AECM-83-0629, Discusses Unresolved Item Noted in Insp Repts 50-416/83-06 & 50-417/83-03 Re Failure of Personnel to Complete Cold License Operator Qualification Card Per 810903 Application for Operator Licenses.Completion of Cards Unnecessary

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Discusses Unresolved Item Noted in Insp Repts 50-416/83-06 & 50-417/83-03 Re Failure of Personnel to Complete Cold License Operator Qualification Card Per 810903 Application for Operator Licenses.Completion of Cards Unnecessary
ML20133E844
Person / Time
Site: Grand Gulf  Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 09/30/1983
From: Mcgaughy J
MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO.
To: Wilson B
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML20081D396 List:
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AECM-83-0629, AECM-83-629, NUDOCS 8508080036
Download: ML20133E844 (5)
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Dear Mr. Wilson:

SUBJECT:

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 504416 and 50-417 License No. NPF-T3

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AECM-81/002 File: 0765/0260/0272/0092 Applications for Operator's and Senior Operator's Licenses AECM-83/0629 U In the license application letter to Mr. Paul Collins, subject title Application for Operator's and Senior Operator's Licenses, AECM-81/002 dated September 3,1981, errors were made in the enclosed applications for some of the license candidates. These errors were discovered by MP&I.'s training staff upon review of the applications, after which time the training staff initiated a Plant Quality Deficiency Report (PQDR, 7-83) to track the matter to resolution. The PQDR was brought to the attention of NRC representatives during a special training assessment conducted by Mr. D.. R. Quick and his team on February 15-17, 1983, and was' carried as an unresolved item in the NRC's report (50-416/83-06 and 50-417/83-03) . The unresolved item Qas later discussed with the NRC's Mr. C. A. Julian, while the NRC's operational i

readiness review was in progress.

The errors, which were the subject of the PQDR, were that some of the personnel listed in Enclosure I to the referenced letter did not complete a Cold License Operator Qualification Card, although it was indicated that they had completed the qualification card in their license applications, Item 7 of Enclosure 2 to the same letter. MP&L has reviewed in detail the circumstances which resulted in the;e errors, l

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have successfully completed the initial training program, have received their licences, have successfully completed the yearly requalification program, and have gained operational experience at the plant since 1981.

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AIC.M-62 / 0 e 29 MISSISSIPPI POWER & I.iGHT COMPANY *I' The training staff has initiated permanent corrective action to g_,/ prevent similar occurrences in the future. A new training instruction, Licensed Operator Training Program Implementation,14-S-02-6, has been issued. This procedure specifies the method to be used by each license candidate to complete the qualification card. In additiong it also specifies the required completion period. The instruction also promulgates a new checksheet for the training staff's use. This checksheet includes a line item that will provide documentation that the qualification cards and the required training were completed and requires an entry to be made in the appropriate training record after the training has been completed.

Furthermore, during its investigation of the errors, which were the subject of the PQDR, MP&L determined that other errors had been made in the list of formal training, Item 7 of the Application, Enclosure 2 to AECM-81/002, for certain of the applicants. These additional errors were that the license applications for some of the applicants indicated that a specific training course had been successfully completed by the applicant, when in fact, the course had not been completed, but it appears that in each case the subject matter of the course had been successfully covered by other training received by the applicant. MP&L is continuing its detailed review of each application, which has been submitted to the NRC, and of the supporting training records to verify ,

the accuracy of each submittal. 91P&L will submit to your office a complete verification of each applicant's records, identifying and resolving each discrepancy by October 21, 1983.

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The training staff has initiated permanent corrective action to prevent similar occurrences. Procedure 14-S-02-6 has been issued and provides a checklist to include line items verifying that required training for license applicants has been completed and requires appropriate entries to be made in the training records after training courses have been completed.

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Staff and it has been# determined that these' items have no impact on the safe operation of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. This letter is being provided in order to notify you of discrepancies between what was originally submitted in the license applications and what is actually documented in the individual training records.

