ML17249A964

Notifies of State Senate Bill 641 Requiring State Dept of Energy to Maintain Inspector at Nuclear Plant on 40-h/wk Basis.Requests NRC Comments on Training,Duties & Responsibilities & Working Relationship W/Nrc Inspector

ML17249A964
Person / Time
Site:	Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date:	10/18/1979
From:	FRANK L OREGON, STATE OF
To:	ENGELKEN R H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
References
REF-SSINS-0940 R-3-30, NUDOCS 7911020311
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Pi~e~~e~~~~~~40~..~~.~~~~O~partmentofEnergy'-".;'~~~LABOR8INOUSTRtESBUlLDING,f?(;O)A,,1(:;:thlEtA,Ol(AGON97310PHONE378<040~~~~~~'~~e~~e~~~~~~e~~~~~~~~o.:Octoberi0..1979~~~~~~~~~y5~~~RobertH:EngolkenDirector,RegionVtiuclearRegulatoryCormission990NCaliforniaBoulevar.".l'alnutCreek,CA94596b.

DearHr.Engelken:

~v~~~Duringis1979Sssion,tlieOr&gdnl.eglslativeAssemblyenactedandtheGovernorsignedSenateBill641whichrequirestheOregonDepartmentofEnergy(GOO")tomaintainanin"pecLo'.atthe'TrojanHuclearPlantatleas40hoursperweek.Acopyofth:i;-hillisattached.000Eexpectstofillthisposition,withinthIre'x~.t:~io.mcntiis..e~~~~~~Thepurposeofthisletteristo.obt>i'n..t,'kCc~~mentsandagre@ventsonthefollowingaspectsoftheODOElnsn'ec:torprogramastheyafreetHRC:1.Trainingoftheinspector.,'.;2.Dutiesandresponsibilit;iesc.i".ttleinspctnr,3.k'o'rkingrelationships.nf':thkinspector>>ithtlRC.~~~OBOEbelievesthisprogramiwithin-lV!n.scopeo'ftheproposedmemorandumofUnderstandingbetweentrRC.andthe.'.~EtcofOregon.ODDEproposalsoneachoftheseaspectsarediscussed.se!)qra:elybelow.~~~I~~~~~eTrainina~~~~~~~~ODQEproposesthefo'tlowingtrai.:iing-'..'rhedule.i".n'rtheinspector:TwoweeksatODOMinSalem.foramil.iarizationwith00QEpeople,procedures,andpolicies;T.i,j'arrandPGEorganizationalstructure;andgeneralTrojansystemsandprocedures.2.Fourweeksof'self-studyalTrojan.tolearnthedetailsofTrojansystems.Aftert'his,tfie-ihspectorwillassmehisinspectionduties.~~~~~~r~~~'7'p/QM3//

~~~~~~~'~~o~~~+~~~~~~~~~I~~~~0P,obortH.EngelkenOctober18,1979Page2~~y~4~e~~~~~~~~Datesr~e~~~~~3.,AttendthefollowingNRCtra.-r'iing.courses:~~i~~+~TitleDates~1~~~~FundamentalsnInspect.iorr(0'i01).February25-29,1980PWRTechnology{R-404P):'.'.'.'Ilarch11-April3,1980PVRAdvancedTechnology'g-oO~ir3pril15-25,1980PHRSimulator(R-604P,)..~-;.'.:'.,June2-8,1980B'~R/PHRRadwaste(H-302);~'.;...Duly28-August1,19804.Onanannualbasis;atte'n<1ariy.I'IRg-sponsoredrefreshercoursesforitsresidntinspectors-arIR".hePVRSimulatorRefreshercourse(R-705P)..~~tiRCpermissionisrequestedtosend.td(:insp~ctnrtotheNRCcourses.Inaddition,sincethelawrequire.'~i0ho'iver's.perv,'eekcoverage,theODOFnuclearengineerwillberequirrRtn.'v~1'iovothninspectorduringperiods,ofsicknessorvacation.Innrd=r'o.visu.eheisqualifiedtofillin,hRCpermissionisrequestedtosendtn)OOEnuclearengineertothefollowinghRCcourses:~~~~~~~~~i*Course~~~~P~JRTechnology(R-200P).':.February4-15,1980PMRSimulatorPreparation(I':-GAP)'February27-29,1980PHRSimulator(R-603P)~~..iarch3-7,1980p~QNRCisalsorequested'toprovMe000E,~ii':h.ti>>ocnlr>pietecopiesofitsInspectionandKnforcementManr."alfor"..vse'ytheNuclearEngineerandtheInspector.ThiswillprovideODOEwith.abatterunderstandingofhowi'NCdoesitsjobandwill'husimprove.cooper'ation.betweentSCandODOE.\~~DutisandResonsibilitiesTheODOEinspectorhasnoauthorityt-)'iirect;.P6r~:~ployeestotakeaaction.UnderOregonlaw,thisithe.e.rlusivejvrisdicationofthe.Directororinhisabsence,tireGoverns.r..TheinspectorwillmakehisrecmnendationstotheDirectorI:hrnuT;hag.'ltheA:!i~~inistratorofSitingandRegulation.Theinspector's.<Iuti~~'includethefollowing:l.Auditingreactorplantm~lntc'nancr.,engineering,'qualityassurance,ser-.ority,amergeney.planning,andoperationforcompliancewithfederal<~rf.stat.~safetystandards.Specificaspectstobeauditedinclude?Ire.control,ofreactivity,radiologicalprotectionanTIcontrol;waterchemistrycontrol,systemreoairan>pr~v(:ntaL'ivelila3ntenancein-serviceinpectionsandperiodictesl.iirl.,'ndcniIrliaricewithplantsecurityprograms.~~~~~h0 I

