ML20245H675
| ML20245H675 | |
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| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 06/21/1989 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT N05.124 AND '98 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. DPR-51 AND NPF-6 i
ARKANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET N05. 50-313 AND 50-368 INTRODUCTION By letter dated April 24,.1989, Arkansas Power and Light Company (AP&L or the i
licensee) requested. amendments to the Technical Specifications (TSs) appended to Facility Cperating License-Nos. DPR-51 and NPF-6 for Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2 (ANO-182). The proposed amendments would change the TS for each unit to reflect planned changes in Arkansas Power and Light Company's organization for ANO. The amendments include both title changes and organizational-restruc-turing. The amendments also change the designated members of the Plant Safety i
Committee.
EVALUATION The specific organizational changes propesed are:
(1)ThepositionofExecutive i
Director, Nuclear Operations is deleted, and this position's duties and respon-sibilitics are divided between the corporate Vice President, Nuclear (formerly l
the Vice President, Nuclear Operations), and the Director, Nuclear Operations (e new position); (2) The Vice President, Nuclear will have the following managers reporting to him directly: Director, Nuclear Operations, General Mancger, Engineering (formerly General Manager, Design Engineering); General _
Manager}; Technical Support and Assessment (formerly General Manager, Plant Support GeneralManager,NuclearQuality(unchanged);andGeneralManager, Nuclear Support (a new title); (3) The Director, Nuclear Operations will be the onsite manager responsible for those activities necessary for safe operation and maintenance of the units. The following managers will report directly to 1
the Director, Nuclear Operations: Unit 1 Plant Manager; Unit 2 Plant Manager; Manager Central Operations; and Manager, Nuclear Standards. Each Unit Plant Manager will be responsible for separate operations, maintenance, and outage management organizations dedicated to each unit. The Manager, Central Operations (new position) will be responsible for radiation protection, chemistry, support services, work planning and scheduling, and maintenance engineering. There will be a separate maintenance engineering group for each unit under a Superintendent
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of Maintenance Engineering. The Manager, Nuclear Standards (new position) will be responsible for maintaining procedures and administrative controls for both units.
(4) The Generai Manager, Engineering will be responsible for design engineering, the cnsite engineering organization, plant modifications, and activities associated with design and configuration control of the units, and
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, previding engineering support as needed to operations, maintenance, licensing, and plant assessment; (5) The General Manager, Technical Support and Assessment will be responsible for Licensing, physical security, ANO training, procurement, operational events assessment, plant projects activities, nonconformance report processing, and the functioning of the Plant Safety Committee; (6) The General Manager, Nuclear Support will be responsible for the financial, administrative, and support staffs formerly under direct control of the Vice President, Nuclear; and /7) The duties and responsibilities of the General Manager, Nuclear Quality are Enchanged.
The foregoing description of the new organization differs slightly from the description provided in the Federal Register Notice (54 FR 21297, dated May 17, 1989),andreflectslowertierorganizationalchangeswhichhaveno impact on the previous no significant hazards determination.
The duties and responsibilities of the Plant Safety Committee (PSC) are unchanged.
However, due to the extensive restructuring and numerous position title changes, the composition description of the PSC membership is changed. The Manager, huclear Standards is designated as the PSC Chairman (formerly designated as General Manager, Plant Support). Changes in positions or titles of positions designated as voting members of the PSC are both Unit Plant Managers (formerly the Operations Manager), a designated radiation protection manager (formerly the Health Physics Superintendent), the Manager, Plant Engineering (formerly the Engineering Manager), and Superintendent, Operations Asse.esment (new member). The other positions designated as voting PSC members are unchanged.
These are the Superintendents of Peactor Engineering and Quality Assurance, the Training Manager, and for Unit 2, a Nuclear Softwear Expert. The Plant Licensing Supervisor position is deleted from the PSC. The total number nf persons on the PSC is unchanged at 9 members. Also, the requirements regarding quorum and meeting frequency are unchanged.
The staff has evaluated the proposed changes to the Technical Specifications for Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2 associated with the planned licensee reorganization. Although personnel assignments are revised, and position titles and reporting requirements are changed, the commitments to certain minimum qualifications and organizational reporting requirements are unchanged, 1
It appears that the planned organizational restructuring is designed to improve accountability, promote more efficient operation, and should result in an overall improvement in safety at ANO.
The designation of the Manager, Nuclear Standards as the PSC Chairman is appropriate because he is responsible for establishing and maintaining quality in plant operational and administrative procedures, and will have administrative centrol of the PSC. A significant function of the PSC is the review of proce-dures that affect nuclear safety. The designation of the Operations Assessment Superintendent as a PSC member appears appropriate because of the PSC respon-sibility to review reportable events.
These proposed changes are administrative in nature and do not decrease the level of management controls presently in the Technical Specifications. Overall, the staff finds that the proposed changes are l
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It appears that the proposed reorganization wili enhance the effectiveness of the site management.
The establishment of separate operations, maintenance and n.aintenance engineering organizations dedicated.to each unit should be beneficial due to the significant.
design differences between the units.
p ENVIRONr. ENTAL CONSIDERATION The amendment relates to changes in administrative procedures or requirements.
Accordingly, the amendments meet the elig)ibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.P2(c)(10.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental' impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the' amendments.
CONCLUSION The staff has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that:-
(1) there is reasonable assurance that'the health and safety of the will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (2) public such-activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, I
and the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
1 Date: June 21, 1989 Principal Contributors:
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C, Poslusny 1
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