ML18082B310
| ML18082B310 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 08/19/1980 |
| From: | Schneider F Public Service Enterprise Group |
| To: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML18082B309 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8010100061 | |
| Download: ML18082B310 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000272/1980014
Text
.erick W. Schneider
Vice President
Public Service Electric and Gas Company 80 Park Place Newark, N.J. 07101 201/430-7373
Production
- August 19, 1980 Mr. Boyce H. Grier, Director Off ice of Inspection
and Enforcement
Region 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
631 Park Avenue King of -Prussia, PA , 19406 Attention:
Mr. Eldon J. Brunner, Chief Reactor Operations
and Nuclear Support Branch Gentlemen:
COMBINED NRC INSPECTION
50-272/80-14
AND 50-311/80-10
SALEM GENERATING
STATION, UNITS NOS. l AND 2 We have reviewed the report of your inspection
conducted
by Dr. L. H. Bettenhausen
during the period June 18-20, 1980. Our response to the two items of noncompliance
identified
in Appendix A of your report is as follows: Item 1, Infraction
10 CFR 55, Appendix A, Requalification
Programs for Licensed Operators
of Production
and Utilization
Facilities, states, in part, "3. On-the-job
training.
The requalification
program shall include on-the-job
train;i,ng
so that:" "3c. Each licensed operator and senior operator is cognizant
of facility design
- . " Contrary to the above, no evidence was found that all licensed operators
and senior operators
review facility design changes nor is there a system in place to insure these reviews occur.* Reply to Item 1 1. -A formal procedure
was being developed
to address this area; however, for a while we had to postpone completion
of this procedure
due to a more pressing priority.
80101000(,/
Boyce H. Grier, Dir. -2 -8-19-80 work has resumed on the training procedure.*
Design change information
will be transmitted
to the Training group via an updated computer printout and through distribution
of the SORC minutes. The training group will evaluate each design change and issue a written explanation
to each licensed operator or conduct formal classroom
training as appropriate.
Design change information
is presently
being transmitted
to the licensed operators
by issuance of a
This action will continue until the procedure
is approved and implemented.
3. The approval and implementation
of the training procedure
will prevent recurrence
of this item. 4. Date for full compliance
is September
30, 1980. Item .2 Deficiency
Salem Generating
Station Training Procedure
10, Revision 2, NRC "Licensed
Operator Requalificatl.on
Program", paragraph
IV quires an individual
training folder maintained
for each licensed operator and senior operator.
These folders shall contain, in part, records. of simulator
training received.
The 12 October 1979 letter from Mr. H. J. Midura to Mr. Paul Collins of Operator Licensing
Branch, NRC, indicated
that simulator
training would still be required as part of the Unit 1 modified requalification
program. Contrary to the above, no record of simulator
training, other than reactivity
manipulations, was found in the records of either the three licensed operators
or the *four senior operators
reviewed.
Reply to Item 2 1. The NRC has, in the past, expressed
concern as to the method used to evaluate operator response to simulated
accidents.
In response, PSE&G requested
the various simulator tors in other utilities
to evaluate our operators ance during simulator
training at those utilities.
These instructors
have been reluctant
to evaluate operators ployed by another utility, unless an acceptance
criteria is established.
2. The training group is developing
a formal means of ating operator response on the simulator.
A check list will be utilized to document this evaluation.
The completed
check lists will remain in the individual's
training folder. 3. The completion
of the Salem simulator
will allow more fective evaluation
of the performance
of our operators.
.. Boyce H. Grier, Director -3 -4. The formal*. procedure
and check list will be established
by October 15, 1980. If you have any further questions
with regard to this
we will be pleased to discuss them with.you.
cc Director, Office of Inspection
and Enforcement
NRC Washington, DC 20555