IR 05000293/1988010

Mgt Meeting Insp Rept 50-293/88-10 on 880224.Major Areas Discussed:Util Self Assessment Process Designed to Determine Readiness for Requesting Restart

ML20148A653
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Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	03/14/1988
From:	Blough A, Doerflein L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Region I Meeting No:. 50-293/88-10 Docket No.: 50-293 License No.: DPR-35 Licensee: Boston Edison Company 800 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02199 Facility Name: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Meeting At: USNRC, Region I, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Meeting Conducted: February 24, 88 Prepared By: \Yo a tm 7, lJ m A 3 lifPR Lawrence T. Doerflein Project Engineer ' Da t'e -

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' Date Reactor Projects Section No. 3B Meeting Summary:

A management meeting was held at NRC Region I on February 24, 1988, to discuss the Boston Edison Company's self-assessment process designed to determine ;

readiness for requesting restart permission. The meeting lasted one hour and fifteen minutes. The Massachusetts Office of Public Safety, the Massachusetts j Civil Defense Agency, and State Senator William Golden monitored the meeting ;

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DETAILS  :

1.0 Purpose

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The management meeting was held at the ' request of the Boston Edison  ;

Company (BEco) to discuss the BECo self-assessment process designed to determine readiness for requesting restart, ,

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The meeting was opened with brief comments by NRC Region I- Administrator,  !

Mr. William T. Russell. Mr. R. Bird opened the Boston Edison Company's presentation with a brief discussion of the licensee's philosophy of self-assessment and indicated that the self-assessment and the NRC Diagnostic Team Inspection are precursors to BECo requesting restart permission. The licensee emphasized that self-assessment is an ongoing process and, as shown in the Attachment provided by BECo, includes two structured assess-ments or phase l 1 i The first phase, the preliminary assessment, will be conducted by the  !

seven department managers and will involve a review of the progress in  !

addressing the Restart Plan commitments, the Systematic Assessment of ,

Licensee Performance (SALP) No. 86-99 concerns, and industry recommenda- l tions, as well as the managers overall conclusions, observations, and 4 recommendations concerning readiness for restart. The results of this l

assessment will be presented to a senior management assessment team for l

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review and a decision to proceed to the next phas The second phase, the readiness self-assessment, will be a more detailed

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review and evaluation of the areas examined during the first phase as well as a review of station personnel readiness and effectiveness of corrective .

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action programs. This assessment will be -conducted by department  ;

managers, peer evaluators, special teams, and improvement plan program 3

manager The results will be evaluated by the senior management  !

J assessment team and formally reported to the NRC for revie i

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The NRC expressed concerns, which were acknowledged by BECo, that the  !

self-assessment needs to address recent NRC inspection findings including l how they relate to existing corrective action programs, and to evaluate  :

the effectiveness of department interfaces,  !

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Mr. R. Bird stated each phase is expected to last at least two weeks and I that the preliminary assessment was already in progres I 1  !

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3.0 Concluding Statements Mr. Russell closed the meeting by indicating that the problems which are identified and addressed by BECo during its self-assessment and the associated corrective actions taken, would be important indicators to NRC in judging BEco's effectiver.ess in the performance of the scif-asseument process. Therefore, BECo was requested to provide the NRC feedback of the findings during the proces Attachments: Meeting Attendees Meeting at NRC RI to Discuss BECo Self-Assessment Process

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ATTACHMENT 1 Meeting Attendees U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission W. Russell, Regional Administrator J. Taylor, Deputy Executive Director for Regional Operations W. Kane, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP)

S. Collins, Deputy Director, DRP J. Durr, Chief, Engineering Branch, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS)

J. Wiggins, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch No. 3, DRP A. Blough, Chief, Reactor Projects Section No. 3B, DRP L. Doerflein, Project Engineer, RPS 3B, DRP B. Boger, Assistant Director for Region I Reactor, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulati.a (NRR)

• R. Wessman, Director, Project Directorate I-3, NRR

• D. Mcdonald, Project Manager, NRR

• F. Akstulewicz, Senior Technical Assistant, PTSB, NRR

• J. Lyash, Resident Inspector

• T. Kim, Resident Inspector Boston Edisen Company R. Bird, Senior Vice President - Nuclear '

R. Ledgett, Director, Special Projects L. Schmeling, Program Manager E. Robinson, Manager, Nuclear Information Other ..,andees

• W. Golden, Massachusetts State Senator - Norfolk / Plymouth District

• P. Agnes, Assistant Secretary of Public Safety

• R. Boulay, Director, Civil Defense Agency and Office of Emergency Preparedness .

• J. Hausner, Director, Nuclear Safety Emergency Preparedness Program l Press J. Crockford, Patriot Ledger i l

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. reuruary 24, 1988 MEETING AT NRC REGION I TO DISCUSS BOSTON EDISON SELF-ASSESSMENT PROCESS I. Purpose To review the self-assessment process Boston Edison has designed _ to determine readiness for requesting restar II. Introduction As stated on page ES-1 of the Boston Edison Restart Plan, the decision to request restart will be made by Boston Edison only after we are sure that the level of management control is sufficient to ensure safe and reliable operatio The Restart Plan was developed in mid-1987 based on a rigorous self-assessment by Boston Edison managemen Sel f-assessment is an integral part of management's approach to proper control and to meeting rising standards of excellence for operation of Pilgrim Station. This type of rigorous self-assessment has been proven valuable by the experience of utilities generally regarded by their peers and regulators as the most successfu Effective self-assessment has been proven over the years to be a fundamental characteristic of successful operation of both navy and commercial nuclear power plant Section V of the Restart Plan issued last July delineates the bases for Boston Edison's assessment of readiness to restart Pilgri In today's meeting, we will describe the approach we are using to conduct our self-assessment to confirm the criteria are me III. Summary of Assessment Prncess The process includes two structured assessment The initial step, now in progress, is a preliminary assessment by Boston Edison Department managers to confirm readiness to conduct the full management self- assessmen The results will be presented to a senior management assessment team chaired by Ralph Bird, Senior VP-Nuclear, for review and a decision to proceed to the next ste .

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IV. Preliminary Assessnmnt Conducted by Department Managers Results presented to the management assessment team Involves Department Managers' review and evaluation with their subordinates down to first level supervisor Scope:

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- Restart Plan Commitments

- Industry recommended improvements

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Dur assessment of SALP (86-99) concerns

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Managers' conclusions concerning readiness for restart V. Readiness Self-Assessment Conducted by:

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Department Managers

- Peer evaluators

- Improvement Plan Program Managers

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Special Teams Results:

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Evaluated by assessment team

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Formally reported to NRC Involves:

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All station managers

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- Personnel routinely performing independent oversight Scope:

- Assure detailed and indepth evaluation of

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Restart Plan Conmitments

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- Plant check lists and precriticality testing

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- Power Ascension Program Readiness

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