ML20112G632

Submits Requests for Schedular Relief for Implementation of NUREG-0737,Suppl 1 Requirements Per Generic Ltr 82-33.Time Extension to Meet Requirements of NRC 840221 Confirmatory Order Until 861231 Requested.Supporting Info Encl

ML20112G632
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	03/22/1985
From:	Gucwa L GEORGIA POWER CO.
To:	Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737 1341N, GL-82-33, NED-85-018, NED-85-18, TAC-57306, TAC-57307, NUDOCS 8504010184
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333 Piedmont Avenue

- A!!anta, Georgia 30108.

Telephone 404 5264526 Mailing Address:

Post Otf.ce Box 4545 -,

Atlanta, Georga 30302 Georgia Power L T. Guc.va the southem erectrc system Manager Nuclear Engineer'ng and chef Nuclear Engtneer 1341N March 22, 1985 Director of Maclear Reactor Regulation

. Attention: Mr. John F. Stolz, Chief Operating Reactors Branch No. 4 Division-of Licensing U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

' Washington, D. C. 20555; W C DOCKETS 50-321, 50-366 OPERATING LICENSES DPR-57, WF EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1, 2 REQUEST FOR SCKDULE RELIEF FOR E0P TRAINING A W CONTROL ROOM DESIGN REVIEW' ,

Gentlemen:

Georgia Power Company's (GPC) implementation of the Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs) and Detailed Control Room Design Review (DCRDR) requirements of NUREG 0737, Supplement 1 promulgated by Generic Letter 82-33 dated December 17,' 1982, has experienceo some unexpected delays. Certain elements of these programs are not entirely under our control and, therefore, we believe schedular . relief is justified. GPC hereby requests an extension to the subject implementation schedule and herein provides supporting justification.

BACKGROUND on April 15, 1983, GPC, by letter NED-83-244, provided your of fice with plans and schedules for implementation of the requirements of Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737, " Requirements for Emergency Response Facilities (Generic Letter 82-33)". That letter _ constituted the basis for a Confirmatorf Order which was issued by the NRC on February 21, 1984.

Our programs to implement the requirements for emergency response capability are thorough, effective, and responsive to the MC requirements. The -magnitude of the E0P requirements was recognized when we responded to Generic Letter 82-33. A schedule whjch was believed to be adequate for development and training for the E0Ps was proposed by GPC and subsequently. allowed by the W C.

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/Aslyou iare ~ aware,' the : new E0Ps irequire = careful and - orderly J integration

. . .,~ sinto plant operation in order. to avoid a ' temporary degradation of operator.

,, dresponse due,to- unfamiliarity with the ;new procedurest and1 confusion'with i < -the current - event based procedures. < PersonnelEtraining on the new ' E0Ps

! requiress a 1s;pificant commitment of time ~ from = licensed operators - a-1

valuable resource 'in limited supply which camot bey readily supplemented.

. .e W a're. in the fprocess ' of. ) training additional operators . so that. the overtime requirements for those' currently on : staff are reduced. . However, a these additional operators cannot be qualified in sufficient time -to help

. withithe current difficulty in'. implementation :of E0PS. Due to the - high -

! demand and limited' supply af : licensed persomel in the industry, it has

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ibeen difficult ~ to recruit, . train, and retain as' many qualified operators Las we .would idesire. . A' large amount of overtime bas, therefore, been

. : required to safely operate the plant ~and -to meet the-. requirements for

maintaining ' the licenses - of our present operators. This. extension is

. essential to avoid an unreasonable burden on our plant operators and to assure the continued high quality of our E0P implementation program.

EXTENSION REQUEST

We = request. that dates contained in your Order' of February 21, 1984 ' be

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Requirement Existing Deadline Extension Requested F.' E0Ps Implemented- December 31,-1985 December 31, 1986 DCRDR Completed- June 30, 1986 December 31, 1986 U ~

JUSTIFICATION J1) Need' for E0P Extension: - A conflict with a more immediate NRC. requirement.

has - arisen - which significantly impacts ' the operator and control room sv ,

1 simulator: resources needed for E0P training. On September 18,198t, the

• u PRC-Region II" conducted an PRC-aoninistered requalification examination

' for selected Plant Hatch operators.

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I1) NEed for E0P Extension (Continued):

Based Ton. the resultsi of the; examinations, MC Region _II staff expressed

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concerns . to GPC management

concerning the Plant . Hatch licensed operator requalification program,1 and .. requested that an accelerated ~ remedial response to MC Region LII's concerns,. GPC L program . be ' implemented.:_ ..In

agreed to conduct a comprehensive training program over:a 9 month period 3

' for . all' licensed Plant - Hatch - operators. Following the intensive . remedial

' training, WC Region II' intends to' gf ve licensing exams to all personnel m ,

whocfailed the previous exams. Other mndomly selected licensed personnel

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program. has preempted operator and control room usimulator time lneeded for E0P-training. We feel an extension is warranted  :

because Lof the. requirements eof the remedial . training program which were x - ' not' foleseen by GPC. : The schedule for the training. program could not .be 5 4

- deferred :L until E0P training owas complete. We 'have looked :into. the  ;

'e possibility 1of compressing the E0P) training to meet the -original schedule T ' concurrent with- the new training program, and have determined that this .

