ML20080A297
| ML20080A297 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 10/13/1994 |
| From: | Keiser H ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC. |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| CON-#494-15825 93-680, OLA, NUDOCS 9411010012 | |
| Download: ML20080A297 (9) | |
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.pggg T@.ATED CORRESPONDENCE DOCKETED UStBC ONITED STATES OF AMERICA NCOLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 94 ET 18 P4 :05 BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD ,
O F F i u..f , , ~ ' r ' ; r p R YY o"r DUCn< @c j y In the Matter of ) Docket No,=50-458-OLA Gulf Statec Utilities Co., et al. ) ASLBP No.93-680 (River Bend Station, Unit 1) )
GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSES TO CAJUN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.'S SECOND SET OF INTERROGATORIES DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 1994 The Respondents, Gulf States Utilities Company (" Gulf States") and Entergy Operations, Inc. ("Entergy Operations")
supplement their responses to the Second Set of Interrogatories propounded by Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (" Cajun") as follows. Pursuant to General Instruction "E", the names of the individuals responsible for providing the responses follow each response.
2-6. Identify employees of GSU, its agents or consultants who met with Entergy, its employees, EOI, EOI employees, their contractors, or any tier of subcontractor, with regard to any safety matter, stating the place and date of the ;
meeting, the names of all individuals present, a detailed description of the specific safety matters discussed, the resolution of such safety matters, the contribution of Cajun to the discussion or resolution of such safety matters, and any follow-up by GSU with regard to such safety matters. Identify all documents prepared by GSU associated with such issues.
RESPONSE
Beginning in September 1993, in contemplation of the Gulf ,
States /Entergy merger, certain employees of Entergy Operations 1
l were transferred to River Bend. Two of these employees became officers of Gulf States, and others remained employees of Entergy 1660 21751 tv P141016 (18 9411010012 941013 PDR ADOCK 05000458 35#3 l g PDR
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Operations. Please see Attachment A for a list of the Entergy Operations employees who were transferred to River Bend between !
September 1, 1993 and December 31, 1993, the date the merger was consummated. Also during this period, other Entergy employees periodically visited River Bend in an advisory role or to assist plant management with specific tasks.
During the period between September 1, 1993 and December 31, 1993, there were meetings on a daily basis, which included people from both Gulf States and Entergy Operations, to discuss the issues or problems at River Bend, their underlying causes and long-term corrective action. These issues, their causes, and the proposed corrective action are set forth in the River Bend Near Term Performance Improvement Plan and the Long .
1 Term Performance Improvement Plan, copies of which are provided )
t with this response. Neither Gulf States nor Entergy Operations is aware of a record of the various meetings that took place, the i
people who attended such meetings, or the issues that were !
l discussed, other than the issues set forth in the Near Term l
Performance Improvement Plan and the Long Term Performance Improvement Plan or in other plant documents such as condition i reports or NRC inspection reports, which are available to Cajun l for inspection at the River Bend plant site.
l The Gulf States /Entergy merger was consummated on !
December 31, 1993. At that time, all employees of Gulf States I
and Entergy Operations at the site who were associated with the '
operation of River Bend became employees of Entergy Operations.
There are no Gulf States employees assigned to the River Bend 1560 21751 fv l'141015 E18 1 1
site. Since December 31, 1993, operational issues at River Bend have been discussed between Entergy Operations and Gulf States senior management in periodic meetings, by telephone, and in Board of Directors meetings. The type of operational issues discussed and their resolution are set forth in the provided Long Term Performance Improvement Plan or in plant documents such as condition reports, outage reports or NRC inspections or correspondence which are available to Cajun for inspection at the River Bend plant site. No documents were found that were prepared by Gulf States which discuss the specifics of such issues.
H. W. Keiser 2-15. Identify the Institute for Nuclear Power Operation ("INPO")
meetings GSU is presently permitted to attend and identify the INPO documents to which GSU presently has access.
RESPONSE
The type of INPO meetings include the following:
- 1) A number of meetings are held at the plant site in connection with the formal INPO Evaluation.
i) The formal exit meeting with the utility executives.
ii) Informal working level meeting between INPO representatives and plant personnel. The primary purpose of these meetings is to ensure that the preliminary observations of the INPO Team are {
factually accurate. The meetings are designed to encourage open discussions and exchange of information, and for this reason, INPO limits attendance both in terms of the level of management 1550 21751 f e ri ,on e involved and the number of people in attendance.
Typical only those people with functional responsibility for an issue are in attendance. The Plant Manager's Debrief is an example of this type of working level meeting.
- 2) Meetings in connection with INPO assist visits - INPO assist visits may or may not have a meeting associated with them. If an exit meeting is held by INPO, it is usually !
with the plant department head who requested the meeting.
l Gulf States may attend the formal INPO Evaluation exit meeting. f Interim, working level meetings between INPO and certain plant -
employees in connection with the INPO evaluation process and INPO assist visit exit meetings would not be attend by Gulf States '
unless its attendance was important to the purpose of the meeting.
i The frilowing types of technical documents are generated by INPO !
with the purpose of providing information or guidance to its member utilities and participants. '
(1) Criteria - documents that contain generally accepted performance objectives appropriate to the safe and reliable operation of a nuclear station, with a number of supporting i
l criteria for each objective. The performance objectives !
