ML20041E259

Clarifies Onsite Staffing Projections Discussed at 820204 Meeting

ML20041E259
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Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	02/15/1982
From:	Koch L ILLINOIS POWER CO.
To:	James Keppler, Peschel J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ILLINDIS POWER COMPANY IP CLINTON POWER STATION R.R. #3 BOX 220, CLINTON, IL 61727 February 15, 1982

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Mr. James 3. Keppler gggp7 Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ,kf / D'bESTI Region III o ogpgos yge'gy 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 i Attention: Mr. Jim Peschel

Dear Mr. Keppler:

With respect to your staffs meeting with Mr. T. F. Plunkett on February 4,1982 concerning onsite staffing projections at Clinton Power Station, the following items of clarification are presented:

PLANT OPERATIONS

• Although we are committed to five shift coverage plus an additional shift and assistant shift supervisor, Illinois Power Company (IPC) has authorized and is staffing to the six shift complement. Our. reason for this is quite basic, in order to insure five' shift coverage at all times, additional personnel must be.

fully trained and available, hence the sixth shift.

• The presently authorized plant operations staff comple-ment of 52 does not include any authorizations for the-Utility Man Operations position (entrance level position -

for the plant operations staff). We estimate that the staffing level in this position will be in the six to ~

twelve man range. The staffing level in this position will by necessity, always be variable with primary dependence on our graduating classes from the:Richland Community College Nuclear Power Generation curriculum.

• The Plant operations staff also includes an additional two Control Room Operator positions (R0 licensed) over and above the eighteen required for six shift staffing.

The reason for this is to doubly insure we have the needed number of licensed operators available at'all times to fully support our goal of safe and reliable operation.

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page 2 RADIATION PROTECTION /RADWASTE/ CHEMISTRY

• IPC has chosen to have a separate group of personnel responsible for all rad waste activities. Previous experience of CPS plant staff personnel at other installations indica;ed that many of the problems in the industry related to rad waste handling and shipping can be avoided by having one group totally responsible for this activitiy. IPC has dedicated eleven personnel to this activity with twenty-four hour-a-day coverage.

• The area of Radiation Protection presently has an authorized staffing of twenty-two. This includes a Technical Analyst who is primarily responsible for processing TLD's and dosimetry records. To insure we start plant operations with an experienced staff, we have and are now taking the Radiation Protection personnel with applicable navy nuclear experience but no previous commercial experience and offering them to contractors that supply radiation protection personnel to other utilities during refuelings. This practice

-provides us with personnel who have the benefit of observing and participating in a broad spectrum of refuelings/startups. IPC will continue this practice as long as practicable. In summary, IPC feels that with its experienced radiation protection management and with the experience we are giving our technicians at other plants, we will have the necessary trained staff of radiation protection specialists at initial core load.

TRAINING

• IPC believes that a strong plant training program requires a combination of a designated training staff to cover such items as licensed operator training, general employee training, fire protection training, etc. and department training to cover the detailed specifics of the technical aspects of a given discipline. For example, IPC does not believe that the detailed calibration of approximately thirty-three different types of instruments can be success-

,- fully taught by a designated training department or that approximately one hundred and ten laboratory procedures can be successfully taught by a designated training department. We wish to emphasize that we understand the difficulty of maintaining a good department training pro-gram under operating plant conditions. To insure our department training meets the standards we have set, monitoring of the various department's training is required by the plant 's training staff along with prior approval by the.. Training Supervisor of all department training plan ~s on a quarterly basis. Written evaluations of the various department s training programs are prepared annually

-by the Training Supervisor, and forwarded to plant and corporate management.

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• It should be noted that IPC is currently assisting the INPO staff in development of training programs for other than licensed operator training. This assistance is being provided in the areas o~ general employee training, radiological protection and chemistry training and in all areas of maintenance (mechanical, electrical and controls and instruments). IPC also developed a program, which has been functioning for over two years, with Richland Community College. This program provides academic training for existing and potential nuclear power plant personnel in the areas of operations, radiation protection, electrical and control and instrumentation. We are an active participant in the Richland Community College program by providing. instructors, tuition scholarships, curriculum development and student counseling. In short, IPC understands the work and planning required to have a strong training progrcm and has taken the lead in insuring this type of training program exists.

• As indicated previously to your staff in October, 1981 IPC fully understands that the existing staffing of our central training group of six personnel is not adequate. We project that our eventual staffing needs for this group will be in the ten - twelve range not including simulator software and hardware support.

MAINTENANCE

• In your evaluation of staffing levels in the Maintenance area we wish to point out that machinist and welders can and will be utilized as repairman.

• Our staffing level of eighteen C&I technicians is considered acceptable by experienced IPC personnel. However, we recognize that the eventual surveillance requirements of our Technical Specifications may require additional staffing in the C&I area. The possible need for additional staffing will be evaluated as the Technical Specifications become finalized prior to receipt of an Operating License.

• The staffing level of six personnel in Stores is con-sidered adequate particulary considering that the receipt inspection function has been removed from their responsibility.

TECHNICAL

• The designated staffing level of nineteen personnel in the Technical Department should be considered in the context of total technical support for CPS. For example, the Nuclear Station Engineering Department (NSED) will have stationed on site at any one time approximately twenty-five percent (-20 personnel) of its staff. These personnel are available to support the Plant Manager if he deems necessary. The remainder of the NSED staff is

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page 4 j located approximately twenty-five miles from the plant site and is also available to support plant operations as requested by the Plant Manager.

• IPC agrees that the designated staffing of four grad-unte engineers in the Nuclear Section of the Technical

Department probably is not adequate. The authorization level has been increased to six.

• As we near the end of the construction phase, selected IPC personnel will be transferred from IPC construction to the plant staff. These personnel will form a plant modification (installation / testing) organization and will report to the Technical Supervisor. This plant 1 modification organization will function as long as needed and will consist of approximately fifteen personnel.

• The staffing of results engineering cannot be accurately  :

forecasted at this time. IPC has to evaluate any duties j that may be performed by the Independent Safety Engineering Group and the Shift Technical Advisors that would normally be performed by the results engineers. This evaluation will be completed nine months before core load.

• In summary, when taking into account the NSED staff onsite and the plant modification organization that will be assigned to Technical, the direct technical support staffing level will total fifty-six personnel. i l OTHER

• In addition to the onsite staffing indicated above, the

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QA/QC organization presently projects an onsite staffing level of approximately thirty personnel. ,

• To insure the effectiveness of the Supervisor Training, he will report directly to the Plant Manager.

• At the request of your staff, IPC will ammend the FSAR i as follows: "Clinton Power Station will have on shift one experienced individual from fuel load to 100% p'ower operation or for one year, whichever occurs later.

t As of this date, taking into account the Utility Man Operations i

positions, additional training personnel, two additional i

nuclear engineers, utilization of onsite NSED personnel and the plant modification group, we estimate an onsite staffing (not including the contract security guard force) between '

296 and 304 personnel. Including onsite QA/QC personnel, the total onsite staffing would be between 326 and 334. I i

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. 2/15/82 page 5 trust the above information which Mr. Plunkett discussed with your staff will clarify any concerns you had regarding IPC's intent to staff and support Clinton Power Station.

Sincerely, ku W^ fo < l 3. Koch L. J. Koch, Vice President Illinois Power Company LJK:TFP/cw