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| number = ML20138N641
| number = ML20155F666
| issue date = 12/19/1985
| issue date = 04/17/1986
| title = SALP Repts 50-295/85-01 & 50-304/85-01 for May 1984 - Sept 1985
| title = Corrected Pages to SALP Repts 50-295/85-01 & 50-304/85-01 for May 1984 - Sept 1985 Re Duties of Radiation Protection Manager
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| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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| document report number = 50-295-85-01, 50-295-85-1, 50-304-85-01, 50-304-85-1, NUDOCS 8512240096
| document report number = 50-295-85-01, 50-295-85-1, 50-304-85-01, 50-304-85-1, NUDOCS 8604220299
| package number = ML20138N623
| package number = ML20155F661
| document type = SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCE, TEXT-INSPECTION & AUDIT & I&E CIRCULARS
| document type = SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCE, TEXT-INSPECTION & AUDIT & I&E CIRCULARS
| page count = 45
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information..'SALP is supplemental to-normal regulatory processes.used to 4' 1-c-
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A NRC.SALP: Board, composed of> staff members. listed below,; met on-November 5, m
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  ,  Chapter 0516, " Systematic. Assessment of Licensee Performance."; A summary of 3  the guidance and evaluation criteria.is provided in Section'II of this repor This report 11s the SALP Board's assessment of the licensee's safety
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'  4 C.lJ.Paperiell Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS)~
S. A.' Varga  Chief, Operating Reactors Branch 1, NRR c~ L.;A.;Reyes  - Chief, Operations Branch, DRS r M.:P. Phillips  Chief, Emergency Preparedness Section, DRSS
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m'  . C. W.: Hehl  Chief,ProjectsSection2A,.DRP Chiaf, Facilities Radiation' Protection
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L.LR. Greger Section, DRSS n  'J. R. Creed  Chief,. Physical Security Section, DRSS s
M. M. Holzmer  Senior Resident Inspector, Zion J. N. K1sh-  Resident ' Inspector, Zion :
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    {L. E. Kanter  Resident Inspector, Zion
    .B. Drouin  Safeguards Inspector, DRSS
  . T.' Ploski:  Emergency Preparedness Analyst, DRSS X    J.'F. Suermann-  Project Manager, DRP
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Improved: Licensee performance has generally improved over the course of the SALP assessment period..
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An increase in the number of reported partial ESF actuations was observed during the assessment perio This.has been attributed to the revisions to-10 CFR 50.72 and 50.73 which
      ,became effective January 1, 1984. Most of these events would not have been' reportable in'the,last assessment perio Individual operator performance is viewed as very good, during
.      abnormal plant transients. In addition, the resident
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During this assessment period:there were 21 Deviation Reports
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During the report period examinations were' administered to 6 reactor operator.and~10 senior' reactor operator candidates, s    0ne senior and one reactor operator candidates were reapplications. The overall pass rato was 87% which is above the national average of 80%. Requalification examinations were not administered at Zion'during this perio .
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protection, radioactive waste management, TMI Action Pla Items,~ environmental protection, radiochemistry, and confirmatory measurements. The resident inspectors also '
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radiation dose rates during work on the reactor head'
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was good due,~in part,-to.the licensee's policy that ALARA      l
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results, and completion of whole body count evaluation      '
guidance. No personal intakes exceeded the NRC action level      ;
      'of 40 MPC-hours. ' Additional problems concerning engineered safety' feature (ESF) filtration systems and certain TMI Action
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      '370 person-res per reactor in 1984, but are expected to
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        .'The' station' performed very well in confirmatory measurements
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Vinspections during the period. Licensee calibrations of the
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gamma spectrometers used in these comparisons were current and complete-and the licensee had verified consistency of-calibration between the different detector '
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jinor problema. in'the annual.' report of the radiological
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environmental monitoring program (REMP) were again noted during
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of selected maintenance activities to verify these' activities  1 3'    were accomplished in accordan:e with Technical Specifications,  .
Quality Assurance requirements,- committed ANSI standards, and
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Eight' violations were identified.as follows:  ;
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    (a) Severity Level V - Procedure Violation procedure  ;
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actions were appropriate and generally timely. The remainder
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of procedures, many-were outdated or.in need.of revisio <f  .      In the past, there had been fewer events which resulted in  ;
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backlog,      i Conclusion The' licensee is' rated Category 2 for this assessment perio The licensee was rated Category 1 in the past SALP perio The Category 1 rating for the previous SALP is now considered to have been too high due to information about maintenance management controls gained during the current SALP perio In addition, the trend in the NRC and industry is toward increasing efforts to significantly improve maintenance practices. The lower rating is based primarily on poor enforcement history resulting from procedure control problem Management controls, especially in the area of procedures, were improvin . Board Recommendations Non D. Surveillance Analysis Sixteen inspections of surveillance, calibration and inservice inspection activities were performed by the resident inspectors and seven inspections Nere performed by Region III specialist Six violations were identified as follows:
  (a) Severity Level V - Procedure Violation, changes were made to Technical Staff Surveillance Procedure 15.6.32-2 without the required approval (Inspection Reports No. 295/84-21; 304/84-22).
 
