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Informs NRC of Status of Mods Being Performed to Address Human Engineering Discrepancies (Heds) Identified in Crdr Summary Rept Submitted on 851230.Supplemental Summary Rept Will Be Submitted in Jul 1987 Addressing Remedial Actions
ML17261A528
Person / Time
Site: Ginna Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 06/22/1987
From: KOBER R W
ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To: STAHLE C
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
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NUDOCS 8707010156
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REGULATORYRNATIONDlSTRIBUTlQNSYS'l(RIDS)ACCESSIONNBR:8707010156DOC.DATE:87/06/22NOTARIZED:NODOCKET0FACIL50-244RobertEmmetQinnaNuclearPlantiUnitiiRochesterG05000244AUD<.MANEAUTHORAFFILIATIONKOHEN'.W.RochesterQas8cElectricCorp.RECIP.MANERECIPIENTAFFILIATION:STAHLE>C.DocumentControlBranch(DocumentControlDesk)

SUBJECT:

InformsNRCofstatusofmodsbeingperformedtoaddresshumanengineeringdiscrepancies(HEDs)identifiedinCRDR.Utilfound252outof477HEDsrequiringremedialaction.DIBTRIBUTIONCODE:ADDEDCOPIEBRECEIVED:LTRJENCL+SIZE:TITLE:OR/LicensingSubmittal:Suppl1toNUREG-0737(GenericLtr82-33)NOTES:LicenseExpdateinaccordanceeithlOCFR2i2.109'(9/19/72).05000244RECIPIENTIDCODE/MANEPD1-3LASTAHLEeCINTERNAL:ADLFNBFILE01EXTERNAL:LPDRNSICCQPIESLTTRENCLRECIPIENTIDCODE/MANEPD1-3PDNRR/DLPG/HFBRESDEPYGINRCPDRCOPIESLTTRENCL8TOTALNUMBEROFCOPIESREQUIRED:LTTR16ENCL tl1 ROCHESTERGASANDELECTRICCORPORATIONo89EASTAVENUE,ROCHESTER,N.Y.14649-gggfROGERW.KOBERvieosesioewveLECTRKPRODVCTlOHJune22,1987YCLepHoNcARCACooe7II55462700U.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionDocumentControlDeskAttn:Mr.CarlStahlePWRProjectDirectorateNo.1Washington,D.C.20555

Subject:

ControlRoomDesignReview(CRDR)StatusR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDocketNo.50-244

DearMr.Stahle:

Thepurposeofthisletteristoinformyouofthestatusofmodificationsbeingperformedtoaddresshumanengineeringdiscrepancies(HEDs)identifiedintheGinnaControlRoomDesignReview(CRDR)SummaryReportsubmittedtotheCommissionbyaletterdatedDecember30I1985.Fourhundredandseventy-seven(477)HEDsweregeneratedduringthecourseoftheCRDRreview.Ofthese>twohundredandfifty-two(252)weredeclaredbytheRGGECRDRCommitteetorequireremedialaction.Remedialactionvariedineffortfrommajormodifications(e.g.iremovalofthe115kVpanelfromthecontrolroomiinstallationofanewplantprocesscomputerandSafetyAssessmentSystem>installationofanewcontrolroomlightingsystemiandincorporationofacompletemaincontrolboardenhancementprogram)totrainingoftheoperatorsinsuchmattersastheplantcommunicationsystemandtheuseoftheemergencyoperatingproceduresonthenewplantspecificsimulator.Inadditiontothe252HEDsthatrequiredremedialaction,approximately110HEDsisuchasthosethataddressedcontrolroomalarmsicontrollersrannunciatordesigniadditionofparameterstotheplantprocesscomputer>indicatorscalesiandannunciatortiledesignandlayoutiweretohavefurtherstudiesperformedforultimatere-reviewanddispositionbytheCRDRCommittee.Originallyrthelastofthesestudieswastobecompletedin1988/howeverrattheurgingoftheNRCStaff>thesestudieswereacceleratedandhavenowbeencompleted.TheresultswillbereportedalongwithadditionalinformationrequestedbytheStaffinasupplementalCRDRreporttobesubmittedinJuly1987.8707010156870622PDRADQCN05000244PPDR

