ML20214K961

Forwards SALP Rept 50-312/86-29 for June 1985 - June 1986

ML20214K961
Person / Time
Site:	Rancho Seco
Issue date:	11/14/1986
From:	Martin J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To:	Julie Ward SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
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ML20214K964	List: IR 05000312/1986029 ML20214K961
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See also: IR 05000312/1986029

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Docket No. 50-312

Sacramento Municipal. Utility District

P. O. Box 15830

Sacramento, California 95812

Attention: Mr. John E. Ward

Deputy. General Manager, Nuclear

Gentlemen:

Subject: Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP)

'The NRC Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) Board has

completed its periodic evaluation of the performance of your Rancho Seco

facility during the period June 1, 1985, through June 30, 1986.

. The performance of Rancho Seco was evaluated in the functional areas of plant

operations, radiological controls, maintenance,: surveillance, fire' protection,

emergency preparedness, security, outages, quality programs and administrative-

controls, licensing. activities, engineering, and training. The criteria used

in conducting this assessment and the SALP Board's evaluation of your

performance in these functional areas are contained in the enclosed SALP

report.

- The overall performance of Rancho Seco during the period exhibited a decline.

compared to the pre'vious period, in seven of twelve functional areas, while

- demonstrating improvement in only on4 area, fire protection. Over the

thirteen month; evaluation interval itself, the trend in performance was

improving in four'of-twelve areas, with two areas declining, and no clear

trend apparent in the remainder'of the areas. Specific strengths and

weaknesses are identified in'Section IV, Performance Analysis for each

functional area',.along with-specific Board recommendations which we believe

you should seriously consider.

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As described in the Summary of the SALP Report the performance ratings of

Rancho Seco were determined primarily from activities which occurred between

June 1, 1985 and December 26, 1985. Since December 26, 1985 Rancho Seco has

been in a shutdown status and involved in the formulation and implementation

of improvement activities. In this regard the Board recognized SMUD's

initiation of a comprehensive action plan for performance improvement and a

voluntary extended shutdown of the facility to find and correct both the ,

immediate and the more fundamental causes for a variety of violations of

regulatory requirements and operational incidents which occurred primarily in

the first half of the evaluation. -However, since that program had not reached

fruition by the end of the period, the effectiveness of that program in

improving SMUD's performance remains to be determined. It was clear that the

less comprehensive measures which you initiated during the previous SALP

period to address long standing problems at Rancho Seco were not sufficient to

correct those problems. The events of October 2, 1985 and December 26, 1985

demonstrated the need for more thorough corrective action than previously

planned, a need which you also recognized, and have begun.

In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2,

Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosed

SALP report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room, as will any

comments you wish to submit to NRC regarding the content of the SALP report.

Please comment or amplify, as appropriate, on this report within thirty day of

receipt. Also, you are requested to submit your corrective action plans for

each area rated as Category Three within thirty days of receipt of this

report.

Sincerely,

John B. Martin

Regional Administrator

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