ML100110385
| ML100110385 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 01/11/2010 |
| From: | Hironori Peterson Operations Branch III |
| To: | Schwarz C Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| References | |
| Download: ML100110385 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 January 11, 2010 Mr. Christopher J. Schwarz Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530
SUBJECT:
REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION
Dear Mr. Schwarz:
In a telephone conversation on January 5, 2010, Mr. T. Horan, of Operations Training, and Mr. B. Palagi, Lead Inspector, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the Palisades Nuclear Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of February 8, 2010, 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 may request facility licensees to submit their biennial comprehensive requalification written examinations or annual operating tests as necessary to support the NRC's inspection program needs. In order for the NRC to adequately prepare for this inspection, please furnish the operating tests scheduled for the week of the inspection to the NRC by February 1, 2010. Additionally, to facilitate the efficient conduct of this inspection, please have available on site for review, the documents listed in the enclosure.
Mr. Horan 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 3150-0018. 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 regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of these information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Records and FOIA/Privacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), 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 control 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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), 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 Bruce Palagi at 630-829-9611, or me at 630-829-9707.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20
Enclosure:
Documentation Requested to be Available Onsite during the Inspection Week cc w/encl:
Distribution via ListServ
Enclosure 1
DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED TO BE AVAILABLE ONSITE DURING THE INSPECTION WEEK Training and Operations organization chart and site phone book; Technical Specifications/License Operator Requalification Training (LORT) program procedures/Conduct of Operations administrative procedures; Current cycle crew and individual examination evaluations for weeks prior to the exam week inspection; Sample Plan (Master List) for this years annual examination and how derived; The 24-month training plan for the training current cycle; Attendance records for LORT; Applicants pass/fail results for written exams, individual operating tests and simulator operating tests for each requalification cycle; Records related to remediation of recent annual exam failures, and any past failures over the last 2 years; Complete Annual Exam Schedule illustrating operating and staff crews: names, positions, dates, and times for exam administration; LORT related condition reports written in the last year; Reports related to NRC performance indicators - e.g., safety system failures, transients, scrams, risk important scrams; The last QA audit that evaluated your requalification program; Any operations and LORT self-assessments done during the 2-year training cycle; Operator, instructor, management feedback during the 2-year training cycle; Curriculum review committee meeting minutes for past training year; Proficiency watch list for active/reactivated licenses, including procedure for how you keep track of proficiency watches and license restrictions; Access to complete licensed operator medical records; Lesson plan(s) addressing: Plant Events/LERs/SOERs/Mods/Lessons Learned;
Enclosure 2
Applicable ANSI 3.5 Standard for simulator fidelity; Simulator evaluations for any EOP operator response time(s) based on UFSAR time limits performed during the 2-year cycle (e.g., SGTR...);
Simulator open items list and performance indicators; Simulator management and configuration control procedure(s);
List of open simulator discrepancies; List of closed simulator discrepancies for the last 12 months; and Simulator performance tests: Transient, Malfunction, Core Performance, Normal Plant Evolution, Operator Conducted Surveillance...including applicable plots/trends.
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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), 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 Bruce Palagi at 630-829-9611, or me at 630-829-9707.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20
Enclosure:
Documentation Requested to be Available Onsite during the Inspection Week cc w/encl:
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