ML20064B491

Forwards 900507 Court Order Instructing Parties to Provide Info to Wage & Hour Administrator Re M Hobby Claims Against Util Under ERA

ML20064B491
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Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	05/31/1990
From:	Schaudies J TROUTMANSANDERS (FORMERLY TROUTMAN, SANDERS, LOCKERMA
To:	Goddard R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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Atlanta, Georgia Re Marvin B. Bobby v. Georgia Power Company ll Case No. 90-ERA-30 Dear Mr. Goddard

! In the past I have kept you up-to-date en Marvin Hobby's-claims against Georgia Power Company under the EnergyIn an Order Reorganisation Act .

Administrative Law Judge assigned to this' case authorized the Department of Labor Wage and sour Division to receive information i from both parties in this action so that it.could conduct'its-The Wag first and only investigation. f request was for the purpose of26, deciding whether it 1990, notification.was necessary On May 18, to amend or modify the March 1 1990, Georgia Power company submitted a letter and various l documents to the Department,of Labor in response to this A copy of theorder of the Court and request from the Administrator. y Administrator's request to the Administrative Law Judge was l previously forwarded to Mr. Ebneter by Executive Vice President R.P. Mcdonald, and I enclose for your review a copy q the Wage and Hour Administrator.

On May 25, 1990, the Wage and Bour Division's District' Director the March issued 26, 1990, the enclosedFollowing notification, letter which reviewisofathe-an amendman i J

information and documents submitted by both parties, the .

' Department of Labor has found that "Mr. Bobby's job wasIt further found i eliminated due to a management reorganisation." . ,

that " Management's decisions concerning the reorganisation were l made without knowledge or consideration of Mr. Hobby's engagement-in protected activities."

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Mr. Micheal E. Mohn Rohn, Kohn & Colapinto, P. C. l l

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==r e-any Marvin n. Makhv v. a_=ersia In the Matter of /

Case No. 90-ERA-30

, SOL Case No. 90-10465 Dear Messra. Hobby and Xohnt This latter is to notify you of the results of our complianos As pa'rt of.

review pursuant to the Court's order of May 7,1990.1990, we notified ell this review, by letters dated May 9, l information or material 1990,. the by  !

to provide this office any additiona By letters dated ' May 18, 'I 5 p.m. on May 18, 1990.

attorneys for each party submitted additional information inclu depositions and other documents.

findings notification letter to  ;

We hereby amend our March 26, 1990 Based upon:the information made ~

l the extent indicatedmanagement's as follows.available decisions to us, Mr. Hobby's concerning: the j reorganisation, and reorganisation were made without knowledge or consideration ,

Hobby's engagement in protected activities.

A copy of this letter is being forwarded to Administrative Law Judge Joel Williams. -

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Daniel W. Bremer l District Director i

co: Mr. Joel Williams Administrative Law Judge office of Administrative Law Judges U. 8. Department ofN.W., LaborSuite 700 1111 20th Street, Washington, DC 20038 i

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T' gStm#ge*v ATTN: Mr. R. P. Mcdonald  ;

Executive Vice President j Nuclear Operations  ;

40 Inverness Center Parkway H Post Office Box 1295 i Birmingham, Alabama 35201 j Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

MARVIN B. HOBBY v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY-(DOL CASE NO. 90-ERA-30) i This letter responds to your letter. dated May 17, 1990, which provided a response to our request for information regarding the basis for the employment action involving a former Georgia Power Company (GPC) employee who alleged to the Department of Labor (DOL) that his position was eliminated because he had raised safety concerns while performing his duties at GPC.  :

a Our request, which was sent by letter dated April 18, 1990, to Mr. W. G.

Hairston, III, was based upon the findings of the D0L Acting-District Director who documented his findings in a letter dated March 26 -1990. Those findings indicated that the former employee was "...a protected employee engaging in protected activity within the scope of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and discrimination as defined and prohibited by the statute was a factor in the action which comprise his complaint." Based on additional information, D0L has

, subsequently amended their initial finding and concluded in a' letter dated j i

May 25, 1990, that the former employee's position "...was eliminated due to a I

management reorganization, and management's decisions - concerning the reor- 1 ganization were made without knowledge or consideration of [the individual's] q engagement in protecteo activities." ,

Based on the current pending status of this matter before; DOL Administrative

, Law Judge J. Williams, we concur with your request to defer further discussion l of the merits of the discrimination allegation until completion Bf the D0L '

process, j

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of k this letter will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. <

Sincerely,  !

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, LICENSES: Alabama Power Company and 3

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UTILITIES: Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Hatch Nuclear Plant, Unite 1 and 2  ;

Vogtle Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 i SU8 JECT:

SUMMARY

OF MEETING HELD ON MARCH 2,1988 IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND  ;

BETWEEN NRC AND REPRESENTATIVES OF ALARAMA POWER COMPANY IND  ;

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY TO DISCUSS F00MATION OF A SEPARATE OPERATING ORGANIZATION.

