ML090340744

Requalification Program Inspection - H. B. Robinson Nuclear Plant

ML090340744
Person / Time
Site:	Robinson
Issue date:	02/03/2009
From:	Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Mccartney E Carolina Power & Light Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931 February 3, 2009 Mr. Eric McCartney Vice President Carolina Power and Light Company H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit 2 3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, SC 29550

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - H. B. ROBINSON NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. McCartney:

In a telephone conversation on February 2, 2009, Mr. Phillip Capehart, Operations Engineer, and Mr. Doug Winters, Superintendent, Operations Training, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the H. B. Robinson Nuclear Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of March 2, 2009, 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. It is our understanding that your simulator is committed to ANSI/ANS-3.5-1998, AAmerican National Standard for Nuclear Power Plant Simulators for Use in Operator Training and Examination.@

In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59(c), the NRC has requested that you either submit by February 23, 2009, or make ready upon arrival, the material as specified in the enclosure, in order to support the NRC's inspection program needs. Mr. Winters 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, 2009.

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 infocollectsresource@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.

CPL 2 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.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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 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).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Phillip Capehart at (404) 562-4483 (Internet E-mail:

Phillip.Capehart@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4550, (Internet E-mail:

Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-261 License No.: DPR-23

Enclosure:

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

CPL 3 cc w/encl: David T. Conley Brian C. McCabe Associate General Counsel Manager Legal Dept.

Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Progress Energy Service Company, LLC Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution S. D. West Eric McCartney Superintendent Security Vice President H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution R. J. Duncan, II Susan E. Jenkins Vice President Director, Division of Waste Management Nuclear Operations Bureau of Land and Waste Management Carolina Power & Light Company S.C. Department of Health and Electronic Mail Distribution Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution Ernest J. Kapopoulos, Jr.

Plant General Manager R. Mike Gandy Carolina Power & Light Company Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

Electronic Mail Distribution S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Christos Kamilaris Electronic Mail Distribution Director Fleet Support Services Beverly O. Hall Carolina Power & Light Company Chief, Radiation Protection Section Electronic Mail Distribution Department of Environmental Health N.C. Department of Environmental Curt A. Castell Commerce & Natural Resources Supervisor Electronic Mail Distribution Licensing/Regulatory Programs Carolina Power & Light Company John H. O'Neill, Jr.

H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 3581 West Entrance Road 2300 N. Street, NW Hartsville, SC 29550 Washington, DC 20037-1128 C. T. Baucom Chairman Manager North Carolina Utilities Commission Support Services - Nuclear Electronic Mail Distribution Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Robert P. Gruber Executive Director T. D. Walt Public Staff - NCUC Vice President 4326 Mail Service Center Nuclear Oversight Raleigh, NC 27699-4326 Carolina Power and Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution (cc w/encl. continued on page 4)

CPL 4 (cc w/encl. continued from page 3)

Public Service Commission State of South Carolina P.O. Box 11649 Columbia, SC 29211 cc w/encl contd)

Senior Resident Inspector Carolina Power and Light Company H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant U.S. NRC 2112 Old Camden Rd Hartsville, SC 29550 Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

ATTN: Koda Smith Training Manager Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit 2 3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, SC 29550

_________________________ xG SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS RII:DRP SIGNATURE RA RA RA NAME PCAPEHART MWIDMANN RMUSSER DATE 02/03/2009 02/03/2009 02/03/09 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 January 29, 2009, to support the upcoming IP-71111.11 inspection on March 2, 2009, at the Robinson Nuclear Plant.

Items in paragraph "A" are to be sent prior to the inspection. They must be received in our office by February 23, 2009. Please have the items listed in paragraph "B" ready for our review upon arrival on March 2, 2009.

A. In-office inspection material:

1. Complete list of all licensed individuals (active and inactive; RO and SRO) including license restrictions.

2. Copy of an Organizational Chart for the training department including simulator staff.

3. Copy of the weekly examination schedules for the weeks that the 2009 annual operating exams will be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing the week of March 2, 2009.

4. Copies of the written examinations that were administered for the last biennial requalification examination (for all weeks), including all re-take examinations.

5. Copies of simulator scenarios and JPMs (simulator and in-plant) that were administered for the current annual operating test and that will be administered the week of March 2, 2009. (exam security related item)

6. Self-assessment reports, corrective action reports, and Licensee Event Reports, written since the last requalification inspection, resulting from or concerning human performance errors.

7. A copy of site procedure(s) governing the conduct (process and content) of license operator requalification training (classroom and simulator), examination development/administration, remedial training, and examination security.

8. A copy site procedure(s) governing simulator configuration control, maintenance, and fidelity, including all testing methods used to fulfill ANSI/ANSB3.5-[year] requirements.

9. Copy of the program evaluation of the previous biennial requalification cycle.

B. On-site inspection material:

1. Requalification training attendance records for the current biennial training cycle.

2. Examination results since last requalification inspection (weekly operating & written examinations); copies of examinations with pass/failure rates outside the average.

3. Simulator scenarios and JPMs (in-plant and simulator) that have been or will be administered for this requalification exam. (exam security related item)

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4. All training feedback forms since the last requalification inspection.

5. Documentation regarding all remedial training conducted for examination failures since the last requalification inspection.

6. Complete list of all individuals that reactivated their licenses since the last requalification inspection.

7. Records associated with license reactivation, including:

a. Documentation of time on shift under instruction.

b. Security system and HP/dosimetry records for plant areas toured by reactivating individual and accompanying licensed operator.

8. Records providing documentation of maintenance of active license status (time on shift) for all licensed operators since last requalification inspection.

9. Medical records for all licensed (active and inactive) operators.

10. Simulator maintenance and testing records, including:

a. List of all open simulator discrepancies

b. List of all simulator discrepancies closed within the past 12 months

c. List of simulator performance tests

d. Simulator performance testing records and associated documentation Enclosure