ML20245K023

Responds to 890516 Request for Meeting W/Nrc & Util Re Plant Safety Violation.Nrc Has Established Plant Assessment Panel, Composed of Senior NRC Managers from Region I & Headquarters Ofc,To Review Util Performance Improvement Plan

ML20245K023
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Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	06/28/1989
From:	Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Dyson R HOUSE OF REP.
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- CHAIRMAN The Honorable Roy P. Dyson United. States House of Representatives Washington, D. C. 20515

Dear Congressman Dyson:

I am responding to your letter of May 16, 1989, in which you requested a meeting with the Nuclear Regulator and Baltimore Gas.and Electric Company (BG&E) y regarding Commission your(NRC) concerns associated with continuing safety violations at the CalVeftiCliffs~ Nuclear Power Pla t. The NRC shares your concerns abbut" safety at the Calvert Cliffs facility and has taken a number of actions.to ensure resolution of the problems that have been identified. I understand that these actions were discussed with you during a June 6, 1989 meeting with our Executive Director.

for Operations and the Regional Administrator from our Region I office.

Between May 5 and May 23, 1539, the NRC issued three inspection reports associated with Calvert Cliffs. These reports emphasized

'the' continuing problems at the facility, including the procedural adherence problems that you referred to in your letter. In a letter dated May 23, 1989 (enclosure 1), BG&E committed to keep both Calvert Cliffs units in a shutdown condition until certain hardware issues have been resolved and until BG&E has corrected the root causes of the problems that have been identified in the following areas: (1) the control of system status, (2) the control of work activities, (3) the use of procedures, and (4) the control of procedure changes. The licensee has agreed to meet with NRC management to explain what has been done to correct these problems and to ensure that they will not recur, and to obtain the approval of NRC's Region I Administrator before restarting the first unit. In a Confirmatory Action Letter issued to BG&E on May 25, 1989 (enclosure 2), the NRC accepted these commitments, which will ensure that immediate short-term corrective actions are implemented prior to restart.

The Commission also believes that a longer-term effort is needed L- to fully evaluate and correct all identified weaknesses at the E

facility and that this longer-term effort can best be accomplished through BG&E's further development and implementation of its Performance Improvement Plan. Although we understand your preference for an independent audit of BG&E management, we consider it essential that our licensees remain accountable for 1-F*

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The Honorable Roy P. Dyson ti.e safe operation of their facilities, are able to assess their own shortcomings, and develop appropriate corrective actions to resolve identified problems. To ensure that BG&E has adequately assessed the root causes of identified problems and.that appro-priate corrective actions are identified, scheduled, and implemented, the NRC has established a Calvert Cliffs Assessment Panel, composed of senior.NRC managers from our Region I and headquarters offices, to review BG&E's Performance Improvement Plan. Until the Panel has completed its work, the NRC staff prefers to withhold judgment on the need for the independent audit you proposed. We will be pleased to brief you on the results of the review when it.is completed.

I hope that our comments will help resolve the concerns expressed in your May 16, 1989 letter. We will continue to keep you fully informed of activities at Calvert Cliffs.

Sincerely, SA-d4(A/. e.

Lando W. Ze ,Jr[

Enclosures:

1. BG&E Letter dated May 23,'1989

2. CAL 89-08 dated May 25, 1989 l

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May 23.1949 U 8. Nuetaar Rosalatory Commission Washlastoa. DC 20535 ATTENTION: Decament Centrol Desk

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ChTrvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit Nes.1 m- , e & 1; Doeket Nos.80-317 & $0 318

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At a meetlas held on May 10, 1999, S. J. Collies and R. A. Capra et the NRC. we stated that we weald hardware P ahsedens evaluations and edimimaamative eeresiabetween befese membe il servies. These lasses and est retorains either unit to response were discussed further by Mr, L. 3. Russell (BG&E) ca!! on May and19,Messrs.

1989.W. F. Kane and L J. %llins of the Re$les I staff is a telephee startup of the appropriate salt.Aeoordingly. thr* foupwing items wiu be eseamplished hofors T-1 Hardwars (Preserhar)

The mode of leakase of Unit 2 pressurizer posesretless will be doenrained.

the Unit 2 dem, an analysis and esaminaties, if required, will be made to detonales if the Unit I pressoriser sound esperiesse the same made of leakass a ,

whether the sales saa be safely operated. 1

2. Cassel af Syggssa Santus taprove she prosess for ideadfylas egulpensat est-af.eervios and agost states as essere that shift supervision k essaisant of the latermasion they sees se oefoly supervise the opersalesel estMsies.

Display tapest benadarles on tarinated drawings (appueshne unit sad Commen) for shift superviales revis's and use.

Reevice as ledependest review by two lieeased operators of all tagene for adequacy and appropelatseems relative se plaat conditions.

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Improve the esmerons of supplementary agost clearanges.

Netvire physical walkdowns of assias boundaries. The job superviser wul sonduct these walkeswas independently or with Taggias Authority when roguested. Lknited essept6oas wiu he prov6ded for esclusion areas sad confined spaces as determined by the job supervisor and Taggius Aetherity.

