ML20217H977
| ML20217H977 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 10/13/1999 |
| From: | Lanning W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20217H982 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-354-98-302, NUDOCS 9910220242 | |
| Download: ML20217H977 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000354/1998302
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October 13, 1999
- Mr. Harold W. Keiser -
President and Chief Nuclear Officer -
Post Office Box 236
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Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 -
SUBJECT:
HOPE CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION SENIOR REACTOR
OPERATOR AND REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION REPORT
50-354/98-302 - REPORT SUPPLEMENT
Dear Mr. Keiser:
This report supplements the first report issued February 26,1999, and provides the results of
individual operator examination appeals and the results of additional staff review on two facility
r:roblems: (1) the quality of initial examination submittals; and (2), a grouping of operator test
results which were close to the pass / fail demarcation of 80 percent. This review addressed
areas important to public health and safety in that the NRC staff reviewed the adequacy of the
initial license training program at your facility with respect to the two problems. These problems
were noted in both the February 1998 and December 1998 examinations.
Because of the repetitiveness of the two problems and other issues, your organization and the
NRC staff decided to conduct independent self-assessments for underlying causes and to share
results in a public meeting. In our meeting of March 22,1999, we discussed the results of these
self-assessments.
Subsequent to the meeting, we reviewed your root cause analysis for the problems, and we
- discussed the results of that review with your representative in a telephone call of July 20,1999,
when individual operator appeal results were announced. We noted that your 1999 root cause
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analysis for the two problems did not specifically identify why the problems from the February
1998 exam manifested themselves again on the December 1998 exam. We concluded in the
enclosed report that the implementation of your condition reporting process for the above two
problems was deficient, in that corrective' actions for those problems were not effective. We
plan additional review in this area.
- Wdh respect to individual operator appeal results, one reactor operator (RO) and one senior
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reactor operator (SRO) of the four appellants received passing scores on the written test, and
they received NRC licenses. Overall,11 of 16 applicants received NRC licenses.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its
enclosures will be piaced in the NRC Public Document Room.
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Enclosure:
Initial Examination Report No. 50-354/98-302 w/ Attachments 1-3
cc w/ encl; w/ Attachments 1-3:
L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations
E. Simpson, Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
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M. Bezilla, Vice President - Nuclear Operations
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D. Garchow, Vice President - Technical Support
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M. Trum, Vice President - Maintenance
T. O'Connor, Vice President - Plant Support
E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support
G. Salamon, Manager - Licensing
A. F. Kirby, Ill, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.
J. McMahon, Director - QA/ Nuclear Training / Emergency Preparedness
R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs
A. Tapert, Program Administrator
J. J. Keenan, Esquire -
Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate
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W. Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township
M. Wetterhahn, Esquire
State of New Jersey
. State of Delaware
J. Guinan, NJ PIRG
N. Cohen, Coalition for Peace and Justice
R. Fisher -
F. Berryhill .
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Distribution w/ encl: w/ Attachments 1-3 :
. DRS Master Exam File
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Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
W. Lanning, DRS
B. Holian, DRS
C. Sisco, Chief Examiner, DRS
W. Maier, RIV
J. Munro, NRR
V. Curley, DRS (DRS OL Facility File)
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H. Miller, RA/J. Wiggins, DRA
G. Meyer, DRP
S. Barr, DRP
L. Harrison, DRP
C. O'Daniell, DRP
R. Conte, DRS
M. Tschiltz, OEDO
E. Adensam, NRR
J. Clifford, NRR
R. Gallo, NRR
D. Trimbe, NRR
J. Munro
inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
C. See, NRR
R. Correia, NRR
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D. Orr, Acting SRI, Hope Creek
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