IR 05000313/1986020
| ML20203F335 | |
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| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 07/17/1986 |
| From: | Bennett W, Jaudon J, William Jones NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML20203F329 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-313-86-20, 50-368-86-21, NUDOCS 8607310045 | |
| Download: ML20203F335 (6) | |
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x APPENDIX U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION
REGION IV
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NRC Inspection Report:
50-313/86-20 Licenses: DPR-51 50-368/86-21 NPF-6 Dockets:
50-313 50-368 Licensee: Arkansas Power & Light Company P. O. Box 551 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 Facility Name: Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO), Units 1 and 2 Inspection At: ANO Site, Russellville, Arkansas Inspection Conducted: June 23-27, 1986 7 J/P4 Inspectors:
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-2-Inspection Sumary Inspection Conducted June 23-27, 1986 (Report 50-313/86-20; 50-368/86-21)
Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection of licensed operator training and nonlicensed staff training.
Results: Within the two areas inspected, no violations or deviations were identified.
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Persons Contacted AP&L
- C. Anderson, Operations Training, Unit II
- B. Baker, Operations Manager D. Barton, Maintenance Training Supervisor
- P. Cairpbell, Plant Licensing
- E. C. Ewing, General Manager, Plant Support
- E. Force, Operations Training Supervisor, Unit I
- D. Howard, Special Projects Manager
- L. Humphrey, General Manager, Nuclear Quality R. Jackson, Admisiistrative Training Supervisor
- D. Lomax, Plant Licensing Supervisor
- J. McWilliams, Maintenance Manager
- W. Perks, Operations Training Supervisor, Unit II The NRC inspectors also contacted other site personnel, including administrative, clerical, operations, and training personnel.
- Denotes those attending the exit interview on June 27, 1986.
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Licensed Operator Training The purpose of this portion of the inspection was to evaluate the effectiveness of the licensed operator training program. The licensee stated that their operator training program has been accredited by the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INP0).
The NRC inspectors reviewed Arkansas Nuclear One Procedure 1063.08,
" Operations Training Program," Revision 6, dated Sep' ember 6, 1985, to determine the adequacy of the program for licensed operator requalification.
If an operator fails a test during a requalification training cycle segment, he has tto requalification training segments to complete a remedial review and take a retest.
No evaluation of capability to perform licensed duties is required by the program if a potential area of weakness is discovered during the requalification cycle. The NRC inspector. expressed concern at this apparently unaddressed area in the licensee's requalification program. The licensee committed to review the area; this is an open item pending completion of the licensee's review (313/8620-01; 368/8621-01). The NRC inspectors sampled requalification cycle segment written examinations and found them to be representative and accurate. The NRC inspectors discovered that one individual had failed the written examination, and requested to see the re-examination given the individual.
It was found that the individual had not taken a re-examination within the two requalification training segments as required by Procedure 1063.08. The licensee had previously identified this deficiency and had issued a nonconformance report. The individual had no normal shift licensed operating dutie.
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-4-The NRC inspectors reviewed approximately 40 annual requalification examinations. Minor questions or deficiencies were found but in only one case did the inspectors feel that passing or failing grades would be affected. The NRC inspectors requested that one examination be independently graded.
Results of the regrading showed that the individual failed the test instead of passing as originally thought. The licensee removed the individual from performing licensed duties. The individual had not performed licensed duties since he had taken the requalification examination. The requalification program does not require an independent review of marginal passing or failing grades, which would have prevented errors like the above. The NRC inspector expressed concern at this, and the licensee committed to review the issue. This is an open item pending completion of this review (313/8620-02; 368/8621-02). Review of requalification lecture schedules, attendance records, and training records of several licensed reactor operators and senior reactor operators detennined that required subjects are being taught, required personnel are attending required lectures, training records are being maintained and are regularly updated by the training department.
Interviews with operations department and training department personnel showed that good communications exist between the departments for allowing operations input into the determination of training needed. Training evaluation / action requests (TEARS), yearly personnel evaluations, and results of annual requalificaiton examinations are utilized in scheduling training for the requalification period. The training department reviews all License Event Reports and significant events from other sites for inclusion in the requalification program.
No violations or deviations were identified in this portion of the inspection.
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Nonlicensed Staff Training The purpose of this portion of the inspecuion was to evaluate the effectiveness of the licensee's training program for nonlicensed staff.
This evaluation was based on the NRC inspector's review of administrative training procedures, qualification records for maintenance personnel, and the licensee's program for reviewing operational events and abnormal occurrences which could be attributed to maintenance activities, and the implementing of the lessons learned into the training program.
The NRC inspectors reviewed the following administrative procedures:
o 1063.07 General Employee Training Program o
1063.10 Maintenance Training Program o
1063.12 Chemist Training Program o
1063.13 Radiochemist Training Program o
1063.14 Health Physics Training Program o
1063.18 Professional / Technical Training Program o
1063.24 Shift Technical Advisor (STA) Training Program
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-5-These procedures establish the specific requirements and methods for the conduct of training. The responsibilities for administering and evaluating job-related training for the nonlicensed staff were clearly assigned.
The licensee received INP0 accreditation for their maintenance training program in February 1986 and are presently awaiting accreditation of their Health Physics and Chemist training programs. The technical staff and STA training programs are scheduled to be submitted to INP0 by July 1, 1986. The licensee is presently interviewing for a quality control (QC)
instructor.
Previous QC inspector training has been conducted by the QC department and vendor groups. The budgetary funds necessary to develop and implement the QC training program have been allocated for the QC instructors use. The development of the QC training program is considered an open item (313/8620-03, 368/8621-03) and will be reviewed by an NRC inspector during a subsequent inspection.
Training records were also reviewed to verify that maintenance personnel were qualified in accordance with regulatory requirements and licensee commitments. The licensee has implemented the use of qualification cards for maintenance personnel as part of their INP0 accreditation for the naintenance training program. Specific training criteria have been established for each qualification card. Review of qualification cards for 11 mainten?nce technicians revealed that the individuals had been properly qualified and, in each case, the established qualification criteria had been met.
The licensee has developed a program for the review of operational events and abnormal occurrences which could be attributed to maintenance dctivities and the subsequent implementation of the lessons learned into the training program. This is accomplished through the review of:
o Fionthly Operating Experience Reports; o
Plant Safety Committee Reviews; o
Training department supervisors request; and o
TEARS from plant personnel The NRC inspector reviewed the licensee's evaluation of the Davis Besse incident to determine if changes to the maintenance training program were needed. The licensee had concluded after a thorough evaluation that no '
changes to the maintenance training program were needed.
In addition, TEARS 84-31 and 84-43, concerning incidents with the 4160 and 6900 volt switchgear and the spent fuel handling crane respectively, were also reviewed.
In each case, changes to the respective training programs were implemented to prevent recurrence.
No violations or deviations were identified in this portion of the inspection.
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Exit Interview An exit interview was held on June 27, 1986, with the personnel denoted in paragraph 1 of this report.
The NRC senior resident inspector and resident inspector also attended this meeting.
At this meeting, the scope of the inspection and the findings were summarized.