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The meeting was reouested by Mr. R. P. Mcdonald, Senior Vice President, APC0,- i to discuss considerations for femation of a separate operating organization to e operate the APC0 and GPC nuclear plants and to complete licensino proceedings y for Vogtle Unit 2. A list of meeting attendees is enclosed.

l After introductions of persons in attendance, Mr. Mcdonald led'the discussion [

regarding formation of the Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SON 0PCO).  !

l Mr. L. Long of Southern Company Services continued the discussion of the  ;

licensing considerations involved. A copy of the viewgraphs used during the  ;

discuss on is enclosed.

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'I The NRJ staff indicated that it was willing to support the effort. Additional meetings will be reouired between the NRC staff and utility representatives to ,

discuss details of the proposal to fom the new operating company.- Contacts -

for this effort will be G. Lainas for the NRC (301-492-la53) and Louis B. Long i for the licensees (205-868-5403)  ;

EdwardA. Reeves,Sr. Pro!ectManaaer awrence P. Crocker, Sr. Projebanager  !

Project Directorate II-1, DRPR:NRR~ Project Directorate IT-3, DRPR:NRR  !

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Alabama Power Company Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant cc:

Mr. Bill M. Guthrie D. Biara MacGuineas Esquire Executive Vice President Volpe, Boskey and Lyons Alabama Power Company 918 16th Street -N.W.

Post Office Box 2641- Washington, DC 20006 Birmingham, Alabama 35291-0400 Charles R.-Lowman Mr. Louis B. Long, General Manager Alabama Electric Corporation Southern Company Services, Inc. Post Office Box 550 Post Office Box 2625 Andalusia, Alabama .36420 Birmingham, Alabama 35202 Chairman Regional Administrator, Region II Hoaston County Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-Dothan, Alabama 36301 101 Marietta Street Suite 2900 Atlanta,-Georgia 30303 Ernest L. Blake. Jr., Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge Claude Earl Fox, M.D.

2300 N Street, N.W. State Health Officer Washington, DC 20037 State Department of Public Health State Office Building Montgomery, Alabama 36130- i Robert A. Buettner Esquire Balch, Bingham, Baker Hawthorne, Mr. J. D. Woodard Williams and Ward General Manager ' Nuclear Plant Post Office Jox 306 Post Office Box 470  !

Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Ashford,-Alabama 36312 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission i Post Office Box 24 - Route 2 i Columbia Alabama 36319 l I

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G. F. Trowbridge, Esq. ,

Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 2300 N Street, N. W.

Washington, D.C. 20037 ,

Mr. L. T. Gucwa Engineering Department  :

Georgia Power Company -

P. O. Box 4545 '

Atlanta, Georgia 30302 ,

Nuclear Safety and Compliance Manager i Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant i Georgia Power Company P. O. Box 442 Baxley, Georgia 31513 '!

Mr. Louis B. Long Southern Company Services, Inc.

P. O. Box 2625 Birmingham, Alabama 35202 ,

l Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Route 1, Box 725 Baxley, Georgia 31513 '

Regional Administrator, Region II V.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission t 101 Marietta Street, Suite 2900 -;

Atlanta, Georiga 30323  :

Mr. Charles H. Badger Office of Planning and Budget <

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270 Washington Street, S.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30334 .

Mr. J. Leonard Ledbetter, Comissioner  :

Department of Natural Resources 270 Washington St.reet, N.W. '

Atlanta, Georgia 30334 ,

Chairman Appling County Comissioners i County Courthouse '

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Mr. L. T. Gucwa Resident Inspector i Manager of Safety.and Licensing Nuclear' Regulatory Commission j Georgia Power Company P. O. Box 572-P.O. Box 4545 Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Atlanta, Georgia 30302 ,

Mr. Ruble A. Thomas Deppish Kirkland, III, Counsel <

Executive Consultant. Office of the Consumers' Utility .

Southern Company Services, Inc. Council  ;

P. O. Box 2625- Suite 225  :

Birmingham, Alabama 35202 32 Peachtree Street,~N.E.

Atlanta, Georgia 30302; t James E. Joiner Mr. Paul D. Rice Troutman'. Sanders, Lockeman, Vice President & Project Director & Ashmore Georgia Power Company 1400 Candler Building Post Office Box 282 127 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Atlanta, Georgia ,30303 r Danny Feig Mr. J. A. Bailey- 1130 Alta Avenue Project Licensing Manager Atlanta, Georgia 30307 i Southern Company Services. Inc.

