ML20236D422
| ML20236D422 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 03/09/1989 |
| From: | Hernan R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Hukill H GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP. |
| References | |
| TAC-68206, NUDOCS 8903230098 | |
| Download: ML20236D422 (4) | |
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March 9, 1989 Docket No. 50-289 Mr. Henry D. Hukill, Vice President and Director - THI-1 i
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Dear Mr. Hukill-I I
SUBJECT:
SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (SPIP) l PROGRAMMATIC AUDIT AT THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, i
UNIT I (TAC NO. 68206) l T'he NRC staff has determined that a series of audits is necessa to verify the proper implementation of the Babcock & Wilcox Owners Group (BWO Safety and l
Performance Improvement Program (SPIP) recommendations at each B&W designed facility. This audit series consists of a SPIP programmatic audit, a SPIP recommendation implementation audit, and a followup audit, if necessary. The programmatic audit for TMI-1 is planned for the week of July 31, 1989. The i
implementation audit is tentatively scheduled for late October 1989.
The following infonnation concerning the programmatic audit is provided to facilitate your preparation in support of the audit. The purpose of the audit is to evaluate the adequacy of your program to implement the BWOG SPIP recommendations.
Major areas to be evaluated are:
Management Commitment and Involvement - assess the degree to which corporate and plant management is comitted to and involved in the
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SPIP process (i.e., assess the degree of effort assigned to establishing, implementing, and controlling the SPIP program).
Review Team Commitment and Involvement - assess the degree to which the recommendation review team is comitted to and involved in the SPIP process (i.e., assess the degree of effort assigned to review the recommendation basis, safety implications, system interactions, design modifications, procedure changes, implementation scheduling and the control of technical support team interfaces). This area will I
include an evaluation of your applicability and implementation reviews for about 30 to 40 recommendations, selected by the NRC.
Work Group Commitment and Involvement - assess the degree to which specific plant work groups are comitted to and involved in the SPIP process (i.e., assess the degree of effort assigned to modifica-tion installation procedures, quality assurance and quality control, test Ond acceptance criteria, maintenance plan development, and interfacing with rev!ew teams and management).
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Mr. Henry D. Hukill Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, GPU Nuclear Corporation Unit No. 1 l
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G. Broughton Francis I. Young O&M Director, TMI-1 SeniorResidentInspector(TMI-1)
GPU Nuclear Corporation U.S.N.R.C.
1 Post Office Box 480 Post Office Box 311 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 1
Richard J. McGoey 1
Manager, PWR Licensing Regional Administrator, Region I GPU Nuclear Corporation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 100 Interpace Parkway 475 Allendale Road Parsippany, New Jersey 70754 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 1
C.'W. Smyth Robert B. Borsum TMI-1 Licensing Manager Babcock & Wilcox GPU Nuclear Corporation Nuclear Power Generation Division Post Office Box 480 Suite 525 c
Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 1700 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852 Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esq.
Governor's Office of State Planning Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge and Development 2300 N Street, N.W.
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Coordinator, Pennsylvania l
Washington, D.C.
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Post Office Box 1323 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 l
Sally S. Klein, Chairman Thomas M. Gerusky, Director Dauphin County Commissioner Bureau of Radiation Protection i
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Front and Market Streets Environmental Resources Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Post Office Box 2063 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Kenneth E. Witmer, Chainnan Board of Supervisors of Londonderry Township 25 Roslyn Road Eilzabethtown, PA 17022 l
H. D. liukill We request that you make a one-hour presentation at the start of the audit to familiarize the audit team with your program and organization, including information relative to the major areas to be evaluated as noted above.
Also, we request that knowledgeable personnel be made available to assist the team in gathering information and answering questions.
It is presently anticipated that the audit will be conducted both at your corporate headquarters in Parsippany, New Jersey and at the TMI site. A more i
detailed schedule for the audit and locations will be ' developed later.
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