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NRC INSPECTION MANUAL RPEB

INSPECTION PROCEDURE 93805

MAINTENANCE PROGRAM

PROGRAM APPLICABILITY: 2515

SALP FUNCTIONAL AREA: MAINTENANCE/SURVEILLANCE (SOMS)

93805-01 INSPECTION OBJECTIVE

To provide programmatic inspection guidance for conducting

diagnostic team inspections of a licensee's maintenance program

where the staff perceives the existence of widespread deficiencies.

93805-02 INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS

02.01 Commission Notification. Apprise the Commission of the

region's intention to perform this programmatic maintenance

inspection before using this inspection procedure.

02.02 Inspection. Implement the pertinent programmatic inspection

requirements in Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/97, Revision 1,

"Maintenance Inspection" (microfiche address 75045/156 to 164).

Followup inspection requirements are contained in TI 2515/108,

"Maintenance Assessment Inspection" (microfiche address 75045/152

to 155).

93805-03 INSPECTION GUIDANCE 

General Guidance. The inspection guidance referenced in this

procedure focuses on the adequacy of licensees' maintenance

programs versus the results achieved through the implementation of

the program. In the Staff Requirements MemorandumAffirmation/Discussion and Vote dated June 28, 1991, the Commission

voted to approve the maintenance rule, 10 CFR 50.65, and directed

the staff to not incorporate the programmatic inspection guidance

used for the maintenance team inspections into the routine

inspection program. Instead, the Commission directed the staff to

reserve the use of this type of guidance for conducting special

diagnostic-type inspections of licensee maintenance activities

where the staff perceives the existence of widespread deficiencies.
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Specific Guidance

03.01 Commission Notification. The Commission directed the staff

to apprise it of any instance where the staff plans to perform

programmatic maintenance evaluations with a team inspection.

 

03.02 Inspection. Detailed guidance (Maintenance Inspection

Guidance Volume 1 and Volume 2) is available in NUDOCS (microfiche

address 75045/165 to 319). Maintenance program attributes that

should be considered for inspection include the following:

a. Overall Plant Performance Related to Maintenance

Direct Measures. The team shall conduct appropriate

examinations of plant operability, equipment availability,

and plant material condition that can be directly related to

the effective implementation of a maintenance process.

Before conducting the inspection of plant performance, the

inspector should review available plant information on (1)

availability, (2) operability, and (3) reliability.

Information on these items can be obtained from the plant's

operating history. Other sources for obtaining the

information are systematic assessment of licensee performance

(SALP) reports, performance indicator data, engineered safety

features actuation studies, safety system unavailability

studies, technical specification violations, monthly

operating report data, capacity factors from NUREG-0020, and

Office for Analysis & Evaluation of Operational Data (AEOD)

scram studies. Data collection should be directed to those

measures related to safety-significant aspects of the

maintenance process. In addition, the inspector should

conduct a detailed walkdown inspection of the overall plant

material condition to assess the effectiveness of the

licensee's maintenance process to the extent that it is

reflected in plant housekeeping and in the external condition

of equipment. The scope of the inspection should include

examination of direct measures and a review of historical

data.

b. Management Support of Maintenance

1. Management Commitment and Involvement. The examination

of management effectiveness concerning maintenance should

be directed to determining the extent of corporate and

plant management awareness and support of the maintenance

and resolution of maintenance problems and should include

examination of the following:

E Application of industry initiatives.

E Extent of direct management participation in

maintenance and in corrective actions (management

vigor and example).

2. Management Organization and Administration. The

inspection of management organization and administration

controls should be directed to determining how the
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organization supports maintenance activities; what

maintenance activity plan has been established; how the

maintenance activity plan has been implemented,

corrected, and controlled; and the control of resources.

The inspection should include examination of the

following:

E Program coverage for maintenance.

E Policy, goals, and objectives for maintenance.

E Allocation of resources.

E Definition of maintenance requirements.

E Performance measurement.

E Document control system for maintenance.

E Maintenance decision process.

3. Technical Support. The areas that are to be selectively

examined for the technical support organizations with

regard to maintenance are as follows:

E Internal and/or corporate communication channels.

E Engineering control.

E Licensee acknowledgement of risk significance.

E Quality control.

E Incorporation of radiological controls into

maintenance process.

E Safety review committees.

E Regulatory documents.

E Trending.

Examples of the applicable departments or organizations

subject to this inspection are the following:

E Engineering (nuclear, instrumentation and control

(I&C), mechanical, electrical, licensing, systems,

etc.).

E Quality assurance (QA).

E Quality control (QC).

E Health physics (HP).

E Safety.

E Fire protection.

E Operations.

c. Maintenance Implementation

1. Work Control. The inspection of the work control process

should be directed to work order documentation, equipment

history, observation of testing in progress, planning and

scheduling, and document review. The inspection should

include selective examination of the following:

E Review of maintenance in progress.

E Work order control.

E Maintenance of equipment records and history.

E Job planning.

E Work prioritization.

E Maintenance work scheduling.

E Backlog controls.
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E Maintenance procedures.

E Postmaintenance testing.

E Review of completed work control documents.

2. Plant Maintenance Organization. The inspection of the

plant maintenance organization should be directed to how

the organization supports maintenance activities; how the

maintenance activities are controlled, implemented, and

corrected; how personnel are controlled; how the

organization establishes documentation; the effectiveness

of the coordination and feedback lines of communication

between plant management and craft personnel; and the

effectiveness of interactions with other departments,

especially operations. The inspection should include

selective examination of the following:

E Control of plant maintenance activities.

E Control of contracted maintenance.

E Deficiency identification, control, and corrective

action system.

E Maintenance trending.

E Support interfaces.

3. Maintenance Facilities, Equipment, and Materials Control.

The following are to be selectively examined for the area

of facilities, equipment, and material controls, as well

as for their support of the maintenance process:

E Maintenance facilities and equipment.

E Material controls.

E Maintenance tool and equipment control.

E Control and calibration of measurement and test

equipment.

4. Personnel Control. The following areas of personnel

control are to be selectively examined, including

consideration of staffing, training, and qualification:

E Staffing control.

E Personnel training.

E Test and qualification process.

E Assessment of the current personnel control status.

93805-04 INSPECTION RESOURCE ESTIMATE

The resource estimate for implementing TI 2515/97 was 38 staffweeks, and the estimate for implementing TI 2515/108 was 10.5

staff-weeks. Details of how these hours are distributed between

preparation, onsite inspection, and report writing are contained in

the respective TI.

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