ML20248J495

Discusses 980521 Meeting W/Util in Region III Ofc Re Engineering Issues,Employee Concerns Program & Security Sys at Plant.Handout Provided During Meeting Encl

ML20248J495
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Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	06/02/1998
From:	Mccormick J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Patulski S WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO.
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l June 2, 1998 Mr. S. A. Patulski Site Vice President

' Point Beach Nuclear Plant 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241

SUBJECT:

MANAGEMENT MEETING

Dear Mr. Patuiski:

l The NRC met with you and other members of the Wisconsin Electric Power Company on

. Thursday, May 21,1998, in the NRC Region Ill Office to discuss engineering issues, the employee concems program, and security system upgrades at the Point Beach Nuclear Plant.

The enclosure to this letter contains the handout provided to the NRC by Wisconsin Electric during the meeting.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be placed in NRC's Public Document Room.

. Sincerely,

/s/J. W. McCormick-Barger J. W. McCormick-Barger, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 7 Docket Nos.: 50-266; 50-301 Licenses Nos.: DPR-24; DPR-27

Enclosure:

Meeting Handout See Attached Distribution l

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WISCONSIN ELECTRIC /NRC REGION lll lHANAGEl/IENT I/IEETING MAY 21,1998 LISLE, IL AGENDA l

Introduction Mike Seliman Plant Status Update Mark Reddemann Engineering Issues Carol Peterson Jim Schweitzer Service Water System Issues l

& Model Marlin Conry i Employee Concerns Program Al Capristo Commitment Management Scott Patuiski Security System Upgrades Mark Findlay Closing Remarks Mike Sellman l' o l u t In c a c h N u c l e a r I' l a n t I

PLANT STATUS UPDATE MARK REDDEI/IANN 1

Unit 2 e Removed from Service on March 5,1998 following discovery of CCWsystem design /iicensing basis concern.

. Returned to service on March 29,1998.

Unit 4_

e Removed from service on February 13,1998 for refueling and maintenance outage.

• Scheduled to return to service in mid-June.

• Outage Scope 200 MCB Wire separation packages Steam Generator ECT Reactor Vessel 10-year ISI exam Part-length control rod drive housing removal l

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• PLANT STATUS UPDATE L MARK REDDEMANN

• Unit 1 Outage Scope (continued) 75 modifications installed

. Support modifications i

. GL 96-06 modifications

- Modifications to return operable but degraded /non-conforming equipment to full operability Electrical system enhancements I

Appendix R modifications NRC commitments Reliability improvement modifications 1

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g 4 ENGINEERING ISSUES CAROL PETERSON

• Challenges in Engineering Move NES from Milwaukee to Site Address engineering process and implementation weaknesses identified through self-assessments

- Continue efforts to upgrade material condition of plant Establish capable and qualified engineering organization

• New Engineering Director effective June 1,1998 1

• New alliance relationship with Duke Engineering & Services 4-

ENGINEERING ISSUES CAROL PETERSON

• Martin /Sigmon Assisted Self-Assessment Performed in 1Q98 l

Purpose was to gain clear understanding of readiness for the transition Assessment concluded that successful transition was challenged by four factors Lack of clear, integrated transition plan

. Heavy reliance on staff experience / expertise (many are leaving) without weII-defined processes, weII documented program content

. Large backlog of engineering work, program upgrades, modifications, NRC commitments

. No integrated, resource-loaded engineering work management system 5

I ENGINEERING ISSUES CAROL PETERSON

• Martin /Sigmon Recommendations

- Develop / implement detailed transition plan

- Shift stGYn problem-solving / production to prioritization/ planning orientation Develop and enforce standards and expectations for documentation, process and procedure adherence

- Inventory work backlogs, assign priorities, resource-load - tie to commitment management

- Develop / implement integrated work management process Strengthen procedureshvork processes 1 (particularly design change process) - move to the site provides advantages in this area Improve documentation and document retrieval sysiems 6

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ENGINEERING ISSUES CAROL PETERSON

• NES Transition Status

- Site design engineering team formation began March 1 Transition Plan issued April 2,1998