P.O. Box 2625 Carol Stangler Birmingham, Alabama 35202 ' Georgians Against Nuclear Energy

-425 Euclid Terrace Ernest L. Blake, Jr. Atlanta, Georgia 30507 3ruce W. Churchill, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 2300 N Street, N. W. '

Washington, D. C. 20037 Mr. G. Bockhold, Jr. '

General Manager Nuclear Operations Georgia Power Company P. O. Box 1600 -

Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Regional Administrator, Region II' U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 ,

Atlanta, Georgia 30323 i

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MARCH 2, 1988 f NAME ORGANIZATION- t R. P. Mcdonald APCo L. Gucwa GPC i L. Long i SCS N. Reynolds SCS R. Edwards GPC ,

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1. Phase 11 Task Force 9 Southern Company Subsidiary .to Operate Hatch, Farley and Vogtle Se Hatch, Farley, Vogtle Unit 1 -

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1. 1. Ease of Project Assimilation

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Confirm that NRC Management and .

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SONOPCo Licensing Approach in these areas:

1. Coordinated Review of all Applications ,

2. "Sholly" Procedure for all Applications l 3. Early Establishment of Probable '

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i j 50-424/425 LICENSEES: Alabama Power Company and  :

Georgis Power Company FACILITIES: Farley Nuclear Plant, Units I and 2 i Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2

Vogtle Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 l

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

FOR MEETING OF MARCH 18. 1988 WITH SOUTHERN t COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN  ;

OPERATING COMPANY FOR THE FARLEY, HATCH AND V0GTLE PLANTS l On March 18, 1988, the NRC staff met with representatives of Southern-Campany .

Services (SCS), Georgia Power Company (GPC) and Alabama Power Company (APC) in '

Rockville, Maryland to discuss the inferination that would be required in a submittal-for amendments to the licenses and construction pemit held by APC and GPC for the Farley, Hatch and Vogtle Nuclear Plants. Attendees are listed i in Enclosure 1. The viewgraphs used by the SCS representative in his presentation are in Enclosure 2.

Mr. L. Long of SCS made the presentation. He emphasized that the companies were still evaluating the idea and concept of an operating company. His presentation was to describe generally what the licensees propose to include in their applications. He covered previous actions' that the agencv has taken -

s regarding changes in plant operators. ThechangesinTechnical_ Specifications ,

were 61so discussed, including the deletion'of the organization. charts from the wecifications as was done for the Shearon Harris Station. The staff advised him that we anticipate the issuance of the generic letter on this issue-in the near future.

There was some discussion regarding the need to file the OL application .

amendment and the FSAR amendment concurrent with the CP amendment for Vogtle Unit 2. The licensees did not believe that the amendments needed to be sub- ,

mitted concurrently and, in fact, should be done sequentially.

The licensees requested that the staff advise them on the level of detail that would be needed in the applications.

The staff suggested to the licensees that they address the following points:

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The licenseer expressed concerns that we were asking more of them than had been- >

done for other licensees like GPU Nuclear. The staff offereo to investigate i

the level of detail that was required in the change for GPU Nuclear. and get back to the licensee.

The licensee indicated that their start date was indeterminate because of other factors, but that following a decision to proceed, tney would plan to have the amenoment applications filed within two weeks. There would be amendment applications for the five operating: licenses and the construction permit. The; i OL application amendment.and the F5AR amendment'for Vogtle Unit 2 would be filed at a later date. They then requested that the staff conduct its review as expecitiously as possible, preferably within three months.

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Division of Reactor Projects I/II

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ll Mr. R. P. Mcdonald Alabama Power Company Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant 3 l

cc: l Mr. W. O. Whitt Executive Vice President D. Biard MacGuineas,~ Esquire j Volpe, Boskey ano Lyons'  ;

Alabama Power Company 918 16th Street, N.W. i Post Office Box 2641 Washington, DC -20006  !

Birmingham,' Alabama 35291-0400 Charles R. Lowman ,

Mr. Louis B.-Long, General Manager Alabama Electric Corporation j Southern Company Services, Inc. Post Office Box 550 . :i Post Office Box 2625 Andalusia.. Alabama .36420-  !

Birmingham, Alabama 35202 "

Chairman Regional Administrator, Region II Houston County Commission f U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dothan, Alabama 36301 101 Marietta Street, Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts,and Trowbridge Claude Earl Fox, M.D. t 2300 N Street, N.W. State Health Officer Washington, DC 20037 State Department of Public health State Office Building Robert A. Buettner, Esquire  ;

i Balch, Bingham, Baker, Hawthorne. Mr. J. D. Woodard Williams and Ward General Manager - Nuclear Plant-Post Office Box 306 Post Office Box 470 '

Bimingham, Alabama 35201 Ashford, Alabama' 36312 l {

Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission l

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G. F. Trowbridge, Esq. '

Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge ,

2300 N Street. N. W.

Washington, D.C. 20037 Mr. L. T. Gucwa Engineering Department Georgia Power Company  :