<<(gWt TheremainingHEDs<whichdidnotrequirefurtherevaluationorrequireremedialaction<wereclassifiedbytheCRDRCommitteeasrequiring"noaction"foravarietyofreasons.Todate,ofthe252action-requiredHEDs>51remainopen>mostofwhicharescheduledforcompletionbyearly1988.However>forvariousreasons<includingtheacceleratedscheduleforcompletingevaluations<sometasksthatwereexpectedtobecompletedatthistimearenotyetcomplete.Thefollowingisadiscussionofthosetasksthathavenotbeencompletedasscheduledincludingrescheduledcompletiondates.SeveralHEDsaddressedindividualproblemswithcontrolboardindicatorscales.Theproblemswerenumerousenoughtowarrantastudyofindicatingscalesingeneraltodetermineauniformapproachtotheproblem.Inperformingthestudy<ourcommitmentwasexpandedfromapproximately10scalestoapproximately70newindicatorscales.InstallationofthenewscaleshadoriginallybeenplannedtobecompletedbyApril1987.However<deliveryofthenewexpandedlistofscalesisnowexpectedtobeinAugust1987.Barringanyunforeseendelay<installationwillbecomp-letedinSeptember1987.A"select"zonebandingprogramforsafetyrelatedindicatorswillbeimplementeduponcompletionofthenewscaleinstallations.Rheostatplatesforemergencydieselgeneratorautomaticvoltagecontrolweretobeinstalledduringtherefuelingoutageof1987aspartofthemanycontrolboardchangesmadeinthepaint<labelandtapeprogram.TheseplatesaretobeidenticaltothoselocatedonarecentlyinstalledlocaldieselgeneratorcontrolpanelandareexpectedtobedeliveredinJune1987,atwhichtimetheywillbeinstalled.SeveralHEDsaddressedthelackoflabelingandtheunconven-tionalindicatormovementofFoxborocontrollers.Ouroriginalcommitmentwastocompletealabelingprogramforthecontrollersduringthe1987springoutage.TheARDCorporationperformedacontrollerstudywhichresultedinseverallabelingsuggestions.Inaddition>I6Cpersonnelinves'-tigatedanalternativesolutiontotheunconventionalindicatormovementwhichconsistedofreplacingthepresentcontrollersonaone-for-onebasiswithanewcontroller.Oneofthenewcontrol-lerswasmockedupinacontrollooptoprovidetheOperatorsanopportunitytobecomefamiliarwithitscharacteristics.TheOperatorsfoundthenewcontrollertobeunacceptable<andfromahumanfactorsstandpoint>itwasunreasonablycomplicated.Forexample>sinceeachcontrollerhasaselfcontainedmicroprocessor'ixcontrolpushbuttonsandthreescalesarelocatedonthefaceofthecontroller.AllscalesandpushbuttonsarerequiredbyISCtechniciansforprogrammingbutonlysomeofthepushbuttonsandallscalesarerequiredbytheoperatorsforcontrol.Basedon

~"JAl4-I4hi theseresults~itwasconcludedthattheappropriateactionistomodifythepresentcontrollersassuggestedbytheARDstudy<labelshavebeenorderedandareexpectedtobedeliveredinJuneof1987.InstallationistobecompletedbyJulyof1987.OneHEDaddressedpushbuttoncolorcodingandwasthoughttobeminorinnature.However>uponreviewingallHEDsinprepar-ationforaSupplementalReportsubmittal<thereviewofthisHEDrevealedthattheGinnapushbuttoncolorcoding"convention"wasnotallencompassing.Amorecomprehensive"convention"isbeingestablished.ThisHEDwillbecorrectedduringthe1988refuelingshutdownsincecorrectiveactionwillrequiremodificationtoseveralfunctioninitiationpushbuttons.Ifyouhaveanycommentsorquestions<concerningourCRDRprogram>RG&Estaffmembersareavailabletodiscusstheprogramwithyou.Vertrulyyours>RogerN.Kober

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