ML19256F512
| ML19256F512 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 04/10/1979 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Thompson D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19256F505 | List: |
| References | |
| ACRS-1648, AITS-F30488H6, NUDOCS 7912190282 | |
| Download: ML19256F512 (3) | |
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APPENDIX IV Zimer Nuclear Power Station: Alleged False Statements during OL Review UNITEo STATES
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Dudley Tho=pson, Executive Officer for Operations Support, II
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ERRCNEOUS STATEMENTS PROVIDED BY APPLICANT AT ZI. fER ACRS SU3COMMITTLE MEETING (AITS F30488H6) 1.
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Inclosed for your infor=ation and action is a su==ary statement relative to erroneous infor=ation provided by Cincinnati Cas and Electric Co=pany to the ACRS during an ACRS Subco ittee Meeting on February 27, 1979. As we view it, the following points are pertinent:
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The applicant clearly =ade false state =ents to the ACRS Sueco 1::ee.
After agreeing with NRC inspectors that this infor=ation was incorrect, the applicant failed to correc* the false infor=ation 2=:-
during the subsequent ACRS Full Co==ittee Meeting after indicating he vould do so.
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ACRS =eetings do not involve sworn or notarized tests.=cny.
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ve consider =isleading the ACRS to be a =atter of serious concern, we question our enforce =ent capabilities in this regard.
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The applicant is =eeting the =ini=u= s:sf fing requirements outlined in ANSI 13.1.
The =isinfor=ation relates to co==1:=en:s over and W=6?.
above these =ini=u= staffing requirements.
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ELD, ASL3 and ACRS should be infor=ed of this =atter (NRR was infor=ed prior to the ACRS Full Coc=ittee Meeting).
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An evaluation should be =ade as to whether this =isinfor=ation constitutes "=aterial false statemen:s."
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clarify the misinformacien at the Full Co=mittee Meeting.
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we conf ront =anagement as to why the false state =ents weren' t Should we conduct an official investigation including corrected?
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If you desire further information relative to this matter, please contact =e.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS RECARDING ERRCNEOUS INFORMATICN tEl GIWN BY APPLICANT AT ZIMMER ACRS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINC fi.
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The Advisory Coc=Littee on Reactor Safeguards (ACKS) held a subco-4ttee
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meeting on February 27, 1979 to review the application of the Cincinnati
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Cas and Electric Company (CG&I) for a license to operate the k'n. H.
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Zi=mer Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1.
During the course of this =eeting, the Station Superintendent, in response to questions from the ACKS, provided information on the capability of the utility to provide adequate y= se w
back-up personnel for key positions in the event of a resignation, prolonged illness, etc.
It was stated that CG&E is now developing the back-up capability within the staff by designating alternate members of their station technical u.=.=
staff to act as backup to maintenance, operations, and other key second-line supervisory positions. This was being done to avoid a 4
situation similar to one they had recently experienced - loss of the maintenance supervisor who they have had difficulty replacing. According to CG&E, these designated personnel vould have the same training as the
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primary personnel, but not necessarily the i==ediate experiener..
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assistant to the principal, with no other function. The applicant noted that, while this capability is being provided, they had not co==itted to these actions with the NRC staff.
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In the course of reviewing the applicant's program for Preoperational Testing, NRC inspectors had excressed concerns regarding the adequacy of station staffing and, because of these concerns, have followed the status of station staffing closely over the past year. The applicant's statements ct the ACRS Subco==ittee Meeting appeared to be contrary to our knowledge of the station staffing.
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As a result of these apparent contradictions, these statements were discussed with the Station Superintendent during an inspection the veek following the ACRS Subcom=ittee Meeting. The station superintendent stated that there was presently no for=al staff contingency plan as
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described at the Subcoc:mittee Meeting. The station superintendent stated that he would discuss clarification of these statements with 7~'
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his =anagement prior to the ACRS Full Committee Meeting.
Committee Meeting on March 9,1979, however, the applicant provided no clarification of his aarlier state =ents with regard to staffing.
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