ML20238B096
| ML20238B096 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 08/26/1987 |
| From: | Paulson W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Deddens J GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8709010063 | |
| Download: ML20238B096 (2) | |
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August 26 1987 0
Docket No. 50-458 Mr. James C. Deddens Senior Vice President, (RBNG)
Gulf States Utilities P. O. Box 220 St. Francisville, LA 70775 ATTN:
Nuclear Licensing
Dear Mr. Deddens:
SUBJECT:
REVISIONS TO THE RIVER BEND STATION EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES Section 13.5.2.3 of Supplement No. 3 of the Safety Evaluation Report relateri to the operation of River Bend Station discusses the possibility of your changing the method of presenting emergency operating procedures (EOPs) currently described in the procedures generation package from narrative to flowchart.
That Supplement stated that the staff should review Gulf States Utilities' method for developing, verifying / validating, and implementing flow chart E0Ps before their implementation.
On June 15, 1987, the NRC staff met with representatives of Gulf States Utilities Company (GSU) to discuss your proposal to go to a flow chart format for your E0Ps.
A copy of the meeting summary is enclosed.
Based on the discussion during this meeting, the staff concludes that the requirement for staff review has been satisfied.
Subsequent discussions with your staff indicated that GSU will provide the NRC with the following items relative to the revised E0P's by December 15, 1987:
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Deviations from the BWOG emergency procedures guidelines; 2.
Validation and verification procedures; j
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Writer's guide; 4.
Approved flowchart formatted E0P's; 5.
Changes in the philosophy of the training program, if any.
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8709010063 870026 Walter A. Paulson, Project Manager 1
PDR ADOCK 05000450 Project Directorate - IV p
PDR Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects
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Mr. James C. Deddens Gulf States Utilities Company River Bend Nuclear Plant cc:
Troy B. Conner, Jr., Esq.
Mr. J. E. Booker Conner.and Wetterhahn Manager-River f.end Oversight 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW P. O. Box 2951 Washington, D.C.
20006 Beaumont, TX 77704 Mr. Eddie Grant Mr. William H. Spell, Administrator Director - Nuclear Licensing Nuclear Energy Divisio'n Gulf States Utilities Company Office of. Environmental Affairs j
P. O. Box 220 P. O. Box 14690 St. Francisville, LA 70775 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70898 1
Richard M. Troy, Jr., Esq.
Assistant Attorney General in Charge Mr. J. David McNeill, III State of Louisiana Department of Justice William G. Davis, Esq.
234 Loyola Avenue Department of Justice
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New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Attorney General's Office 7434 Perkins Road Resident Inspector Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808 P. O. Box 1051 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 H. Anne P1ettinger 3456 Villa Rose Drive Gretchen R. Rothschild Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 Louisianians for Safe Energy, Inc.
1659 Glenmore Avenue Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70775 President of West Feliciana Police Jury Regional Administrator, Region IV P. O. Box 1921 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 Office of Executive Director for Operations Mr. Frank J. Uddo
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Docket No. 50-458 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Jose A. Calvo, Director Project Director IV Division of Reactor Project-III, IV, V, and Special Projects Walter A. Paulson, Project Manager FROM:
Project Directorate IV 1
Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V, and Special Frojects MEETING
SUMMARY
FOR MEETING HELD JUNE 15, 1987
SUBJECT:
IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE RIVER BEND E0Ps 15, 1987 to discuss Gulf' A meeting was held in Bethesda, Maryland on June States Utilities' (GSU) plans to revise the emergency operating procedures A list of attendees and their affiliation (EOPs) for their River Bend Station.
is provided as Enclosure I. Enclosure II contains a meeting agenda that was 4
Staff from GSU and their contractor, General handed out at the meeting.
Physics Corp., presented their proposal for going to a flow chart format for Supplement No. 3 to the River Bend SER states that the staff their E0Ps.
should review GSU's method for developing, verifying / validating, and implement-It was intended that the ing flow chart E0Ps before their implementation.
meeting satisfy the SSER requirement.
The significant points discussed at the meeting are summarized below.
GSU is considering revising their present E0Ps to a flow chart format.
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It is expected that this would make them more user-friendly.
That is, if proper consideration is given to human factors considerations, the flow charts will make it easier to implement the E0Ps.
GSU indicated that they tried to develop a " single path" approach because 2.
earlier, INP0 and the NRC had identified problems with RBS operators performing steps concurrently which were in their narrative format E0Ps.