P. O. Box 4545 Atlanta, Georgia 30302 '

Nuclear Safety and Compliance Manager '

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Georgia Power Company P. O. Box 442 Baxley, Georgia 31513 >

Mr. Louis B. Long Southern Company Services, Inc. .

l P. O. Box 2625 l Birwingham, Alabama 35202 i

Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 1, Box 725 Baxley, Georgia 31513 Regional Administrator, Region 11 V.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conslission 101 Marietta Street Suite 2900  ;

i Atlanta, Georiga 30323 l

' Mr. Charles H. Badger Office of Planning and Budget Room 610 270 Washington Street. S.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Mr. J. Leonard Ledbetter, Commissioner Department of Natural Resources 270 Washington Street, N.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Chairman Appling County Consissioners County Courthouse 1 i

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Mr. L. T. Gucwa Resident Inspector ~'

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Georgia Power Company ' P. 0.' Box 572  :

P.O. Box 4545 Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 i Atlanta, Georgia 30302

Mr. Ruble A. Thomas Deppish Kir'kland, III, Counsel; '!

Executive Consultant Office of the. Consumers' Utility. .

Southern Company Services, Inc. Council.- l P. O. Box 2625 Suite 225 ,

Birmingham, Alabama. 35202 32 Peachtree Street, N.E. .;

Atlanta,: Georgia 30302 +

James'.E. Joiner .

i Mr. Paul D. Rice Troutman, Sanders, Lockersnan, Vice President & Project Director & Ashmore ,

Georgia Power Company 1400 Candler Building, .J 127 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Post Office' Box 282 'i

. Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Atlanta, Georgia 30303:

.Danny Feig' -i Mr. J. A. Bailey 1130 Alta Avenue' Project Licensirg Manager Atlanta, Georgia ~' 30307 ,

Southern Company Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 2625 . Carol:Stangler- 3 Birmingham, Alabama 35202 Georgians Against Nuclear Energy 425 Euclid Terrace -

Ernest L. Blake, Jr. AtlantaEGeorgia 30307  ;

Bruce W. Churchill, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge i 2300 N Street, N.'W.. . -

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j l Georgia Power Company P. O. Box 1600 1 Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Regional Administrator Region II U.S.. Nuclear Regulatory Commission  !

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J. Scinto OGC J. Hopkins LHRR l D. B. MacGuineas '

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g 5.1 Resp 0NSIBILITY 6.1.1 The General Manager - Nuclear Plant shall be responsible for-overall unit operation and shall' delegate in writing the succession:to-this responsibility during his absence.

6.1.2 The Shif t Supervisor or during-his absence' from~ the Control Room a designated individual. shall be responsible.for .the Control Room command function. A management directive to this effect, signed by the-Senior Vice President' responsible for Nuclear Generation, hereafter-referred to as Senior Vice President, shall be reissued on an annual m basis.

6.2 ORGANIZATION OFFSITE 6.2.1 The offsite organization for. facility management and technical .

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CACILITY STAFF J

6.2.2 The facility organization shall be as shown:on Figure 6.2-2:and:-

a. Each on-duty shift shall be composed of at least the minelmumi shift crew composition shown in Table 6;2-1. '

b. At least one licensed Reactor Operator: shallibe in the' Control Room when fuel is in the reactork ~In' addition, at Teast one licensed Senior Reactor Operator shallibe. in the

• Control Room while the unit is in ~ MODE l', 2,13. or 4.)

c. A Health Physics. Technician i shall. be on site when fuel is-in the reactor.

d. All CORE ALTERATIONS 'shall be directly supervised by either .a t

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of the unit and any personnel required for. other essential functions during a. fire emergency.-

rihe Healtn Physics Tecnnician and Fire Brigade composition may be less~

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• levels to and including all operating organization _ positions. Those re ' '

lationships shall be documenteo and updated, as! appropriate, in the form of organizational charts. These organizational charts will be documented in the FSAR and updated in accordance with'10 CFR 50.71(e).  !

b. There shall be an individual executive position-(corporateicfficer)>in '

the offsite organization having corporate responsibility for overall L plant nuclear safety. This individual shall take any. measures:needed to i

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c. There shall be an individual management position in the onsite organiza-tion having responsibility for overall unit safe operation.and shall have- J control over those onsite resources necessary for safe: operation and '

maintenance of the plant.

d. Although the individuals who train the_ operating staff and those who-i carry out the quality ' assurance functions may report to the appropriate manager onsite, they shal1~have sufficient-organizational' freedom to be:

independent from operating pressures.

e. Although health physics individuals may report to any. appropriate manager -

onsite, for matters relating to radiological' health' and safety of emphyees and the public, the health physics manager shall have direct access to that onsite individual having responsibility for overall unit'. management.-

