ML20086F539

Ack Receipt of Transmitting, Vitrification Control Room Design Plan. Concerns Raised That Maint Personnel Not Involved in Conceptual Design Meetings

ML20086F539
Person / Time
Site:	West Valley Demonstration Project
Issue date:	12/03/1991
From:	Rowland T ENERGY, DEPT. OF, IDAHO OPERATIONS OFFICE
To:	Poulson W WEST VALLEY NUCLEAR SERVICES CO., INC.
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REF-PROJ-M-32 NUDOCS 9112030268
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0 s Department of Energy

'* , Idaho Operations Offico k I West Valley Project Office

% r(( P.O. Box 191 West Valley, NY 14171 fir . W. G. Poulson, President ,

and General 14anager West Valley lluclear Services Co., Inc.

P.O. Box 191 West Valley, NY 14171 ATTENTION: R. E. Lawrence, Jr., Vitrification Project Manager

SUBJECT:

Vitrification Control Room Design Plan

REFERENCE:

Letter WD:91:1211 (1844:91:10), R. E. Lawrence to

'T. J. Rowland, " Vitrification Control Room Design Plan," dated November 1, 1991

Dear Sir:

The Projnct office acknowledges receipt of the referenced letter and basically agrees with the design plan. The Project Office, as well as the NRC, is interested in the design process, including reviews associated with the vitrification control room.

The Project Office notes that maintenance personnel were not involved in the conceptual design meetings to address their input l nor were any commercial nuclear power plant control rooms or l

WINCO (ICPP) visited to gain possible insight. Both of these observations deserve consideration by WVNS in the future. The Project Office requests WVNS to keep us informed of upcoming l meetings associated with the vitrification control room design i process so that we can keep current and apprised of the design review process.

The Project office also plans to participate in upcoming meetings as an " observer" consistent with the WVDP teamwork approach.

If questions concerning the above, please contact Alan Yeazel of L my staff.

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91:1211 November 1, 1991 MS 07 Mr. T. J. Rowland, Director West Valley Project Office U.S. Department of Energy MS DOE P.O. Box 191 West Valley, New York 14171 0191

SUBJECT:

Vitrification Control Room Design Plan During the NRC visit of October 29 30, 1991, it is my understagdi g that they asked about the design progress on the Vitrification Control'Ro'om~and g,p pecifically if Human Factors Engineering was being taken into consideration during the design process. The following is the proBress to date on the design of the Control Room and our plan for completion of the design.

We are presently in the conceptual design phase, and we are heavily involved in that process right now. We have had several meetings with Project people to identify needed equipment, arrive at criteria, and receive comments on proposed configurations. The organizations involved in these meeting have been Vitrification Operations, Plant Operations, Vitrification Engineering, Quality Assurance, Safety, Systems Engineering, and the engineer responsible for each piece of equipment that will be located in the control room, such as the TV monitors, DCS, instrument racks, communication panels, and fire detection panels.

In addition, tours have been conducted in the STS and CSS control rooms.

During each tour, the Shift Supervisor and operations personnel conducted the tour and pointed out their needr and specifically pointed out their desiren in the design of a new control room, Conduct of operations was heavily emphasized during these discussions. Our personnel have also toured the control room at the Vitrification Facility at Savannah River. As you can see, we are involving a wide range of expertise and users during this phase of the conceptual design.

At the conclusion of this process we will conduct a Conceptual Design Review on site with all the affected organizations in attendance, After all comments are received and incorporated into the conceptual design, the Architect Engineer, EBASCO, will complete the design of the control room.

They will assi 6n an engineer to the project who will specifically address the human factors aspect of the design. In addition they will address the layout of the room, lighting, lighting control, safety, the life safety A s aow o, Afttfgioul4 i I:thC CFDorst on. #

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5' S ' a ratings of the materials in the room, architectural features, vall p . s uipment colors, v.iewing angles, visitor access and control, alarms, modificatis +4 cable routing. During that process we will conduct a 44 4l jl 7 .Jnary desigi .; and then a final design review at the conclusion of gj9

, a Asign. AI' os i reviews will be formal design reviews conducted in y,  : p: c dat.c t. d.th erist..ng procedures.

..; igh we are just 4.n the very early stages of this design plan, the a; ximate nebedule for ths:e events are as follows:

Conceptual Design Review January, 1992

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Stcrt desfgn at EBASCO Feb rua ry , 1992 Preliminary Design Review May, 1992 Finu Jesign Review August, 1992 , ,

We will keep your organization advised of any changes to this preliminary schedule and the p.rogress as *ie proceed into the design.

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R.E.LIwrence, Manager Vitrification Project West Valley Nuclear Services Co., Inc.

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VAD:jae cc: D. E. Merrill, DOE-W Project Office, MS-DOE J . A. Yeazel, DOE-W Froject Of fice, MS DOE '

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