ML20210M587

Proposed Tech Specs Revising Facility Staffing & Training Requirements

ML20210M587
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Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	08/15/1997
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ATTACHMENT B TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGE PAGES FOR PROPOSED CHANGE NO. 206 5.2 Organization Pages 5.2-1 through 5.2-3 (Pg 5.2-4 renumbered) 5.3 Facility Staff Qualification Page 5.3-1 5.4 Training Page 5.4-1 5.8 Programs and Procedures Page 5.8-3 through 5.8-4 9708220047 970815 PDR ADOCK 05000309 PDR W

!L2 ORGANIZATION 5.2.1 Onsite and Offsite Oraanization )

An onsite and an offsite organization shall be established for unit operation and corporate management. The onsite and offsite organization shall include the positions for activities affecting the safety of the nuclear power plant.

a. Lines of authority, responsibility and communication shall be established and defined from the highest management levels through intermediate levels to and including all operating organization funct'ons. Those relationships shall be documented and updated, as appropriate, in the fonn of organizational charts. These organizational charts w'll be documented in the FSAR.

b. The President shall have corporate responsibility for overall plant nuclear safety and take prudent measures to ensure acceptaole performance of the staff in operating, maintaining, and providing technical support to the plant to maintain safe operation.

c. The Plant Manager shall have direct responsibility for overall unit safe operation and shall have control over those ensite resources necessary for safe operation and maintenance of the plant.

l d. The individaals who train the certified fuel handlers and those who carry out radiation protection and quality assurar.ce functions shell l

have sufficient organizational freedom to ensure the ability to perfu...i l

their assigned functions.

5.2.2 Facility Staff

a. Each on duty shift shall be composed of at least the minimum shift crew composition shown in Table 5.2-1.

l b. At least one individual qualified to stand watch m the control room l (non-certified operator or a certified fuel handler) shall be in the l

control room when irradiated fuel is in the spent fuel pool.

l c. (Deleted) 5.2-1 Amendment No. 84, 65, 46, 77. 79, ag, p l

d. An individual qualified in radiation protection procedures shall be on site when fuel is in the reactor. <

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.-l - All-fuel handling operations shall be directly supervised by a certified e.

I j. fuel handler. Fuel handling operations are defined as movement of new or l irradiated Fuel Assemblies.

f. (Deleted) l g. The Shift Manager shall be a certified fuel handier. An operator j holding a license as a Senior Reactor Operator in accordance with 10 CTR

'l 55 is qualified as certified fuel handler.

l' h. The Shift Manager shall report to an individual who is a certified fuel handler.

'l i. Personnel requirements of a and d above may be less than the minimum specified for a period of time not to exceed 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> in order to accommodate unexpected absence of on-duty personnel provided imediate action is taken to restore to within the minimum requirements specified.

.s 5.2-2 Amendment No. 64. 50. 57. M. M. 93. W3. M4. MB He. H5

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TABLE 5.2-1 MINIMUM SHIFT CREW COMPOSITION

• Number for Permanently Position Defueled Mode Shift Manager 1 Non-Certified Operator 1

• This represents a specific exemption to 10 CFR Part 50.54(m)(2)(1).

5.2-3 Amendment No. -34, 50, M 79, 1

5'3 FACILITY STAFF 00ALIFICAT10NS 5.3.1 Each member of the facility staff mentioned below shall meet or exceed the corresponding minimum qualifications.

l a. (Deleted) l b. (Deleted)

c. Technicians:

1. Two years experience app'icable to their specialty, or

2. Two years of related academic training in engineering or science and one year experience applicable to their specialty and successful completion of a qualification program applicable to their specialty. ,

d. Remain /va Facility Staff Members:

l Regulatory Guide 1,8 - September 1975 for comparable positions unless l

otherwise noted in the Technical Specifications.

5.3-1 Amendment No. -34. 59, 52. 61. N, 93 -lee

5.4 TRAINING l 5.4.1 A NRC-approved training and retraining program for the certified fuel l

handlers shall be maintained under the direction of the Plant Manager or his l designee.

5.4.2 (Deleted) 5.4.3 (Deleted) i 5.4-1 Amendment No. 34, 59, N. R3. 456

c, . Surveillance and test activities of safety related equipment.

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d. Not used.

e. Not used,

f. Fire Protection Program implementation,

g. Process Control Program (PCP).

h. Off-site Dose Calculation Manual (00CH).

5.8.3 Each procedure of 5.8.2 above, and changes thereto, shall be reviewed by the PORC and approved by the plant manager prior to implementation and reviewed periodically as set forth in administrative procedures.

5.8.4 Temporary changes to procedures of 5.8.2 above may be made provided:

a. The intent of the original procedure is not altered.

I b. The change is approved by two members of the plant staff, at least one of whom is a Shift Manager.

c. The change is documented, reviewed by the PORC and approved by the plant manager within 14 days of implementation,

d. Changes to the PCP:

1) Shall be documented and records of reviews performed shall be retained as required by Sepcification 5.10.1.0. This documentation ,

shall contain:

a) Sufficient information to support the change together with the appropriate analyses or evaluations justifying the change (s) and b) A determination that the change will maintain the overall conformance of the solidified -waste product to existing requirements of Federal. State, or other applicable regulati;ns.

2) Shall become effective after review and acceptance by the PORC and

'.he approval of the plant manager.

e. Changes to the 00CM:

1) Shall be documented and records of reviews performed shall be retained as required by Specification 5.10.2.0. This documentation

.shall contain:

5.8-3 Amendment NO. 34, 6G, N. M. c3, as,195, 45g

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a) Sufficient information to support the change together with the appropriate analyses or evaluations justifying the change (s) and

. b) A determination that the change will maintain the level of radioactive effluent control required by 10 CFR 20.106, 40 CFR Part 190, 10 CFR 50.36a, and Appendix 1 to 10 CFR Part 50 and not adversely impact the accuracy or reliability of effluent, dose, or setpoint calculations.

2) Shall become effective after review and acceptance by the PORC and the approval of the plant manager.

3) Shall be submitted to the Commission in the form of a complete, legible copy of the entire ODCM as a part of or concurrent with the Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report for the period of the report in which any change to the ODCM was made. Each change shall be identified by markings in the margin of the affected pages, clearly indicating the area of the page that was changed, and shall indicate the date (e.g., month / year) the change was implemented.

5.8.5 Administrative procedures shall be established to limit the working hours of .

plant staff who perform functions important to the safe storage of irradiated g l l fuel assemblies (i.e., certified fuel handlers, radiological controls j technicians, and non-certified operators, and key maintenance personnel.)

The procedures will require the following guidelines to be used in the event that unforeseen problems require substantial amounts of overtime to be used l or during major maintenance, or major plant modifications, on a temporary basis.

1. An individual should not be permitted to work more than 16 continuous hours, excluding shift turnover time;

2. An individual should not be permitted to work more than 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> in any 24-hour period, nor more than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> in any 48-hour period, nor more than 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> in any 7-day period, all excluding shift turnover time;

3. A break of at least 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> should be allowed between work periods, including shift turnover time; and the use of overtime should be considered on an individual basis and not for the entire staff on shift.

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The procedures will require that any deviation from the above guidelines be authorized by the plant manager or his designee, or higher levels of management.

5.8-4 Amendment NO. 34, 50 N. M, 96,1M, te5, %3

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