Health physics personnel shall have the authority to cease any work-activity when worker safety is g personnel radiation exposures. jeopardized or in the event of unnecessary 1;

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B rrning*.a'n A!abama 31201 Telephone 205 666 55Bt Au.gu st 30, 1990 inesoamern o.: <r e r W. G. Heirston,111 senor VF.e Pres:Ge1 ,

Nuc6ea' Operat ons

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Docket No. 50-424 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 4 101 Marietta Street, N. W. '

Atlanta, GA 30323 ATTN: Mr. S. D. Ebneter '

Dear Mr. Ebneter:

V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT [

CLARIFICATION OF RESPONSE TO CONFIRMATION OF ACTION LETTER ~'

By letter dated April 9, 1990-(ELV-01516), Georgia Power Company:('PC) G responded?

to a Confirmation of Action Letter dated March 23. 1990. In that' letter'and,in-  ;!

our meeting notes, GPC reported that Diesel Generator'(DG)SIA'had"been started.

18 times and DG IB had been started 19-times with no failures or problems' -i between March 20 and April 9, 1990. Similar,information.was reported lin - .

Revision 0 of Licensee Event Report (LER) 50-424/1990-006' dated April:19, 1990- ,

j (ELV-01545). As reported in our telephone calls;to the-NRC, we subsequently -

L discovered that this information was<in error.

In Revision 1 to LER 50-424/1990-006 dated June-29, 1990 (ELV;01729), GPC attempted to clarify the correct = number. of DG starts occurring:in this: time period by using regulatory guide terminology -(i.e., valid vs. successfuli starts). This revised LER accurately reports the number of valid:DG starts .,

during the period of March 21 through June 7, 1990.~ However, during a-recent '

NRC inspection it was pointed out that the revised LER did not adequately "

clarify the numbers in the April 9th letter. '

Ei The confusion in the April 9th letter and the original LER appear to-be the {

result of two factors. First, there was confusion in-the' distinction between a1 i successful start and a valid test. For the purpose of;this;1etter, a start.was 1 considered successful when the DG was. started and either.ran~or'was intention-ally shut down due to testing' in progress', as; identified on the attached tables.

Our use of the term " successful".was never intended to imply a " valid successful- 9 test" in the context of Regulatory Guide 1.108. ' Many; start attempts:were made to' test the DG's IA and IB using applicable operating procedures.- :These ; j procedures and data sheets do not contain criteria for determining:if a start is i successful which resulted in determinations of su cess wkch were-inconsistent ' a with the above. definition. Second, an error was made by the . individual who.  :

performed the count of DG starts for the NRC April 9th letter.

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summarize the DG starts-for the period indicated.. For DG lA, there was a total <

of 31 start attempts and 29 of _these attempts <were considered. successful after l the two failures associated with the March 20 event.: For DG IB there wasLa total of 29 start attempts and 21 of these attempts were considered . successful.

Further, for.DG IB there were -12 successful sequential starts. -1

Sincerely .

, , [04 W.'G. Hairston, 11 WGH,Ill/NJS/gm ,

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Mr. R. M. Odom  :

Mr. P. D. Rushton 1 NORMS 'i l

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140 03-20-90 No 1-min - Yes , Failure to maintain load.

141 03-20 Yes 4 1/2hr No Manual start, load: l maintained.

142 03-20-90 Yes 45 min No Normal' reserve' auxiliary transformer swap method.; '1 143 03-20-90 Yes 5 min No Observation run.'  !

144 20-90 Yes 20 min No. Observation run. c 145 03-23-90 Yes- 60 min No~ 'Observationorun. .

146 03-23-90 Yes O min No' . Started wrong' diesel- ,

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147 03-29-90 Yes- 50 min No 'UV test start #1. .. "

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149 03-30-90 Yes: 6 min No . Trip simulation test..

150 03-30-90 Yes 6 min No- Trip s'imulation . test'.

151 03-30-90 -Yes 3 min No. Trip'simuhtion. test, l 152 03-30-90 6 min No Yes Trip simulationitest.

153 03-30-90 .Yes 4 min No Orifice modification functionalttest.-

, 154 03-30-90 Yes 10 min No Orifice modification l functional test, j 155 03-31-90 Yes 2 min No Orifice modification- '

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156 03-31-90 Yes 3 min No Orifice modification' ,

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157 03-31-90 Yes 10 min No Bubble test #2 158 03-31-90 Yes- 1 min No 1 Sensor. trip timing test.

159 03-31-90 Yes 1 min No Sensor trip timing testl-160 03-31-90 Yes 2' min No Sensor trip-timing test.

161 03-31-90 Yes 1-. min No Sensor trip timing test.

162 03-31-90 Yes 75 min No- Sensor tripitiming test- 4 163 03-31-90 .Yes 27 min No UV' test start #2.

