ML20198N703
| ML20198N703 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 12/30/1998 |
| From: | Gwynn T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Cottle W HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9901060191 | |
| Download: ML20198N703 (22) | |
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SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF DECEMBER 10,1998, MEETING
Dear Mr. Cottle:
This refers to the meeting conducted in the Region IV office on December 10,1998. This meeting was conducted to inform the Region IV staff of the action plan to address issues arising from the September 8,1998, Comprehensive Cultural Assessment of South Texas Project, as required by the Confirmatory Order of June 9,1998. Your presentation included a discussion of purposes, methods, and results of the assessment which was performed by an independent contractor. You also described the background in which the surveys were performed, which assisted the staff in understanding the environmental influences on the results. In addition to the positive results, the assessment provided insight into areas in which the station can direct its improvement efforts, and you provided an action plan to address those findings. You provided status of the confirmatory order license conditions which indicated that your initial actions have been completed, with additional assessments and some continuing training and communications to be performed.
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 will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.
Should you have any questions concerning this matter, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.
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Lawrence E. Martin, Vice President Nuclear Assurance & Licensing STP Nuclear Operating Company l
P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483 A. Ramirez/C. M. Canady City of Austin.
Electric Utility Department 721 Barton Springs Road Austin, Texas 78704
. Mr. M. T. Hardt/Mr. W. C. Gunst City Public Service Board P.O. Box 1771 San Antonio, Texas 78296 D. G. Tees /R. L. Balcom Houston Lighting & Power Company l
' P.O. Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77251 1
Jon C. Wood Matthews & Branscomb One Alamo Center 106 S. St. Mary's Street, Suite 700 San Antonio, Texas 78205-3692 Jack R. Newman, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1800 M. Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-5809 Mr. G. E. Vaughn/Mr. C. A. Johnson Central Power & Light Company P.O. Box 289 t
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STPNOC William Cottle, President and Chief Executive Officer
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Ted Cloninger, Vice President, Engineering & Technical Services Joe Sheppard, Vice President, Business Systems Florence Mangan, Vice President, Plant Service Scott Head, Supervisor, Nuclear Licensing Gerald Vaughn, Central Power & Light Company Mike Hardt, City Public Service Of San Antonio.
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Comprehensive Cultural Assessment (CCA) designed to replace Behavioral Consultant Services (BCS), Inc. Survey l
Assessment completed August,1998 Results received on September 8,1998 Results provided to NRC on September 15,1998 Action Plan sent to NRC November 2,1998 i
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NUCLEAR SAFETY CULTURE ASSESSMENT RESULTS - POSITIVE FINDINGS j
All departments' scores were in the top decile for the industry Composite remits place STPNOC at the top of the nuclear industry Nuclear Safety P
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NUCLEAR SAFETY CULTURE ASSESSMENT RESULTS - POSITIVE FINDINGS (Continued) l 99.5 percent of employees feel responsible for identifying potential nuclear safety concerns and writing condition reports 98.7 percent wotild inform their supervisor of a potential nuclear safety concern f
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95.7 percent believe that nuclear safety is the first priority of STPNOC l
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NUCLEAR SAFETY CULTURE ASSESSMENT RESULTS - AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT Sitewide Issues Employee Concerns Program Safety First Eight Target Organizations identified for Enhancement in certain areas Communication Rewards and Recognition Relationships between management / supervisors and workforce Workload management l
Action Plans i
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OTHER AREAS OFINQUIRY General Culture and Work Environment Generally acceptable / good and fairly uniform (typical in restructuring industry) 1 Leadership, Management, & Supervision Generally acceptable / good and fairly uniform l
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We are committed to continuous improvements in these areas.
i STP requested Synergy to include in the assessment a category encompassing Leadership, Management. & Supervision.
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This is an area Synergy had no comparable comparison data.
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- Department Action Plans might include items that address areas such as:
Consistency in Quality of Supervision Performance Evaluation Rewards and Recognition 1
Compensation Programs Resource Management Leadership Assessment Tool (LAT) overall 3.7 for 1998 i
1995/1996 Feedback mechanism to supervisors and trammg 1997/1998 Formal action plans for supervisors who scored below site j
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NUCLEAR SAFETY CULTURE ACTION PLAN SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS Affected departments are conducting employee feedback sessions.
Each department is developing specific task plans to address the issues identified in the feedback sessions.
An assessment of the progress with regards to the specific task plans will be performed.
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1 SITE-WIDE Ongoing " Safety First" Chief Executive Officer meetings i
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