ML12206A387

Requalification Program Inspection - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

ML12206A387
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	07/23/2012
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 July 23, 2012 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Manager, Corp. Nuclear Licensing Programs Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 4B-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Shea:

In a telephone conversation on July 18, 2012, Mr. Gerard Laska, Senior Operations Examiner, and Mr. Steve Smith, Licenses Operations Training Supervisor, arranged for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of September 10, 2012, 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-3.5-1985, American National Standard for Nuclear Power Plant Simulators for Use in Operator Training and Examination.

In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59, the NRC has requested that you submit (by August 30, 2012, or make ready upon arrival), the material as specified in the Enclosure, in order to support the NRC's inspection program needs. Mr. Smith has been advised of this request and was provided 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.

J. Shea 2

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. Gerry Laska at (404) 997-4626, (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 Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-327, 50-328 License No.: DPR-77, DPR-79

Enclosure:

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

G SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE G FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS SIGNATURE RA RA NAME LASKA WIDMANN DATE 7/23/2012 7/23/2012 E-MAIL COPY?

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

J. Shea 3

cc w/encl:

J. T. Carlin Site Vice President Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution P. R. Simmons Plant Manager Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution G. M. Cook Manager Licensing Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution C. D. Mackaman Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Edward J. Vigluicci Assistant General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution County Mayor Hamilton County Hamilton County Courthouse 208 Courthouse 625 Georgia Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Tennessee Department of Environment &

Conservation Division of Radiological Health 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 2600 Igou Ferry Road Soddy Daisy, TN 37379-3624 Ann Harris 341 Swing Loop Rockwood, TN 37854 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Ms. Coleen Ware Training Manager Sequoyah Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Soddy-Daisy, TN 37384-2000

J. Shea 4

Letter to Joseph W. Shea from Malcolm T. Widmann dated July 23, 2012.

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT Distribution:

RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMSequoyah Resource

Enclosure Materials Request List The items listed below are necessary to support the Licensed Operator Requalification Program inspection (IP-71111.11) in September 2012 at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. Items listed under In-office inspection material, must be received in the NRC Region II office by August 30, 2012.

Items listed under On-site inspection material, should be ready for review upon arrival of the inspectors on September 10, 2012.

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. Spreadsheets and/or test outlines which show the usage of written examination questions, JPMs, and simulator scenarios (i.e. outlines/sample plans).

4. Copy of the weekly examination schedules for the weeks that the 2012 annual operating exams will be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing the week of September 10, 2012.

5. Copies of the written examinations that were, or will be, administered for the 2012 biennial requalification examination (for all weeks), including all re-take examinations, if applicable. (exam security related item)

6. Ten (10) job performance measures (JPMs), both simulator and in-plant, and six (6) simulator scenarios associated with the current annual operating test. The JPMs and scenarios to be reviewed should include those that will be administered the week of September 10, 2012, with any remaining JPMs and scenarios reviewed selected from other weeks of the annual operating test. (exam security related item)

7. Self-assessment reports, corrective action reports, and Licensee Event Reports, written since the last requalification inspection, resulting from, or concerning human performance errors, including any examination security issues.

8. 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.

9. A copy site procedure(s) governing simulator configuration control, maintenance, and fidelity, including all testing methods used to fulfill ANSI/ANS 3.5-1985 requirements.

10. Copy of the program evaluation of the previous biennial requalification cycle.

2 Enclosure 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)

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.