ML20154B954

Forwards Summary of 880729 Mgt Meeting Re Status of Emergency Operating Procedures & Procedures Upgrade Program. List of Attendees & Viewgraphs Encl

ML20154B954
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	08/31/1988
From:	Grace N NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Hairston W GEORGIA POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 8809140197
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Docket Nos. 50-321, 50-366 License Nos. DPR-57, NPF-5 Georgia Power Company ATTN: Mr. W. G. Hairston, 111 Senior Vice President -

Nuclear Operations P. O. Box 4545 Atlanta, GA 30302 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT. MEETING

SUMMARY

- HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 This refers to the manage:nent meeting conducted in the NRC Region II Office on July 29, 1988.

This meeting was held at our request to discuss the status of the Emergency Operation Procedures upgrade and the Procedures Upgrade Project

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at Hatch Nuclear Plant.

A list of attendees, a brief sumary, and copies of the handouts provided during your presentation are enclosed.

it is our opinion that this meeting was beneficial and has provided cdditional information on the procedure programs.

In 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 its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

Should you have any questions concerning this letter, we will be pleased to discuss them.

Sincerely.

Original Signed by J. Nelson Grace J. Nelson Grace Regional Administrator

Enclosures:

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Meeting Sumary 2.

List of Attendees 3.

Emergency Operating Procedures Handout 4.

Procedures Upgrade Project Handout cc w/encls:

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August 31, 1988 cc w/encls:

R. P. Mcdonald, Executive Vice President, Nuclear Operations J. T. Beckham, Vice President, Plant Hatch H. C. Nix, Plant Manager O. M. Fraser, Site Quality Assurance (QA)

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r August 31, 1988 ENCLOSURE 1 MEETING

SUMMARY

On July 29, 1988, representatives of Georgia Power Company (GPC) met with the NRC in the Region II Office in Atlanta, Georgia to discuss the Emergency Operating Procedures (EOP) and the Procedure Upgrade Droject (PUP) at Hatch Nuclear Plant.

GPC gave a presentation which provided the overall status of the E0P upgrade of the PUP program.

During the first half of the meeting, GPC presented its E0P improvement goals, the Hatch E0P philosophy, and the E0P improvement plan.

The E0P upgrade is being completed in four phases.

Phase One which includes improved production quality, concurrent containment control actions, enhanced training, and Shift Supervisor / Operator E0P evaluations has been completed.

Phase Two includes simplification of flowcharts; consolidation of end path manuals; improvement of the interface of Annunciator Response Procedures, Abnormal Operating Procedures, and Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures with E0Ps in the areas of containment and radiation control guidelines; human factors enhancements; limited parallel paths; use for immediate scram action placards; and revision of the E0P administrative control program.

This phase is scheduled to be completed in December 1988.

GPC also stated that documentation to justify differences between the Plant Specific Technical Guidelines and the E0Ps would be completed in Phase Two.

Phate Three includes the developement of a flowchart for containment control and radiation releases and the possible further simplification of the Reactor Pressure Vessel control flowchart.

It is scheduled for completion in June 1989. The scheduled completion date for Phase Four, Evergency Procedure Guidelines Revision 4 implementation, has yet to be dete rmined.

During the second half of the meeting, GPC presented the status of the PUP program. Completion of the upgrade of the technical specification surveillance procedures is scheduled for August 1988.

Upgrade of the engineering, health physics, chemistry, operations, and maintenance procedures is scheduled to be completed by December 1989.

A list of meeting attendees is provided in Enclosure 2, and copies of the handouts provided during GPC's presentation are given in Enclosures 3 and 4.

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August 31, 1988 ENCLOSURE 2 LIST OF ATTENDEES U. S. NucleJr Regulatory Commission - Region !!

J. N. Grace, Regional Administrator C. W. Hehl, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP)

A. F. Gibson, Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS)

C. A. Julian, Chief, Operations Branch, DRS M. V. Sinkule, Chief, Project Section 3B, DRP J. E. Menning, Senior Resident Inspector, Plant Hatch C. A. Patterson, Project Engineer, DRP D. C. Payne, Operator Licensing, DRS NRC - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation L. P. Crocker, Senior Project Manager, Plant Hatch G. Lapinsky, Human Factors Specialist Georgia Power Company R. P. Mcdonald, Executive Vice President, Nuclear Operations J. T. Beckham, Vice President, Plant Hatch L. Sumner, Plant Manager, Plant Hatch L. Gucwa, Manager Licensing Engineering J. Heidt, Manager Licensing S. Tipps, Nuclear Safety and Licensing Manager S. Grantham, Operator Training Superintendent J. Betstill, Operations Supports Superintendent E. Toupin, Procedures Upgrade Program Manager i

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IMPROVE USABILITY USE MULTI-DlSCIPLINE TEAM APPROACH IN DEVELOPMENT FOLLOW ACCEPTED INDUSTRY PRACTICES MORE CLOSELY DOCUMENT AND JUSTIFY DEV!ATIONS FROM EPG INCREASE EMPHASIS ON CONCURRENT ACTIONS FOR CONTAINMENT CONTROL AND RAD RELEASE IMPROVE THE MAINTENANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL FOR THE E0P FAMILY OF PROCEDURES l

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I HATCH EOP PHILOSOPHY

/N/T/4L PHILOSOPHY THE E0P IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE THAT PROVIDES ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE PLANT IN A SAFE CONDITION IN A REAL OR POTENTIAL EMERGENCY SITUATION.

