ML20203F725

Affidavit of EA Sawyer Re Satisfactory Util Response to NUREG-0737,Item I.D.1,requiring Correction of Control Room Design Deficiencies.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20203F725
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	07/24/1986
From:	Sawyer E PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To:
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ML20203F712	List: ML20203F705 ML20203F725
References
RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737, TASK-1.D.1, TASK-TM OL, NUDOCS 8607310170
Download: ML20203F725 (8)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORi COMMISSION before the ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF ) Docket Nos. 50-443-OL

- NEW HAMPSHIRE, et al. ) 50-444-OL

) On-site Emergency Planning (Seabrook Station, Units 1 and 2) ) and Safety Issues

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AFFIDAVIT OF EDWARD A. SANYER EDWARD A. SAWYER, being on oath, deposes and says as follows:

1. I am the Manager of the Engineering Services Group at Yankee Atomic Electric Company. I am the Program Manager of the Seabrook Station DCRDR Review; was the Management Team Chairman of the Yankee Atomic Power Station DCRDR Review; and was a management team member of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station DCRDR. I hold a BSEE degree l

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2. NUREG-0737, Item I.D.1, states that all licensees and applicants for operating licenses will be required to conduct a detailed control room design review (DCRDR) to identify and correct design deficiencies. It lists guideline documents issued or to be issued by the NRC, and discusses the NRR review of the licensee's submittal.

3. NUREG-0737, Item I.D.2 states that each applicant and each licensee shall install a safety parameter display system (SPDS).

4. Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737 (generic letter 82-33) was issued to present a distillation of the requirements and provide additional clarification for five items on NUREG-0737, including the DCRDR and SPDS. Therefore, Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737, not the NUREG itself, presents the requirements that have to be met to provide an acceptable Detailed Control Room Design Review program.

5. For this reason, PSNH designed its program to meet the requirements of Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737.

Additionally, the NRC staff, in Supplement 4 to the Seabrook SER, concludes that PSNH has conducted a DCRDR that satisfactorily meets the requirements of Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737.

6. According to Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737, the basic requirements for conducting a DCRDR are:

formation of a multi-discipline team to perform the review .

performance of a function and task analysis to identify control room operation tasks and to determine instrumentation and controls (I & C) requirements comparison of requirements against an inventory of Control Room instrumentation and controls performance of a control room survey to identify deviations from accepted human factors principles assessment and prioritization of Human Engineering Deficiencies (HEDs) and performing necessary improvements verification that the selected design improvements will provide the necessary correction verification that these improvements do not create new HEDs.

7. PSNH has met all of the above requirements. A multi-disciplined team, consisting of Program Manager, Human Factors consultant, Instrumentation and Control Engineer,

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and a Plant Shift Superintendent, was formed. This team was expanded as necessary to include other plant operators and other engineering disciplines for specific reviews.

8. An extensive and comprehensive function and task analysis was performed to determine Instrumentation and Control requirements. This subject was discussed extensively in SBN-701, dated July 30, 1984, in a meeting held on October 30, 1984, and in SBN-748, dated January 7, 1985.

9. The I & C requirements developed as a result of this function and task analysis were compared against the actual Control Room instrumentation and controls. A control room survey and review was performed to identify deviations of

o the control room instrumentation and controls from accepted human factors principles. The potential Human Engineering Deficiencies (HEDs) were assessed and prioritized. These activities included survey, review, assessment and prioritization of all displays, including SPDS displays.

The results of these efforts were also submitted to the NRC in various letters dated April 14, 1983, August 10, 1983, July 30, 1984, January 7, 1985, July 17, 1985, December 27, 1985, and February 20, 1986.

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10. During the assessment process, the Review Team verified that the selected design improvements provided necessary corrections. A review performed by the Review Team after the majority of HED corrections were made verified that the improvements did not create new HEDs.

11. The NRC Staff, in Supplement 4 to the Seabrook SER, has concluded that "PSNH has conducted a DCRDR for Seabrook Station that satisfactorily meets the requirements of Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737."

