ML12311A527
| ML12311A527 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 11/06/2012 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Flores R Luminant Generation Co |
| References | |
| IR-13-002 | |
| Download: ML12311A527 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000445/2013002
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UNITE D S TATE S
NUC LEAR RE GULATOR Y C OMMI S SI ON
R E G IO N I V
1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD
AR L I NGTON , TEXAS 7 601 1- 4511
November 6, 2012
Rafael Flores, Senior Vice President
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Luminant Generation Company, LLC
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant
P.O. Box 1002
Glen Rose, TX 76043
SUBJECT: COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 -
NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION
REPORT 05000445/2013002 AND 05000446/2013002) AND
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Flores:
From December 3 through December 7, 2012, inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory
Commissions (NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification
inspection at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, using NRC Inspection
Procedure 71111.11B, Licensed Operator Requalification Program. Experience has shown
that this inspection is a resource intensive inspection both for the NRC inspectors and your staff.
In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a productive inspection,
we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection. These documents have
been divided into three groups. The first group (Section A of the enclosure) identifies
information to be provided prior to the inspection to ensure that the inspectors are adequately
prepared. The second group (Section B of the enclosure) identifies the information the
inspectors will need upon arrival at the site. The third group (Section C of this enclosure)
identifies the items which are necessary to close out the inspection and are usually sent a few
weeks after the team has left the site. It is important that all of these documents are up-to-date
and complete in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the
preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection.
We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand
that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Garry Struble of your licensing organization.
Our inspection dates are subject to change based on your updated schedule of examination
activities. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please
contact the lead inspector Nicholas Hernandez at (817) 200-1430
(nicholas.hernandez@nrc.gov).
R. Flores -2-
This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information
collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control
number 3150-0018. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement unless the
requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control
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).
Sincerely,
/RA/ G. Apger for
Vincent Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-445, 50-446
Enclosure:
Inservice Inspection Document Request
R. Flores -3-
Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Art.Howell@nrc.gov)
DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)
Acting DRP Deputy Director (Barry.Westreich@nrc.gov)
Acting DRS Director (Tom.Blount@nrc.gov)
Acting DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (John.Kramer@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Brian.Tindell@nrc.gov)
Administrative Assistant (Phyllis.Holder@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (David.Proulx@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRP/A (Jason.Dykert@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)
Project Manager (Balwant.Singal@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Ray.Kellar@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)
Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)
Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)
OEMail Resource
RIV/ETA: OEDO (Cayetano.Santos@nrc.gov)
DRS/TSB STA (Dale.Powers@nrc.gov)
SUNSI Review Completed: ___Y___ ADAMS: Yes No Initials: ___NAH_
Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive
R:\_REACTORS\_CPSES\2012\CP2013002-RFI LTR-nah.docx
OE:OB C:OB
NAHernandez VGaddy
/RA/ /RA/ GApger for
OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax
BIENNIAL REQUALIFICATION INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST
From: Nicholas Hernandez
Operations Engineer, NRC RIV
817-200-1430
To: Garry Struble
Simulator and Examination Manager, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant
254-897-6628
Subj: Information Request to Support December 2012 Licensed Operator Requalification
Program Inspection (IP 71111.11B)
A. The following information is requested in order to support inspection preparation
activities. These items are listed by section as they appear in the inspection module
(i.e., 2.02, 2.04, etc.). Requested materials should be sent either electronically or
hardcopy in order to arrive at the Region IV office no later than July 27, 2012.
- Electronically: To: Nicholas.hernandez@nrc.gov cc: duane.strickland@nrc.gov and
clyde.osterholtz@nrc.gov
- Hardcopy to: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV
1600 E. Lamar Blvd
Arlington, TX 76011
ATTN: Nicholas Hernandez
General Requests:
- Training and Operations Department organization charts (with qualified LOR
evaluators identified)
- Procedures that identify process for revising and maintaining LO continuing training
program up to date
- List of outstanding LOR program changes
- List of plant events and industry operating experience incorporated into LOR
program since last BRQ
- Audits and/or self-assessment reports addressing the licensed operator
requalification training program
- Last two years of simulator review committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes
- Last two years of CRC (or equivalent) meeting minutes
02.03: Biennial Requalification Written Examination Quality
- The current and approved biennial written examination schedule
have already been administered up to the week prior to the inspection team arrival
onsite.
-1- Enclosure
- All written examinations that have been approved for administration up to and
including the week before the inspection team is onsite. This will need to have
adequate password protection if e-mailed or double envelope protection if mailed via
regular mail per NUREG-1021.
- The current requalification cycle examination methodology (sample plan)
02.04: Annual Requalification Operating Test Quality
- The schedule for the operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given the week of
December 3.
- The operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) (password protected and provide separately
via telephone at later date) to be given the week of December 3 (week team is
onsite)
prior to the inspection team arrival onsite.
- All of the previous years NRC required annual operating tests.