(b) Severity Level IV - 10 CFR 50 Appendix J Violation, on December 5, 1983 a Type A Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test (CILRT) of less than 24 hours performed on Zion Unit 1 was not in accordance with the requirements of BN-TOP-1 (Inspection Reports No. 295/84-11; 304/84-11).
 
(c) Severity Level IV - 10 CFR 50 Appendix J Violations:
  (1) Failure to establish a valid reason for the failure of the first supplemental test performai 'a11nwing the Type A CILRT of March 1981 and fai ed to perform a successful second supplemental test of sufficient
 
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';  .    . bearing. temperatures using a method at variance with the
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compliance with the Technical Specifications. Accordingly the licensee shut down the voit on July 18, 1984. Satisfactory 7    >
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        . Administrator by letter, dated September 21, 1982 that
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    , ; weaknesses'in management involvement and control in assuring quality as.noted by:.
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in Region III on September 14,:198 'o - LER 304/84034 was caused by the' licensee's failure to .
s    jupdate their procedures to comply with the NRC's denial
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      . equipment, methods of data reduction, etc. employed by all '
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Commonwealth Edison Nuclear Station This process is still in Lprogress; however the licensee is no longer performing CILRT's of short duration (less.than 24 hours) using unapproved data reduction methods. :The licensee has also obtained the appropriate equations and graphs from the flowmeter manufacturer
      .to ensure proper use of correction factors when required.
 
