IR 05000346/2003014

IR 05000346-03-014, on 06/09-13/2003, Firstenergy Nuclear Operating Company; Davis-Besse Station. Emergency Preparedness Specialist Report. No Violations Were Identified

ML031960596
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	07/11/2003
From:	Grobe J NRC/RGN-III
To:	Myers L FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
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IR-03-014
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uly 11, 2003

SUBJECT:

DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-346/03-14

Dear Mr. Myers:

On June 13, 2003, the NRC completed an inspection at your Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. The enclosed report documents the inspection findings, which were discussed on June 13, 2003, with Mr. M. Bezilla and other members of your staff.

The inspection examined activities conducted under your license as they relate to safety and compliance with the Commissions rules and regulations and with the conditions of your license.

The inspectors reviewed selected procedures and records, observed activities, and interviewed personnel. Specifically, this inspection focused on emergency preparedness, including your staffs determinations of performance indicators for the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone.

On the basis of the results of this inspection, no findings of significance were identified.

In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the USNRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of USNRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

John A. Grobe, Chairman Davis-Besse Oversight Panel Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3 Enclosure: Inspection Report 50-346/03-14 See Attached Distribution

Mr. Lew

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

IR 05000346-03-14(DRS); FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; on 06/09-06/13/2003;

Davis-Besse Station. Emergency Preparedness Specialist Report.

The report covers a one-week baseline inspection by two regional emergency preparedness inspectors, a radiation protection inspector, and a resident inspector. The inspection focused on the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone in the Reactor Safety strategic performance area during the biennial emergency preparedness exercise. This inspection also included a review of records related to the three emergency preparedness performance indicators for the fifteen-month period ending March 31, 2003. No findings of significance were identified.

The NRCs program for overseeing the safe operation of commercial nuclear power reactors is described in NUREG-1649, Reactor Oversight Process, Revision 3, dated July 2000.

REPORT DETAILS

1EP1 Exercise Evaluation

a. Inspection Scope

The inspectors reviewed the June 10, 2003 exercises objectives and scenario to ensure that the exercise would acceptably test major elements of the licensees emergency plan and to verify that the exercises simulated problems provided an acceptable framework to support demonstration of the licensees capability to implement its plan. The inspectors also reviewed records of a drill, which was conducted on May 13, 2003, to determine whether the associated accident scenario was sufficiently different from the scenario used in the June 10, 2003 exercise.

The inspectors evaluated the licensees exercise performance, focusing on the risk-significant activities of emergency classification, notification, and protective action decision making, as well as implementation of accident mitigation strategies in the following emergency response facilities:

• Control Room Simulator (CRS);

• Technical Support Center (TSC);

• Operations Support Center (OSC); and

• Emergency Operations Facility (EOF).

The inspectors also assessed the licensees recognition of abnormal plant conditions, transfer of responsibilities between facilities, internal communications, interfaces with offsite officials, readiness of emergency facilities and related equipment, and overall implementation of the licensees emergency plan.

The inspectors attended post-exercise critiques in the CRS, TSC, OSC, and EOF to evaluate the licensees initial self-assessment of its exercise performance. The inspectors later met with the licensees lead exercise evaluators to obtain the licensees refined assessments of its exercise participants performances. These self-assessments were then compared with the inspectors independent observations and assessments.

b. Findings

No findings of significance were identified.

4OA1 Performance Indicator (PI) Verification

a. Inspection Scope

The inspectors reviewed the licensees records related to each of the three emergency preparedness PIs to verify that the licensees program was implemented consistent with the industry guidelines in Nuclear Energy Institute publication No. 99-02, Regulatory Assessment Performance Indicator Guideline, Revision 2, and related licensee procedures. Specifically, licensee records related to the performance of the Alert and Notification System (ANS), key Emergency Response Organization (ERO) members drill participation, and Drill and Exercise Performance (DEP) were reviewed to verify the accuracy and completeness of the data submitted to USNRC for the period from January 2002 through March 2003.

b. Findings

No findings of significance were identified.

4OA2 Identification and Resolution of Problems

The following scenario and performance concerns were identified in the critique of the June 2003 exercise that could have adversely impacted response activities if scenario events had been real:

• Due to inadequate scenario pre-planning and controller actions, the mini-scenario associated with the first emergency declaration was unrealistically demonstrated such that some details were not available to the manager responsible for emergency classification decisions.

• The licensees fourth press release was potentially confusing because it did not indicate that a second, more serious emergency event had occurred that resulted in the implementation of the precautionary protective actions by offsite officials that were summarized in this press release.

4OA6 Meetings

Exit Meeting The inspectors presented the inspection results to Mr. M. Bezilla and other members of licensee management and staff at the conclusion of the inspection on June 13, 2003.

