ML13254A049
| ML13254A049 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 09/11/2013 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | Limpias O Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| References | |
| IR-13-005 | |
| Download: ML13254A049 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000298/2013005
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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
September 11, 2013
Mr. Oscar A. Limpias, Vice President-Nuclear
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Nebraska Public Power District
Cooper Nuclear Station
72676 648A Avenue
Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT: COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION
(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000298/2013005) AND REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Limpias:
From October 21 through 25, 2013, inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions
(NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification inspection at Cooper
Nuclear Station, 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 Ms. Jodie Olberding 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 Mr. Steve Garchow at (817) 200-1426
(Steve.Garchow@nrc.gov) or Mr. Duane Strickland at (817) 200-1570
(Duane.Strickland@NRC.gov).
O. Limpias -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 Agencywide
Documents Access and Management 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/
Vince Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-298
License: DPR-46
Enclosure:
Inservice Inspection Document Request
cc: Electronic Distribution for Cooper Nuclear Station
ADAMS: No Yes SUNSI Review Complete Reviewer Initials: SMG
Publicly Available Non-Sensitive
Non-publicly Available Sensitive
SOE:OB C:OB
SGarchow VGaddy
/RA/ /RA/
9/11/13 9/11/13
BIENNIAL REQUALIFICATION INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST
FROM: Steve Garchow
Senior Operations Engineer, NRC RIV
817-200-1426
TO: Scott DeRosier
Operator Training Superintendent, Cooper Nuclear Station
402-825-5573
SUBJECT: INFORMATION REQUEST TO SUPPORT OCTOBER 21-25, 2013, 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 June 15, 2012.
- Electronically: TO: E-mail address Steve.Garchow@NRC.Gov
CC: Duane.Strickland@NRC.Gov )
- Hardcopy to: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV
1600 E. Lamar Blvd
Arlington, TX 76011
ATTN: Steve Garchow
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
- Licensed operator training schedule for the week of October 21, 2013
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 October 21, 2013. Note that it is not
required to make copies of all the materials, but to have them available.
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02.02: Exam Results
- All results up to the day the team leaves the site.
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
- All written examinations that have been approved for administration up to and
including the week before the inspection team is onsite
- The current requalification cycle examination methodology (sample plan)
02.04: Annual Requalification Operating Test Quality
- Any changes to the schedule for the operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given
the week of October 21, 2013 (week team is onsite).
- The operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) (password protected and provide separately
via telephone at later date) to be given the week of October 21, 2013 (week team is
onsite).
prior to the inspection team arrival onsite.
- Current requalification cycle operating test methodology (sample plan)
- A listing of licensed operator response times for time critical operator actions
02.05: Licensee Admin of Requal 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
- 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
- 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 requal inspection related to
examination security and overlap
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02.07: Licensee Remedial Training Program
- List of remedial training conducted or planned since last requal exams (includes
training provided to operators to enable passing requal exams and training provided
to correct generic or individual weaknesses observed during previous requal exam
cycle)
- Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance
documentation)
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
- 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 support reactivation of any
SRO/RO license (operating or staff crew) since the last biennial inspection
02.09: Simulator Performance
- Simulator discrepancies (DRs) from October 1, 2011, through October 1, 2013. 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 June 1, 2010, through June 1, 2012.
- Plant Modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the Simulator by due
date from June 1, 2010, through June 1, 2012.
- Simulator Differences Lesson plan used in training (current to June 1, 2010).
- 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.
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- 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 1, Manual Rx trip
o Transient test 6, Main turbine trip (no reactor trip)
o Transient test 10, Stuck open PORV
o Steady State tests for low 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 June 1, 2010, and June 1, 2012.
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
- All condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the control room
C. Cooper Nuclear Station 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.
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