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    . the successful completion of a CILRT in September 198 ,  ,
An in-depth inspection of the licensee's program for inservice
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o=    ; testing of pumps and valves was performed by a Region III specialist. ' Except for the violations noted above, the licensee had fully implemented the inservice testing program and was conducting testing in accordance with appropriate a    schedules and approved test procedures. Determination of Joperability was made in a timely fashion; however, the licensee
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      :did'not-have administrative procedures in place regarding the implementation and documentation of the practices and methods
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, t    . progra ,    One inspection by a Region III specialist reviewed the inservice inspection (ISI) of piping systems, including a review of the ISI program and procedures, equipment and material certifications, personnel qualifications and selected
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,    ;  e equipment'and. material certifications;were current'and complete
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f : outage.4The ; inspections Sincluded : review ofs surveillance test s      y procedures'and~ test results. 'In the area of reloadistartup-
, ,      ' :testin'g'surveillances, staffing-levels appeared,to be adequate and the.technica1' staff appeared to have an adequate grasp.of '
    -  : technical issues. However, there is.a need for increased '
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        - example, the" test evaluation for.the~ Doppler TemperatureL
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      :c  ' Lalltdesign.and~safetyfcriteria were. net when.in fact, the
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icriteita. band by a small. amount:(less than~1%). In e third
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fproceeding with the.next phase of the reactor-startup. Taken
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l pdividually,these'~ examples did not. appear to have any
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        ,immediate safety. significance. However, collectively, these b '
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        - in the area of reload startupitesting surveillance '
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4 . level:offaissed or improperly performed surveillances
*_      io'entified zin'the 'previ.ous SALP had essentially remained
  ;    . constant'over-this assessment period. :The increasds-dA 1 observed during SALP 3 and 4 appear to have stabilized on a llong: term basis.: However, the number of LERs submitted due
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        ' were usually'not related'to each othePand were of minor safety 1  _
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s sigedficance,1 there is an apparent need to improve the
'        management and scheduling of non-routine surveillances. The H'  <
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Specification (TS) and surveillance program in detail to determine whether any TS required surveillances were not-included in station procedures. The review was initiated in-mid-1984; iResults of the review provided.information on
  .  : deficiencies found in several' procedures. The deficiencies
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    .noted were of minor significance, however,.~ analysis of the-results, which extended into the mid-1985, could have been more
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    ~A surveillance scheduling. system exists; however, surveillance scheduling is.done by the'various' plant departments who perform
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the surveillances. The establishment of a master ~ surveillance
    .schedulo1 reflecting the status of all planned in plant surveillance testing has been an open item since'1982, but has-
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not been implemente :As noted in'the.last SkLP, the licensee' performs' eddy-current
    ; testing of 100% of:the steam generator (SG) tubes each refueling outage 1(this' exceeds 7the T.S. requirements). This
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in-leakage"and secondary cation conductivity has g'enerally
,  ,  produced excellent test results. However, excessive primary-a to secondary leakage was identified 11n Unit 1 Loop B SG on
    ? September 10,.1985,- which resulted~in shutting down the uni h    71983feddy current' data was re-evaluated and in accordance with
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    . current tested. The review of 1983~-data revealed that a
    .pluggablecindication existed, but was missed during the analysis. .All 40% thruwall indications; identified were iplugge / 2.' . Conclusion-The licenseeI is rated Category 2.in this area. . Performance
_ ,  Lduring thelperiod was declinin ~ Board Recommendations'
The-licensee should increase efforts to reduce the number of mis' sed or improperly performed surveillances, and initiate a master surveillance schedul Fire Protection and Housekeeping Analysis-
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Dinspection was' conducted by Region III personnel to assess the
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        '. safe shutdown capability until compliance with'10 CRF 50.48
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      . 4 hot.shutdownicondition'following a fire. Therefore, it was
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certain_ Appendix.R. requirements. This NRC-letter. recognized W'      that both Zion Units would=be' in' violation of the    ,
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      .~,  s10 LfromCFR expiration 50.48(c)"ofithe existing deadlinestuntil NRC< approval
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offa revised schedule for.the implementation of Appendix R'
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which cre covered by 10 CFR 50.48(a), Criterion III of Appendix TA to 10 CFR 50,;and Appendix A to NRC Branch Technical Position
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procedures. Revisions to the-plan and procedures were~
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As evident from. observations of the 1984 and 1985 emergency
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4      responsiv'e tolNRC concerns and has: implemented acceptable
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      'me'asu'res'to resolve this proble ~    '
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have'not been received by the staff in a timely manner,'and one-      -
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Four securitp. inspections'(three routine;andLone.-sp~ecial) were H  y ,  ,
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period 1through theidevelopmentiofia comprehensive,' practical
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-        appropriate ; security _. instruction ~s,' rules,iregulations', . -
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,9 '  #      substantially reduced-maintenance, improved the overall    y N        (efficiency of the_ access control _ facility, and has upgraded
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        :.which exceeded. security plan commitments. Additionally, the
..'  .  -  m Y  clice'nseelupgraded the security computer system:by performing    ,
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- + ;    a,    s ashighlyLreliable. system as' evidenced by few computer failures
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      'positi_on. iThis corporate-position has: strengthened:
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within'the security. organization. -This program has been; f  '"-  . ieffective;in: identifying program' deficiencies and assuring that
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responses to-NRC identified concerns / weaknesses-such as th t ~  1-  1 development of a? comprehensive-drill program, a management
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      :thefprevious'SALP assessment period. There were no violations
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Janalyzed, and'promptly. reported. In this assessment period,.
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w      fattributable to improvements made to the security computer, and
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; '  ~    :Thblicenseeisrated? i  Category 1inthis' area'. .This is'an is .
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        . improvement from the. Category 3 rating in the last.SAL ^-
LPerformance'during.the period' remained the sam ; e .,u; a    4,L  . ,
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        -TwobinspectionsofTrefuelingactivitieswereperformedduring
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      " sverification of containment integrity,3and followup of
        ;significant' events. One, inspection was performed by,the 1"    .J'  resident l inspectors and one was. performed by a' Region III
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observation of fuelchandling activities. -The licensee
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  .g      (communication,-and. material accountability-controls to suppor ; core: alterations which were conducted in a ' safe and expeditious
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W  a'.  ~ ;.  " 1 activities.! involving'the handlingiand_ storage'ofinew and_ spent-
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c:    m : fuel. :Theig~roup?can thus: maintainL a highilevel Lof ~ knowledge ?
    '
of;theLrefuelingequipmentand. procedures.,ThiswJsfapparent
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y i' ~,    . ,N duringlfuel;1oading that included! inspection of fuel to be1
      : reused:and'manipulationLof bowed fuel ~ modules,with'aiminimum:
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sof. problems. All:: operations were conducted in accordance with M TechnicaliSpecifications and approved procedures. :The conduct--  4 j  ,
            .
  *  .  :of Lthe overiall refueling:effor_t Lindicated prior. planning and -
,      (productiveicommunication'between'groupst
, ~      !One1improvementtol Generating'Op'erating. Procedure;(GOP)2
      :"P1 ant 1Startup"'wasTnoted. The GOP now explicitly lists the
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      (physics. testing procedures dsed for initial criticality. .These
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e  : procedures govern initial criticality for.the first startup on'-
        -
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      :The' Licensee" continues to be rated Category 1 in this-area'.
  < -    . Performance,in this area remained the sam %2 Q* : w &
>    s3; "B'oard Recommendations
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  ,y      LThe~ Board recommends reduced NRC inspection'. activity in.thi '
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are fQuality! Programs and' Administrative Controls
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*~'    I  LQualityAssurance-(QA)-programs _and general administrative -
- K      controls were routinely assessed during the' period in the sixteen resident inspections. iThese' inspections-covered
          ~
  .l    adequ'acy o_f procedural controls, procedural _a'dherence; _ _
      : attendance..at corporate'and; site QA-exits, discussions with
  ,
plant 7and QA management and:supervisoryTpersonnel,.and followup:
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of events = including root cause determination and corrective
  '
actions. Four Lin~spections were conducted by Region III
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      / specialists during:this assessment ~ period. The inspecthons-o    reviewed the; adequacy:of-operational.' quality assurance programs
- -      tin the areasaof design changes and modifications, offsite-review andLinvestigative function .offsite-support staff, E
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nonroutineLr'eporting,' audits, surveillance testing, and
      " procurement. activities.- Seven violations were identified as
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f~ n  (a):; Severity Level IV - 10 CFR 50.73 Violation, failure to
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      ^ issue a LER following a gas decay tank release (Inspection M;      LReport No.'304/84-12).
 
