NRC Generic Letter 83-18, NRC Staff Review of the BWR Owners' Group (BWROG) Control Room Survey Program

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WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555

April 19, 1988

ALL BOILING WATER REACTOR LICENSEES OF OPERATING REACTORS, APPLICANTS FOR AN OPERATING LICENSE AND HOLDERS OF CONSTRUCTION PERMITS

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NRC STAFF REVIEW OF THE BWR OWNERS' GROUP (BWROG) CONTROL ROOM SURVEY PROGRAM (Generic Letter 83-18)

The NRC staff has completed its review of the BWR Owners' Group (BWROG)

Control Room Survey Program. The results of the staff's review are provided in the enclosed evaluation and letter to the Owners' Group Chairman. The BWR Owners' Group submittal addresses the planning and review phases of the Detailed. Control Room Design Review (DCRDR) and provides valuable guidance to users utilities. However, the BWROG Survey Program should not be interpreted as fully responding to NUREG-0737 Task Action Plan Item I.D.1. Additional work is required.

The NRC review consists of a discussion of our concerns about the scope of the BWROG program and information or commitments that you should present in your program plan submittal. Since the BWROG survey program addresses only the planning and review phases of DCRDR, you are expected to complete the following tasks:

a. Submit an individual program plan to the NRC referencing the BWROG Generic Program Plan. The plant-specific submittal should:

i. Document the qualifications of survey team members, and number and extent of plant personnel participation.

ii. Identify portions of the plant's DCRDR not performed in accordance with the methodology specified in the BWROG Program Plan.

iii. Discuss your program for prioritization of HEDs, reporting of DCRDR results, and implementation of control room enhancements.

b. Complete the BWROG control room survey Checklist Supplement.c. Prioritize HEDs, determine corrective actions, develop an implementation schedule, and report the results of the DCRDR to the NRC.

d. Repeat portions of the task analysis using updated plant specific emergency operating procedures to account for differences in the new procedures.

e. Update operating experience review.

This request for information was approved by OMB clearance number 3150-0065 which expires May 31, 1983.

Sincerely,

Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director Division of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

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