ML20058P068

Package Consisting of Attachment to Employee Concerns Program

ML20058P068
Person / Time
Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	09/09/1993
From:	Neil Perry NRC
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NUDOCS 9312230030
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3,r Attachment EMPLOYFF CONCERNS PROGRAhtS l

PLANT NAME: Limerick Generating Station LICENSEE: Philadelohin Electric Co.

DOCKET #: 50-352/50-353 A.

PROGRAM:

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Does the licensee have an employee concerns program? Yes 2.

Has NRC inspected the program? Report # N/A No.

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SCOPE:

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Is it for:

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Technical? Yes b.

Administrative? Yes c.

Personnelissues? Yes 2.

Does it cover safety as well as non-safety issues? Yes t

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Is it designed for:

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Nuclear safety? Yes b.

Personal safety? Yes Personnel issues - including union grievances? Yes _

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Does the program apply to all licensee employees? Yes

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Contractors? Yes j

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Does the licensee require its contractors and their subs to have a similar.

program? No

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Does the licensee conduct an exit interview upon terminating employees '

asking if they have any safety concems?

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INDEPENDENCE:

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What is the title of the person in charge?

Director, Nuclear Quality Assumnce 2.

Who do they report to? Senior Vice Pirrident 3.

Are they independent ofline management? Yes 4.

Does the ECP use third party consultants? Yes 5.

How is a concern about a manager or vice president followed up? No i

differently than any other.

D.

RESOURCES:

1.

What is the size of the staff devoted to this program?

There is no fonnal gmuy designatedfor the ECP. The Director, Nuclear Quality Assumnce, is responsiblefor the implementation of the pmgmm. A pool ofinten'iewers and investigators is available to the Director, Nuclear Quality Assumace. Bis poolincludes QA l

Inspectors, the Independent Sqfety En:ineering Gmup, Engineering, Corpomte Security, and vendor representatives.

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What are ECP staff qualifications (technical training, interviewing training, investigator training, other)7 Noformal twining is itquired; however, all have received some formaltmining. Selection ofindividuals is based on experience, persons backgmund, and the spectfic issue.

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REFERRALS:

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Who has followup on concems (ECP staff, line management, other)7 Director, Nuclear Quality Assurance i

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CONFIDENTIALITY:

1.

Are the reports confidential? Yes 2.

Who is the identity of the alleger made known to (senior management, ECP staff, line management, other)?

i Interviewer and Director, Nuclear Quality Assumnce; Se~cretary (has potential access).

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Can employees be:

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Anonymous? Yes b.

Report by phone? Yes G.

FEEDBACK:

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Is feedback given to the alleger upon completion of the followup? Yes

- telephone, registered letter at both 2.

Does program reward good ideas? Yes 3.

Who, or at what level, makes the final decision of resolution?

Director, Nuclear Quality Assumnce 4.

Are the resolutions of anonymous concems disseminated?

No 5.

Are resolutions of valid concerns publicized (newsletter, bulletin board, all hands meeting, other)7 No H.

EFFECTIVENTSS:

1.

How does the licensee measure the effectiveness of the program? do not directly measure effectiveness 2.

Are concems:

a.

Trended? No b.

Used? Yes - could result in procedure / programmatic changes -

it has done that in the past 3.

In the last three years how many concerns were raised? _23__

Of the concerns raised, how many were closed? _20_

What percentage were substantiated? _f1_

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How are followup techniques used to measure effectiveness (random survey, interviews, other)1 Nuclear Quality Assumnce has perfonned se{f-assessments, otherwise, no.

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How frequently are internal audits of the ECP conducted and by whom7 Since 1988 one has been done by Limerick Qual:ty Division, i

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L ADMINISTRATION / TRAINING:

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Is ECP prescribed by a procedure? Yes 2.

How are employees, as well as contractors,' made aware of this program (traming, newsletter, bulletin board, other)?

Genem! Employee Tmining (GEI), bulletin boardpostings.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

(Including characteristics which make the program especially effective, if any.)

NAME:

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Neil Perry / Sr. Resident insoector / 215-327-1344 DATE COMPLETED: September 9.1993

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