ML20212A655
| ML20212A655 | |
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| Issue date: | 12/17/1986 |
| From: | Heltemes C NRC OFFICE FOR ANALYSIS & EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA (AEOD) |
| To: | Butterfield L COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO., WESTINGHOUSE OPERATING PLANTS OWNERS GROUP |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8612240294 | |
| Download: ML20212A655 (4) | |
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Dic 171986 Mr. L. D.. Butterfield, Chairman Westinghouse Owners' Group-Comonwealth Edison Company P. O. Box 767 Chicago, IL-~ 60690
Dear Mr. Butterfield:
Subject:
' Owners' Group Participation on Incident Investigation Teams On August 4,1986, the Incident Investigation procedures were provided to all Owners' Groups, INPO, and NSAC for review and comment. The in-dustry responses have been reviewed and a number of our procedures have been modified to incorporate the commments. The comments were compre-hensive and insightful, and I sincerely appreciate your efforts and the resources that were necessary to provide the response.
As you know, the Executive Director for Operations has directed me to conduct regional workshops to better acquaint. utility management with NRC's Incident Investigation Program. As part of the workshop we will discuss our resolution of industry's comments on the procedures. We cor-dially invite representatives from each of the Owners' Groups to partic-ipate.in one of the workshops.
In coordination with the regional offices, we are currently planning the workshops, and after we finalize the agenda and the schedule, I will communicate these to you.
We have previously discussed with you our desire to have a Westinghouse Owners' Group representative participate on a future IIT. We have drafted the enclosed proposed guidance for industry participation in IITs. This is a draft procedure, and there may be further modifications based upon discussions with industry organizations, Owners' Groups, and NRC management.
We will be discussir.g industry participation during the workshops, tenta-tively scheduled to begin in January 1987. Thus, I would appreciate your review and comments on the proposed guidance by January 6, 1987. Upon review, we will be available to meet and discuss your comments.
If a separate meeting is not desirable, I propose that we meet and discuss additional details covering your participation while we are in Region III to hold the workshop.
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Mr. L. D. Butterfield [ggg 1719$6 If you have any questions or if I can provide any additional information, please contact me (301/492-4484) or Mr. Lanning (301/492-4491).
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ENCLOSURE Guidance for Industry Participation in IITs (To be inserted in appropriate procedure) 1.7 Participation by Industry Organizations When an IIT is activated, industry representatives will be informed and their participation will be requested. Their participation brings both an indepen-dent perspective to the investigation and expert knowledge of plant hardware and practices in numerous areas.
In addition, industry participation helps licensees to have immediate access to facts regarding the safety implications of the incident, and as a result to aid in the feedback of information and, in the self-initiation of potential preventative and/or corrective actions. Such participation should also help expedite the event investigation and the identification of the generic applicability of significant issues.
Industry participation is consistent with and fully supportive of the Incident Investigation Program objectives.
After the EDO determines that an IIT response is warranted, the Director, AE00 will inform the various industry groups * (INP0 or NSAC, and the Owners' Group for the affected plant) regarding the IIT and invite their participation with the IIT in the investigation.
The Director, AE0D may indicate the desired technical expertise that would be desirable for the industry representative to have in order to ensure a range of disciplines on the IIT. The industry contact has the responsibility to select the industry individual in accordance with the same criteria that the NRC representatives are selected, i.e.,
(I) specific technical expertise, (2) no previous significant involvement with the affected plant or utility's activities or with other significant issues associated directly related to the cause, course or consequences of the event, and (3) full-time participant for the duration of the IIT activities.
The industry representatives and the NRC members qualifications will be reviewed by the ED0 or upon his direction, the Director, AE00 to ensure that all team members are suitably qualified and meet the selection criteria. The ED0 approves the IIT members on a case-by-case basis, i.e., each is reviewed and approved individually.
After the ED0 approves the composition of the IIT, all members will be advised of the location and time for the first IIT organizational meeting. The IIT leader will assign and organize the various investigative activities to the team members. All representatives should be relieved of other duties until the investigation is completed and the investigation report is issued, or they are released from the IIT. The ED0 may relieve from the IIT any personnel who do not remain with the investigation until the completion of the report, or for other reasons he deems appropriate.
- The Incident Investigation Staff will maintain the list of industry contacts to be notified.
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.. 2.15 Industry Participation in the Investication Industry representatives may participate as full-time members of the IIT.
In these cases, they will have responsibilities and privileges equal to other team members.
2.19 Collection of Information i
All information obtained by team members will be brought to the attention of the IIT leader.
Representatives may communicate verified factual event-related information to nuclear industry organizations in coordination with the team leader. This information should be transmitted only for purposes of preven-tion, remedial action, or other similar reasons to ensure public health and safety. The representatives will keep the IIT leader apprised of all informa-tion pertinent to the event. Common sense and good judgment must predominate in this matter. Contacts with news media will be made in accordance with Section 2.12.
(See Procedure 2) 2.25 Report Preparation and Presentation Each team member will participate in a complete review of the team's intestiga-tive report for technical accuracy and adequacy of the scope of the investiga-tion in his/her particular area of technical expertise.
The IIT leader will obtain each team member's concurrence on the report signifying that the team memb r has reviewed the report and that any differences of professional opinion 9
haveieither been resolved or documynted in an appendix to the report. Courtesy copijsoftheIITfinalreportwillbeprovidedtotheparticipatingteam membsrs.
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