ML12363A171

Letter Requalification Program Inspection - Oconee Nuclear Plant

ML12363A171
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Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	12/27/2012
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Gillespie T Duke Energy Corp
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 December 27, 2012 Mr. T. Preston Gillespie, Jr.

Site Vice President Duke Energy Corporation Oconee Nuclear Station 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672-0752

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - OCONEE NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Gillespie,

Jr.:

In a telephone conversation on December 20, 2012, Mr. Michael Meeks, Senior Operations Engineer, and Mr. Brian Bowers, Licensed Operator Requalification Supervisor, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at Oconee Nuclear Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of March 4, 2013, 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-3.5-2009, 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 February 19, 2013), the material as specified in paragraph A of the Enclosure, in order to support the NRC's inspection program needs. The NRC has further requested that you have all items as specified in paragraph B of the Enclosure available for review for the inspectors on the first day they arrive on site. Mr. Bowers 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.

T. Preston Gillespie, Jr. 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. Michael Meeks at (404) 997-4467, (Internet E-mail:

Michael.Meeks@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550, (Internet E-mail:

Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA: Mark Franke for/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 License Nos.: DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55

Enclosure:

Materials Request List cc: (See Page 3)

_________________________ xG SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE G FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS SIGNATURE RA RA NAME MEEKS WIDMANN DATE 12/27/2012 12/27/2012 12/ /2012 12/ /2012 12/ /2012 12/ /2012 12/ /2012 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO T. Preston Gillespie, Jr. 3 cc: General Office Thomas D. Ray Duke Energy Corporation Plant Manager Electronic Mail Distribution Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation Alicia Richardson Electronic Mail Distribution Licensing Administrative Assistant General Office James A. Kammer Duke Energy Corporation Design Engineering Manager Electronic Mail Distribution Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation Lara S. Nichols Electronic Mail Distribution Deputy General Counsel Duke Energy Corporation Robert H. Guy Electronic Mail Distribution Organizational Effectiveness Manager Oconee Nuclear Station David A. Cummings Duke Energy Corporation Associate General Counsel Electronic Mail Distribution General Office Duke Energy Corporation Terry L. Patterson Electronic Mail Distribution Safety Assurance Manager Duke Energy Corporation Division of Radiological Health Electronic Mail Distribution TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation 401 Church Street Kent Alter Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Regulatory Compliance Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Sandra Threatt, Manager Duke Energy Corporation Nuclear Response and Emergency Electronic Mail Distribution Environmental Surveillance Bureau of Land and Waste Management Judy E. Smith Department of Health and Environmental Licensing Administrator Control Oconee Nuclear Station Electronic Mail Distribution Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Joseph Michael Frisco, Jr. Oconee Nuclear Station Vice President, Nuclear Design Engineering U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission General Office 7812B Rochester Hwy Duke Energy Corporation Seneca, SC 29672 Electronic Mail Distribution Charles Brinkman M. Christopher Nolan Director Director - Regulatory Affairs Washington Operations General Office Westinghouse Electric Company Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Cummings (acting) (cc contd - See page 4)

Fleet Regulatory Compliance & Licensing Manager

T. Preston Gillespie, Jr. 4 (cc contd)

County Supervisor of Oconee County 415 S. Pine Street Walhalla, SC 29691-2145 W. Lee Cox, III Section Chief Radiation Protection Section N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

Letter to T. Preston Gillespie, Jr. from Malcolm T. Widmann dated December 27, 2012.

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - OCONEE NUCLEAR PLANT Distribution:

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Materials Request List The items listed below are necessary to support the Licensed Operator Requalification Program inspection (IP-71111.11) in March, 2013 at Oconee. Items listed under In-office inspection material must be received in the NRC Region II office by February 19, 2013. Items listed under On-site inspection material should be ready for review upon arrival of the inspectors on March 4, 2013.

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 2013 annual operating exams will be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing the week of 03/04/2013.

5. Copies of the written examinations that were administered for the last biennial requalification examination (for all weeks), including all re-take examinations.

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 03/04/2013, 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/ANSB3.5-2009 requirements.

10. 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.

Enclosure

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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.

Enclosure