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Insp Repts 50-327/88-18 & 50-328/88-18 on 880307-11 & 18. Violation Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Review & Evaluation of Emergency Preparedness Program
	ML20151N851
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Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	03/31/1988
From:	Decker T, Kreh J; NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
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Report Nos.: 50-327/88-18, 50-328/88-18

Licensee: Tennessee Valley Authority

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1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

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Docket Nos.: 50-327, 50-328 License Nos.: DPR-77, DPR-79

Facility Name: Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

Inspection Condudted: March 7-11 and 1 1988

Inspector: 2h4 3 O/- b

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Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards

SUMMARY

Scope: This routine, unanncunced inspection involved review and evaluation of

the licensee's emergency preparedness program.

Results: One violation was identified - failure to provide required emergency

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REPORT DETAILS

1. Persons Contacted

Licensee Employees

H. Abercrombie, Site Director

P. Crabtree, Shift Supervisor

T. Howard, Quality Assurance Supervisor

G. Kirk, Compliance Licensina Manager

R. Kitts, Chief, Emergency Preparedness Branch (Corporate)

B. Marks Supervisor, Emergency Planning and Facilities Section

(Corporate)

E. Sliger, Manager of Projects-

S. Smith, Plant Manager

0. Wall.. Supervisor, Exercise Development and Emergency Facilities

(Corporate)

T. Youngblood, Emergency Preparedness Program Manager

Other license employees contacted included technicians, operators, and

office personnel.

NRC Resident Inspectors

M. Branch

K. Jenison

Attended exit interview

2. Exit Interview

The inspection scope and findings were summarized on March 11, 1988, with

those persons indicated in Paragraph 1 above. No dissenting comments were

received from the licensee. On March 18, 1988, information which had been

requested during the onsite inspection was received from the licensee and

resulted in the conclusion that a violation had occurred (see

Paragraph 7). On the same date, the inspector telephonically informed the

Compliance Licensing Manager of this finding. No dissenting comments were

made by the licensee representative during this conversation. The

licensee did not identify as proprietary any of the material provided to

or reviewed by the inspector during this inspection.

3. Licensee Action on Previous Enforcement matters

This subject was not addressed in the inspection.

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4. Emergency Plan and Implementing Procedures (82701)

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(16), 10 CFR 50.54(q), Appendix E to

10 CFR Part 50, and Section 16 of the licensee's Fadiological Emergency

Plan (REP), this area was inspected to determine whether significant

changes were made in the licensee's emergency preparedness program since

the last inspection (September 1987), and to assess the impact of any such

changes on the overall state of emergency preparedness at the. facility.

The inspector reviewed the licensee's system for review and approval of

changes in the REP and its implementing procedures. The system itself had

been revised as a result of a change in the Technical Specifications.

Proposed revisions to the REP and implementing procedures were formerly

subjected to review by the Plant Operations Review Comittee (PORC); the

role of the PORC was replaced by an independent qualified reviewer. This

change was reflected in Revision 30 to the REP. The inspector verified

that changes in the REP and implementing procedures were approved 'uy the

Plant Manager, as required, and that all such changes were submitted to

the NRC within 30 days.

Discussions with licensee representatives and observations by the

inspector indicated that no significant changes in the emergency

preparedness program had occurred since September 1987. The inspector was

advised of changes which were in progress, but not yet complete, in

several progr,am areas including site accountability and the use of a

dedicated fire brigade.

No violations or deviations were identified.

5. Emergency Facilities, Equipment, Instrumentation and Supplies (82701)

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(8) and (9), 10 CFR 50.54(q), and Section IV.E

of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50, this area was inspected to determine

whether tt e licensee's emergency response facilities and other essential

emergency equipment, instrumentation, and supplies were maintained in a

state of operational readiness, and to assess the impact of any changes in

this area upon the emergency preparedness program.

The inspector selectively examined emergency supplies and equipment in the

Control Room and Technical Support Center (TSC), and found these items to

be maintained in an appropriate state of readiness. Documentation of

eight periodic inventories (monthly, quarterly, or annual) of emergency

equipment and supplies, performed in accordance with the requirements of

REP Implementing Procedure IP-17, was reviewed for the calendar year 1987.

The inspector also reviewed records documenting the performance of

Preventive Maintenance procedure PM 0633-244 (Technical Support Center

Phones) for the period September 1987 to February 1988. Problems and

deficiencies identified during the above-cited periodic audits were

resolved expeditiously.

