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Forwards SALP 15 Rept 50-440/98-01 for Plant Covering Period from 960915-980228
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Site:	Perry
Issue date:	04/07/1998
From:	Beach A; NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Myers L; CENTERIOR ENERGY
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Mr. Lew W. Myers

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Perry, OH 44081

Dear Mr. Myers:

Enclosed for your review is the Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) 15

report for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant covering the period of September 15,1996 through

February 28,1998. This report will be discussed with you at a public meeting to be held at the

Peny High School auditorium on April 21,1998 at 10:00 a.m. During this meeting, you are

encouraged to candidly discuss any comments you may have regarding our report.

In accordance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) policy, I have reviewed the

recommendations resulting from the SALP Board assessment and concur with their ratings. The

functional areas of Plant Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering were rated Category 2. The ;

functional area of Plant Support was rated Category 1. It is my view that these ratings reflect the

current performance at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant.

Overall performance ir, the area of Plant Operations was good. Corrective actions taken

following plant events resalted in improved shift briefings and improved communications between

operators. Planned evolutions, sucn as the reactor shutdown and startup for the refueling

outage, were conducted very well. However, the communication of managament expectations

was not always clear. This was evident during our observations of psnelwalkdowns and the

implementation of a new control panol deficiency tagging program. Also, occasional operator

performance problems and errors during equipment safety tagging program implementation ;

occurred.

Maintenance performance was also good. Plant material condition was significantly improved

and corrective and preventive maintenance item backlogs were reduced. Work control was

generally good, but some procedural adequacy and adherence problems and occasional human

performance errors were noted.

Performance in the area of Engineering improved during the period, especially in the quality of {

design change packages. Communications with other departments were effective, contributing '

to good support for operations and maintenance activities and improvement in plant material

condition. However, several problems were identified conceming safety evaluations and older

design calculations. Also, although you implemented actions to address problems with the

updated safety analysis report, this document was not properly maintained prior to NRC

identifica2on of various design control deficiencies.

The area of Plant Support also improved during the assessment period. Radiation protection \ l

performance was very good. However, some problems were noted with the implementation of

an ALARA plan for main steam line plugging activities. Security performance was effective but a

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fitness for duty problem late in the period indicated improvement was needed in this area.

Emergency preparedness performance was strong as reflected in the 1998 emergency i

preparedness exercise and during an unusual event conceming a chemical spill. '

Overall performance in conducting and utilizing self-assessments improved. Plant personnel

continued to maintain a low threshold for problem identification. However, the corrective actions

developed from these self-assessments did not always address the full scope of the problems.

The initiation of daily management reviews and collective signirmance reviews of identifed

problems were additional examples of improvements.

Overall, I view that your performance has improved during this assessment period. The actions

- you have taken to irfentify and resolve performance weaknesses have contributed to the steady

improvement at Perry. I encourage you to continue with these efforts so that further

improvement is realized.

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, the SALP report, and your response will be placed in

the NRC's Public Document Room.

Should you have any questions conceming the SALP report, we would be pleased to discuss

them with you.

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Regional Administrator

Docket No.: 50-440

Enclosure: SALP 15 Report

No. 50-440/98001

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T. S. Rausch, Director, Quality

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R. W. Echrauder, Director

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W. R. Kands, General Manager

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N. L Bonner, Director, Nuclear

Maintenance Department

H. W. Bergendahl, Director

Nuclear Services Department

Ohio State Liaison Officer

Robert E. Owen, Ohio

Department of Health I

C. A. Glazer, State of Ohio

Public Utilities Commission

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fitness for duty problem late in thi vtmd Mdicated improvement was needed in this area.

Emergency preparedness performa,;.e 7,as strong as reflected in the 1998 emergency

preparedness exercise and during an unusual event conceming a chemical spill.

Overall performance in conducting and utilizing self-assessments improved. Plant personnel

continued to maintain a low threshold for problem identification. However, the corrective actions

developed from these self-assessments did not always address the full scope of the problems.

The initiation of daily management reviews and collective significance reviews of identified

problems were additional examples of improvements.

Overall, I view that your performance has improved during this assessment period. The actions

you have taken to identify and resolve performance weaknesses have contributed to the steady

'mprovement at Perry. I encourage you to continue with these efforts so that further

myrovement is realized.

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, the SALP report, and your response will be placed in

the NRC's Public Document Room.

Should you have any questions conceming the SALP report, we would be pleased to discuss

them with you.

Sincerely,

/s/A Bill Beach

A. Bill Beach

Regional Administrator

Docket No.: 50-440

Enclosure: SALP 15 Report

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R. W. Schrauder, Director

Nuclear Engineering Department

W. R. Kanda, General Manager

Nuclear Power Plant Department

N. L. Bonner, Director, Nuclear

Maintenance Department

H. W. Bergendahl, Director

Nuclear Services Department

Ohio State Liaison Officer

Robert E. Owen, Ohio

Department of Health

C. A. Glazer, State of Ohio

Public Utilities Commission

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Commissioner Dicus

Commissioner Diaz

Commissioner McGaffigan

J. Callan, EDO

J. Lieberman, Director, Office of Enforcement

B. Boger, Acting Associate Director for Projects, NRR

B. Sheron, Acting Associate Director for Technical Review, NRR

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