ML20205N211
| ML20205N211 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 04/09/1999 |
| From: | Conte R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group |
| References | |
| 50-354-98-302, NUDOCS 9904160186 | |
| Download: ML20205N211 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000354/1998302
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Mr. Harold W. Keiser
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Nuclear Business Unit
Public Service Electric & Gas Company
Post Office Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey : 3038
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-354/98-302 (REPLY)
Dear Mr. Keiser
This letter refers to your March 25,1999, correspondence, in response to our February 26,
1999, letter.
Thank you for informing us of the corrective and preventive actions for the Notice of Violation,
documented in your letter. The Notice of Violation was cited for failing to maintain records
documenting the participation of each licensed operator and sen!or operator in the
requalification program. The root cause was inadequate oversight and nonadherence to training
procedures when a new database system was instituted. We also noted that you reviewed the
Salem records, and found no significant problems.
Your response to the violation indicated that you have corrected the violation and have initiated
measures to prevent recurrence. Your response to the violation will be examined during a future
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inspection.
Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
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Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY-
Richard J. Conte, Chief
Human Performance and
Emergency Preparedness Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-354
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L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations
E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering
E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support
M. Bezilla, General Manager - Hope Creek Operations
Jeffrey J. Keenan, Esquire
J. McMahon, Director - Quality Assurance & Nuclear Safety Review
D. Powell, Director - Licensing, Regulation and Fuels
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A. F. Kirby, lil, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.
R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs
A. C. Tapert, Program Administrator
J. A. Isabella, Manager, Joint Generation
Atlantic Electric
Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate
William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township
M. Wetterhahn, Esquire
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Document Control Desk
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REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION
EXAMINATION REPORT 354/98-302
HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION
DOCKET NO. 50-354
Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) provides the attached information in
response to the Notice of Violation issued on February 26,1999, in Hope Creek
Examination Report 50-354/98-302.
If you have any questions concerning the above information, please contact Brian
Thomas at 609-339-2022.
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Mr. R. Ennis, Licensing Project Manager- Hope Creek
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ATTACHMENT
REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION
LR-N990111
During an NRC inspection conducted from November 24,1998 through December 4,
1998, the following violation of NRC requirements was identified as described below:
10 CFR 55.59(a)(5)(i) requires, in part, that the facility licensee shall maintain
records documenting the participation of each licensed operator and senior
operator in the requalification program.
Contrary to the above, from March 1998 through November 1998, the facility
licensee failed to maintain records for five operators documenting their
participation in the requalification program. Specifically, the facility licensee was
missing training attendance records for five operators on mandatory
requalification program training classes.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
RESPONSE:
PSE&G concurs with the violation.
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The reason for the violation.
The reason for the failure to maintain records for the five operators in the requalification
progrsm is attributed to the following:
Less than adequate Training Management Oversight concerning records
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program implementation and resource control. Training Management did not
provide proper os arsight of treining records processing since record
transmittal was allowed to consistently extend beyond the 7-day requirement
contained in the procedures. Training Management also failed to increase
supervision sufficiently to preclude record retention anomalies during
implementation of training records retention using new SAP database.
Failure to submit the training records package for processing within seven
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business days of course completion contrary to the ' Nuclear Training
Records' procedure.
Inadequate implementation of new SAP database for training records.
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REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION
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(2)
The corrective steps that have been taken.
A. Hope Creek Licensed Operator Training completed a full audit of the 1998
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requalification training records. The Hope Creek Licensed Operator Training Staff
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took immediate actions to have all licerised operators make up any training for
which records were missing. The outstanding records for requalification training
were then reissued. This activity was completed prior to the end of the 24 month
ficensed operator requalification training cycle,
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B. A review of the 1998 Salem Licensed Operator requalification training records was
performed and no significant problems were identified.
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C. The Operations Training Instructors qualification process has been revised to
include SAP database orientation for documenting training records.
D. The expectation that a records review will occur after each segment of operations
requalification training and this review be :onducted by the cognizant training
supervisor has been promulgated by Operations Training Management.
E. Appropriate personnelinvolved with the administration and oversight of the Hope
Creek operations training records processing were held accountable for their
inappropriate actions in accordance with PSE&G policies.
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The corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations.
A. Training will be provided to the Operations Training Instructors and Training
Management personnel involved in the processing of training records by June 1,
1999. This training will include a review of regulations governing training records,
internal requirements and guidance concerning training records, and SAP computer
training related to training record processing.
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The date when full compliance will be achieved.
Fu!! compliance was achieved by December 31,1998, when the outstanding training
records for requalification training were issued. This action was completed prior to the
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end of the requalification training cycle.
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