ML102870181

Requalification Program Inspection Notice Letter

ML102870181
Person / Time
Site:	Surry
Issue date:	10/14/2010
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Heacock D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO)
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 October 14, 2010 Mr. David A. Heacock President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - SURRY POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Heacock:

In a telephone conversation on September 22, 2010, Mr. Timothy Kolb, NRC Senior Reactor Engineer, and Mr. Les Baker, Surry Operations Training Supervisor, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the Surry Power Station. The inspection is planned for the week of January 24, 2011, 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 you have committed to maintain your plant-referenced simulator in accordance with ANSI/ANS-3.5-1998, American 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 submit (by January 10, 2011/ make ready upon arrival), the material as specified in the Enclosure, in order to support the NRC's inspection program needs. Mr. Baker 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 February 28, 2013.

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 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.

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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 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. Timothy Kolb at (301) 415-1428 or me at (404) 997-4550.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-280, 50-281 License Nos.: DPR-32, DPR-37

Enclosure:

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

G SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRS NRR RII:DRS SIGNATURE MJR /RA/

TCK /RA/

MTW /RA/

NAME MRiches TKolb MWidmann DATE 10/13/2010 10/13/2010 10/14/2010 E-MAIL COPY?

YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

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cc w/encl:

Gerald T. Bischof Site Vice President Surry Power Station Virginia Electric and Power Company Electronic Mail Distribution Barry Garber Director, Nuclear Safety and Licensing Virginia Electric and Power Company Electronic Mail Distribution Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.

Senior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Chris L. Funderburk Director, Nuclear Licensing & Operations Support Virginia Electric and Power Company Electronic Mail Distribution Ginger L. Melton Virginia Electric and Power Company Electronic Mail Distribution Virginia State Corporation Commission Division of Energy Regulation P.O. Box 1197 Richmond, VA 23209 Attorney General Supreme Court Building 900 East Main Street Richmond, VA 23219 Michael M. Cline Director Virginia Department of Emergency Services Management Electronic Mail Distribution Tim Steed Training Manager Virginia Electric and Power Company Electronic Mail Distribution

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Letter to David A. Heacock, from Malcolm T. Widmann dated October 14, 2010

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - SURRY POWER STATION Distribution w/encl:

C. Evans, RII L. Douglas, RII OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMSurry Resource

Enclosure Materials Request List The items listed below are being requested per telephone conversation on September 23, 2010 to support the upcoming IP-71111.11B inspection in January 2011 at Surry. Items in Section "A" are to be sent (hardcopy, electronically, or CD) prior to the inspection to the following addresses:

Mr. Mark Riches Mr. Timothy Kolb Marquis One Tower 11555 Rockville Pike 245 Peachtree Ctr. Ave., NE, Suite 1200 Mail Stop O 7G13 Atlanta, GA 303030-1257 Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Mark.Riches@nrc.gov Timothy.Kolb@nrc.gov These items must be received in these offices by January 10, 2011. Please have the items listed in Section "B" ready for our review upon arrival on January 24, 2011.

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 the simulator group.

3.

Copy of the weekly schedules for the weeks that the 2011 annual operating exams will be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing the week of 01/24/11.

4.

A copy of the written exams (all weeks) that were administered for the last biennial requal exam, including all biennial re-take exams.

5.

Copies of the simulator scenarios and JPMs (simulator and in-plant) that have already been administered and that will be administered the week of 01/24/11 (exam security related item).

6.

Self assessment reports, Condition Reports, and LERs resulting from human performance errors since the last requal inspection.

7.

A copy of the governing site procedure(s) for the conduct of license operator requalification training (classroom and simulator) and exam development/administration.

8.

A copy of the governing site procedure(s) for the simulator fidelity which includes all the testing requirements used to fulfill ANSI/ANSB3.5-1998 requirements.

B.

On-site inspection material:

1.

Requal training attendance records for the current two year requal training cycle.

2.

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

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3.

All training feedback forms since the last requal inspection.

4.

All remedial training packages since the last requal inspection.

5.

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

6.

Security badge and HP printouts for all personnel that reactivated their licenses since the last requal 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 - time on shift 56/60 hrs/qtr since the last requal inspection.

8.

All medical exam records.

9.

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.

10.

Simulator:

List of all open simulator discrepancies (DR=s)

Copy of the Simulator Management and Configuration Procedures List of all closed simulator DR=s for last 12 months List of Simulator Performance tests Simulator Testing Documentation

12.

Security procedures for the simulator.

13.

Program evaluation for the previous 2 years training cycle.