

improve performance in tne area of fire protection and any comments you may

have concerning the SALP report. We will thoroughly evaluate your response

and provide you with our conclusion relative to them.

fr. accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2

Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the SALP

Report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.

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Should you have any questions concerning the SALP Report, we would be pleased

to discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

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A. Bert Davis

Regional Administrator

Enclosure: SALP 6 Board

Report 50-346/87001

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cc w/ enclosure:

L. Story, Plant Manager

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Licensing Fee Management Branch

Resident Inspector, RIII

Harold W. Kohn, Ohio EPA

James W. Harris, Stat.e of Ohio

Robert M. Quillin, Onfo

Department of Health

State of Ohio, Public

Utilities Commission

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T. E. Murley, NRR

Regional Administrators

RI, RII, RIV, RV

L. W. Zech, Chairman

K. C. Rogers, Commissioner

F. M. Bernthal, Commissioner

T. M. Roberts, Commissioner

K. M. Carr, Commissioner

A. DeAgazio, NRR Project Manager

K. Perkins, NRR Oirector, Project Directorate III-3

J. Lieberman, Director, Office of Enforcement

A. Ramey-Smith, SALP Coordiaator, NRR

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