ML17228B553

Responds to Violation Noted in Insp Repts 50-335/96-06 & 50-389/96-06.C/A:responsible Nuclear Watch Engineer Counseled & Disciplined & Shift Complement of Licensed & non-licensed Operators (Including Fire Team) Reviewed

ML17228B553
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	07/08/1996
From:	PLUNKETT T F FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
L-96-167, NUDOCS 9607150043
Download: ML17228B553 (8)

See also: IR 05000335/1996006

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SYSTEM (RIDS)ACCESSION NBR:960 FACIL:50-335

St.50-389 St.AUTH.NAME PLUNKETT,T.F.

RECIP.NAME

7150043 DOC.DATE: 96/07/08 NOTARIZED:

NO Lucie Plant, Unit 1, Florida Power&Light Co.Lucie Plant, Unit 2, Florida Power&Light Co.AUTHOR AFFILIATION

Florida Power&Light Co.RECIPIENT AFFILIATION

Document Control Branch (Document Control Desk)DOCKET 05000335 05000389 SUBJECT: Responds to violations

noted in insp rept 96-06 re St Lucie Plant Fire Protection

Program discrepancies

&observations

re Fire Brigade training identified

in NRC Insp Rept 95-12.C/A:responsible

NWE counseled&disciplined.

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Florida Power 5 Light Company, P.O.Box 128, Fort Pierce, FL 34954-0128

FPL July 8, 1996 L-96-167 10 CFR 2.201 U.S.Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C.20555 Re: St.Lucie Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos.50-335 and 50-389 Reply to a Notice of Violation Florida Power and Light Company (FPL)has reviewed the subject inspection

report and, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201, the response to the notice of violation is attached.The St.Lucie Plant Fire Protection

Program discrepancies

and observations

related to Fire Brigade training, which were highlighted

in NRC Inspection

Report 95-12, were not properly resolved, as evidenced by the subject violation.

FPL is confident that the attached corrective

actions taken, and scheduled to be taken, will minimize the potential for further violations

in this area.Additionally, FPL will review the other Fire Protection

Program discrepancies

and observations

noted in NRC Inspection

Report 95-12 to determine the need for additional

programmatic

corrective

actions.Very truly yours, T.F.Plunkett President Nuclear Division TFP/JAS/EJW

Attachment

~BC'/i.cc: Stewart D.Ebneter, Regional Administrator, USNRC Region II Senior Resident Inspector, USNRC, St.Lucie Plant 9607150043

960708 PDR ADOCK 05000335 8 PDR an FPL Group company

St.Lucie Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos.50-335 and 50-389 Reply to a Notice of Violation VIOLATION!

10 CFR 50 Appendix R,"Fire Protection

Program for Nuclear Power Facilities

Operating Prior to January 1, 1979", Criterion III,"Specific Requirements", paragraph H,"Fire Brigade", required, in part, that: "The qualification

of the fire brigade members shall include an annual physical examination

to determine their ability to perform strenuous fire fighting activities".

Contrary to the above, ten fire brigade members failed to complete an annual physical examination.

These fire team members were assigned for a total of 61 shift fire team positions in April, 1996.This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement

I)It RESPONSEc FPL concurs with the violation.

St.Lucie Plant did not have effective processes for ensuring that special qualification

requirements

for certain emergency response personnel were current.G.neral assignment

of personnel to the fire team was by metns of the monthly Emergency Roster, which is published by the Plant's Training Department.

The monthly roster was based on fire protection

training and did not account for physical exams, respirator

fits, and respirator

physicals.

A separate system, Radiation Exposure Monitoring

and Access Control System (REMACS), existed for notifying Operations

supervision

of the status of these additional

qualifications.

The Nuclear Watch Engineer (NWE), who is responsible

for assuring the adequacy of staffing by on-shift personnel for the fire team duties, failed to perform th'is function.Contributing

to this failure of individual

performance

was the fact that there was no checklist to prompt a crosscheck

of the REMACS printout against the Emergency Roster prior to personnel being assigned to the fire team.Consequently, he did not properly confirm all applicable

qualifications

were current prior to assigning on-shift personnel to the fire team.

0'~0

St.Lucie Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos.50-335 and 50-389 Reply to a Notice of Violation 3~A.B.C.The responsible

NWE was counseled and disciplined.

At the time the violation was identified, the shift complement

of, licensed and non-licensed

operators (including

fire team)was reviewed to assure that assigned individuals

met all qualification

requirements.

Physical examinations

and supporting

documentation

for operator respirator

qualifications

were reviewed and verified to be accurate and current.D.I The documentation

for Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)training was reviewed.The training records for seven individuals

in the operations

department

were not retrievable.

These individuals

were subsequently

retrained.

E.The Operations

Scheduler has been assigned the responsibility

and accountability

of tracking and ensuring maintenance

of general qualifications (such as RCAT, GET, respirator

fit, respirator

physicals).

A.B.C.D.The Emergency Roster format will be revised, by August 1, 1996, to include Operations

Department

qualifications.

The Emergency Roster will be published by the St.Lucie Plant Training Department

each month and will list the required qualifications

for the positions, as well as the individuals

who are qualified to fill those positions.

Plant administrative

procedure AP 0005729, Fire Protection

Traininy, Qualification

and Requalification, was revised to require notification

of on-shift Operations

management

of the failure of a physical examination, or failure of Fire Brigade training/requalification

by Operations

Department

personnel.

Health Physics procedures

HP-73, Portacount

Plus Fit Test System, and HPP-60, Respiratory

Protection

Manual, were revised to require notification

of on-shift Operations

management

of the failure of a respirator

qualification

by Operations

Department

personnel.

The Operations

Supervisor

issued a Night Order reemphasizing

the personal responsibility

of each individual

in the Operations

Department, as stated in

St.Lucie Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos.50-335 and 50-389 Reply to a Notice of Violation Operations

Policy OPS-202, Maintaining

Qualification, to maintain active qualifications

and to be currently qualified for the positions which they are filling within the plant organization.

5.Full compliance

was achieved on May 7, 1996, when the existing and on-coming shift complements

of operators (including

fire team)were reviewed and assigned to shift responsibilities

with confirmed current physical examination

qualifications.