ML102920699

Requalification Program Inspection Notice

ML102920699
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	10/19/2010
From:	Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Annacone M Progress Energy Carolinas
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 October 19, 2010 Mr. Michael J. Annacone Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P.O. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461-0429

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT

Dear Mr. Annacone:

In a telephone conversation on October 14, 2010, Mr. Gerard W. Laska, Senior Operations Examiner, and Mr. Lenny Beller, Superintendent of Operations Training, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification (LOR) program at the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of November 29, 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 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 submit (one week prior to the inspection/make ready upon arrival), the material as specified in Enclosure 1, in order to support the NRC's inspection program needs. Mr. Beller 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 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.

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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 NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response, if any, 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 Website 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 Gerry Laska at (404) 997-4642 (Internet E-mail:

gerard.laska@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550 (Internet E-mail: malcolm.widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operator Licensing Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-325, 50-324 License Nos.: DPR-71, DPR-62

Enclosure:

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

G SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS SIGNATURE GWL /RA/

MTW /RA/

NAME GLaska MWidmann DATE 10/19/2010 10/19/2010 E-MAIL COPY?

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

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cc w/encl:

R. J. Duncan, II Vice President Nuclear Operations Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution William Jefferson, Jr.

Director Site Operations Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Edward L. Wills, Jr.

Plant General Manager Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Christos Kamilaris Director Fleet Support Services Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Joseph W. Donahue Vice President Nuclear Oversight Carolina Power and Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Brian C. McCabe Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Phyllis N. Mentel Manager, Support Services Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Michael S. Williams Manager, Training Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution (Vacant)

Manager License Renewal Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution Annette H. Pope Supervisor, Licensing/Regulatory Programs Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution John H. O'Neill, Jr.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N. Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128 Peggy Force Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602 Chairman North Carolina Utilities Commission Electronic Mail Distribution Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff - NCUC 4326 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4326 Brunswick County Board of Commissioners P.O. Box 249 Bolivia, NC 28422 James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute Electronic Mail Distribution Public Service Commission State of South Carolina P.O. Box 11649 Columbia, SC 29211 (cc w/encl continued next page)

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W. Lee Cox, III Section Chief Radiation Protection Section N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Warren Lee Emergency Management Director New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management 230 Government Center Drive Suite 115 Wilmington, NC 28403

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Letter to Mr. Michael J. Annacone from Malcolm T. Widmann dated October 19, 2010

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT Distribution w/encl:

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

Enclosure Materials Request List The items listed below are being requested per telephone conversation on October 14, 2010, to support the upcoming IP-71111.11B inspection in November 2010 at the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant. Items in paragraph "A" are to be sent prior to the inspection. They must be received in our office by November 15, 2010. Please have the items listed in paragraph "B" ready for our review upon arrival on November 29, 2010.

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 2010 annual operating exams will be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing the week of 11/29/10.

4. Copies of the written examinations that were administered for the 2009 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 11/29/10.

(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/ANSB3.5-1998 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