ML061710158

Requalification Program Inspection - Catawba

ML061710158
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	06/20/2006
From:	Moorman J NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Jamil D Duke Energy Corp
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June 20, 2006 Duke Energy Corporation ATTN: Mr. D. M. Jamil Site Vice President Catawba Site 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION

Dear Mr. Jamil:

In a telephone conversation on June 19, 2006, Mr. Gerry Laska, Senior Operations Examiner, and Mr. Ed Brewer, Operations Training Supervisor and Mr. Glenn Spurlin Licensed Requal Lead Instructor, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the Catawba Nuclear Station. The inspection is planned for the week of July 24, 2006, which coincides with your regularly scheduled requalification examination cycle. The staff at your facility should prepare and conduct the requalification examinations in accordance with your NRC-approved requalification program.

In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59(c), the NRC has requested that you submit (one week prior to the inspection/make ready upon arrival), the material as specified in the Enclosure, in order to support the NRC's inspection program needs. Mr. Brewer has been advised of this request and provided with the name and address of the NRC lead inspector assigned to this inspection.

This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, approval number Part 55 (3150-0018), which expires on June 30, 2006.

The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at SLF@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0101), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB approval number.

DEC 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs 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).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Mr. Gerry Laska at (404) 562-4626 or me at (404) 562-4647.

Sincerely,

/RA/

James H. Moorman, III, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-413, 50-414 License Nos.: NPF-35, NPF-52

Enclosure:

Materials Request List cc w/encl: (See page 3)

DEC 3 cc w/encl:

Randy D. Hart Elizabeth McMahon Regulatory Compliance Manager Assistant Attorney General Duke Energy Corporation S. C. Attorney General's Office Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Lisa Vaughn Vanessa Quinn Associate General Counsel Federal Emergency Management Agency Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution 526 South Church Street Mail Code EC 07H North Carolina Electric Charlotte, NC 28202 Membership Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Timika Shafeek-Horton Assistant General Counsel County Manager of York County, SC Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution 526 South Church Street-EC07H Charlotte, NC 28202 Piedmont Municipal Power Agency Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Repka Winston & Strawn LLP R. L. Gill, Jr., Manager Electronic Mail Distribution Nuclear Regulatory Issues and Industry Affairs North Carolina MPA-1 Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution 526 S. Church Street Charlotte, NC 28201-0006 Henry J. Porter, Asst. Director Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt. R. A. Lindsay S. C. Department of Health Training Manager and Environmental Control Catawba Nuclear Station Electronic Mail Distribution 4850 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635 R. Mike Gandy Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution

OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRs RII:DRP SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/

NAME GLaska:pmd JMoorman CPayne DATE 6/19/06 6/19/06 6/19/06 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO Materials Request List The items listed below are being requested per telephone conversation on June 19, 2006, to support the upcoming IP-71111.11 B inspection in July 2006 at the Catawba Nuclear Station.

Items in paragraph "A" are to be sent prior to the inspection. They should be received in our office by July 17, 2006. Please have the items listed in paragraph "B" ready for our review upon arrival on July 24, 2006.

A. In-office inspection material:

1. Exam results since last requal inspection, copies of exam that had pass/failure rates significantly outside the average.

2. A copy of the last biennial requal written examination. (2RO/SRO exams)

3. List of personnel scheduled for requal testing the week of 7/24/06.

4. Copies of simulator scenarios for this exam.

5. Program evaluation for the previous 2 years training cycle.

6. A list of all personnel that reactivated their licenses since the last requal inspection.

7. Simulator:

List of all open simulator discrepancies (DRs).

Copy of the Simulator Management and Configuration Procedures.

List of all closed simulator DRs for last 12 months.

List of Simulator Performance tests.

B. On-site inspection material:

1. Condition Reports and LERs resulting from human performance errors since the last requal inspection.

2. All training feedback forms since the last requal inspection.

3. All remedial training packages since the last requal inspection.

4. Security badge and HP printouts for all (selected) personnel that reactivated their licenses since the last requal inspection.

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5. Copies of the reference list for all administrative procedures which direct the training process, including development of training and test materials, remedial training, modifications, plant and industry experience.

6. Records for maintenance of active licenses - time on shift 56/60 hrs/qtr since the last requal inspection.

7. All Medical Exam Records with a copy of the individuals license available. A list for review will be presented during the inspection week.

8. Simulator JPMs and in-plant JPMs that have been administered for this requal exam.

9. Copy of an Organizational Chart for the training department including the simulator group.

10. Complete list of all Licensed individuals complete with license restrictions.

11. Security procedures for the simulator.