ML20149E355
| ML20149E355 | |
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| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 05/25/1994 |
| From: | Beach A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Horn G NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
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| Download: ML20149E355 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000298/1994012
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Nebraska Public Power District
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Guy R. Horn, Vice President - Nuclear
P.O. Box 98
Brownville,' Nebraska 68321
SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-298/94-12
This refers to the special inspection conducted by Mr. R. A. 'Kopriva, and the
other inspectors identified in the attached report, of this office on
March 17-23, 1994.
The inspection included a review of activities authorized
for your Cooper Nuclear Station facility. At the conclusion of the
inspection, the findings were discussed with you and those members of your
staff identified in the enclosed report.
Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report.
Within
these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures
and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of
activities in progress.
The purpose of this inspection was to determine
whether activities authorizcd by the license were conducted safely and in
accordance with NRC requirements.
During review of this event, the inspectors identified a number of concerns
related to the performance of the Problem Resolution Team, which was created
by licensee management to review this event.
The conclusions regarding the
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performance of the Problem Resolution Team included items such as the failure
to review all available data and collect all information prior to determining
the probable cause for the event, the failure to establish a detailed sequence
of events in order that the event could be fully analyzed and understood, and
not performing a bounding analysis of the pressure transient.
In addition,.
the inspectors noted several anomalies that your staff could not explain, nor
was there indication from your staff that the issues identified by the
inspectors were being given the appropriate consideration.
The inspectors
also noted that the members of the Problem Resolution Team had not received
formal training in the~ area of event analysis. These identified' weaknesses in
the performance of the Problem Resolution Team are of particular concern since
similar. weaknesses were also-identified during our review of the plant
transient that occurred on March 2, 1994, as documented in NRC Inspection
Report 50-298/94-10. The observed level of performance of.your staff, during
review of these events, is an indication that management should-review the
implementation of the processes used for event review and should take the
appropriate corrective actions to ensure that management expectations are met
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of
this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
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Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased
to discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
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Bill Beach, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosure:
Appendix - NRC Inspection Report
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Nebraska Public Power District
ATTN:
G. D. Watson, General Counsel
P.O. Box 499
Columbus, Nebraska 68602-0499
Nebraska Public Power District
ATTN: Mr. David A. Whitman
P.O. Box 499
Columbus, Nebraska 68602-0499
Nebraska Department of Environmental
Quality
ATTN:
Randolph Wood, Director
P.O. Box 98922
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-8922
Nemaha County Board of Commissioners
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Nemaha County Courthouse
1824 N Street
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Auburn, Nebraska 68305
Nebraska Department of Health
ATTN: Harold Borchert, Director
Division of: Radiological Health
301 Centennial Mall' South
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P.O. Box 95007
Lincoln, Nebraska -68509-5007
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