THE E0P PROVIDES DIRECT DETAILED SHIFT SUPERVISOR INSTRUCTIONS TO ASSURE EACH STEP IS. PERFORMED CORRECTLY.

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HMCH EOP PHILOSOPHY CURRENT PHILOSOPHY THE E0P IS A PROCEDURE THAT

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CONTAINS THE SHIFT SUPERVISOR'S ACTIONS NECESSARY TO DIRECT OPERATORS TO MAINTAIN THE PLANT IN A SAFE CONDITION IN A REAL OR POTENTIAL EMERGENCY SITUATION.

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EOP /MPROVEMENT PLAN PHASE 1

IMPROVED PRODUCTION QUALITY CONCURRENT CONTAINMENT CONTROL ACTIONS ENHANCED TRAINING SS/0PERATOR E0P EVALUATIONS COMPLEiE

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SIMPL:F! CAT!ON OF FLOWCHARTS e

CONSOLIDATION OF END PATH MANUALS IMPROVEMENT OF ARP/AOP/EIP e

INTERFACE WITH E0P IN AREAS OF CONTAINMENT CONTROL AND RADIATION RELEASE GUIDELINES e

HUMAN FACTORS ENHANCEMENTS e

LIMITED PARALLEL PATH e

USE OF IMMEDIATE SCRAM ACTION PLACARDS e

REVISE E0P ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL PROGRAM SCHEDULED COMPLETION:

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REMOVE BLOCKS OF INFORMATION PERFORM LINE BY LINE REVIEW OF STEPS INCLUDING TECHNICAL, SHIFT SUPERVISOR AND HUMAN FACTORS INPUT INCORPORATE HUMAN FACTORS GUIDELINES PRODUCE CHARTS PERFORM E0P VERIFICATION PERFORM E0P VALIDATION I

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EOP IMPROVEWENT P!.AN PHASE 3 DEVELOP FLOWCHART FOR CONTAINMENT CONTROL AND RAD RELEASE e

POSSIBLE FURTHER SIMPLIFICATION OF RPV CONTROL FLOWCHART SCHEDULED COMPLETION:

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EOP /MPROVEMENT PLAN PHASE 4 EPG REV 4 IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATE PROCEDURE CHANGES REQUIRED e

EVALUATE DES!GN CHANGES REQUIRED e

OBTAIN COST, MANPOWER, TIME ESTIMATES DEVELOP SCHEDULE PENDING NRC ISSUANCE OF SER SCHEDULED COMPLETION:

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thtLO50HL 4 PROCEDURES UPGRADE PROJECT HANDOUT I

PLANT HATCH PROCEDURE UPGRADE PROJECT MAJOR LONG TERM PROJECT UPGRADE PLANT PROCEDURES TECHNICALLY CORRECT HIGHEST QUALl~; r' I

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.l PLANT HATCH PROCEDURE UPGRADE PROJECT JU LY 1988 l

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SURVEILLANCE l

TOTAL PROCEDURES 495 APPROVED FOR USE/ VALIDATION 411 O,g DRAFT COMPLETE - IN APPROVAL PROCESS 84 Ud REMAINING O

ALL APPROVED FOR USE/ VALIDATION BY AUG 88

c PLANT HATCH PROCEDURE UPGRADE PROJECT J U LY 1988 ENGINEERING TOTAL PROCEDURES 297 APPROVED FOR USE/ VAL:DAT!ON 201 DRAR COMPLETE - It! APPROVAL PROCESS 19 REMAINING 77 ALL APPRGvED FOR U S E_J/ ' O/!!O!: B 'r l

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PLANT HATCH PROCEDURE UPGRADE PROJECT J U LY 1988 HEALTH PHYSICS TOTAL PROCEDURES 119 APPROVED FOR USE/VAODATION S1 DRAFT COMPLETE - IN APPROVAL PROCESS 37 REMAINING 31 ALL APPROVED FOR USE/ VALIDATION BY DEC 59

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PROCEDURE UPGRADE PROJECT JU LY 1988 CHEMISTRY TOTAL PROCEDURES 187 APPROVED FOR USE/VAUDATION 16 DRAFT COMPLETE - IN APPROVAL PROCESS 93 REMAINING 78 ALL APPROVED FOR USE/ VALIDATION BY DEC 89

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1 PROCEDURE UPGRADE PROJECT JULY 1988

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1 OPERATIONS TOTAL PROCEDURES 2822 APPROVED FOR USE/ VALIDATION 1588 DRAFT COMP! ETE - IN APPROVAL PPOCESS 440 REMAi.N!NG 794 ALL APRROVED FOR USE. ' VAL:DAT!OT : Err DEC 89 1

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PROCEDURE UPGRADE PROJECT JU LY 1988 MAINTENANCE TOTAL RROCEDURES 1599 APPROVED FOR USE./ VAL!DATION 587 l

DRAFT COMPLEl E - !!' APPROVA!. PROCESS 395 REMAIN!NG i

617 ALL.iPPPOVED FOR USE 'VAUDATION BY DEC 89

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