1 are broad in scope and generally cover a single, well-defined management or technical area. The supporting i criteria are more narrow in scope and generally describe a i
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specific activity (or activities) that support a performance objective.
(2) Guidelines - documents containing INPO recommendations covering selected areas of nuclear plant management and operation.. Guidelines are categorized into management and technical areas as appropriate. A guideline may be the result of a study of a given area or may be principally a compilation of good practices identified through evaluations or through other INPO activities.
(3) Good Practices - documents developed from programs of member utilities and/or from INPO's collective experience.
It is recognized that other programs and methods may be as good or better. Accordingly, good practices describe programs and methods intended to be helpful in meeting applicable INPO performance objectives and are offered as assistance to member utilities that feel their programs or methods could be improved by using all or part of a good practice.
(4) Reports - documents pertaining to a generic study, reporting the results of INPO activities or INPO spanacred activities, including Significant Operating Experience Reports (SOERs). The SOER is used to transmit INPO recommendations to the industry on a significant problem area. The SOER normally will describe several events that highlight the subject concern.
(5) Conference Proceedings - produced for the Chief Executive Officers Conferences.
1550 21751 fv ei4 tois ne (6) Manuals - convenient compendia of data or other information of wide usefulness to INPO's member utilities and participants.
(7) Program Descriptions - documents that present an overview of an INPO-sponsored project or program. They describe the !
various elements of the plan or program.
(8) INPO Evaluation Report - A formal evaluation report setting forth the results of the INPO evaluation of the plant's performance. This report is issued by INPO as " Restricted Distribution" and is not to be distributed to third parties or to be made public without the written consent of INPO or
'as may be required by law.
(9) General INPO correspondence which contains general information such as meeting notices.
(10) INPO also maintains several computer databases which can be queried by utilities in order to get industry operating 4 information. Nuclear Network provides a Question / Answer bulletin board-type service in addition to providing summaries of industry occurrences of general interest.
NPRDS provides information on various equipment failures in l the industry. i (11) INPO Assist Visit Reports - If the utility requests INPO to l visit the plant site to assist it in a particular area, a report is usually prepared by INPO setting forth the results of that visit.
Gulf States has access to all INPO documents.
H. W. Keiser isso 20si s ri ,ois os l
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF l-} 6h)
The preceding supplemental interrogatory responses were prepared under my direction and the matters and facts contained herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
DATED this the 13th day of October, 1994.
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k 4 H. W. KEISER,'Exedutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Entergy Operations, Inc. l Sworn to and subscribed before me, the undersigned authority in and for the said county and state. Witness my signature and official of office on this the 13 % day of October, 1994.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, DOUGLAS E. LEVANWAY, do hereby certify that I have this day caused to be mailed by United States Mail, postage prepaid, a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document to:
B. Paul Cotter, Jr., Esquire Chairman, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. Richard F. Cole cy g Atomic Safety and Licensing Board om .
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sh 2 Washington, D.C. 20555 n rm c3 Dr. Peter S. Lam Y h ~.'
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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wadnington, D.C. 20555 Marian L. Zobler, Esquire Ann P. Hodgdon, Esquire Mitzi A. Young, Esquire Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 James D. Pembroke, Esquire Thomas L. Rudebusch, Esquire Duncan, Weinberg, Miller & Pembroke, P.C.
1615 M. Street, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036 Victor J. Elmer Vice President - Operations Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
10719 Airline Highway Baton Rouge, LA 70895 Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esquire Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20005-3602 DATED this the !!'dayofOctober, 1994. ,
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ENTERGY EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS TO RIVER BEND NAAIE DEPARThlENT TITLE DATE TRANSFERRED FROM Harold W. Keiser Executive VP Senior Vice President-Gulf States 9/17/93 ECHELON John R. NicGaha, Jr. Executive Vice President-Operations 9/17/93 ECHELON .
James J. Fisicaro SA & QV Director, Nuclear Safety 9/20/93 ANO Iloward B. Ilutchens Plant Staff / Security Supt, Plant Security 9/20/93 ANO Niichael B. Sellman Plant Staff General N1anager, Plant Ops 9/20/93 ANO Early C. Ewing Plant Staff /Nf aintenance Nianager, Plant Alaintenance 10/8/93 ANO Theodore R. Leonard Engineering Director, Engineering 11/29/93 W F-3 Newton J. Spitzfaden System / Human Resources Nfanager, Human Resources 12/6/93 ECHELON Otto P. Bulich SA & QV Nfanager, Licensing 12/13/93 W F-3 Ilarry Keiser assumed the role of Senior Vice President for Gulf States Utilities responsible for nuclear operations.
John N1cGaha became an employee of Gulf States Utilities.
All others remained EOI employees.
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