The licensee acknowledged the information presented. No proprietary information was identified.

KEY POINTS OF CONTACT Licensee D. Bezilla, Site Vice President A. Bless, Licensing Engineer B. Cope, Senior Emergency Planning Specialist R. Fast, Director, Organizational Development D. Gordon, Senior Emergency Planning Specialist S. Loehlein, Manager, Nuclear Quality Assurance P. McCloskey, Manager, Regulatory Affairs J. Michaelis, Manager, Supply Chain D. Missig, Senior Nuclear Advisor J. Powers, Director, Nuclear Engineering M. Roder, Manager, Plant Operations R. Schrauder, Director, Support Services P. Smith, Senior Nuclear Associate J. Vetter, Supervisor, Emergency Planning W. Wagner, Lead Evaluator, Nuclear Quality Assurance G. Wolf, Licensing Engineer LIST OF

DOCUMENTS REVIEWED

1EP1 Exercise Evaluation

Davis-Besse June 2003 Exercise Scenario Manual

Davis-Besse May 2003 Dry-Run Drill Scenario Time Line and Narrative Summary

RA-EP-01500; Emergency Classification; Revision 2

RA-EP-01700; Alert; Revision 0

RA-EP-01800; Site Area Emergency; Revision 0

RA-EP-01900; General Emergency; Revision 1

RA-EP-02010; Emergency Management; Revision 3

RA-EP-02110; Emergency Notification; Revision 4

RA-EP-02220; ECC Activation and Response; Revision 2

RA-EP-02230; Dose Assessment Center Activation and Response; Revision 0

RA-EP-02245; Protective Action Guidelines; Revision 1

RA-EP-02260; Radiological Controls in the Davis-Besse Administration Building;

Revision 1

Attachment 1

RA-EP-02310; TSC Activation and Response; Revision 2

RA-EP-02410; OSC Activation and Response; Revision 4

RA-EP-02620; Emergency Dose Control and Potassium Iodide Distribution; Revision 2

RA-EP-02710; Re-Entry; Revision 1

RA-EP-02720; Recovery Organization; Revision 4

CR 03-03831; Clarify Procedural Criteria for Declaring that a Release is in Progress

CR 03-03832; One Dry Run Drill Objective Was Not Met

CR 03-03889; Update the Recovery Implementing Procedure

CR 03-04027; Assess Need to Develop Criteria for Issuing Potassium Iodide to Security

Force and Warehouse Personnel

CR 03-04563; Revise a Setpoint Value in Procedure DB-OP-06013

CR 03-04564; Consider an Enhancement to Procedure DB-OP-02000

CR 03-04592; Performance and Equipment Critique Items for the Radiological Testing

Laboratory

CR 03-04594; Performance and Equipment Critique Items for the ECC

CR 03-04597; Performance and Equipment Critique Items for the OSC

CR 03-04598; Concerns on the June 10, 2003 Exercise Scenario

CR 03-04601; Review Communications with Offsite Agencies During the June 10, 2003

Exercise

CR 03-04614; Review the Implementing Procedure for Emergency Worker Exposure

Controls and Potassium Iodide Distribution

CR 03-04619; Clarify References to Offsite Laboratories in Implementing Procedure RA-

EP-02230

CR 03-04620; Assess Consistency of Procedural and Computerized Guidance for

Issuing Potassium Iodide to Emergency Workers

CR 03-04623; Performance and Equipment Critique Items in the Joint Public Information

Center

CR 03-04627; Reassess Instructions in Implementing Procedure RA-EP-02220 for

Determining Offsite Sirens Operability

Attachment 1

CR 03-04650; Assess Adequacy of Method Used to Detect Contamination on a Carpet

CR 03-04651; No Announcement was Made When the Emergency Assistant Plant

Manager Became Emergency Director

CR 03-04652; Critique Items on Wording of Press Releases Numbers 4 and 6

CR 03-04653; Initial Notification of NRC Was Made by ECC Staff Before the ECC

Became Operational and Apparently Without the Emergency Directors Knowledge

4OA1 Performance Indicator Verification

Monthly Records of Opportunities for the ANS, ERO, and DEP Performance Indicators;

January 2002 Through March 2003

LIST OF ACRONYMS USED

ANS Alert and Notification System

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CR Condition Report

CRS Control Room Simulator

DEP Drill and Exercise Performance

DRS Division of Reactor Safety

ECC Emergency Control Center

ERO Emergency Response Organization

IR Inspection Report

NUREG Nuclear Regulatory Guide

OSC Operations Support Center

PI Performance Indicator

TSC Technical Support Center

USNRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Attachment 1