ML20205N211

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-354/98-302 Issued on 990226.Response Indicates That Licensee Corrected Violation & Initiated Measures to Prevent Recurrence

ML20205N211
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	04/09/1999
From:	Conte R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group
References
50-354-98-302, NUDOCS 9904160186
Download: ML20205N211 (3)

See also: IR 05000354/1998302

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Mr. Harold W. Keiser

President and Chief Nuclear Officer

Nuclear Business Unit

Public Service Electric & Gas Company

Post Office Box 236

Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey : 3038

SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-354/98-302 (REPLY)

Dear Mr. Keiser

This letter refers to your March 25,1999, correspondence, in response to our February 26,

1999, letter.

Thank you for informing us of the corrective and preventive actions for the Notice of Violation,

documented in your letter. The Notice of Violation was cited for failing to maintain records

documenting the participation of each licensed operator and sen!or operator in the

requalification program. The root cause was inadequate oversight and nonadherence to training

procedures when a new database system was instituted. We also noted that you reviewed the

Salem records, and found no significant problems.

Your response to the violation indicated that you have corrected the violation and have initiated

measures to prevent recurrence. Your response to the violation will be examined during a future s

inspection.

, Your cooperation with us is appreciated.

Sincerely,

ORIGINAL SIGNED BY-

Richard J. Conte, Chief

Human Performance and

Emergency Preparedness Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-354 100081

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L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations

E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering

E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support

M. Bezilla, General Manager - Hope Creek Operations

Jeffrey J. Keenan, Esquire

J. McMahon, Director - Quality Assurance & Nuclear Safety Review

D. Powell, Director - Licensing, Regulation and Fuels

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A. F. Kirby, lil, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.

R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs

A. C. Tapert, Program Administrator

J. A. Isabella, Manager, Joint Generation

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Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate

William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township

M. Wetterhahn, Esquire

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REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION

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Mr. R. Ennis, Licensing Project Manager- Hope Creek

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION

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During an NRC inspection conducted from November 24,1998 through December 4,

1998, the following violation of NRC requirements was identified as described below:

10 CFR 55.59(a)(5)(i) requires, in part, that the facility licensee shall maintain

records documenting the participation of each licensed operator and senior

operator in the requalification program.

Contrary to the above, from March 1998 through November 1998, the facility

licensee failed to maintain records for five operators documenting their

participation in the requalification program. Specifically, the facility licensee was

missing training attendance records for five operators on mandatory

requalification program training classes.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).

RESPONSE:

PSE&G concurs with the violation.

(1) The reason for the violation.

The reason for the failure to maintain records for the five operators in the requalification

progrsm is attributed to the following:

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Less than adequate Training Management Oversight concerning records

program implementation and resource control. Training Management did not

provide proper os arsight of treining records processing since record

transmittal was allowed to consistently extend beyond the 7-day requirement

contained in the procedures. Training Management also failed to increase

supervision sufficiently to preclude record retention anomalies during

implementation of training records retention using new SAP database.

. Failure to submit the training records package for processing within seven

business days of course completion contrary to the ' Nuclear Training

Records' procedure.

. Inadequate implementation of new SAP database for training records.

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(2) The corrective steps that have been taken.

A. Hope Creek Licensed Operator Training completed a full audit of the 1998

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requalification training records. The Hope Creek Licensed Operator Training Staff I

took immediate actions to have all licerised operators make up any training for

which records were missing. The outstanding records for requalification training

were then reissued. This activity was completed prior to the end of the 24 month  ;

ficensed operator requalification training cycle, i

B. A review of the 1998 Salem Licensed Operator requalification training records was

performed and no significant problems were identified.

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C. The Operations Training Instructors qualification process has been revised to

include SAP database orientation for documenting training records.

D. The expectation that a records review will occur after each segment of operations

requalification training and this review be :onducted by the cognizant training

supervisor has been promulgated by Operations Training Management.

E. Appropriate personnelinvolved with the administration and oversight of the Hope

Creek operations training records processing were held accountable for their

inappropriate actions in accordance with PSE&G policies.

(3) The corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations.

A. Training will be provided to the Operations Training Instructors and Training

Management personnel involved in the processing of training records by June 1,

1999. This training will include a review of regulations governing training records,

internal requirements and guidance concerning training records, and SAP computer

training related to training record processing.

(4) The date when full compliance will be achieved.  ;

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Fu!! compliance was achieved by December 31,1998, when the outstanding training

records for requalification training were issued. This action was completed prior to the '

end of the requalification training cycle.

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