ML20212D825

Summary of 861210-11 Mgt Site Visit Re Tour of Facility & Discussion of Preparations for Licensing.Agenda & Attendees List Encl

ML20212D825
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	12/29/1986
From:	Mark Miller Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 8701050052
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. APPLICANT: Georgia Power Company FACILITY: Vogtle, Unit 1 l

SUMMARY

OF MANAGEMENT SITE VISIT HELD DECEMBER 10-11, 1986 On December 10-11, 1986, the staff met with the applicant to tecr Unit I and

' discuss Georgia Po'wer Company's preparations for licensing. Participants are' listed in Enclosure 1. The agenda is included as Enclosure 2.

The tour of Unit I generally consisted of viewing those areas and components identified in Enclosure 3. The staff toured the applicant's training facility and simulator. The simulator demonstration included a shift crev responding to a staff-developed scenario (Enclosure 4).. Following the hour simulator exercise, an instructor critiqued the perforsance of the operators. The NRC staff indicated that it believed that the scenario was well-executed and that the crew communicated well and worked well together.

0n December.11, 1986, the applicant presented information on several topics

. of interest to the staff (see Enclosure 2). The applicant indicated that upon Unit 1 fuel load, responsibilities would transfer from Southern Company Services to the operating organization of Georgia Power Company (GPC).

i The applicant discussed its cperating organization including background and experience. For example, the operations department has an average per indivi-i dual of 5.3 years of power plant experience. In response to staff questions regarding recent organizational changes, the applicant explained that titles i' and functions may have changed slightly but that in most cases the individuals were not changed at the site organization. The applicant also indicated thr.t the organizational changes at the site level were made so that the Vogtle organization parallels that at Hatch.

The applicant indicated that it was working toward a fuel load of December 29, i 1986. The initial test program was 93.5% complete as of December 8. The .

a critical path item in this area is completion of the review of test results iE new which was 62.3% complete as of December 8. The applicant discussed the fuel i load punchlist which includes those items that nust be complete before fuel

$ load. Approximately 1370 items are on this list with a closure / day average of So 160 and an addition / day average of 84

' aN The applicant provided information on its coerator training program. Thirteen ,

!Moo licenses were received by the first group to take the licensing examination.  ;

Ten candidates from the first group retcok the exam between October 21 and MO November 10. Of these 10, 2 have passed with results pending on the remaining. 1 0, Examinations were given to a second group of 20 between October 21 and December 4

oo: 5. A third group is taking the exam in April 1987. The staff questioned the

' InE< applicant on the low pass rate (42%) of the first group of candidates. The 1 applicant explained that (1) it needed to improve its screening criteria as to who is ready to take the exam, (2) it needed to provide clear and more accurate i

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DEC 29 386 plant-specific information to the Region to use in preparation of the exam, and (3) the second exam was not as difficult as the first. The applicant emphasized its confidence in a much improved overall pass rate for subsequent candidate groups.

The applicant explained its maintenance programs which begin with appropriate hiring practices and training. The applicant expressed its belief that early involvement in plant activities by maintenance personnel is necessary. Main-tenance programs include planned maintenance, predictive maintenance, and maintenance experience assessment reporting.

The Readiness Review Program (RRP) reviewed over 5000 commitmente ard over 50,000 docurrents. Lessons learned from the RRP include (1) early identification and resolution of problems, (2) early resolution of commitment interpretation differences, and (3) a coordinated management accreach for many GPC and NRC review activities. Examples of findings incluoe (1) a need for inproved quality verification documentation, (2) a need to upgrade inspector qualification /certi-fication records, (3) keaknesses in nuclear operations training records, (4) failure to apprcpriately qualify certain field vendors, and (5) calculation discrepancies.

In closing, the staff indicated that it was impressed with the progress of the facility for licensing, and requested that the applicant keep the staff informed of its estimated fuel load date.

\'3 Melanie A. Miller, Project Manager 4

PWR Project Directorate #4 Division of PUR Licensing-A

Enclosure:

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-Georgia Power Company Vogtle Electric Generating , Plant cc:

Mr. L. T. Gucwa Resident Inspector Chief huclear' Engineer Nuclear Regulatory Commissicn Georgia Power Corcery P. O. Box 572 P.O. Box 4545 kayneshcrc, Georgia 30830 Atlanta, Georgic 20302 Fr. Ruble A. Thomas.