- Current requalification cycle operating test methodology (sample plan)
- All portions of the UFSAR that identify operator response times for time critical
operator actions
02.05: Licensee Admin of Requalification Exams
- All procedures used to administer the annual operating test
- All procedures used to assess operator performance
- All procedures that describe conduct of simulator training
- All Procedures used to test, operate, and maintain the simulator
02.06: Requalification Examination Security
- Submit any tracking tools that you use as a means to prevent excessive overlap on
the written examinations and also meet the intent of sampling all required topics on a
periodic basis.
- Submit any tracking tools that you use as a means to prevent excessive overlap on
the operating tests and also meet the intent of sampling all required malfunctions
(including major events, instrument/component malfunctions, TS calls, etc.) on a
periodic basis.
- All Procedures that describe examination security, including procedures used to
develop the examinations that include guidelines on overlap between examinations
in current exam cycle tests and prior year examinations
- List of all Condition Reports since the last biennial requalification inspection related
to examination security and overlap
02.07: Licensee Remedial Training Program
- List of remedial training conducted or planned since last requalification exams
(includes training provided to operators to enable passing requalification exams and
training provided to correct generic or individual weaknesses observed during
previous requalification exam cycle)
- Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance
documentation)
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02.08: Conformance with Operator License Conditions
- All Procedures and Program documentation for maintaining active operator licenses,
tracking training attendance, and ensuring medical fitness of licensed operators
- All Procedures and associated documentation that supports reactivation of any
SRO/RO license (operating or staff crew) since the last biennial inspection
02.09: Simulator Performance
- For the following cases, send the most recent transient test packages, which may be
electronic or in paper single test packages and shall be complete with test
procedures for each test, the acceptance criteria, and results. For each transient test,
the reference chart should be included or an equivalent subject matter expert review
versus the simulator results with a write-up for any differences beyond the ANSI 3.5
standard requirements:
o Transient test 8, Max RCS rupture with LOSP
o Transient test 6, Main turbine trip (no reactor trip)
o Transient test 10, Stuck open PORV
o Steady State tests for 50% and 100% power
- All Simulator Management and Configuration Procedures if not already provided for
section 02.05 above.
- Simulator Discrepancy Report summary list for all open DRs. For closed DRs,
summary list for those items closed between December 2010 and December 2012.
- Malfunction Tests for Main Steam and Main Feed Line breaks. If these are included
in an SBT package then the review of that package would be acceptable.
- Test packages for Moderator Temperature Coefficient and Integral Rod Worth
(tested in order to verify core physics parameters). The applicable reference graphs
from the Plant physics data book (electronic or other means as available) should also
be included as well as the test procedures used and the acceptance criteria with
results.
02.10: Problem Identification and Resolution
- A summary report of all condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the
control room
- Any revised requalification training that was based on licensed operator performance
issues
B. The following information is requested in order to support the onsite inspection
activities. Requested materials should be available to the inspection team, either
electronically or hardcopy, upon site arrival on November 27, 2012.
02.02: Exam Results / 02.03 and 02.04: Written Exam and Op Test Quality
- All Operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given in all subsequent weeks after
onsite week
- All results up to the day the team leaves the site.
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02.08: Conformance with Operator License Conditions
- Access to licensed operators records (operating and staff crews)
- Access to licensed operators training attendance records
- Access to licensed operators medical records
02.09: Simulator Performance
- Simulator discrepancies (DRs) from December 2010 to December 2012. This
should include all open DRs and DRs that have been closed, including the
documentation/justification for closure.
- Acceptance test documentation, including hardware and software model revisions at
the time of acceptance (as available).
- Documentation that validates current models, including the thermal-hydraulics and
neutronics models, to the actual plant.
- All current model deficiencies, including FSAR vs. Design differences in the simulator
(any documentation on this)
- Summary list of modifications from December 2010 to December 2012.
- Plant Modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the Simulator by due
date from December 2010 to December 2012.
- Simulator Differences Lesson plan used in training (current to November 20, 2012).
- The complete book of all Simulator annual performance test packages (usually in a
single book, but may be electronic or in single test packages), complete with all
transient tests, steady state tests, and malfunction tests. This should also include the
test procedures for each test, the acceptance criteria, and results. For each transient
test, the reference chart should be included or an equivalent subject matter expert
review versus the simulator results with a write-up for any differences beyond the
ANSI standard requirements.
- All test packages used to verify core physics parameters (such as MTC, IRW). The
applicable reference graphs from the Plant physics data book (electronic or other
means as available) should also be included as well as the test procedures used and
the acceptance criteria with results.
- All Simulator test, configuration management, and related documents available in the
room for inspectors to review. This includes training needs analysis packages,
simulator review committee meeting minutes, etc.
- Current copy of ANSI 3.5 standard you are committed to for Simulator testing.
02.10: Problem Identification and Resolution
- All condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the control room
C. Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant is required to send the final results summary
and any remaining exams and operating tests that have not been reviewed to the
regional office lead inspector for this inspection for final review and comparison
against the Significance Determination Tools in order to communicate the exit results
for the inspection.
-4- Enclosure