~~~~~~~y~~~~~~~~~~~I~~~~~~4~~~~o~4~~~~~~~~~r~~~~~~~Robe.t'H.EngelkenOctober18,ig79Page3~~Workir(rRelationships~0~~<~Z.Assessingthesigriificance'ofirIc'indentsattheplantanddeterminingwheth'erHIIo.c(JJ'rr'.cl;iso'ctiontakenisprcmptandccIIIpletebyreviewiligoriginepr)ngsystemdesign,sequenceofevents,andtroub,e-shooLing.".1'hiswillincludediscussionoftheincident.wlht}>>plirI..<<i~noI:I~rrll.i,)<Loff..-s-i.te-engineering--TE..<<i!i'i,:d'OllOEIipIantriodificationsor.curta'il~egt.ofplantoperationsareneededtoassurethepublic.he'althandsaetypursuantwithOregonRevisedStatutes'459.~~jOand469.5~0.~~~~~3,RevieHingchangesinpl.'aIit'operatingandmaintenanceprocedures.andsystemmod~ficationsfnr.cpnforIIIancewithstateandfederalrequirements,compatahil'i.'.'.:-i~1thsystI'.iI'esign,andeffeci:onsafeplantoperation@,4.Researchingplantcon<litii>rI's~g,"practicestosupportODOEengineeringevaluationnfth~-.safeoperationoftheplantinclUdingidentificationofas'..loui1tconditions,determinationofhistoricalperformance,',c.'f.oqu'ipnent,andreviewofoperatingpractices.~~~~~~~,~~~~~~~oilowingarepl.oposedinspector".'::or'I('ingrelationshipswithNRC:~~~~l.Theinspectorwillnotatth,","Ist.'o.duplicltetheregulatoryactivitiesofthetiRC;hutI'<tlhertheinspectorwillsupplanent~tnelBCregulatoryactiv'itlr."-in,ordertoprovidebroaderassurance,thatTrojaIlis'(I~'-r'Iidangerirrgtheenvironmentandthehealth,safety,andwelfare-Cif'.thepublic..~~~~~2.Theinspectorwillcooper~Ce'.vriththe.assignedilRCresidentinspectorso.'.~.'~~~~~3.Theinspectormaynl>sorv..-..dI'art)cipatina+1'NRCaudits,Ieviews,inspections,irrvesli(cl"ivIis,Qxltirlterviews,drHls,andmeetings'atTrojan.Corivers+oy,theNRCresidentinspectorriayobserve'orpar.icipate-irr',al,l"ROEarrdits,reviews,inspections,investigations;.exitinterviows,drills,andmeetingsatTrojan.j4Fi+%4.Theinspectorwi.'llattendto-CisemaxiIIIumextentpracticaalltBCexitinterviews.NCwiTladvisetileinspectorofthoate,time,andlccationofalldxik.interviews.~~'~~A~r

I~I,~~RobertH.ngelkenOctober18,1979Page4~~~~~~~~e~~~~~~~~~~~~~a~~~~~~~~PYourcormentsarerequested.by.!ioYQfLDf.r.1.19/9.cooperation.~~~~~~~~~~~'..SinQcrely,~~0~~~~~~,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.'):y5n-'FrankOir.ector.y~~~LF/8D:cs4668A~~~~~

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SenateSi11641~:~~~~~~~~cc:JoeL.Milliaitis,PGEPobertG.Ryan,NRC,StateProgr'aSs.",AndrewH.Robart,hRC,Region.V..':..'beldonA.Schwartz,t~RC,State'i"'roaramCnarlest).Tranniell,HRC,Opei'a.ii'.inReactorsPaulC.Yundt,TrojanCharlesGoodwIn,Jr.,PGEHichaelH.Nalmros,tiRC,Trojan-'.'-..Thankyouforyour~Branch-,.'1~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~~~E~\~~pa\~'~~~~i~~~~~~~~~A~~~~AA~~~~~~~s Pl'