ML100880438

Requalification Inspection Notification Letter

ML100880438
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	03/29/2010
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Gatlin T South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
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IR-10-004
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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 March 29, 2010 Mr. Thomas D. Gatlin Vice President - Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station P.O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - VC SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION 05000395/2010004

Dear Mr. Gatlin:

In a telephone conversation on March 9, 2010, between Messrs, Eric Warden, Supervisor, Nuclear Training Requalification Programs, and Steve Garchow, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the VC Summer Nuclear Station. The inspection is planned for the week of August 23, 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. It is our understanding your simulator is committed ANSI/ANS-3.5-1985, American National Standard for Nuclear Power Plant Simulators for Use in Operator Training and Examinations.

In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59(c), the NRC has requested that you either submit by August 9, 2010, or make ready upon arrival, the material as specified in the enclosure in order to support the NRCs inspection program needs. Mr. Warden has been advised of this request and has been 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 OMB, under approval number 3150-0018, which expires on February 28, 2013. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average four hours 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.

SCE&G 2 The NRC may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the electronic Reading Room page of the NRCs public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding the NRCs inspection procedure or guidelines, please contact Mr. Garchow at (817) 276-4426 or myself at (404) 562-4550.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket: 50-395 License: NPF-12

Enclosure:

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

_________________________ X SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE MTW OFFICE RIV:OB RII:DRS SIGNATURE Via email MTW /RA/

NAME SGarchow MWidmann DATE 03/29/2010 03/29/2010 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO SCE&G 3 cc w/encl: Robin R. Haselden R. J. White General Manager Nuclear Coordinator Organizational Development &

S.C. Public Service Authority Mail Code 802 Effectiveness Electronic Mail Distribution South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP George A. Lippard, III Electronic Mail Distribution General Manager Nuclear Plant Operations Susan E. Jenkins South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Director, Division of Waste Management Electronic Mail Distribution Bureau of Land and Waste Management S.C. Department of Health and Robert L. Justice Environmental Control Manager Electronic Mail Distribution Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company R. Mike Gandy Electronic Mail Distribution Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S.C. Department of Health and L. A. Blue Environmental Control Training Manager Electronic Mail Distribution South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Andy T. Barbee Director Nuclear Training South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Bruce L. Thompson Manager Nuclear Licensing (Mail Code 830)

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Robert M. Fowlkes General Manager Engineering Services South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Lavigne General Manager Operational Readiness South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station P.O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SCE&G 4 Letter to Thomas D. Gatlin from Malcolm T. Widmann dated March 29, 2010

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - VC SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION 05000395/2010004 Distribution w/encl:

C. Evans, RII L. Slack, RII OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMSummer Resource

Materials Request List The items listed below are being requested per telephone conversation on March 9, 2010, in order to support the upcoming IP-71111.11B inspection in August, 2010 at VC Summer. Items in paragraph "A" are to be sent prior to the inspection. They must be received in our office by August 9, 2010. In order to reduce the paperwork burden, we further request as much of this material as possible be sent to the lead inspector electronically via e-mail or on a compact disc.

Please have the items listed in paragraph "B" ready for our review upon arrival on August 23, 2010.

A. In-office inspection material:

1. A complete list of all currently licensed (active and inactive) reactor operators and senior reactor operators, including any license restrictions for each individual listed

2. A list of all personnel that have reactivated their license since the last requalification inspection

3. The licensed operator training schedule for the week of August 23, 2010, including exam activities and the licensed operators scheduled for testing

4. All written exams administered during the last annual requalification cycle (administered last year), including all re-take exams

5. The simulator scenarios and JPMs (simulator and in-plant) that have been administered or will be administered the week of August 23, 2010 (exam security related item)

6. All licensed operator training related self assessment reports performed since the last biennial requalification inspection

7. A summary statement printout for the condition reports that involve licensed operator human performance errors or licensed operator training since the last biennial requalification inspection B. On-site licensed operator related inspection material that should be readily available upon arrival:

1. Requalification training attendance records for the current two year requalification training cycle

2. Exam results since last requalification inspection (operating & written exams), copies of exams that had pass/failure rates significantly outside the average

3. All licensed operator related training committee meeting minutes since the last requalification inspection Enclosure

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4. Any licensed operator training program evaluations performed over the previous 2 year training cycle

5. An organizational chart for the training department including the simulator support staff

6. Security badge and HP printouts for all personnel that reactivated their licenses since the last requalification inspection (records shall support verification of time on shift under instruction and complete plant tours for both the reactivating operator and the supervising active license for the time on shift as well as the plant tour.)

7. Records for maintenance of active licenses for those individuals not assigned to a permanent shift crew (i.e., shifts as an active watch-stander) since the last requalification inspection

8. Access to all licensed operator NRC required medical records

9. A reference list for all administrative procedures which direct the training process, including development of training and test materials, attendance and makeup requirements, remediation requirements, license reactivation, and use of plant/industry experience

10. For the simulator, provide access to:

The list of all open simulator discrepancies (DRs)

The Simulator Management and Configuration Procedures A list of all closed simulator DRs for last 12 months A list of Simulator Performance tests Simulator Testing Documentation

11. Simulator security procedure(s)

12. The governing procedure(s) for maintaining simulator fidelity which includes all the testing requirements used to fulfill the applicable ANSI/ANS-3.5 requirements Enclosure