Deppish Kirklano, III, Counsel Vice. President - Licensing Office of the Consurers' Utility

Vogtle Project Ccurcil Georgia Power Company / Suite 22E Scuthern Company Services, Inc. 32 Peachtree Street, N.W.

P.0; Box 2625 Atlanta, Gecrgia 30303 Birminghan, /.lebama 35202

James E. Joiner Mr. Donald O. Fester Troutnan, Sanders, Lockern.an, Vice President & Project General Manager & Ashmore Georgia Power Company Candler Building Pest Office Box 299A, Route 2 127 Peachtree Street, N.E.

llaynesboro, Georgia 30830 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Danny Feic Mr. J. A. Bailey 1130 Alta Avenue Project Licensing Manager f.tlanta, Georgia. 30307 Southern Conpany Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 2625 Carol Stargler Eirn:ingham, Alabama 35202 Georgians Against Nuclear Energy EFF Euclid Terrace Ernest L. Blake, Jr. Atlanta, Georgia 30307 Bruce !!. Churchill, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 2300 N Street, N.l'.

Washington, D. C. .

20037 Mr. G. Bockhold, Jr.

Vogtle Plant Manager Coorgie Power Comoany Route 2, Box 299-A k'aynesboro, Georgia 30830 Regional Administrater, Prgien II U.S. huclear kegulatory Commission &

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101 Marietta Street, N.W. , Suite 2000 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Fr. R. E. Conway Senior Vice President and Project Director Georgia Power Company Rt. 2, P. O. Box 299A Kaynesbero, Georgia 30830

Enclosure 1 Participants I-fiRC Georgia Power Con.oary

, Dove k R. Conway

- E. Ressi G. Bockhold M. Miller T. Greene S. Black W. Burns L. Crocker M. Howard 3

H. liiller P. Rushton M. Sinkule M. Bellamy J. Rocce P. Rice

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. M. Rowe W. kitchens M. Griffis Southern Company Services R. Thomas J. Bailey e

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AGENDA -

1 Pre-Licensing Management Visit  ;

December 10-11, 1986 l Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 1  :

Wednesday, December 10, 1986 i 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Tour Unit I

/ 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Simulator Excerise (Training Center) 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. TrainingCenterTour(Optional) 6:00 p.m. Adjourn Thursday, December 11, 1986 9:00 - 12:00 p.m. Nuclear Operations Organization

) a. Staff experience

t. Shift staffin'g

c. Organizational changes - site and corporate Plant Status for Opera' tion Training Program and Qualification of Plant Operators Unit 1/2 Interface Use of recent NTOL Westinghouse experience l Transition from: a) Construction to Operations '

b) Southern Company Services to GPC tianagement Maintenance training and procedures Vogtle/ Savannah River Plant interfaces ,

lessons learned from Readiness Review 12:00 - 12:15 p.m. Exit sumary 12:15 Departure 9 e

Enclosure 3 PLANT V0GTLE UNIT I -

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PLANT TOUR AGENDA l 1. MAIN CONTROL ROOM

2. TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER

. 3. REMOTLSHUTDOWNPANEL 11 . RHR CONTAINMENT SUMP VALVE

5. RHR HEAT EXCHANGER ROOM

6. RHR PUMP ROOM

7. CONTAINMENT BUILDING

8. MAIN TURBINE

9. DIESEL GENERATOR

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Simulator Exercise Initial Conditions - Plant at full power on automatic control

1. Fail RCS RTD high and recover Objective: Observe crew response to diagnose and recover from RTD failure

2. Call in from Aux. Operator - bad oil leak at MFW pump; smokino badly.

Objective: Crew recognition of fire hazard. Crew capability to assume manual control and reduce power so that one MFW pump can be taken off line.

3. After stabilizing at reduced power, steam generator tube leak (50-60 gpm),

followed by RCP seal failure.

Objective: Crew diagnosis of and response to a leak outside contain-ment compounded by a leak inside containment.

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a MEETIf;G SUMitARY DISTRIBUTION T M I Ffl e7i?2if NRC Participants 11RC PDR I. I;ovak L PDR E. Rossi NSIC li. lifiler PRC System S. Black PWR#4 Reading File L. Crocker Project Manager M. Miller li. Miller

11. Duncan M. Sinkule OGC/Bethesda J. Rogge J. Partlow E. Jordan B. Grirres ACRS (10)

OTHERS bcc: Licensee & Service List