. Living Plan

. Top level and detailed subplans

- Alliance with Duke Engineering to address challenges identified in the self-assessment New site-based organization defined with 1 clear roles and responsibilities

. Management level by June 12,1998

. Organization by June 30,1998

. Mobilized on site by July 13,1998 7

ENGINEERING ISSUES CAROL PETERSON

• NES Transition Status (continued)

Currently completing prioritizing and resource loading NES work backlogs NES continues to provide high quality support to plant, both day-to-day and project support

- Instituting process for periodic review of NES backlog (issues requiring CRs, issues requiring expedited actions by GL 91-18)

Establishing Engineering Assurance Group

- objectives and process under development Process improvement initiatives -

modification, drawing, calculation control

- due to complete in December 1998 8

REACTOR ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT JIM SCHWEITZER

• The need was identified by

- Condition Report trend QA audit

- Routine residentinspector report 9

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REACTOR ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE IMPRO'/EMENT \

JIM SCHWEITZER e Actions Com$eted Shifted work and focus

- Reviewed and reprioritized individual workload

- Developed improvement plan )

- Reviewed Condition Reports, audits, inspection reports, and the improvement plan with the group i

Discussed concerns with the Resident Inspector (

Performed a self-assessment of Reactor Engineering i

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REACTOR ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT JIM SCHWEITZER i

e Self-Assessment Results - Findings

- Weakness identified in the area of fully communicating with Operations and plant management issues associated with reactivity management and providing leadership to Operations.

- Important parameters affecting core performance, core power monitoring and reactivity control are routinely reviewed but are not being graphically trended to detect deviations from normal

- Roles, responsibilities and work assignments for RE emphasize systems rather than reactor core performance and reactivity management Weaknesses in the interface between RE and corporate fuels group has the potential to adversely impact the core design and reload analysis process 11

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REACTOR ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE IMPRO'/EMENT JIM SCHWEITZER

• Self-Assessment Results -

Observations

- Corrective action addressing REI .0, " Power Level Determinations, " are adequate but were not timely

- Failed Fuel Action Plan action level entry criteria is adequate but is not consistent with the industry

. Self-Assessment Results -

Strengths

- Reactor Engineering personnel participate in external training programs with the support of group managers and supervisors

- A Reactor Engineering point of contact is continuously available through the duty & caII RE program i

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REACTOR ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE IMPRO'/EMENT JIM SCHWEITZER ,

• Future Actions  ! i 1

Complete a human performance Root Cause i Evaluation of the problems with the estimated critical position calculation associated with non-refueling outage startups. Technical aspects are understood and are being addressed

- Revise administrative procedures to clarify the relationship / responsibilities between RE and Operations Review-and plan an upgrade to RE procedures

- Convert applicable REls (Reactor Engineering Instructions) to Operations procedures and Vice Versa Design and implement an expanded fuel cycles group l

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SERVICE \//ATER SYSTEM ISSUES & MODEL MARLIN CONRY

• SW System Analysis - Background SW System Model

. Documented in Calc 96-0059

. Updated periodically to reflect changes / updates

- Base Calculations (Steady-State Analyses)

. 96-0117, Post-LOCA SIInjection Phase '

. 95-0119, Post-LOCA SI Sump Recirculation Phase

. 97-0054, Initially in SW LCO, Post LOCA Injection

. 97-0126, Initially in SW LCO, Post-LOCA Recirculation 14

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• SERACE WATER SYSTEM ISSUES & I/10 DEL MARUN CONRY t

- GL 96-06 Analysis (Transient, Water Hammer {

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J FAI did transient water hammer analyses -

results to S&L t S&L used results to perform pipe stress analyses to determine need for support modifications 1

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/SSUES & MODEL MARLIN CONRY e Recent SW System Issues

- Summary of Condition Reports written since January 1,1997 Categorization

. SW System Design Deficiencies [6]

. SW Calculation Deficiencies [201

1) analysis error - 11 (4 of these by Westinghouse)

2) Operations / Engineering interface - 3

3) error in original model- 3

4) Incomplete analysis or documentation - 2

5) procedure error- 1

. Documentation Errors [5]

. Configuration Management Deficiencies (2]

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SERVICE WATER SYSTEM ISSUES & MODEL MARUN CONRY

• Recent SW System Issues (cont.)