164 04-01-90 Yes 1 1/2 hr No Normal surveillance test. o 165 04-06-90 .Yes 1 min, No Jacket water temperature j L

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121 03-21-90 No - O min No Post-maintenance run, prime fueli lines- .

122 03-21-90 No _15 min No Post-maintenance run, adjust.

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123 03-21-90 No 2 min No Post-maintenance run, fuel oil delta-pressure high._

124 03-21-90 No 4 min No Functional test.run, fuel oil:

delta pressure high..

125 03-22-90 Yes 6 min No Functional-test for maintenance.

126 03-22-90 Yes 1 min No 127 03-22-90 Functional test for maintenance.

Yes 15 min No Post-maintenance overspeed-test.

128 03-22-90 Yes 3 min No 129 Post-maintenance overspeed test.

03-22-90 Yes '5 min No Post-maintenance overspeed= test..

130 03-22-90 Yes 5 min No Voltage clamp circuit- adjust' .

131 03-22-90 Yes 2 min No Voltage clamp circuit adjust.

132 03-22-90 No 1 1/2 hr Yes Post-maintenance. load test, high 133 03-23-90 temperature lube oil. trip.:

Yes 7.hr No Post-maintenance load test 134 03-23-90 No 3 min Yes Post-maintenance-load test, low pressure: jacket water trip.

135 03-23-90 Yes 4 1/2 hr No Post-maintenance load test.

136 03-24-90 No* 33' min No Post-maintenance load test, high temperature jacket water-

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137 03-27-90 Yes 1 1/2 hr No Bubble test.

138 03-27-90 Yes 42 min No Trip simulation test.

139 03-27-90 Yes '3 min No Trip simulation test.

140 03-27-90 Yes 2 min No Trip simulation test.

141 03-27-90 Yes 6 min No Trip simulation test.

142 03-27-90 Yes 57 min No UV test.

143 03-28-90 Yes 1 3/4 hr No- Normal surveillance 144 03-28-90 Yes 4 min No Low pressure lube oil modification functional test.

145 03-28-90 Yes 4 min No Low pressure lube oil modification functional

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146 04-04-90 Yes 1 1/4 hr- No Post-maintenance load test.

147 04-05-90 5 min -No Yes LOSP trip modification 148 04-05-90 functional test.

Yes 2 hr No Normal surveillance.

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! Birmingham. Alabama 35201 Telephone 205 808 5581 '

May 24, 1990 .

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Senior Vice Prevoent #

NucJear Operahons ELV-01675 i 0391  ;

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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission .

ATTN: Document Control Desk '

Washington, D. C. 20555 Gentlemen:

V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT REPLY TO A NOTICE OF VIOLATION j

Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201, Georgia Power Company (GPC) submits the enclosed. .i information in response to a violation identified-in Inspection Report .

50-424/90-05 which concerns the inspection conducted by Mr. R. F.' Aiello' and Mr. . l R. D. Starkey of the NRC from February 17 - March 30, 1990. In the'. enclosure, transcription of the violation precedes GPC's response.=

l Please contact this office if you have any questions. . l Sincerely, :l 1

h W. G. Hairston,'III WGH,III/ JAB /gm

Enclosure:

Violation 50-424/90-05-01 and GPC Response-xc: Georaia Py ar Comoany Mr. C. K. McCoy Mr. G. Bockhold, Jr.

Mr. R. M. Odom Mr. P. D. Rushton NORMS U. S. Nuclear Reaulatory Commission Mr. S. D. Ebneter, Regional Administrator Mr. .T. A. Reed, Licensing Project Manager, NRR Mr. R. F. Aiello, Senior Resident Inspector, Vogtle l

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ENCLOSURE

-1 V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT.- UNIT 1 NRC NOTICE OF VIOLATION 50-424/90-05-01 AND GPC RESPONSE-J

' Technical Specification 3.4.1.4.2.c, requires that, in Mode 5 with reactor-i coolant loops not filled, Reactor Makeup _ Water Storage Tank discharge valves,.

1-1208-U4-175, 176, 177, and 183 be closed and-secured in position.

Contrary to the above, on February 26, 1990, with Unit 1 in Mode 5 and'RCS level.  ;

at 195 feet 5 inches, valve 1-1208-U4-176 was closed but was not mechanically i secured in the closed position.

This a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I)".-

RESPONSE TO VIOLATION 50-424/90-05-01 Admission or Denial of the Violation:

The violation occurred as stated.

Reason for the Violation. 4 As stated in the Notice of Violation, Technical Specification 3.4.1.4.2.c.

requires the subject valve to be closed and secured in positk. . Similarly. .