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    ,  5(b) HSeverity . Level -IV  :10 CFR 50.73 -Violation, ' failure Ao
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    ,  1  issue a LER following.aireactor. trip when'both source
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4, range. fuses:were pulledL (Inspection Report No. 304/84-13). -
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      ;(c) -Severity: Level IV -110 CFR.50 Appendix B, Criterion XVI-M.', y^
    ,  m  ' Violation,'two examples of failure to take corrective
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i(1) 'A~ Quality _ Control (QC) inspector failed to. implement J6 ~        ccorrective a'ctionito restore.atrelief valve! nozzle NF
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ring.tofits proper *po'sition atla-QC hold point, and
 
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        .(2) rFailure tosidentify root.cause of.an inoperable:
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      ;(d); Severity Level IV '10 CFR 50.73 Violation,- failure to  .
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        '' issue a LER following a. reactor trip (Inspection Report
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        ' No.- ~ 304/85019).
 
_ .  -(e),JSeverity Level IV;- Inappropriate procedure,' failure of nW-  "
    'a    'La1 hydrostatic test procedure to include;the latest
''  4      ~~ revision ofsthe system valve lineup (Inspection Report
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LNo.1295/85020).
 
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1(f) Severity Level IV-- Procurement activities not carried
      '
1      .out in accordance with QA manual (Inspection Reports
        'No.L295/84-19;;304/84-20).
 
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  'M      ._ (g) : Severity: Level-IV.- Failure to. ensure safety, injection
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    ''    pump conformed to procurement documents:(Inspection
-    ,  ! Reports-No.'.295/84-19; 304/84-20).
 
