IR 05000029/1989018

Insp Rept 50-029/89-18 on 891010-13.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Implementation & Effectiveness of Licensed Operator Training Program

ML20042D323
Person / Time
Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	12/21/1989
From:	Bissett P, Eselgroth P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20042D322	List: IR 05000029/1989018
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50-029-89-18, 50-29-89-18, NUDOCS 9001080280
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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I Report No.:

50-029/89-18 i

Docket No'.:

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License'No.:

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Licensee:

Yankee Atomic Electric Company

Facility:

Yankee Rowe Inspection At:

Rowe, Massachusetts Inspection Conducted:

Octnber 10-13, 1989

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P'Bissett, Senior Operations Engineer

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Mt/' N ueA9 JA/9//R9 F. Tspfgroth, Ch}ftf PWR Section,

' Date OperaYions Branch, DRS Inspection Summary: A routine unannounced inspection was conducted at the Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Plant to evaluate the centent, implementation, and effectiveness of the Licensed Operator Training Program. All of the areas

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which were reviewed by the inspector appear to have been performed in accord-

ance with their respective program requirements. No violations or deviations

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were identified.

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I DETAILS 1.0 Persons Contacted Yankee Atomic Electric Company Personnel

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• C.R. Clark - Manager, Training

• T. Henderson - Acting Plant Superintendent

• K. Jurentkuff - Plant Operations Manager L. Laffond - Senior Instructor, Training

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• R. Mellor - Technical Director

• D. White - Operations Training Supervisor N. St. Laurent - Acting Manager of Operations NRC Personnel H. Eichenholz - Senior Resident Inspector M. Markley - Resident Inspector

• Denotes those present at the exit meeting on October 13, 1989.

2.0 Licensed Operator Training The licensed operator training program is established and implemented in accordance with Administrative Procedure (AP) - 0500, " Yankee Atomic Electric Company Operator Training Program." A review of AP-500 and other related subtier documents was performed to verify that the provisions of

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10 CFR Part 55.59 were being properly addressed and to ensure that adequ-ate program guidance' was being provided to the training staff. This was accomplished primarily through discussions and reviews of the following performance based activities completed during the last three years by the training staff.

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l 2.1 Reactivity Manipulations All licensed personnel must be part of a requalification program that includes on-the-job training such that each individual either manipulates

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the plant controls or directs the activities of other individuals during

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u plant control manipulations for specific activities outlined in 10 CFR 55.59.

A review of the record forms for reactivity manipulations was performed l

and no discrepancies were found. Credit for reactivity manipulations is primarily taken for actions performed or directed during the simulator training at the Zion simulator, which is located near Chicago, Illinois.

This training is conducted primarily on an annual basis. The licensee expects to have their own site specific simulator operational early in 1991. This simulator is to be located only a few miles from the plant.

This should enhance the effectiveness of their training program, by afford-ing more opportunities for licensed operators to improve upon their mani-pulative skills and their ability to use abnormal and emergency operating procedures.

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2.2 $cheduled Lecture Attendance The licensed operator training program must contain regularly scheduled classroom lectures for all licensed individuals for the areas specified by the Regulations.

Meeting this requirement was verified by reviewing requalification attendance records for several randomly selected topics presented during 1987 through 1989.

Until recently an individual was permitted to miss up to four days of classroom lectures during any one requalification training period (appro-ximately 18 months). Adequate knowledge of any training missed was demon-strated by successfully passing a weekly quiz that covered that topic or topics that were missed.

However, in July of this year the training department decided that any individual who missed a class would be required to either 1) attend another session of that topic missed 2)

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perform self-study and subsequently complete an oral quiz given by the instructor who taught the class, or 3) submit a waiver request that adequ-ately defines why attendance is not necessary.

2.3 Lecture Content and Written Exam Performance Results

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To evaluate the effectiveness of the training which the licensed operators receive, weekly quizzes and an annual exam are used by the training staff.

Randomly selected examination results for eight individuals during the most recently completed requalification cycle were reviewed in detail and found to adequately test the knowledge and information which was disseminated during both the associated week of training and requalifica-tion cycle. Appropriate action was taken for the two individuals who failed the written portion of the annual examination.

Following remedi-ation training, they success-fully passed the retake of the written portion of the examination.

2.4 Simulator Training All individuals are evaluated once a year in the simulator to ensure that they maintain the appropriate level of skill and ability needed for their respective position. As noted in section 2.1, simulator training is

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conducted on the Zion simulator.

Until the most recent requalification

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cycle, individual and crew performance were evaluated by contract l

personnel.

However, during this requalification cycle, evaluations were l

performed by the licensee's training staff.

This change is appropriate in light of the fact that they will have their own simulator in the near

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future. Operations and Training management personnel also attended simu-j lator training to observe and evaluate the performance of the Training i

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2.5 Current Operating Events The incorporation of recent operating events into the training program provides operators with the opportunity to lecrn lessons from the results L

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The licensee has established a formal program which addresses this area

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not only for site specific concerns but industry-wide problems.

Four hours during each week of training is specifically set aside to adequately cover all site License Event Reports, Significant Operating Eve.nts and Plant Incident Reports. Lesson plans formalize this training by specifi-cally addressing four areas of each event covered. These four areas include 1) discussion of the problem; 2) area of violation, if applicable; 3) root cause; and 4) corrective action.

All industry wide events are analyzed by the training staff and, if found to be applicable to Yankee Rowe, are also presented during this segment of training. Again, generic lesson plans provide areas of the event (s) to be discussed.

2.6 Plant Changes All plant design changes (i.e., PDCRs, EDCRs, etc.) are routed through the training department. Upon review, a Training Material Change Record (TMCR) is generated, if applicable.

A TMCR is then used to incorporate necessary changes to lesson plans, system descriptions, etc. pertaining to the design change.

In conjunction with training material changes, or shortly thereafter, appropriate training is also provided to the operators in regards to any particular design change.

2.7 Classroom Observation The inspector attended a training lecture on Nuclear Instrumentation to verify that the technical content of the information presented to personnel was adequate.

Subject matter presented to the class included handouts, transparencies, and appropriate reference material.

Interaction between the instructor and the classroom participants was excellent.

No problems or deficiencies were noted.

Classroom environmental conditions were adequate for topic presentations.

Improvements in this area had been made by the training department following a review of class participant evaluation sheets completed by each student following any classroom instruction. The inspector reviewed various completed class evaluation sheets and the training department's Annual Training Effectiveness Report which is written and presented to upper management for their review.

3.0 Findings and Observations No violations, unresolved items, or open items were identified during this inspection. All of the areas which were reviewed by the inspector appear to have been performed in accordance with their respective program require-ments.