ML15079A371
| ML15079A371 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 03/20/2015 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Halpin E Pacific Gas & Electric Co |
| References | |
| IR 2015002 | |
| Download: ML15079A371 (9) | |
See also: IR 05000275/2015002
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E. LAMAR BLVD
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
March 20, 2015
Mr. Edward D. Halpin, Senior Vice President
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Diablo Canyon Power Plant
P.O. Box 56, Mail Code 104/6
Avila Beach, CA 93424
SUBJECT: DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 -
NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION
REPORT 05000275/2015002 AND 05000323/2015002 AND
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Halpin:
From May 18 through May 22, 2015, inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory
Commissions (NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification
inspection at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, 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 on-site 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 on-site 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 Mr. John Becerra of your simulator and
examination development 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 Theresa Buchanan at
(817) 200-1503 (Theresa.Buchanan@nrc.gov), Mahdi Hayes at (817) 200-1508
(Mahdi.Hayes@nrc.gov), or Mike Kennard at (817) 200-1244 or (Michael.Kennard@nrc.gov).
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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/
Vince G. Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos. 05000275 and 05000323
License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82
Enclosure:
Biennial Requalification Inspection Document Request
cc w/encl: Electronic Distribution
SUNSI Review ADAMS Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:
By: VGG Yes No Non-Publicly Available Sensitive NRC-002
OFFICE OE:OB C:OB
NAME TBuchanan/dch VGaddy
SIGNATURE /RA/ VGG for /RA/
DATE 3/20/15 3/20/15
Letter to Edward D. Halpin from Vincent G. Gaddy, dated March 20, 2015
SUBJECT: DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 -
NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION
REPORT 05000275/2015002 AND 05000323/2015002 AND
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)
DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
Acting DRP Deputy Director (Thomas.Farnholtz@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (John.Reynoso@nrc.gov)
Administrative Assistant (Madeleine.Arel-Davis@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Ryan.Alexander@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRP/A (Margaret.Tobin@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRP/A (Thomas.Sullivan@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)
Project Manager (Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)
Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)
Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)
Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)
RIV Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov)
RIV/ETA: OEDO (Michael.Waters@nrc.gov)
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BIENNIAL REQUALIFICATION INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST
FROM: Theresa Buchanan
Operations Engineer, NRC RIV
817-200-1503
TO: John Becerra
Simulator and Exam Development Supervisor
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
SUBJECT: Information Request to Support May 18-22, 2015, 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 May 6, 2015.
- Electronically to: Theresa.Buchana@nrc.gov
cc: Mahdi.Hayes@nrc.gov; Michael.Kennard@nrc.gov
- Hardcopy to: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV
1600 E. Lamar Blvd
Arlington, TX 76011
ATTN: Theresa Buchanan
General Requests:
(operating & staff)
- Training and Operations Department organization charts (with qualified licensed
operator (LOR) requalification evaluators identified)
- Procedures that identify process for revising and maintaining licensed operator
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 biennial requalification
- 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 Training and/or Operative Review Committee (CRC) (or equivalent)
meeting minutes
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02.03: Biennial Requalification Written Examination Quality
- The current and approved biennial written examination schedule
that 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 on-site
(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 (job performance measures and scenarios) to
be given the week of May 18, 2015
- The operating tests (job performance measures and scenarios) (password protected
and provided separately via telephone at later date) to be given the week of May 18,
2015
week 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 updated final safety analysis report 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, technical specification
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 examination cycle tests and prior year examinations
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- 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 examination cycle)
- Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance
documentation)
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 2, Trip of all feedwater pumps
o Transient test 7, Maximum power rate ramp from 100 percent to 75 percent and
back
o Transient test 10, Stuck open power operated relief valve
o Steady State tests for medium power
- All Simulator Management and Configuration Procedures if not already provided for
section 02.05 above
- Simulator discrepancy report (DR) summary list for all open DRs and for closed
DRs, summary list for those items closed between May 19, 2013, to May 18, 2015
- Malfunction tests for loss of condenser vacuum (item 5), failure of reactor pressure
control (item 18), and nuclear instrumentation failures (item 21)
(If these are included in a scenario-based testing package then the review of that
package would be acceptable.)
- Two examples of primary parameters tested in order to verify core physics
parameters (such as moderator temperature co-efficient (MTC), integrated rod worth
(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 for the selected samples.)
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- All simulator modification packages that are on hold, delayed, or not completed in
the last two years
- A list of simulator modification packages completed in the last two year window
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 May 18, 2015.
02.02: Exam Results / 02.03 and 02.04: Written Exam and Op Test Quality
- All Operating tests (job performance measures & scenarios) to be given in all
subsequent weeks after on-site week
- All results up to the day the team leaves the site
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 discrepancy reports from May 19, 2013, to May 18, 2015 (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 the final safety analysis report vs design
differences in the simulator (any documentation on this)
- Summary list of modifications from May 19, 2013, to May 18, 2015
- Plant Modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the Simulator by due
date from May 19, 2013, to May 18, 2015
- Simulator Differences Lesson plan used in training (current to May 18, 2015)
- 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
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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. Diablo Canyon 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.
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