Technical Specification (TS) 3.6.1.7 requires the 24-inch containment purge  ;!

supply and exhaust isolation valves to be closed and sealed closed. The bases  :

for TS 3.6.1.7 state that sealed closed isolation valves are isolation' valves'- ,

- under administrative control to assure they cannot be inadvertently opened. zThe administrative controls, which constituted the locked valve policy, permitted-clearance " hold tags" to be utilized to secure small' valves which cannot.

feasibly be locked. However, Surveillance Requirement 4.4.1.4.2.2, requires the ,

subject valve to be secured in position by mechanical stops, Therefore; the' -

administrative controls were less than adequate which resulted .in the' violation.

i l Corrective Steos Which Have Been Taken and the Results Achieved:  ;

The subject valve was wired-in th' e closed position to provide a " mechanical '

l stop" as required by Surveillance Requirement 4.4.1.4.2.2.

Corrective Steos Which Will Be Taken To Avoid Further Violations:

l To preclude any further violations, the following corrective steps will be taken:  !

o The locked valve procedure will be revised by 9-15-90, to eliminate utilization of a " hold tag" on valves that are required by the Technical ,

Specifications to be secured in position.

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V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT.- UNIT 1 NRC NOTICE OF VIOLATION 50-424/90-05-01 AND GPC RESPONSE i

l o A review of valves which are required by 'the Technical Specifications to~ )

be secured will be performed by 9-15-90 to ensure a locking mechanism isi i t in ' pl ace. -  ;

I o Any valve found by this review which is. presently secured by hold tags '

and is required to be secured by the Technical Specifications:will be' provided with an appropriate locking mechanism. This action hill be l completed by 9-15-90. -l l'

l Date When Full Comoliance Will Be Achieved: ,

t Full compliance was achieved with the crimping of a steel ~ cable through the i l drilled holes in the valve handle to mechanically. secure the subject valve. .

l This was accomplished on February 26, 1990. ':

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l Director, Office of Enforcement U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ,

ATTN: Document Control Desk '

Washington, D. C. 20555 i Gentlemen: j V0GTLE-ELECTRIC GENERATING-PLANT REPLY T0 NOTICE 0F VIOLATION AND a PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF civil PENALTY i

Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201, Georgia Power Company (GPC) hereby submits the-enclosed information in response to NRC violation.50-424/90-11 and.50-425/90-Il ~

as a result of an inspection conducted by Mr. A.. Tillman on- April 30 May 1, 1990. In the enclosure, a transcription of the NRC violation precedes GPC's t

response, in addition to the enclosure, a check in the amount of- 550,000lis enclosed lin-f response to the civil penalty.  :

l Please contact this office if you have any questions.

Sincerely, Isl. . 'llE~ i l W. G. Hairston, 111 WGH,III/AFS/gm i

Enclosure:

Violation Response and Check c(w): Georaia Power Comoany Mr. C. K. McCoy Mr. G. Bockhold, Jr. l Mr. R. M. Odom '.

Mr. P. D. Rushton NORMS

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1LL Nuclear Reaulatory Commission Mr. S. D. Ebneter, Regional Administrator Mr. T. A. Reed, Licensing Project Manager, NRR  ;

Mr. B. R. Bonser, Senior Resident inspector, Vogtle An

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ENCLOSURE V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT - UNITS 1 AND 21  !

NRC NOTICE OF VIOLATION 50-424/90-11 AND 50-425/90-11 AND GPC RESPONSE l

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'During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on April-- '

30- May 1,1990, a violation of NRC requirements was -identified. In' accordance with the " General Statement of' Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1990), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposes to impose a civil penalty pursuant to Section 234 of the Atomic Energy l Act of 1954, as-amended (Act), 42 U.S.C. 2282, and.10:CFR 2.205. The_particular '

1 l violation and associated civil penalty _are set forth below-e )

10 CFR 73.21(a) requires, in part, that_ Safeguards Information be- j

' protected against unauthorized disclosure.  ;

3 10 CFR 73.21(d)(2) requires, in part,:that while unattended, safeguards j information shall be stored in a locked. security _ storage. container, \

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The licensee's Administrative Procedure No. 00650-C,'Safegu'ards: .

i information Control, Figure 4, Letter of Instruction', specifies that when l not in use, safeguards information shall be stored in-a steel cabinet' with ,

a locking bar and a U. S. General Services Administration (GSA) approved padlock or in a GSA approved security container, ,

Contrary to the above, on April 25,-1990, an employee of the licensee discovered a safeguards information storage cabinet containing approximately 140 safeguards information documents, including the site

Physical Security and Contingency Plan, unsecured and unattended. l This is a Severity Level III violation (Supplement _Ill)."- J RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION 50-424/90-11 AND 50-425/90-11~

Admission or Denial of the Violation:

i The violation occurred as stated.

I Reason for the Violation: a As stated in the Notice of Violation, plant personnel failed to implement -

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guidance provided in Administrative Procedure 00650-C which resulted in a^ _

l safeguards information storage cabinet being unsecured and unattended. The reason for the violation was attributed to personnel error.