12. Based upon all of the foregoing, it is my opinion that a DCRDR in compliance with NUREG-0737 I.D. 1, including review from a human factors perspective of displays, including SPDS displays, has been conducted for Seabrook and that the displays and controls added, and to be added, to

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o, the control room as a result of the DCRDR do not increase the potential for operator error and in fact reduce it.

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Suffolk, ss. July 24, 1986 Then appeared before me the above-subscribed Edward A.

Sawyer and made oath that the statements set forth in the foregoing affidavit are true to the best of my knowledge.

Notary Public,

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My Commission Expires:

KAREN D. RAMACORTI, Netary PubFe My Commission Expires Dec. 3,1987 k

4 CERTIFICATE-OF SERVICE I, Thomas G. Dignan, Jr., one of the attorneys for the Applicants herein,-hereby certify that on July 25- 1986, I ,

made service of the within document by depositing copies thereof with Federal Express, prepaid, for delivery to (or, where indicated, by depositing in the United-States mail, i, first class postage paid, addressed to):

Administrative Judge Sheldon J. Stephen E. Merrill, Esquire Wolfe, Esquire, Chairman Attorney General Atomic Safety and Licensing George Dana Bisbee, Esquire Board Panel Assistant Attorney General U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Office of the Attorney-General Commission 25 Capitol Street East West Towers Building Concord, NH 03301-6397 4350 East West Highway

Bethesda, MD 20814 Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke Dr. Jerry Harbour Atomic Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board Panel Board Panel j U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission East West Towers Building East West Towers Building 4350 East West Highway -

4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Bethesda, MD 20814 4

Robert Carrigg, Chairman Richard A. Hampe, Esquire Board of Selectmen Hampe and McNicholas Town Office 35 Pleasant Street Atlantic Avenue Concord, NH 03301 North Hampton, NH 03862 Andrea C. Eerster, Esquire Sherwin E. Turk, Esquire Diane Curran, Esquire Office of the Executive Legal Harmon & Weiss Director Suite 430 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2001 S Street, N.W. Tenth Floor

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Washington DC 20009 7735 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814 i

• Atomic Safety and Licensing Robert A. Backus, Esquire Appeal Board Panel Backus, Meyer & Solomon U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 116 Lowell Street Commission P.O. Box 516 Washington, DC 20555 Manchester, NH 03105 i

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• Atomic Safety and Licensing Mr. Ed Thomas Board Panel FEMA, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 442 John W. McCormack Post Commission Office and Court House Washington, DC 20555 Post Office Square Boston, MA 02109 Paul McEachern, Esquire Carol S. Sneider, Esquire Matthew T. Brock, Esquire Assistant Attorney General Shaines & McEachern Department of the Attorney General 25 Maplewood Avenue one Ashburton Place, 19th Floor P.O. Box 360 Boston, MA 02108 Portsmouth, NH 03801 Gary W. Holmes, Esquire Mr. Peter J. Matthews Holmes & Ells Mayor 47 Winnacunnet Road City Hall Hampton, NH 03841 Newburyport, MA 01950 Mrs. Sandra Gavutis Mr. Calvin A. Canney Chairman, Board of Selectmen City Manager RED 1 - Box 1154 City Hall Kensington, NH 03827 126 Daniel Street Portsmouth, NH 03801

• Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Mr. Angie Machiros U.S. Senate Chairman of the Washington, DC 20510 Board of Selectmen (Attn: Tom Burack) Town of Newbury Newbury, MA 01950

• Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Mr. J. P. Nadeau 1 Pillsbury Street Selectmen's Office Concord, NH 03301 10 Central Road (Attn: Herb Boynton) Rye, NH 03870 Mr. Thomas F. Powers, III Mr. William S. Lord Town Manager Board of Selectmen Town of Exeter Town Hall 10 Front Street Friend Street Exeter, NH 03833 Amesbury, MA 01913 H. Joseph Flynn, Esquire Brentwood Board of Selectmen Office of General Counsel RFD Dalton Road Federal Emergency Management Brentwood, NH 03833 Agency 500 C Street, S.W.

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