ML20081K820

Forwards INPO Correspondence Re INPO Progress Review of Oyster Creek,Issued Subsequent to 831018 Transmittal of INPO Evaluation.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20081K820
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Site:	Crane
Issue date:	11/07/1983
From:	Blake E METROPOLITAN EDISON CO., SHAW, PITTMAN, POTTS & TROWBRIDGE
To:	Buck J, Edles G, Kohl C NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP)
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November 7, 1983 WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER (202) 822-1084 Administrative Judges Gary J. Edles John H. Buck Christine N. Kohl Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 IN THE MATTER OF METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY (Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1)

Docket No. 50-289-SP (Management Phase)

Dear Chairman Edles and Judges Buck and Kohl:

On October 18, 1983, we provided to the Appeal Board and parties a recently received INPO evaluation covering both TMI-l and Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant. Enclosed is a subsequent com-munication from INPO relating to a progress review conducted by an INPO team of the Oyster Creek facility.

Respectfully submitted, b hkh.

Ernest L. Blake, Jr.

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Operations 1100 Cwcle 75 Parkway Suite 1500 Atlanta, Georga 30339 Telephone 404 953 3600 October 27, 1983 Mr. H. M. dieckamp Chairman and CEO GPU Nuclear Corporation 100 Interpace Parkway Parsippany, NJ 07054

Dear Mr. Dieckamp:

At General Public Utilities request, INPO sent a team of four people to Oyster Creek on October 20, 1983 to review progress made in addressing selected findings from the October 1982 INPO evaluation. Attached is their trip report to me. I as providing it to you for information and use as desired.

The team was impressed with the progress you are making in

-the areas reviewed. They were particularly impressed by the extensive upgrade in the material condition of the plant that is being achieved during the present outage.

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Operations o.m: October 26, 1983 Memorandum To: E. P. Wilkinson via Z. T. Pate Fmm: W. W. Wigley sutpo: Visit to Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS)

In response to a request from General Public Utilities (GPU)

Nuclear Corporation, a team of four INPO evaluators visited the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS) on October 20, 1983. The team consisted of the following personnel who had participated in the 1982 OCNGS evaluation:

Name Evaluation Area W. Wigley Technial Support, Training W. Kindley Chemistry, Radiological Protection, Industrial Safety J. Olson Operations P. Bengtson Maintenance The purpose of the visit was to review selected actions taken since the October 1982 INPO evaluation and to provide recommendations for additional management actions where appropriate.

The attached report describes the results of the visit.

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OF VISIT TO OYSTER CREEK OCTOBER 20, 1983 Schedule for Visit:

0800 Commence normal plant entrance processing procedures 0900 Conduct tours of plant and review specific areas of interest 1400 Commence normal plant exit processing procedures 1500 Meeting of INPO evaluators to discuss observations 1530- Dr. 2. T. Pate, (INPO) arrives and joins meeting 1630 Commence meeting with GPU personnel (Mr. H.

Dieckamp, CEO, Mr. R. Arnold, President and Mr. P.

Fiedler, Director OCNGS) 1900 Complete meeting General:

The team spent several hours on-site conducting interviews with OCNGS personnel, touring the plant looking at special selected areas of interest, and reviewing some records and procedures.

The plant was in the middle of a scheduled outage which had commenced in February 1983, and is scheduled to complete in February 1984.

At the exit each team member reported on his respective area with regard to OCNGS actions on selected 1982 INPO evaluation findings. In general the team felt that GPU/OCNGS personnel had

. responded in a positive manner and had corrected, or were in the process of correcting, the findings selected for review.

Noteworthy achievements or improvements since the 1982 evaluation include the following:

o substantial progress in upgrading the material condition of the plant o a greater sense of pride in OCNGS and improved formality in operating the station. This appears to be due to the strong. influence of the Director, OCNGS, on all OCNGS personnel to upgrade the site operability, maintainability, and housekeeping o good outage management with respect to radioactive contamination control, lay down area control, and orderliness of work areas o extensive resource support from GPU as evidenced by new training ' facilities, new chemistry laboratories and equipment, road and canal rework, remodeling of th*

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1 Summary of Visit to Oyster Creek October 20, 1983 Page 2 o new control room annunciator panels with human factors considerations, which should enhance operator performance o the requirement for managers to tour the plant frequently including off-normal shift plant tours o a significant reduction in lost-time personnel injuries o good control of accumulated personnel radiation exposure during the outage o implementation of a deficiency tagging system o reduction in the extent of contaminated and airborne radioactivity areas o the commitment to pay overtime as necessary to achieve thorough shift turnovers In several areas observed, there were indications that additional management action may be necessary to ensure corrective measures will be effective. In the limited time available, the INPO team did not verify that insufficient action was being taken but did consider that additional attention may be appropriate. These were as follows:

o Ensure operators receive training on procedure changes, plant modifications, and on the new annunicator panels prior to outage completion.

o Develop a plan to ensure chemistry technicians are trained on new procedures and equipment.

Review spare parts support for ongoing maintenance o ,

activities.

o Upgrade maintenance work package planning in the area of tag-out preparation, o Implement existing plans and procedures for post-job reviews to determine how radiation exposure can be reduced on future jobs.

o Review'and improve efforts to minimize personnel contaminations.

o Improve supervisory identification and correction of problems in chemistry laboratories.

o Ensure operators understand actions expected if they determine that an operating procedure can not be followed.

The commitment to excellence on the part of GPU management was clearly evident to the team.

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(Three Mile Island Nuclear Pae Station, Unit No. 1) )

SERVICE LIST Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Gary J. Edles, Chairman Ivan W. Smith, Chairman Atomic Safety & Licensing Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Sheldon J. Wolfe John H. Buck Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Atomic Safety & Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Appeal Board Washington, D.C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Administrative Judge Washington, D.C. 20555 Gustave A. Linenberger, Jr.

Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Administrative Judge U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Christine N. Kohl Washington, D.C. 20555 Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Board Atomic Safety & Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Board Panel Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Washington, D.C. 20555 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Jack R. Goldberg, Esquire (4)

Office of the Executive Atomic Safety & Licensing Legal Director Appeal Board Panel

-U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Docketing & Service Section (3) Douglas R. Blazey, Esquire

-Office of the Secretary Chief Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Department of Environmental Commission Resources Washington, D.C. 20555 514 Executive House P. O. Box 2357 Harrisburg, PA 17120 n

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William S. Jordan, III, Esquire (1)

Mr. Henry D. Hukill Harmon & Weiss Vice President 1725 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 506 GPU-Nuclear Corporation Washington, D.C. 20006 Post Office Box 480

.Middletown, PA 17057 Michael F. McBride, Esquire LeBouef, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.

Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20036 Ms. Louise Bradford TMI ALERT 1011 Green Street Harrisburg, PA 17102 Mr. Norman Aamodt R. D. 5 Coatesville, PA 19320 Joanne Doroshow, Esquire The Christic Institute 1324 North Capitol Street Washington, D.C. 20002 Michael W. Maupin, Esquire Hunton & Williams 707 East Main Street Post Office Bc'. 1535 Richmond, VA 23212 David E. Cole, Esquire Smith & Smith, P.C.

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