ML20215G182
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| Issue date: | 10/07/1986 |
| From: | Paulson W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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' LICENSEE: Babcock &WilcoxOwnersGroup(BWOG)
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF SEPTEMBER 29, 1986 MEETING
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On September 29, 1986,'the NRC staff ne't with representatives of the Babcock and Wilcox Owners Group (BWOG) in Bethesda, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the following) areas of the owners group safety and performance improvement program:
(1 recommendation tracking _ system; (2) prioritization of recommendations; and (3) implementation of recommendations. is a list of the meeting attendees. Handouts provided by the BWOG are also enclosed (Enclosure 2).
The BWOG is taking a lead role in the reassessment of the basic design requirements for B&W designed reactors. The owners group is taking the lead in a planned effort to define concerns relative to reducing the frequency of reactor trips and the complexity of post-trip response in B&W plants. The owners group program is entitled " Safety and Performance Improvement Program" and is described in BAW-1919 submitted May 15, 1986 and Revision 1-submitted August 29, 1986.
The results of the owners group program include technical recomendations for plant improvements. The objective of the BWOG recommendation tracking system' is to identify, document, and track the status of technical recomendations made by the owners group. ~This tracking system will keep an accountability of each recomendation through implementation. The steps that are followed in the tracking system are outlined in Enclosure 2.
The BWOG agreed to provide the staff with monthly updates of the tracking system report.~
Each licensee of a B&W plant will disposition each recommendation that applies to its facility.
If the licensee determines that the recomendation should _be implemented, it will develop a schedule for implementation.
If the utility determines that a specific recommendation should not be implemented, it will document the basis for this decision.
The BWOG prioritization program will provide general guidance to the B&W licensees as to the relative importance of the recommendations.
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October 7, 1986 LICENSEE: Babcock & Wilcox Owners Group (BWOG)
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF-SEPTEMBER 29, 1986 MEETING On September 29, 1986, the NRC staff met with representatives of the Babcock
- and Wilcox Owners Group-(BWOG) in Bethesda, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the following areas of the owners group safety and performance improvement program:
(1) recomendation tracking system; (2) prioritization of recomendations; and (3) implementation of recomendations. is a list of the meeting attendees. Handouts provided by the BWOG are 'lso enclosed (Enclosure 2).
a The BWOG is taking a lead role in the reassessment of the basic design requirements for B&W designed reactors. The owners group is taking the lead in a planned effort to define concerns relative to reducing the frequency of
.reac or trips and the complexity of post-trip response in B&W plants. The t
owners group program is entitled " Safety and Performance Improvement Program" and is described in BAW-1919 submitted May 15, 1986 and Revision 1 submitted August 29, 1986.
. The results.of the owners group program include technical recomendations for plant improvements. The objective of the BWOG recomendation tracking system is to identify, document, ard track the status of technical recomendations made by the owners group. This tracking system will keep an accountability of each recomendation through implementation. The steps that are followed in the tracking system are outlined in Enclosure 2.
The BWOG agreed to provide the r
staff with monthly updates of the tracking system report.
- Each licensee of a B&W plant will disposition each recomendation that applies to its facility.
If the licensee determines that the recommendation should be
- implemented, it will develop a schedule for implementation.
If the utility determines that a specific recomendation should not be implemented, it will document th'e basis for this decision.
The BWOG prioritization program will provide general guidance to the B&W licensees as to the relative importance of the recommendations.
Walter A. Paulson, Technical Assistant to the Assistant Director Division of PWR Licensing-B
Enclosures:
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DISTRIBUTION LIST
/ Central File NRC PDR L. PDR AD Reading File W. Paulson OELD E. Jordan B. Grimes ACRS 10 B. Borsum.
F. Miraglia/F. Schroeder L. Marsh J. Calvo C. Thomas W. Regan J. Taylor (B&W)
J. Stolz G. Vissing D. Humenansky (0CM)
J. Sniezek (ED0)
J. Conran (ED0)
A. Gibson (RII)
C. Paperiello (RIII)
J.Gagliardo(RIV)
J. Crews (RV)
E. Jordan (IE)
W. Morris (RES)
J. Heltemes (AE0D)
Director, Division of
'ReactorProjects(RI)
NRC Participants R. C. Jones K. S. West A. R. Blough P. Shemanski G. Edison D. L. Basdekas.