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Many of these willbe completed via

! revision to the base calculations to incorporate outstanding issues Some ODs have resulted in SW system operational restrictions

1) One CCW HXIn service per Unit

2) restricted CCW Inlet endbeII and AFW blowdowns

3) revised SW pump IST minimum acceptance criteria

4) revised band of acceptable CFC fouling factor The cumulative impact of existing ODs is primarily evident in the revised acceptance criteria for the SW Pump performance and CFC fouling factor 17

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ISS/JES & MODEL MARLIN CONRY

• WE Confidence In Sl// System Analyses General SW system analyses is far-reaching and comprehensive Personnel involved with SW from aII work groups demonstrate a questioning attitude AII conditions will continue to be Condition Reported Historical Basis for Confidence

. System configurations used in our analyses are very conservative SW system validation testing documented in calc N-92-087 Program to periodically blow down the SW system to remove slit Program to routinely RT the SWpiping

1) slit

2) macrofouling (nodules, zebra mussels)

3) pipe waII thinning

- GL 89-13 testing of CFCs, EDGs, CCWs 18

E SERVICE WATER SYSTEM

/SS/JES & MODEL MARUN CONRY Historical Basis for Confidence (cont)

- Testing upon Implementation of CFC throttle Valve setting procedure Chlorination program to deter brofouling

- S&L and FAIIndependently confirmed WE's conservative modeIIng methodology for potential two-phase flow conditions usIng a single phase flow modeling program

- Meetings with Operations to confirm analyses

• Current Plans To Support SW Functionality Improve the ability of Operations to use the system as needed Provide operational flexibility with regard to CCW HX cooling Restore varl0US system blowdowns DeVeiop a new conservative analysis methodology with FAI's help, using our existing single phase fluid flow tools but removing some of the conservatism from our current methodology 1

- Integrate FAI's two-phase flow analysis tools

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SERVICE WATER SYSTEM ISSUES & MODEL MARLIN CONRY

• Future Plans To Enhance Our Process

- Develop a new SW hydraulic model using ProtoFlo Software developer has an approved 10CFR50 Appendix B QA program Single-phase thermal-hydraulic analysis tool c .

Model can be extended to support SW upgrade project

- Baseline the new ProtoFlo model against test data Discreet component testing Integrated system testing 20

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SERVICE WATER SYSTEM ISSfJES & MODEL MARLIN CONRY 1

- Service Water System Upgrade Project Nineteen system modifications that will:

1) increase the overall SW system capacity

2) Increase flow rates to critical components

3) Improve Isolation of non-essential loads during DBAs

4) Improve Isolation capabilities for maintenance

5) Increase the margin on critical system parameters

6) raise the SWsystem design temperature

7) resolve maintenance issues associated with existing pumps

8) allow one SW pump to be 005 without LCO entry

9) provide redundant SW supply to SFP HXS

10) provide capacity to allow DBA concurrent w/cooldown

11) Improve corrosion controlmeasures

12) Increase accuracy of SW pump ISTinstrumentation 21

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. '. '. 1 EMPLOYEE CONCERNS PROGRAM AL CAPRISTO e ECP Beginnings & Goals Early 1997 - Began ECP to meet industry standards and respond to regulatory expectations

- Late 1997- Recognized need to expand ECP program as a result ofinternal indicators and allegation trends Encourage self-identification and effective correction of ourissues ECP fosters safety conscious work environment (SCWE) improvements:

. Skills training, coaching with

" receivers"

. Assistance and encouragement for problem identification and effective correction

. Share observations with managers 22

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EMPLOYEE CONCERNS PROGRAM AL CAPRISTO

. Actions Taken

- Removed Condition Reporting process barriers l

1 Reiterated expectations for SCWE

- Consultant conducting training for receivers

- Cultural Assessment - all hands survey Establishing performance indicators Full-time ECP Manager as of April 20,1998 Prompt response to issues and indicators