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}      10perations) were violations of reporting requirements. - The
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repetitive nature offthese-violations indicates the need for
  ,    2 prompt 1 management attention to ensure that regulatory
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requirements-for providing' timely notification.to_the NRC
      'are. net. Item e.Jinvolved~an inadequate procedure which
      :was subs'equently revised.. :In' addition, the: administrative procedure'for procedure-development.and revision wasichanged
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Item c.1shows two~ examples of failure to take corrective
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action. .'In one case,:an ; inexperienced QC inspector signed for
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a QC hold point even-though.the procedural requirements were
      .not met.__ He was instructed regarding the importance of
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      . ensuring that either the conditions of the hold point are to 7M
      ;be= met, or:a proper procedure change is to be obtained. The
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failur'e to identify the root cause of the inoperable snubber -
was--_ attributed to an inexperienced engineer investigating the
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tItems"f. and g.'were.vio1'ations of procurement requirement JThe firstlinvolvediprocurement' activities which had not been
    '
      ?carriediout?in accordance with policies' defined in the~
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    > -  . ;1icensee? s-QA 'manurl._ . Documented examples'.of this violatio .  . 2 included (1) spare parts'and replacement.equipme'nt'and~
  .
  - u> ,A  _ components;which were not purchased to equal'or better  .
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      [ requirements-than.the original, (2) purchase.ordersLwhich did-
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enot require-the-supplier to-submit.their nonconformances which
      'were:dispositioned."use-as-is" or repair,_(3) purchase orders
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  * '  u --which did not invoke.on the supplier the responsibility to .
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review commercial grade or previously approved' safety-related
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    'p ,  m o for the;safetyjinjection pump which didinot identif s  V '
nonconformances, radiographs,~ weld, and NDE procedures which iwere required to be submitted!and the method of disposition of
      '
m 1 : those , records 1which the ;vendora retai ned. The second_ violation
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      ', documented'thelfailure to ensure:that the safety , injection pump t  v  '
      ; conformed;to. procurement documents -in that.it was' received and -
t  : accepted without'. receipt of radiographs for the pump shell and
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+    4  :that the= pump was manufactured to the vendor's non-ASME QA-
        '~
manual which had not been approved by Commonwealth Ediso a a  m
    '
      -These. violations'were-indicative of a significant lack of'
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7 attention'toidetail for procurement activities.-- The' licensee
      'took thorough corrective-action in response to both violation ~
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  ;    During an~ inspection by Region III specialists,-several tweaknesses were identified in the: licensee's independen verification program. :The' licensee:hadfdirected significant
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_ resources into review and-revision of app 1_icable procedures
      .in-this1 area. .These items were reviewed on-a subsequent
  "  ~
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J      inspection 1and the licensee's actions.were found to be adequate.
 
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      . Duri_ng the specialist inspections,:nine . violations, open, or - .
unresolved items'were closed. The promptness ofsthe -licensee's
'_
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      , corrective action in resolving _these items-indicates responsive
        ~
      -management involvemen Management has been deeply involved in q      .the correction'of quality related-issues. Records are
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      ' generally complete we11' maintained and available. Quality
        ,
programs are well defined and state u
,  '. ,
      -Near the end of the assessment period,'the resident inspectors
        ~
_      . expressed concerns'to management regarding an apparent trend
;  '
toward less adequate LER and DVR investigations. In addition, s      an evaluation of a sample of. LERs by the Office for Analysis-and Evaluation of Operational-Data (AE00) showed the need for-significant improvement in'LER investigations. This appears
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cto be due to both training weaknesses for individuals
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      : investigating events-as well-as weaknesses in the LER/DVR 1  . investigation and review process.
 