J. Rosenthal
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ENCLOSURE-1 ATTENDANCE LIST SEPTEMBER 29, 1986 MEETING
NRC STAFF AND B&W OWNERS GROUP Name Organization W. Paulson NRC/PWR-B D. Crutchfield NRR/PWR-B F. R. Skillman SPIP Chairman - BWOG J. W. Langenbach GPU Nuclear - BWOG W. S. Wileus FPL - BWOG H. Ornstein AE0D-ROAB R. C. Jones NRR/PWR-B/RSB
- L. Reed SPIP'Vice Chairman - DPCo.
N. Rutherford' Duke Power Co.
E. C. Simpson FL. Power Corp.
L. B. Marsh.
NRR/PWR-B/EB K. S. West NRR/PWR-B/PD#6 A. R. Blough NRC/ Reg. I/DRP J. H. Taylor B&W R. W. Ganthner B&W H. Bailey IE/DEPER W. H. Regan NRR/PWR-B/F0B C. Thomas NRR/HRR/PWR-B/RSB P. Shemanski NRC/NRR/PWR-B/PEICSB G. Edison NRR/PWR-B/PD#6 D. L. Basdekas RAB/RES C. J. Paperiello Reg. III, DRS.
J. A. Calvo NRC/PWR-B/PEICSB J. Rosenthal NRC/IE
ENCLOSURE 2 B&W OWNERS GROUP RECOMMENDATION TRACKING SYSTEM (RTS)
OBJECTIVES IDENTIFY, DOCUMENT, AND TRACK THE-STATUS OF TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE B&W OWNERS GROUP
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MECHANICS OF B&WOG RECOMMENDATION TRACKING SYSTEM (RTS)
UNDERLYING CONCEPTS 1.
ALL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM REPUTABLE SOURCES WILL BE CAPTURED AND EVALUATED.
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DECISIONS AT THE VARIOUS SCREENING POINTS WILL BE 1
DOCUMENTED.
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THE B&WOG MUST KNOW THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND WILL KEEP AN ACCOUNTABILITY OF EACH l
RECOMMENDATION THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION.
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BrW OWNERS GROUP RECOMMENDATION TRACKING SYSTEM (RTS)
COMMITTEE PROGRAM STEERING UTILITY REVIEW MANAGER COMMITTEE STAFF l
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COMMITTEE PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION AT PLANT I f j f TECHNICAL BASIS WELL DEFINED APPLICABLE WELL DEFINED WELL DEFINED APPROPRIATE TECHNICALLY SOUND APPLICABLE-NOT DUPLICATION IMPLEMENTABLE PRIORITY ASSIGNMENT IMPLEMENTABLE CONTRADICTION OF SCHEDULE IMPLEMENTATION OTHER RECOMMENDATION REGULATORY INTERFACE AS REQUIRED
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INITIATION OF RECOMMENDATION
- REPUTABLE SOURCE USUALLY AS A RESULT OF COMMITTEE PROJECTS (INCLUDING PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS)
- DOCUMENTED IN REPORTS TO THE COMMITTEE e
COMMITTEE REVIEW i
- IF RECOMMENDATION IS
- TECHNICALLY SOUND AND
- APPLICABLE TO B&WOG PLANTS AND
- WELL DEFINED AND IMPLEMENTABLE AND
- APPROVED FOR INCLUSION BY MAJORITY VOTE IT IS FORWARDED TO THE PROGRAM CHAIRMAN FOR INPUT TO RTS.
- IF ABOVE CRITERIA ARE NOT MET, THE RECOMMENDATION l
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- REJECTED OR
- DEVELOPED FURTHER SO THAT IT CAN MEET THE CRITERIA.
- IN EITHER CASE THE REVIEW DECISIONS ARE DOCU-MENTED IN A LETTER TO PROGRAM CHAIRMAN AND/0R COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.