Reorganiae Safety Tassing such that the peoities of Tassing Esperviser is elevated to report directly to the Supervisor - Operations Mainassaaes Coordination (OMC).

Prohibit all tascheduled tasons from being laitiated essept these widek are permitted by the Shift Superviser or " ;::t-0MC due to the eritieml strure of the job.

3. Coment of Werk Aetivities Rodnee the levels of site work activities and ereft matroeser stafflag by approximately one third to facilitate more effective aestret of work.

teemise and prioritise near term work on the performaase leprovosest Plan and Unit osages.

Communisses to employees the work priorities and '~w ased to sentret work estivities and to adhere to prosedsret.

Scheduto jobs lavolvins more than ese work groep or the Tassias Antherity a alaimum of thru days la advanes with limited esseptions as authorised by the Superviser-OMC or Shift Supervisor. All missed work w!Il be brought to r the OMC Unit for evaluation of impact en other work sad for reachadallas.

Evaluate and implement improveness la ====whaa between Operstless shift perseasel. Tassias Anthority and the OMC Unit.

d. Procedure Use 4T4 Csatrol of Prosodsee Changes Impleaseastles of the new CCI.lO!. ' Review sad Approve' Procedures for Proposed Calvert Cuffs Procedures;" and CCI-!!1. ' Safety Tassins;" will 1 be semplete, larludies trainlag of user perseaseL For CCI-101. ** will, '

amoas other thiasc e Provide a deflaities for *ehmase et latestf o kesord the remosas for a shaase la a manner soavealent se procedure usang a Provide for a standardized review and approval prosess for i implementing procedures and their shaages, nadi

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Provide a means for h@#-- temporary changes into the master espy of the procedures se that they bosome a permaamat part of the pseesdure.

1a addition to CCI-101 changes, we will oestismo to emphasias presadore adhersaes. All significest procedure violations will have a Mamma Performance Evaluation system or similar lavestigaties performed with 16s results made avaliable to the NRC.

Addidamal Aadama Sinoe our May 10. Ip49 meeting, we have peiferused a review and walk through of AO

' Alternate Safe Shutdows Procedure / Control Reen Evacustica.' Some possatial weakaesse were identified and commualeased to the NRC. Ceaseras la thle area wHl b before start-up explalalas of either any corrective unit.

actions. A more detailed report will be esas to the NRC A meetlag with the NRC wl!! be held to discuss the completies e( the above items and-eoacurrence of the Ragional Administrator that the results are antisfactory wRl be obtained before the first unit re. start.

Should yee have any further questions rosardias this matter, we w!U be pleased to discuss them with you.

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Dock.et Nos.: 50-317 50-318 CAL No.: i 89-08 Baltimore Gas and Electric wompany k ATTN: Mr. George C. Creel l l

Vice President Nuclear Energy

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i Calvert MG Rts. 2Cliffs 8, 4 Nuclear Power Plant l j

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Lusby, Maryland 20657 i I

Gentlemen: 4 Sub.iect: i Confirmatory Action Letter 89-08; Restart Commitments Pursuant to yourwill following actions letter of May 23, 1989, it is our understanding that tJhe be accomplished:

1. Prior to restart of Unit 2, determine and resolve the apparent asteriel cefects associated with the prestrurizar penetrations, and prior to restart nf Unit not 1, provide applicable to theUnitbasis 1 for a d*Lenninstton thsc the issuo ottner is or, if applicable, that the issue has been resolved such that the unit can be safely operated,

2. j Prior to restart of either unit, of the problems which have been manifested as weaknesses ter. determine and I

a. Control of system status, l

b. Control of work activities, and c.

Procedure usa and control of procedure changes. I It is recognized that l mted as part of your overal) Performance Improvement Plan.some lon 3.

Prior to restart of the first unit participate in a management meet 16g with NRC in order to present the results of your near-term correctlye action andwill problems efforts you have taken to provide adequate assurance that such not recur.

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Baltimore Gas and Electric Company 2 MAY t51989  !

Finally, it is understood that \

I Region I, will be obtained prior to restart of the first unit.the agreement of the I

I Issuance of tht Confirmatory Action letter does not preclude the issuance an Order formalizing the above commitments.

d If your understanding diffens from that set forth above, please call me immediately. .

Sincerely, i

h } %' , { h -.=^ q Willie T. Russell Regional .%ninistrator Cc:

W. J. Lippold, General Supervisor, Technical Services Engineering T. M.wette, Administrator, Nuclear evaluations Public Document Room (PDR) local public Document Roonr (LPOR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NS!C) i NRC Resident Inspector State of Maryland (2) bec:

> Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

J. Taylor. OEDR J. Lieberman, OE L. Chandice, OCC J. Partlow, NRR B. Boger, NRR R. Capra, NRR R. Wessman, NRR

5. McNeil, NRR W. Rwan.11, RI D. Holody, RI W. Kane, RI S. Collins, RI J. Wiggins, RI L. Tripp, RI D. Limroth, RI M. Miller, RI K. Abraham, RI

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