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' NRC NOTICE OF VIOLATION 50-424/90-11 AND 50-425/90-11 AND GPC RESPONSE Corrective Steos Which Have Been Taken and the Results Achieved.

i The following corrective actions were initiated:

1) A complete audit of the contents of the safeguards information container.

was performed. This audit accounted.for all assigned safeguards i information documents. The unassigned.. safeguards information has been t

properly dispositioned.

2) The individual involved with the event'was disciplined in accordance with Vogtle's Positive Discipline Program. 4 Additional corrective measures taken not specifically.related to the' cited' violation are as follows;

1) An interoffice correspondence was sent to VEGP site and> Corporate office employees emphasizing the following:

o importance of- controlling safeguards information.-

1 o requesting personnel to search and certify'that they have no uncontrolled safeguards information material in their: personal work areas and homes. This certificat_ ion was-. completed by VEGP.siteiand Corporate office employees on July-5, 1990.

o proper method for storing safeguards information.

o proper method for mailing and receiving safeguards information..

o actions to take if any safeguards information does not meet the criteria established in Administrative Procedure 00650-C, and '

VHS-AP-26, " Safeguards Information Control."

2) Safeguards information containers on site were centralized to Document Control, Security, and Quality Assurance offices. These containers were centralized as of May 18, 1990. Corporate office safeguards information- 1 containers were already centralized in Corporate Document. Control before-t this violation occurred. .

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V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT - UNITS 1 AND 2:

NRC NOTICE OF V10LATION'50-424/90-11'AND 50-425/90-11 AND GPC RESPONSE'

3) A review is being performed of. historical records in Corporate office-files. To date, four reference documents dated April-1982, have been located which were marked safeguards information and had not'been properly controlled. One-of these documents is considered to be significant., These documents have nou been secured. .

E The NRC was notified of this safeguards information contro1 incident on July 23,1990.

Other items which may'be discovered during this on going review of l

safeguards information control. willibe reported to the NRC. in an  ;

supplemental repor.t.

4) The VEGP Architect / Engineer Design Organizations were also directed to implement the same interoffice correspondence: certifying safeguards-information control by their respective employees.

Both organizations reported that the applicable employees had certified that their assigned safeguards information documents were-( 1 properly controlled and that they were familiar with the requirements l

for proper handling of safeguards information' documents per their-  :

respective safeguards information control procedure. e

5) Due to our increased sensitivity to safeguards information control after-the cited violation, the VEGP Safety Audit and Engineering Review Department was requested to place special emphasis on safeguards '

information control in their annual audits. Therefore, during-a recent annual audit'of one of the Architect / Engineer Design Organizations utilized by the licensee, possible programmatic problems with safeguards information control and reportability were discovered. The audit revealed inventory log problems and an unsecured safeguards 'information container incident lasting for approximately 35. minutes on November 29, 1989 which had not been reported to the licensee for reportability'and security system compromise-significance due to lack of procedural guidance. This unsecured safeguards information container event was.  ;

reported by the licensee to the NRC on' July 23, 1990.

The Corrective Steos That Will Be Taken'To Avoid Further Violations:

The results of these corrective actions have precipitated further review of <l safeguards information document control procedures for deficiencies in control or reportability at all applicable offsite organizations.

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V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT - UNITS 1 AND 2 NRC NOTICE OF VIOLATION 50-424/90-11 AND 50-425/90-11 AND GPC Resp 0NSE Results of this review to date have identified several enhancements which are' y being implemented:

o Licensee requirement that offsite organizations- add procedural-guidelines to report any suspected compromise of. safeguards information This-to the licensee immediately for determination of reportability.

J will be completed by September 1, 1990.

o Licensee direction given to offsite organizations to limit' access to:

i safeguards information containers. This will- be: completed by September 1, 1990, ,

o Licensee requirement that offsite organizations inventory the contents of safeguards information containers and maintain logs of access:in-the~

future. This will be complete by September 1.1990. 'l o The requirement that offsite organizations assign a Security / Safeguards- i information coordinator to be responsible for safeguards information '

container logs. This will be complete by September 1,1990.

o Licensee direction.to offsite organizations to develop and implement guidelines to assure "in-progress" security design: change request working packages are properly controlled. This will' be complete by q September 1, 1990.

o A review of archived security records to verify historical security documents have been properly dispositioned. This will bef complete by -

October 1, 1990.

A supplementary report will be provided to the NRC.by October'31, 1990 summarizing the completion of this review and necessary. corrective actions-  ;

taken.

The Date When Full Como11ance Will Be Achieved:

Full compliance for the noted violation was achieved on April 25, 1990 with completion of the unsecured safeguards information container audit and securing of the container.

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