-- Timely, Effective, Confidential

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EMPLOYEE CONCERNS PROGRAM AL CAPRISTO

• Current Status of SCWE/ECP

- Cultural Assessment Report due June 15 Vendor contract revisions

- Establishing personal credibility with frequent contact and presence All hands and department meetings Walk arounds, meeting attendance

- Working on open ECP files Reducing reliance on consultants  ;

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EMPLOYEE CONCERNS PROGRAM AL CAPRISTO l

• Future Direction of ECP EVaivate staff training needs - Phase II GET Indoctrination / Exit interviews New contact methods Postage paid mailer / toll free hotline QWSelf-assessments of SCWE Periodic Culture Assessments 25

EMPLOYEE CONCERNS PROGRAM AL CAPRISTO e Early Indicators

- ECP Activity - 4 in last month; 12 YTD Expecting more internalissues as ,

program demonstrates effectiveness Good support at alllevels for ECP I Providing requested coaching and counseling before issues arise Management is focused on improving SCWE l

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COMMITMENT MANAGEMENT SCOTT PATULSKI

• NRC Commitment Summarlf

- Wisconsin Electric has completed a number of corrective actions to improve our performance.

Many of these corrective actions were docketed commitments made to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

- Since late summer of 1996, Wisconsin Electric docketed approximately 775 corrective action commitments.

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COMMITMENT MANAGEMENT SCOTT PATULSKI

- We have completed approximately 580 corrective action commitments and follow-on actions since late summer 1996, including the 148 September 1996 enforcement conference and Unit 2 restart commitments.

- Completed corrective actions include:

66 Generic Letter actions 140 LER actions 198 inspection report actions \

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- 29 miscellaneous actions arising from confirmatory action letters, operating license conditions, code issues, and requests for  ;

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COMMITMENT MANAGEMENT SCOTT PATULSKI e Summary of Cominicments Pending l

Point Beach Nuclear Plant is currently reviewing our open commitments. The list of open NRC commitments was Verified by Licensing and we currently have approximately 195 corrective action NRC commitments pending Quality Assurance performed a surveillance of our NRC open items during the week of May 11.

Currently, approximately 160 of these items are committed to be completed in 1998, or by the end of the Unit 2 Refueling 23 outage.

U2R23 is planned for late 1998 or early 1999

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COMMITMENT I/IANAGEMENT SCOTT PATULSKI

• Future Commitment liianagement 1

- PBNP is about to achieve a major milestone by entering an extended dual unit operation period

- PBNP now has a predictable Outage schedule for the next 2-3 years

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- With the expected achievement of dual unit operation and planned future outage schedules, now is the appropriate time for 1 PBNP to reassess and reprioritize our ongoing improvement initiatives and work efforts

- in addition to validating our pending NRC commitments, we are in the process of reviewing and prioritizing all open action items in our NUTRK database

- Prioritizing NES transition, engineering work and planned process upgrades

- Anticipated completion of commitment reprioritization by September 1,1998. We will hold a management meeting with Region III at that time.

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SECURITY UPGRADE PROJECT MARKFINDLAY

• Reason for Replacement Replace aging equipment and resolve Y2K concerns

- Reduce CAS operator distractions by installing current industry standard alarm intrusion equipment Reduction of workarounds and compensatory measures j

- Enhance response force capabilities

- Reduce equipment-generated loggable events 31 j

SECURITY UPGRADE PROJECT MARK FINDLAY l

• Security Access Control Project Scope

- Replacement of security computers

- Replacement of alarm station consoles Modification of card readers

- Installation of hand geometry in gatehouses

- Installation of maintenance and training console 32

SECURITY UPGRADE PROJECT MARK FINDLAY e Security Perimeter Replacement Project Scope l

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Addition of nuisance fence

- Relocation and replacement ofintrusion equipment Redeployment and potential additions to >

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- October 1997- Conceptual design approved March 1999 System development and installation preparation complete

- November 1999 -Installation and testing complete

- April 2000 - Close-out of modifications complete l

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