IR 05000482/1987014

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-482/87-14

ML20237K719
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	08/14/1987
From:	Gaglirado J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Withers B WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP.
References
NUDOCS 8708190382
Download: ML20237K719 (2)

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l AUS 14127 In Reply Refer To:

Docket: STN 50-482/87-14 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation ATTN: Bart D. Withers ,

President and Chief Executive Officer l P. O. Box 411 i

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Burlington, Kansas 66839 Gentlemen:

Thank you for your letter of July 28, 1987, in response to our letter and Notice of Violation dated June 29, 1987. We have reviewed your reply and find it responsive to the concerns raised in our Notice of Violation. We will review the implementation of your corrective actions during a future inspection to determine that full compliance has been rchieved and will be maintaine

Sincerely, s/

J. E. Gagliardo, Chief Reactor Projects Branch cc:

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation ATTN: Otto Maynard, Manager of Licensing P. O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Gary Boyer, Plant Manager Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P. O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Mr. Robert D. Elliott, Cnief Engineer Kansas Corporation Commission Fourth Floor, Docking State Office Building Topeka, Kansas 66612-1571 Kansas Radiation Control Program Directo ,

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. / 's Wolf Creek Nuclear Dperating Corporation 2-bec w/ltr dated 7/28/87 from licensee:

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RPB Myron Karman, ELD, MNBB (1)

Resident Inspector R. D. Martin, RA Section Chief (RPB/B)

DRSP NMEPB RIV File RSB MIS System RSTS Operator D. Weiss, RM/ALF Inspector W. L. Fisher R. L. Bangart R. E. Hall Project Inspector, RPB ,

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July 28, 1987 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk i

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Washington, D.C. 20555 Letter: WM 87-0201 Re: Docket No. 50-482 )

Ref: Letter dated 6/29/87 from JEGagliardo, NRC, to j BDWithers, WCNOC l Subj: Response to Violations 482/8714-01 and 482/8714-02 l

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Gentlenen: 1 Attached is a detailed response to violations 482/8714-01 and 482/8714-02 which were docunented in the Referenc Violation 482/8714-01 concerns a failure to docunent a communication tes Violation 482/8714-02 concerns shift staffing and augmentatio If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me or Mr. O. L. Maynard of my staf Very truly yours, WL Bart D. Withers President and Chief Executive Officer BDW:jad Attachment cc: PO'Connor (2)

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; ?.3 ,e Attachnent to WM 87-0201 Page 1 of 3 July 28, 1987 Violation (482/8714-01): Failure to Document Communication Test Finding:

10 CFR 50.54 (q) requires that a licensee shall follow and neintain in effect etergency plans which neet the standards in 50.47(b) of this part and the requirements in Appendix E to this par Wolf Creek Nuclear Station Technical Specification 6.8, " Procedures and Programs," states that written procedures shall be established, inglenented, and maintained covering emergency plan implementatio Energency Preparedness Procedure 02-1.6, Section 4.5, of the Wolf Creek Nuclear Station Drergency Procedures states that (designated) emergency response facilities communications systems will be tested quarterly and that test results will be docunente Contrary to the above, on June 4, 1987, the NRC inspector determined that records for quarterly communication tests for the period January through March 1987 were not available for inspectio {

This is a violation of Technical Specification I Reason for Violation:

The investigation into this violation revealed that the communication links were tested during the 1986 Radiological Diergency Preparedness Exercise )

j conducted on January 28, 1987 but were not docunente This lack of I documentation failed to fulfill the requirement in EPP 02-1.6, Section which addresses test documentatio Corrective Steps Which Have Been Taken and Results Achieved:

l Records from the 1986 Exercise were reviewed for any ccmtiunication link deficiencies involving the contnunication links identified in the quarterly l contnunications checklis This review indicates no report of such deficiencie In addition, quarterly cottmunication tests for the period April-June were conpleted on May 29, 1987 and a retest of one telephone completed on June 8, 1987. The final results were satisfactor A tracking system has been developed and will be maintained by the Diergency Planning Administrato This system includes specific tine intervals in j which to conduct quarterly conrnunication tests, j i

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Attachment to WM 87-0201 Page 2 of 3 July 28, 1987 {

Corrective Steps Which Will Be.Taken to Avoid Further Violations:

No further action require l Date When Full. Compliance.Will.Be Achieved:

Full compliance has been achieve Violation (482/8714-02): Shift Staffing.and Augmentation  ;

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10 CFR 50.54 (q) requires that a licensee shall follow and naintain in effect energency plans which meet the standards in 50.47(b) of this part and the requirements in Appendix E to this par Wolf Creek Nuclear Station j Technical Specification,6.8, " Procedures and Prograns," states that written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained covering emergency plan implementatio Section 1.2.2.1.2 of the Plan states, in part, that there will be two designated communicators in the control room, the NRC Communicator and the Offsite Communicator (OC) . Emergency Preparedness Procedure (EPP) 01- (Section 2.1) "shall be implemented to ensure sufficient personnel are available to staff onsite DTergency Response Facilities." EPP 01- assigns a control room communicator (OC) to contact offsite non-responding emergency communicators (NRECs) .

Contrary to the above, on June 4, 1987, the licensee was unable to contact either the A primary, secondary, and tertiary, and C primary, secondary, and tertiary communicator This is a violation of Technical Specification Reason.for Violation:

Onsite manual callout was ineffective for two reasons:

1.) Inadequate number of personnel assigned to each of the Non-Responding Diergency Communicator (NREC) A through D position .) The telephone was the only nethod by which the NRECs A through D could be contacted.

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Attachment to WM 87-0201 Page 3 of 3 July 28, 1987 Corrective Steps Which Have Been Taken and the Results Achieved:

Additional personnel have been assigned to and trained for the NREC A through D position Pagers have .been assigned to key ERO personnel reporting to the onsite facilities and to the NRECs A through EPP 01-3.4, Revision 6, "Onsite Diergency Response Organization Manual Call-Out", incorporates the new call-out methodology. The Radiological Ehergency Telephone Directory has been revised to reflect the personnel chances and the new pager assigment I Corrective Steps Which Will Be Taken to Avoid Further Violation A requirement for quarterly call-out drills will be added to procedure EPP ]

02-1.3," Drills and Exercises", to ensure call-out adequac ;

Date When Full Cmipliance Will Be Achieved: I Procedure EPP 02-1.3 will be revised by September 15, 198 ?

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