ML112800520

Requalification Program Inspection -Turkey Point Nuclear Plant

ML112800520
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Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	10/05/2011
From:	Mark Franke Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 October 5, 2011 Mr. Mano Nazar Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Nazar:

In a telephone conversation on September 27, 2011, Mr. Edwin Lea, Senior Operations Engineer, and Mr. Robert Shane, Operations Continuing Training Supervisor, made arrangements for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at Turkey Point Units 3 and 4. The inspection is planned for the week of November 14, 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, Requalification, the NRC has requested that you submit by October 31, 2011, the material as specified in the Enclosure, in order to support the NRC's inspection program needs. Mr. Shane 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 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. Lea at (404) 997-4567, (Internet E-mail: Edwin.Lea@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4436, (Internet E-mail: Mark.Franke@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA: M. Widmann for/

Mark E. Franke, Chief Operations Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-250, 50-251 License Nos.: DPR-31, DPR-41

Enclosure:

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

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Alison Brown Nuclear Licensing Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Larry Nicholson Director Licensing Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Michael Kiley Site Vice President Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Niel Batista Emergency Management Coordinator Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Electronic Mail Distribution Robert J. Tomonto Licensing Manager Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Eric McCartney Plant General Manager Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Mitch S. Ross Vice President and General Counsel Nuclear Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Marjan Mashhadi Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution William A. Passetti Chief Florida Bureau of Radiation Control Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 9762 SW 344th St.

Florida City, FL 33035 Attorney General Department of Legal Affairs The Capitol PL-01 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 County Manager of Miami-Dade County 111 NW 1st Street, 29th Floor Miami, FL 33128 Gene St. Pierre Vice President, Fleet Support Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Florida Power and Light Company ATTN: Mr. Neil Constance Training Manager Turkey Point Nuclear Plant 9760 SW 344th Street Homestead, FL 33035

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Letter to Mano Nazar from Mark E. Franke dated October 5, 2011.

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT Distribution w/encl:

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Enclosure Materials Request List The items listed below are necessary to support the Licensed Operator Requalification Program inspection IP-71111.11B in November, 2011 at Turkey Point. The items listed under In-office inspection material must be received in the NRC Region II office by October 31, 2011. Items listed under On-site inspection material should be ready for review upon arrival of the inspectors on November 14, 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 simulator staff.

3. Copy of the weekly examination schedules for the weeks that the 2011 annual operating exams will be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing the week of November 14, 2011.

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 November 14, 2011 (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