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+  x    1 l    .gg'g,g of 1985,xthefresia'ent_  inspectors Were placed.on ,    !
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w % _s  ; distribution for'alllDVRs at theirJrequest. cAssa result,    . 4
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cs    fevents:which would;have! ordinarily passed: unnoticed-werei ' L <s
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9  + ~-  ' reviewed and:if. questions arose, NRC followup resulted.~ As;a    -
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consequenceLof these' reviews,-it-appears;that NRC became much    ,
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  ,      _more aware of1theslicensee's corrective action processes than
        :had;been the case in;the past. .For this reason -it was. .
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Ldifficult tojassesslwhether the' apparent increase in events was
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plant-events. :In any case, the. concerns:noted above'regarding
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f adequacy of;;inv'estigations indicate the:need for more effective ~-
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xdetermination of root"cause and corrective' actio 'i
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      - During thelassessment period,E. management. initiated several
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steps to. improve plant performance in a wide range of-area ' For the first' time, annual: goals development was conducted
* :1      ~;using the inputs from each work group leaderLin an ~ effort,to
          .
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        ;obtain more cooperation at the worker level toward achievement    -
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        ;of;the-station's.overall' goals. . To date, this approach appears
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toihave been' successful in promoting a team effort toward
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  .      ' improvement of; station performance. In' addition, a recurring W*'W
    , , .        ~
        . station problems list was developed to focus technical
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Lattention on problem areas. 'The licensee has also implemented
          .
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    . a station commitment list to trackLall NRC' concerns and .
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_  findings ~ as well- as-internal: commitments such as: corrective
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actions-developed through their LER/DVR system. The licensee's
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        . Regulatory: Improvement Program which was implemented during the
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    ,>  last assessment period remains.in forc ~,  ;      . .    ..
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        ^The licensee changed the: site' organization at.all their
  >' '    : operating stations (in June of 1985. .The reorganization created--
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Lthe position of Plant Manager to whom the superintendents'of
        , Production and Technical? Services.now report. .The Maintenance
'  '
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l m J      Department.which was'under Technical Servic'es now reports to    i
%e  -f'.'.      ithe1 Superintendent of Productio k5"  n  _
kThe-QAorganizationonsiteisadequatelystaffedandtraine ' Relations.between QA~and site personnel are~ generally business-
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like:and a: team; attitude;iszusually ev_ident. QA audits are H ;3    -
m  timely and:generallyithorough.-
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        ^One inspection of: environmental qualification (EQ) activities was conducted by Region -III specialists and NRC Headquarters
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sinspectors.n This inspection. covered.the licensee's Unit 2 EQ
      . equipment;and the EQ program for both Unit l'and Unit 2. One
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violation;(with two examples) was identified as follows:
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Severity'LevelilV.-J(1) qualified Limitorque valve operators
'M      were< installed.with plastic protection shipping caps on the    "
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        : valve operator ge'ar case relief valves;-however, these shipping
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      - , caps were not part of the documented qualification method;
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        ;(2) junction boxes with top conduit entries were installed in
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        'some cases; however, these were not part of the documented
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            -
. s"    , 7  Jsafety;?however? thez. licensee's_EQ-program.was: required to be o; m e  -
    -  >;'  *in compliance! prior to-March 31,21985, thus:. adding. significance
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      -;the configurationfof:the junction boxes throughitechnical
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LThe licensee's'EQ program was organized'and wellestated with'
?; fr    ,' -  idefined procedures for control of activities.' Policies were'-
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fadequatelyl stated and appeared to.be understood by all-
_  ,  D  , personnel interviewed. Management'was found to be adequately;
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involved;in decision making'even though the majority of the f  *
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administrative work was performed at the corporate 11 eve 1~using
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contract: personnel; -Audits conducted at the. plant and of<the-
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_-  . subcontractors were found to:be both timely and(thorough. .
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eThe; review committees were properly: staffed. and Lin almost all'-
h        cases provided timely reviews,which were technically soun Y  ?  i  TEQl records were' generally complete', well: maintained, and
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M,''-    M  available. Design and procurement were well: controlled, .
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documented and: verifie .
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The' licensee generally'provided_ timely: responses to NRC linitiativesfregarding EQ issues. . Responses;to NRC EQ
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%P  ,  iC  - initiatives are currently being reviewed by.IE-and NRR.- The-
        ;11censee's.EQ training program for. plant personnel is.wel1
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      , defined;:however, :it had not'been presented to allLappropriate y ,
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        -personnelfat the plan '
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r    32; .FConclusion:
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    .:
m;    my  1Thellicensee?is rated: Category 2 in this area. Due to'a
  ,"      -declining. performance trend in the procurement'and reporting
        ~
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        -activiti_es which, offset?an improving" trend.in other activities,-
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      - Etheioverall performance trend for thela'ssessment' period remains-N  -
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      :the sam :: m .      w y  y  .
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      ' [3.L : Board Recommendations
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    .- # i,.c  iThe' basis;of;this~ appraisal was the licensee!s performance in
, I' E V  ssuppnrt of:: licensing actions;that were either completed or-
  .o'  ts a  + had.a:si~gnificantilevelzof activity'duringcthe rating perio s These actions, consisting of. amendment requests, exemption
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requests,cresponses;to generic letters, TMI' items, and other
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im    _ dactions, ; include itheT following sp.ecific items:
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el Post-AccidentLSampling,;F-12,-complete U'>>  "
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        :*- iSPDS, NUREG-07376 Item:I.D.2, complete  .
;'        *:' :N-1l Loop operation,LE-05, complete-
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        "EQ_ of electrical equipment, .8-60, complete ,
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        .- : Methodology for Core damage assessment, F-12, complete-
        *- 1 Shuntitrip, GL .83-28,; Item 4.3, B-82, complete
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      -              * JInadequate Core coolingiguidelines,cF-04,-complete:
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        '*l iNUREG-0737,1 Item 3.1.1 and 3.1.2; B-78',, complete
        'o JReactor trip' system. reliability, B-80,' complet o U6g%    x
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:-  R, .the . licensee appears to be making af" good faith effort" at completing outstanding issues in'a: timely manne ' 'Commissio'ner-Visits -Th'e following site visits'and plan urs
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      ' Ciyil' Penalties'
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        , f'  _  (d)l~0nSeptember 14, 1984 an! enforcement-confere'nce wasLheld
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      (f);10n June 24,11985La. man'agement meeting;was held in.the.NRC'    i
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w    ' ,. Region III offices-to continue discussions.on. improvement-
-  -
7    of regulatory performance;and enhancement of
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    ,
communications between Commonwealth-Edison and the'NR .  . .  . ,~ . .. .  .
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    ?21 . Confirmatory Action Letters (CAL)
      .No confirmatory action letters'were issued during the SALP Hperio '
XW4m / _  1            ' ~ Review of Licensee Event Reports, Construction Deficiency Reports,-
  -    :and 10 CFR 21 Reports-Subaitted by the Licensee
    ,
    : 1. - . . Licensee Event Reports x  .
        ~
      . x The following -is a list of Licensee Event Reports (LERs)
submittedkduringtheassessmentperiod:
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Proximate C'ause*'
  ^
Number s  m .:
[  '  M  'SALP Period 4
        -
            ~ SALP. Period 5
_ . 2(16 months)
      =  .  . (17 months)
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3      ; Unit 1 84-15 through.85-31-.  -
aa .us .'r  _w Unit 2. 84-13 through 85-1 's
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,
      ! Entry Sheets For' Licensee Event Report.(LER) File,"-or  -
,,' ,
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  ,
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c
      'NUREG-_1022, " Licensee Event Report System."
 