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No significant changes in the licensee's onsite emergency response

facilities were made since the last inspection in this area (September

1987), according to observations by the inspector and statements by

licensee representatives.

No violations or deviations were identified.

6. Organization and Management Control (82701).

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(1) and (16) and Section IV.A of Appendix E to

10 CFR Part 50, this area was inspected to determine the effects of

changes in the licensee's emergency response organization and/or

management control systems on the emergency preparedness program, and to

verify that such changes were properly factored into the REP and

implementing procedures.

The organization and management of the emergency preparedness program were

reviewed. No significant changes in the organization or assignment of

responsibility for the plant and corporate emergency planning staffs had

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occurred since the last inspection.

Personnel changes in certain plant upper management positions resulted in

the reassignment of several key positions involving primaries as well as

alternates in the emergency response organization. Selective review of

training records of such personnel confirmed that requirements for their f

new positions in the emergency organization were completed prior to

assignment to these positions.

Availability of off-shift personnel to staff the TSC following an

emergency declaration was tested and verified by means of weekly drills in

which the licensee's Automated Pager System was activated by the

Operations Clerk at the direction of the Emergency Preparedness Program

Manager.

No violations or deviations were identified.

7. Training (82701)

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(2) and (15),Section IV.F of Appendix E to

10 CFR Part 50, and REP Section 15.0, this area was inspected to determine

whether the licensee's key emergency response personnel were properly

trained and understood their emergency responsibilities.

The inspector conducted an interview with one on-duty Shift Supervisor.

The Shift Supervisor was given several sets of hypothetical emergency

conditions and plant data and was asked in each case to talk through the

response he would provide as Site Emergency Director if such an emergency

actually existed. The individual exhibited comprehensive knowledge of the

REP and its implementing procedures. No problems were observed in the

areas of event classification and protective action decision-making.

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The inspector reviewed records of training required by the REP for a

representative sample of persons assigned to the onsite emergency response

organization. The computerized record-retrieval system indicated that one

individual assigned as an alternate TSC Communicator had last received

REP-2.1 (TSC training) on December 14, 1985. Further documentation,

received from the licensee on March 18, 1988, showed that the individual

in question had additionally received annual REP retraining in August

1986. The licensee defined "annual" with respect to REP training

requirements to mean every 12 months 3 months (i.e., 9 to 15 months).

Since, as of March 11, 1988, the referenced individual had last received

formal REP training more than 18 months earlier, the licensee was informed

on March 18, 1988, of a noncompliance with the REP requirement for annual

retraining of all emergency response personnel.

Violation (327, 328/88-18-01): Failure to provide annual REP retraining

to a member of the emergency response organization.

One violation and no deviations were identified.

8. Independent Reviews / Audits (82701)

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.47(b)(14) and (16) and 10 CFR 50.54(t), this area

was inspected to determine whether the licensee had performed an

independent review or audit of the emergency preparedness program, and

whether the licensee had a corrective action system for deficiencies and

weaknesses identified during exercises and drills.

Records of emergency preparedness audits were reviewed. An independent

audit was conducted by the Division of Nuclear Quality Assurance (DNQA)

during the period May 18-July 31,1987, and was documented in Report

No. QSS-A-87-0016, dated August 28, 1987. That report identified 4

significant negative findings with regard to the Sequoyah emergency

preparedness program, all of which were closed by DNQA prior to

December 31, 1987. The referenced audit fulfilled the 12-month frequency

requirement for such an audit. The report indicated that the State and

local government interfaces were thoroughly evaluated. Audit findings and

recommendations were presented to plant and corporate management.

Findings identified during drills and exercises by licensee evaluators

were tracked for follow-up on the Activities Management and Oversight

System (AMOS). Documentation of the licensee critique of the November

1986 exercise delineated 39 negative findings; an AMOS printout dated

March 10, 1988, indicated that all but 3 of these had been satisfactorily

resolved. Corrective actions for the 3 items still open were being

actively pursued by the licensee.

No violations or deviations were identified.

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9. Inspector Follow-up (92701)

(Closed) Inspector Follow-up Item 50-327, 328/87-49-01: Improve training

of Operations Clerks in the use of the Automated Paging System. All

Operations Clerks received formal training on the APS during September

1987. Since that time, they have been independently conducting the weekly

pager tests during off-normal hours. Consequently, each Operations Clerk

has had an opportunity to actually activate the system (in the test mode)

at least several times, and the inspector's interviews with 2 of these

personnel verified the efficacy of this training method.

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