PNO-I-89-080, on 890922,NRC Presented Preliminary Results of Requalification Exams Indicating Failure of Two Crews. Licensee Preparing Justification for Continued Operation for Region I Mgt Review

PNO-I-89-080:on 890922,NRC Presented Preliminary Results of Requalification Exams Indicating Failure of Two Crews. Licensee Preparing Justification for Continued Operation for Region I Mgt Review

ML20248B417
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	09/22/1989
From:	Durr J, Haverkamp D, Wenzinger E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
References
PNO-I-89-080, PNO-I-89-80, NUDOCS 8910030196
Download: ML20248B417 (2)

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? .. DCS No: 50423890922 Date: September 22, 1989 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF. EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-I-89 r Thi's. preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of.POSSIBLE safety or:public interest significance. The information is as initially received without verification'or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region I staff on-this date. I Facility: .

Licensee Emergency Classification:

Northeast Nuclear Energy Co. Notification of Unusual Event Millstone Nuclear Station, Unit _3 Alert Waterford, Connecticut. Site Area Emergency Docket No. 50-423 General Emergency X Not Applicable

Subject:

' FAILURE OF NRC ADMINISTERED REQUALIFICATION EXAMINATIONS

'On September 22, 1989 the NRC presented to the licensee preliminary results from an l NRC administered requalification exam given this week. Preliminary results indicate  !

that two'out of three crews failed the exam - one crew was an administrative crew, the

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1 other was~an active watch standing crew. Additionally, of the 12-individuals examined, 6 operators failed either the simulator or job performance measure portions  ;

of the examination. The NRC results differed with the licensee's evaluation which  ;

concluded that one operating crew and four individual operators failed.

1 Based on the examination results, the NRC has determined that the Millstone Unit 3 l

requalification training program is unsatisfactory. The licensee is currently preparing a Justification for Continued Operation (JCO), which will be reviewed by ,

Region:I management.today. A final exit will be held in Region I on Monday, I

' September 25, to discuss the examination results. The impact of the NRC' findings on the operation of M111stor.c 1 and 2 will also be addressed. I i

The State of Connecticut has been informed, i CONTACT: D. Haverkamp' E. Wenzinger J. Durr W. Raymond l 215-337-5120 215-337-5225 215-337-5233 203-442-5357 DISTRIBUTION: ,

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