'** Number-in parentheses are the average number of' events per
          -
'
    '
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.
      .
        **** Category was notLincluded in SALP period 4.
 
-m-s      LERs.were~ issued-at a somewhat' lower rate ddring.the SALP 5 Lassessment period compared'to SALP 4. Higher rates for
  ~'
?' ,      Jindividual categcries were observed for those caused by design',-
;g .      . manufacturing land construction / installation and defective
  '
      - . procedures.
 
. m      The. number of LERs=per month due-to design, manufacturing and  ,
  *'      - construction / installation'more than-doubled. The: increase in
;J    -    the number of LERs' assigned'to this-category appears to be
  '-  -
        :attr.ibutable to changes made in the cause classification
.
+      ' description.'. As:noted in SALP period ~4, the component failure i,'i
      *
f  category nojlongerLexists. Review ~of the LERs classified as
            .
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      ~~''  fclassified as component failure under. the old reporting rule *  The seven LERs-which remained are about equal to the six (reportedduring;SALP.4;in;;this' categor '  -  '
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      .'
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      '
_ g>      : assigned under'a1different classification. The: number of'
 
m" m  1 personnel errors remained essentially the same.as SAL ~
      . period 4J 4These' personnel error rates?are considered high-
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Corrected Pages to SALP Repts 50-295/85-01 & 50-304/85-01 for May 1984 - Sept 1985 Re Duties of Radiation Protection Manager
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Issue date: 04/17/1986
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ML20155F661 List:
References
50-295-85-01, 50-295-85-1, 50-304-85-01, 50-304-85-1, NUDOCS 8604220299
Download: ML20155F666 (11)


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