Morning Report for Macrh 3, 2000
Headquarters Daily Report MARCH 03, 2000 *************************************************************************** REPORT NEGATIVE NO INPUT ATTACHED INPUT RECEIVED RECEIVED HEADQUARTERS X REGION I X REGION II X REGION III X REGION IV X PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED MORNING REPORT - REGION II MARCH 3, 2000 Licensee/Facility: Notification: South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. MR Number: 2-00-0008 Summer 1 Date: 03/03/00 Jenkinsville,South Carolina Dockets: 50-395 PWR/W-3-LP Subject: MANAGEMENT CHANGES Discussion: On March 2, 2000, South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) Company announced that Mr. Gary J. Taylor current Vice President, Nuclear Operations Division will resign effective March 10, 2000. Mr. Taylor has accepted a position with Entergy Operations, Incorporated as the Chief Operating Officer for Southern Region Nuclear Plants. Effective March 10, 2000, Mr. Steve A. Byrne, current General Manager, Nuclear Plant Operations, will replace Mr. Taylor as Vice President. Mr. Bruce C. Williams, current General Manager, Engineering Services, will become the new General Manager, Nuclear Plant Operations. A replacement for the General Manager, Engineering Services postion has not been announced by SCE&G. Regional Action: None. Contact: L. GARNER (404)562-4552 _ REGION IV MORNING REPORT PAGE 2 MARCH 3, 2000 Licensee/Facility: Notification: Union Electric Co. MR Number: 4-00-0010 Callaway 1 Date: / / Fulton,Missouri RI by phone 2/29 Dockets: 50-483 PWR/W-4-LP Subject: XENON PREDICT CALCULATION CONCERN WITH FEBRUARY 29, 2000 DATE Discussion: On February 29, 2000, during a simulator training session, the licensee determined that the xenon prediction program would not accept February 29, 2000, as the starting date. The xenon prediction program located on a computer in the control room also would not accept February 29, 2000. The program functioned properly if any date other than February 29, 2000, was used as a starting date. The xenon prediction software program is used to estimate new xenon, samarium, and iodine levels for a given power level. The program is also used to calculate current core burnup. Control room operators would use the program following a reactor trip to predict the xenon concentration to be used as an input to the estimated critical position calculation. As immediate corrective action, the licensee used a starting date of February 28, 2000, and the program successfully calculated the parameters requested. The power history information was not affected by this problem. If the xenon prediction program had not functioned, the parameters could have been calculated manually. The licensee determined that the application program was originally compiled using Version 1 of Microsoft Visual Basic. This version would not accept the February 29, 2000, date. As permanent corrective action, the licensee plans to use Version 4 of Microsoft Visual Basic, which corrects this problem. Regional Action: The resident inspectors were informed by the licensee and monitored their corrective actions. Contact: Ron Kopriva (817)860-8104 Vince Gaddy (573)676-3181 _
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