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Summary of Meeting with Entergy Operations, Inc Re Initial Examination and Requalification Program Improvements
ML041820276
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Site: Grand Gulf Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 06/30/2004
From: Gody A
Operations Branch IV
To: Gerald Williams
Entergy Operations
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June 30, 2004 George A. Williams, Site Vice President Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT:

INITIAL EXAMINATION AND REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS

Dear Mr. Williams:

This refers to the public meeting conducted in the Region IV office on June 28, 2004. This meeting related to the improvements that you are making to your initial and requalification examination programs. The improvements involve a documented random sampling plan for written examination question development and a defined minimum guidance criteria to be used for the development of job performance measures. The specifics of these improvements are contained in the attached licensee presentation notes (Enclosure 2).

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Anthony T. Gody, Chief, Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosures:

1. Attendance List
2. Licensee Presentation cc:

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Entergy Operations, Inc. Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway P.O. Box 651 Jackson, MS 39205 Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W. - 12th Floor Washington, DC 20005-3502 Jay Barkley, Chief Energy & Transportation Branch Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Division Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 10385 Jackson, MS 39289-0385 President, District 1 Claiborne County Board of Supervisors P.O. Box 339 Port Gibson, MS 39150 General Manager Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 The Honorable Charles C. Foti, Jr.

Attorney General Department of Justice State of Louisiana P.O. Box 94005 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005 Governor Haley Barbour Office of the Governor State of Mississippi Jackson, MS 39201 Mike Moore, Attorney General Frank Spencer, Asst. Attorney General State of MS P.O. Box 22947 Jackson, MS 39225

Entergy Operations, Inc. Dr. Brian W. Amy State Health Officer State Board of Health P.O. Box 1700 Jackson, MS 39215 Robert W. Goff, Program Director Division of Radiological Health Mississippi Dept. of Health P.O. Box 1700 Jackson, MS 39215-1700 Michael A. Krupa, Director Nuclear Safety & Licensing Entergy Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213-8298 Director, Nuclear Safety and Regulatory Affairs Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150

Entergy Operations, Inc. Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSM1)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

Senior Resident Inspector (TLH4)

Branch Chief, DRP/A (WDJ)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (TRF)

Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)

RITS Coordinator (KEG)

ADAMS: : Yes G No Initials: ______

Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive : Non-Sensitive SOE:OB C:OB TFStetka/lmb ATGody

/RA/ /RA/

6/30/04 6/30/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax

ENCLOSURE 1 PUBLIC MEETING GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION (GGNS)

INITIAL EXAMINATION AND REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS JUNE 28, 2004 PARTICIPANT ATTENDANCE SHEET NAME TITLE R. Barnes Director, Training and Development, GGNS J. Miller Manager, Training and Development, GGNS M. Krupa Director, Nuclear Safety and Licensing M. Chase Supervisor, Operations Training D. Chamberlain Director, Division of Reactor Safety, NRC A. Gody Chief, Operations Branch, NRC T. Stetka Senior Operations Engineer, NRC P. Gage Senior Operations Engineer, NRC W. Johnson Chief, Projects Branch A, NRC D. Muller Senior Examiner, NRC Program Office (via telecom)

J. Munroe Senior Examiner, NRC Program Office (via telecom)

ENCLOSURE 2 LICENSEE PRESENTATION

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Operations Training Success Plan

Discussion

  • Issues
  • Actions

- Random Selection

- JPMs

  • Success Plan
  • Historical Review
  • Gaps

Issues

  • Failure rate
  • Random selection
  • Are the Licensed Operator Training program standards where they need to be?

Actions

- Outside technical expert

- Apparent Cause

- Procedures revised

- Corporate level QA audit of all ENS sites

- Corporate assessment review

- Development of Ops Training success plan

JPM Guidance

- Minimum of one faulted (Alt. path)

- No task or system duplication

- Maximum of one justified JPM

JPM Guidance

  • Each JPM:

- Stand alone

  • Minimum of 5 manipulations AND
  • Minimum of 3 critical tasks

- Justified

  • Does not meet above criteria
  • Statement explaining importance, consequence, and K & A value

Success Plan

1. Review historical information and develop corrective actions
2. Evaluate information for extent of condition
3. Review success plan in June assessment
4. Review corrective actions for effectiveness

Historical Review Reviewed

- 169 Condition Reports

- 17 Assessments

- 20 NRC Reports

- Quarterly Training Performance Indicators

Gaps

- Strengthen closure actions

- Extent of condition

- Management Observations and program feedback

- Instructor resources

Summary

- Message is heard

- In-depth review

- Aggressive response

- Excellence is the goal