ML14308A649
| ML14308A649 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 04/29/2014 |
| From: | NRC/RGN-III |
| To: | Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| Reeser, D. | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML13093A491 | List: |
| References | |
| Download: ML14308A649 (1) | |
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Palisades Nuclear Plant September 2014 Initial License Exam 2014 K/A Selection Methodology and Suppression Report
- 1.
The systematic and random sampling of K/As for the Palisades Nuclear Plant October 2014 NRC Written Exam was performed in accordance with the following:
NUREG-1021, Rev. 9 Supplement 1, ES-401, Attachment 1, Example Systematic Sampling Methodology NUREG-1021, Rev. 9 Supplement 1, ES-401, D.1.b
- 2.
K/A Suppression:
Suppression of K/As was minimal and in accordance with the guidance mentioned in Step 1 of this methodology document. K/A suppression was as follows:
Fifteen Tier 1 K/A topics were suppressed that are vendor specific to a plant design other than Combustion Engineering. The following are the Tier 1 K/A topics that were suppressed:
W/E04 LOCA Outside Containment / 3 W/E11 Loss of Emergency Coolant Recirc. / 4 BW/E04; W/E05 Inadequate Heat Transfer - Loss of Secondary Heat Sink / 4 W/EO1 & E02 Rediagnosis & SI Termination / 3 W/E13 Steam Generator Over-pressure / 4 W/E15 Containment Flooding / 5 W/E16 High Containment Radiation / 9 BW/A01 Plant Runback / 1 BW/A02&A03 Loss of NNI-X/Y / 7 BW/A04 Turbine Trip / 4 BW/A05 Emergency Diesel Actuation / 6 BW/A07 Flooding / 8 BW/E03 Inadequate Subcooling Margin / 4 BW/E08; W/E03 LOCA Cooldown - Depress. / 4 BW/E13&E14 EOP Rules and Enclosures One Tier 2 K/A topic, 025 Ice Condenser System, was suppressed due to prior knowledge that Palisades design does not use Ice Condensers.
- 3.
K/A Selection:
Numbered tokens were used in the K/A selection process.
These tokens were manually and randomly selected from a large cup.
Automatic generation software was not used in the selection process.
- 4.
SRO Only questions - K/As were randomly selected from either the A2 or G categories. This was completed per ES-401, Attachment 1, item 4.
- 5.
Tier 1 and Tier 2 randomly selected generic category (G) K/As were selected from the 41 generic K/As listed in ES-401, section D.1.b.
- 6.
After initial random selection, a total of 27 K/As were rejected for various reasons, as documented on Form ES-401-4, Record of Rejected K/As, as required.