MP&L appreciates the importance of this matter and since the time when the errors in the Applications were first discovered, it has given additional management direction to the preparation of operator and Senior Operator License Applications and has established procedures to ensure that these types of errors do not occur in the tuture.

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f Mr. Richard C. DeYoung, Dire'etor Office of Inspection & Enforcement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Mr. J. P. O'Reilly, Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 101 Marietta St., N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Mr. Donald Beckham Operator License Branch Division of Reactor Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

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I ENCLOSURE 1 MEETING SUM. VARY On October 12, 1983, representatives of Mississippi Power and Light Co$:pany (MP&L) met with the NRC, at their request, in the NRC Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia. The results of MP&L's investigation of errors made on applications for NRC Reactor Operator (RO) and Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) licenses were discussed.

The history of events leading to the discrepancies on the license applications was discussed. The discrepancies were originally identified by the licensee in January 1983 and were cocumented in several Plant Quality Deficiency Reports (PODR). The NRC training assessment team reviewed the PODRs in February 1983, as documented in IE Report 50-416/83-06 dated March 9, 1983, and ' lef t the item unresolved based on an incication from the licensee that the problem was essen-tially a documentation problem. MP&L stated that they subsequently determined that some of the training as indicated on license applications filed in September 1981 had not been completed. MP&L further stated that, where individuals filed a second application, the first application filed in September 1981 was only supplemented with additional information and the original mistakes were not corrected.

An assistant plant manager was appointed to head an investigation of the inci-U dents. His charter included determination of the extent of the problem, the cause, the adecuacy of the corrective action, and recommendations to assure that

'the errors were not repeated.

As of October 12, 1983, the review included only those individuals presently licensed at Grand Gulf. MP&L stated that a punchlist of training requirements from their NRC commitments had been developed and eacn individual had been reviewed against the list.

MP&L stated the first applications for operator licenses made by Grand Gulf were submitted to the NRC in September 1981. MP&L observed that the training courses conducted prior to February 1982 were structured with the objective of preparing candidates to pass the NRC exam. It also appeared to MP&L that a failure to adequately maintain recorcs of training was a major contributor to the problem.

MP&L noted that, although the training listed on the 1.951 applications was more than was required, there was a lack of attention paic to details of the entries on the applications. MP&L believes applicants at the time did not feel that they had to complete the qualification cards and assumed that the training department had correctly prepared their applications. The applicants apparently signed the applications on faith and without a thorough review of their contents. Addi-tionally, MP&L noted that some of the training may have been completed but not '

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MP&L stated that they consider the failure to complete training is a serious problem and that all SR0s and R0s would be retrained or reexamined as appropriate for each individual. Each individual's participation in various plant operations will be evaluated to determine those areas where the individual has completed the practical factors through direct participation in on-shif t activities. MP&L will designate SR0s as lead individuals on selected systems and will provide additional training as necessary for certification to allow the lead SR0s to certify other individuals in the practical factor elements of each system. The simulator will be used where practical in this training, and walk-through instruction will be used for the remaining areas.

Mr. James P. O'Reilly, NRC Regional Administrator, stated that it was imperative that MP&L assure all areas of training are thoroughly evaluated, deficiencies identified, and training performed to correct these deficiencies.

MP&L committed to take the following additional measures: recent applica-tions would be reviewed; an individual would be assigned responsibility for reviewing training records and verifying completion of all training; MP&L would emphasize to applicants and operators the need for accurate informa-tion on submittals to the NRC; and Plant Quality Assurance personnel would review each application and audit the training program to assure complete, accurate information.

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Mr. O'Reilly stated that it was the NRC's understanding that MP&L would take the following actions:

1. Conduct a thorough investigation of all applications suomitted by MP&L to the NRC for Reactor Operator and Senior Reactor Operator licenses to ascertain whether or not the applications are complete and accurate, and identify all discrepancies to the NRC in a report.

' 2. Conduct additional training, as necessary, on practical factors and conduct additional training on basic knowledge elements where docu-mentation of this training is not available and adequate justification cannot be provided to show that an individual has received similar training and successfully passed all programmatically requested examinations. ,

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