ML20196A216

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Trip Rept of Commissioner Carr & T Elsasser 871215 Site Visit to Util & 871216 Attendance at Region I Periodic Regional Resident Counterpart Meeting
ML20196A216
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Site: Peach Bottom  Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 01/05/1988
From: Elsasser T
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FOIA-88-478, FOIA-88-A-47 NUDOCS 8812050288
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MEMORANDUM TO FILE SUBJ: COMMISSIONER CARR'S VISIT TO THE PEACH BOTTOM SITE AND SPEECH TO THE REGION 1 RESIDENTS AT KING OF PRUSSIA Commissioner Carr, accompanied by Tom Elsasser, visited the Peach Bottom site.on December 15, 1987. Region 1 Administrator, Bill Russell, and the Senior Resident, Tom Johnson, accompanied the Commissioner during his visit and tour of the site. Representing Philadelphia Electric Co.

(PECO) during the visit was Dickenson Smith, Station Manager, JohAn Cotton, Ops Superintendent and other members of station management. Agenda and other pertinent background information is attached.

The tour started with attendance at the shift turn over meeting in a small office adjacent to the combined Unit 2 &

3 control room. Following that, the Commissioner was briefed in the control room concerninc the work being accomp ished during extended shut down- Of particular interest was the extensive human factors modifications that i had been completed on the Unit 2 control boards. The licensee accelerated completion of these modifications due to the protracted length of the shutdown period. These mods will also be completed on the Unit 3 side during the ongoing recirc piping replacement.

The remainder of the tour consisted of a visit to all accessible areas of Unit 2 and a walking tour of the Unit 2

& 3 portion of the site. ( Hothtalled Unit 1 is separated by a security fence and was not visited.) The mood of the facility was fairly upbeat considering the recent problems.

One could sense a desire to do better and "strive for There have been extensive changes in the excellence".

corporate, site and shift managerial structure. These are certainly for the be,tter; however, the changes have not been in place long enough so that the full impact can be realized. There has been conscious effort to involve all workers at the site in the improvement process by encouraging constructive criticism and feedback.

There is also a conscious effort to improve the material 8 condition of the site. Previously large areas of surface contamination have been cleaned up. There is a program in place to ship the relatively large quantities of low level waste that are/were being stored on site. There is also a program under way to reduce the previous large maintenance backlog. Management is positive about these initiatives and l

they are making progress. However, during the plant tour those members of site management with relatively long tenure were not as knowledgable about certain conditions of Unit 2 as one might expect. The specific items were minor and not worth specifically mentioning, but there were enough of them G812050208 001130 PDR FC1h RHODESOB-A-47 PDR

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that the Commissioner made a comment in this regard to the NRC personnel following completion of the tour.

After completion of the tour, we joined the licensee for a working lunch. Topics of discussion included a 30 minute informative briefing on containment venting procedures and capabilities. (slides attached) Other briefing topics included the managerial reorganization, the radwaste reduction program and the efforts to reduce and track the maintenance backlog. These briefings were well done and presented an accurate picture of the current status of affairs at PECO and the Peach Bottom facility.

On December 16, the Commissioner addressd the Region 1 residents who were in attendance'at the periodic regional resident counterpart meeting. The Commissioner's remarks (attached) were well received and a lively question and answer period followed.,

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t the Commissioner's formal time with the residents lasted about ihr; however, he remained behind for about 20 mins talking informely with Bill Russell and several of the residents. The tptation policy for residents was the dominant topic of discussion.

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