ML14203A129

Requalification Program Inspection - Catawba Nuclear Station

ML14203A129
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	07/22/2014
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Henderson K Duke Energy Carolinas
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 July 22, 2014 Kevin Henderson Site Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Catawba Nuclear Station 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION

Dear Mr. Henderson:

In a telephone conversation on July 15, 2014, Mr. Phillip Capehart, Senior Operations Engineer, Mr. Richard Llewellyn, Operations Training Manager, and Mr. Al Honegar, Operations Training Instructor, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the Catawba Nuclear Station. The inspection is planned for the week of August 11, 2014, 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 the week of July 21, 2014, the material as specified in Part A of the Enclosure, in order to support the NRC's inspection program needs. Mr. Richard Llewellyn 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 April 30, 2016.

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.

K. Henderson 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. Phillip Capehart at (404) 997- 4483, (Internet E-mail:

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

malcolm.widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA: Eugene Guthrie for/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-413, 50-414 License Nos.: NPF-35, NPF-52

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SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION Distribution w/encl:

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Materials Request List The items listed below are necessary to support the Licensed Operator Requalification Program inspection (IP-71111.11B) in August 2014 at Catawba Nuclear Station. Items listed under In-office inspection material must be received in the NRC Region II office on or about July 21, 2014. Items listed under On-site inspection material should be ready for review upon arrival of the inspectors on August 11, 2014 A. In-office inspection material (Due by July 21, 2014):

1. Complete list of all licensed individuals (active and inactive; RO and SRO) including license restrictions.

2. Organizational Chart for the training department including the simulator staff.

3. Weekly examination schedules for the weeks that the 2014 annual operating exams will be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing each week.

4. Written examinations that will be administered for the biennial requalification examination. (exam security related item)

5. Simulator scenarios and JPMs (simulator and in-plant) that will be administered for the current annual operating test. (exam security related item)

6. A list (or lists) of issues associated with licensed operator errors or other licensed operator performance problems which have occurred in the actual plant/main control room since the last biennial requalification program, their associated corrective actions, and if these issues were incorporated into requalification training. (These issues are likely documented in condition/problem identification reports, audits, self assessments, and in industry operating experience reports, etc.)

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, examination security, and license maintenance.

8. A copy site procedure(s) governing simulator configuration control, maintenance, and fidelity, including all testing methods used to fulfill ANSI/ANSB3.5-2009 requirements.

9. Copy of the licensed operator requalification training program evaluation of the previous biennial requalification cycle.

B. On-site inspection material (Due onsite August 11, 2014):

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.

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3. Simulator scenarios and JPMs (in-plant and simulator) that have been or will be administered for this requalification exam. (exam security related item)All training feedback forms since the last requalification inspection.

4. Documentation regarding all remedial training conducted for examination failures since the last requalification inspection.

5. Complete list of all individuals that reactivated their licenses since the last requalification inspection.

6. 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.

7. Records providing documentation of maintenance of active license status (time on shift) for all licensed operators since last requalification inspection.

8. Medical records for all licensed (active and inactive) operators.

9. 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