OPERATION OF RTS (CONT'D) e FROGRAM CHAIRMAN REVIEW
- RECOMMENDATIONS RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS COMMITTEES ARE REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM CHAIRMAN
- IF RECOMMENDATION IS
- WELL-DEFINED AHQ
- NOT A DUPLICATE AND
- NOT A CONTRADICTION WITH OTHER EXISTING RECOMMENDATIONS I
THEN THE PROGRAM CHAIRMAN FORWARDS THE RECOMMEN-DATION TO THE STEERING. COMMITTEE FOR THEIR REVIEW
- IF RECOMMENDATION IS NOT WELL DEFINED IT IS' RETURNED TO COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER WORK AND IT
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- IF THE RECOMMENDATION IS A DUPLICATE, IT IS I
INDICATED AS SUCH AND ADMINISTRATIVELY ADDED TO THE EXISTING RECOMMENDATION
- IF IT IS A CONTRADICTION, THE PROGRAM CHAIRMAN TAKES ACTION THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICT AND THEN FORWARDS THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE
- THE PROGRAM CHAIRMAN'S FORWARDING LETTER ALSO PROVIDES A SUGGESTED DISPOSITION FOR ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARDED TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE
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OPERATION OF RTS (CONT'D) e STEERING COMMITTEE REVIEW
- RECOMMENDATIONS RECEIVED FROM PROGRAM CHAIRMEN ARE REVIEWED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE
- IF THE RECOMMENDATION IS
- WELL DEFINED AND
- APPROPRIATE FOR B&WOG AND
- IMPLEMENTABLE THEN IT IS INCLUDED IN THE RTS REPORT e
RTS REPORT
- FORMATTED ACCOUNTING 0F RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION
- DISTRIBUTED TO EACH UTILITY'S MANAGEMENT UPDATED FREQUENTLY FOR
- NEW RECOMMENDATIONS
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SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION WORKING MEETING
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J PRIORITIZATION OBJECTIVES TO PROVIDE A BASES FOR ASSIGNING RESOURCES o
TO RESOLVE DEFINED CONCERNS IN TERMS OF L
THE DEPTH AND BREATH OF THE EFFORT REQUIRED TO ADDRESS A PARTICULAR CONCERN.
TO PROVIDE. GENERAL GUIDANCE TO THE B&W o
OWNERS AS T0 THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF GROUPS OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT G0ALS.
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l PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY o
DEFINE CONCERNS o
CATEGORIZE EXPERIENCED BASED (CATEGORY 1)
CONCERNS THAT AROSE OUT OF OPERATING EXPERIENCE EVALUATIONS AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS.
PERCEPTION BASED (CATEGORY 2)
ISSUES THAT ARE THOUGHT TO BE CONCERNS.
o PRIORITIZE CATEGORY 1 CONCERNS CONSIDER FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE, CONSEQUENCES AND ENGINEERING JUDGMENT.
o PRINCIPAL SOUNCES OF INFORMATION FOR PRIORITIZING CONCERNS ARE TAP REPORTS, THE SENSITIVITY STUDY AND THE RISK ASSESSMENT REVIEW.
o-ESTABLISH A FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CATEGORY 1 CONCERNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
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AT THIS POINT IN THE PROGRAM IT SEEMS THAT ALL DEFINED CONCERNS WILL BE ADDRESSED.
o EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON PRIORITIZING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL REQUIRE PLANT HARDWARE CHANGES.
o THERE SEEMS TO BE LITTLE VALUE IN THE SPI PROGRAM MANAGEMENT TEAM DEVELOPING A RIG 0ROUS METHODOLOGY FOR PRIORIZING RECOMMENDATIONS.
o THE INDIVIDUAL UTILITIES WILL USE THE PRIORITIZING GUIDANCE AS PROVIDED BY THE FUNCTIONAL GROUPING OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO ASSIST THEM IN THEIR EFFORTS IN INTEGRATING-THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH OTHER STATION MODIFICATION PLANS.
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