River Bend Station flow chart E0Ps are based on REV. 4 of the GE Owner's 3.
This revision has not been Group Emergency Procedures Guidelines (NOTE:
approved by the NRC.
Schedule for review and approval is being established by the staff.)
GSU has proposed four flow charts which will cover all of River Bend 4.
E0P-1 is the main flow chart that is entered on any Station's E0Ps.
scram and covers a ATVS and non-ATVS events, and which may lead to other flow chart (s), on Containment Pressure, Suppression Pool Level, and/or Secondary Containment.
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, The licensee indicated that the charts will be laminated with a non-lare material and that ample space is available in the control room to al ow 5.
ease of use.
Size of the final flow charts will vary.
There was a discussion of how GSU was providing essential notes and The licensee indicated that the writer's guide 6.
cautions in the E0Ps.
portion of the PGP has been modified to incorporate changes reflecting color coding, flowchart procedure format (e.g., conventions used re:
symbology,etc.).
The staff commented that they would like GSU to consider providing a grid coordinate system or overlay to index various parts of a particular E0P 7.
flow chart.
There was a general discussion of the role of the Shift Foreman in 8.
directing the E0Ps.
There was a general discussion of the scope and overall concept of GSU's verification and validation effort for the E0Ps.
GSU indicated that flow 9.
charts are currently undergoing V/V with operators who have not been exposed to flow chart-type procedures before and that a minisium control room staffing is being used during V/V.
Multiple failure scenarios are being used in the simulator exercising of the E0Ps, according to the licensee.
GSU stated that it was their intention to complete training on the new i
j flow chart E0Ps this fall during the refueling outage and to begin use of
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the flow charts at startup for the next cycle.
I The staff reconomded that GSU incorporate the results of the V&V program and do a thorm,a siocums 4ation of all phases of the E0P effort in their 11.
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GSU indicated that they would provide the staff with a copy of their 12.
revised PGP and copies of the final version of their flow chart E0Ps.
The staf f has not conducted a detailed human factors review of the sample of E0Ps or any changes made to the PGP, nor have they reviewed the engineering The staff has not reviewed and approved Revision 4 adequacy of the E0Ps.of the GE Owner's Group Emergency Procedures Guideli Based on the verbal presentation made by which flow chart E0Ps are written.
GSU describing the method for developing, verifying / validating and implementing their flowchart format E0Ps and a preview of a sample of draft flow charted E0Ps by the staff, the methodology should result in E0Ps that can be used to ef fectively mitigate transient and accident conditions.
3 The staf f concludes that the SSER #3 requirement for staff review prior to implementing flow chart E0Ps has been satisfied and that this meeting summary should serve as documentation that the staff has b-en given an opportunity to i
review the proposed E0Ps and provide their comments, p^ hed q
Qe sy Walter A. Paulson, Project Manager Project Directorate - IV e
Division of Reactor Projects - III, i
IV, V and Special Projects
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List of Attendees 2.
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I Hr. James C. Deddens River Bend Nuclear Plant Gulf States Utilities Company cc:
Mr. J. E. Booker Troy B. Conner, Jr., Esq.
Manager-River Bend Oversight Conner and Wetterhahn P. O. Box 2951 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Beaumont, TX 77704 Washington, D.C.
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Mr. Willi &m H. Spell, Administrator Mr. Eddie Grant Nuclear Energy Division Director - Nuclear Licensing Office of Environmental Affairs l
Gulf States Utilities Company P. O. Box 14690 P. O. Box 220 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70898 St. Francisville, LA 70775 1
Richard M. Troy, Jr., Esq.
Mr. J. David McNeill, III Assistant Attorney General in Charge William G. Davis, Esq.
State of Louisiana Department of Justice Department of Justice 234 Loyola Avenue Attorney General's Office New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 7434 Perkins Road Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808 Resident Inspector P. O. Box 1051 H. Anne Plettinger St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 3456 Villa Rose Drive Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 Cretchen R. Rothschild Louisiar,ians for Safe Energy, Inc.
1659 Glenmore Avenue President of West Feliciana Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70775 Police Jury P. O. Box 1921 Regional Administrator, Region IV St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Executive Director Mr. Frank J. Uddo.
for Operations Uddo & Ter+er 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 63ns E;p h Fields Avenue Arlington, Texas 76011 Suite 400 New Orleans, Louisiant. 70122 Philip G. Harris Cajun Electric Power Coop. Inc.
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