ML20148E893
| ML20148E893 | |
| Person / Time | |
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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: |
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| NUDOCS 8803280023 | |
| Download: ML20148E893 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000346/1987001
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ATTN: Mr. Donald Shelton
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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
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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
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completion of the SALP 4 assessment period revealed numerous significant
problems, performance ratings were not assigned in the SALP 5 report.
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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
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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
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area closely.
I note that there were some organization changes and a turnover
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in several key mid to upper level managers during the assessment period.
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also note that there are some indications of staff morale problems and
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non-harmonious relations between certain staff members. While these issues
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have not appeared to effect plant performance to date, we remain sensitive to
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their potential impact on plant operation and request that you monitor them
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closely and address them in a response to this letter.
The Davis Besse plant recently began a six month refueling and maintenance
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outage to complets modifications deferred from the 18 month outage in 1985 and
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1986. We note that owing in part to problems with engineering support, this
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outage had to be delayed by approximately one month.
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ambitious schedule for the outage I request that you keep NRC Region III
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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:
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Ratings for surveillance and security improved from Category 2 to
Category 1.
In addition, the ratings for radiological controls and
outages remained Category 1.
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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.
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The fire protection functional are>
'ned a Category 3.
This rating
was primarily due to a lack of man;
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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.
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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
See Attached Distribution
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Distribution
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L. Story, Plant Manager
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Licensing Fee Management Branch
Resident Inspector, RIII
James W. Harris, Stat.e of Ohio
Robert M. Quillin, Onfo
Department of Health
State of Ohio, Public
Utilities Commission
T. E. Murley, NRR
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Regional Administrators
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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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