_ wouldcnot::.be feasible ~ nor ~ desirable due to demands placed' on the 4'l& . operators. sTo_d o so would subject the operators to: pressures associated Swith requalification training and, subsequent' NRC: testing, concurrent with M the ~ intensive _ training for. the new. E0Ps. = < ,

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m Even fwithout' . the : additional Joperatori qualification _ program.. discussed .

U < . above, fovertime x would1 bel required to . meet : our previously proposed

- _ schedule. . . Meeting both requirements simultaneously l would. require excessive' additional. overtime such that we could not realistically expect the' operators 7to. perform .at theirl best. This would 'be' counter to godd

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2)?Need for DCROR Extensiont Details of the DCRDR progzum were provided in a

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a . ,1 program; plan ; submitted by = GPC .;in October, 1984. The DCRDR ' schedule b s . assumed thatJtheiEOPs would be implemented and that an adequate number of  !

E0P-trained ioperators would be available. Accordingly, we will also' need  !

- F, ischedular relief. for DCROR because of the deferral of E0P training.

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5 iWel recognize:the:importance of theseHprograms to the long-term safety of 1  % ' the plant. _ E0PJwriting L and Jassociated. tasks have been . completed ahead of

, eschedule. . We-submitted a Procedures Generation Package -required by NWEG-0737 j

_LSupplement 1:on_May 1,21984, four months ahead of the schedule provided -in our ,

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Georgia Power A Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Attention: Mr. joy 1 F. Stolz, dilef Operating Reactars franch No. 4 l March 22,1985 Page 4 l

l response to Generic Letter 82-33. With the opportunity afforded by a long

! outage last year to replace recirculation system piping on Unit 2, the Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS) was installed, tested, and made fully l operational nearly two years ahead of our proposed schedule. The Unit 1 SPOS

!' installation was completed during the recent Unit i refueling outage.

Applicable Regulatory Guide 1.97 provisions are being implemented per the schedule provided in our February 29, 1984 submittal on the subject.

Emergency Response Facilities, except for Unit 1 SPDS, are complete.

Plant safety is the objective of both the new EOP program and the licensed operator qualification enhancement prog ram. We believe that problems

! experienced by the Plant l-stch operators on the recent requalification exams g l were, at least in part, due to lack of . thorough understanding of the large number of plant modifications recently undertaken. A thorough understanding of all plant systems is a prerequisite for effective E0P training.

Accordingly, the delay in E0P training to allow for completion of the accelerated recualification program is needed to allow us to implement the E0Ps in an effective manner.

Detailed supporting data on licensed operator availability, personnel requirements for plant staffing, and selected Plant Hatch training curricula are attached as further justification for this Iequest. Please contact this office if you have any questions or comments.

Very truly yours, g T &n m L. T. Gucwa PLS/

Attachment xc: J. T. Beckham, Jr.

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,. Summary of-' Plant Hatch Licensed Operating Staff and Requirements for Shift Manning OSOS(l) SS(l)

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J Total Shift PeIsonnel'on Staff 8 23 -15 18

-Total Active Shift Personnel (2) 6 19 12 18

Minimum Requirement.to Iun(3):

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. plant'and complete 8 week n requal. plan by 7/85' Minimum requirement to man shifts 6 12(4) 12 12 i . 'with vacation _and holidays (no training and minimal oveItime)

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Numbers assuma no Ioutine training. ' See page 4 for training requirements.

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'(1) OSOS - Operations Supervisor on Shift (Requires SRO License)

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P0- -1 Plant Operator (Requires R0 License)

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-(2) Personnel. may be considered non-active- because of failure on' the : Iecent zequalification exams- or insufficient on-shift time: to meet MC Iequirements. *

.(3) Approximately 25% of shift personnel will be in class at. any given' time.

Shift coverage will involve a correspcnding amount of overtime until the

, ~ , accelerated requalification plan is completed in July,1985.

(4) Twelve Shift Supervisors needed. during power operation. Seventeen are

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Backcjzound - 5.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br /> 2 Existing Event 5.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br />

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TRAINING: SCHEDULES 4The following are. the proposals for E0P training be'ing ' considered by = plant

. management for : training ; programs following . completion of ' the ' accelerated recualification program._ Schedule will. be finalizea .following the outcome. of

- 1an MC extension request. -

, .A. Requirements-

-0 22 days E0P,'SPDS 1 -

'o 10 days minimum ^reaual, simulator, and annual exam required to meet 10CFR requirements.

32 cays required to meet minimum WC qualification Other Fiequirements 1- day of security / badge training per year 4 days of fire brigade per year. (1 day per quarter)

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