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Notification of Inspection (NRC Inspection Report 05000445/2017002 and 05000446/2017002) and Request for Information
	ML16302A100
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	10/27/2016
From:	Vincent Gaddy; Operations Branch IV
To:	Peters K; TEX Operations Company
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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

October 27, 2016

Ken J. Peters, Senior Vice President

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Attention: Regulatory Affairs

TEX Operations Company LLC

P.O. Box 1002

Glen Rose, TX 76043

SUBJECT: COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 -

NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000445/2017002 AND 05000446/2017002) AND REQUEST

FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Peters:

From November 28 through December 2, 2016, inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory

Commissions (NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification

inspection at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, 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. G. Struble, Operations/Simulator

Training Manager of your Training 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 Michael Kennard at

(817) 200-1244 (Michael.Kennard@nrc.gov), or Thomas Farina at (817) 200-1117

(Thomas.Farina@nrc.gov), or Kelly Clayton at (817) 200-1216 (Kelly.Clayton@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 and Procedure," 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/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446

License Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89

Enclosure:

Inservice Inspection Document Request

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DATE 10/27/16 10/27/16

Letter to Ken J. Peters from Vincent G. Gaddy, dated October 27, 2016

SUBJECT: COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 -

NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000445/2017002 AND 05000446/2017002) AND REQUEST

FOR INFORMATION

Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Scott.Morris@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director (Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Jeffrey.Josey@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Rayomand.Kumana@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/A (Jeremy.Groom@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Ryan.Alexander@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/A (Thomas.Sullivan@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/A (Matthew.Kirk@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Margaret.Watford@nrc.gov)

Team Leader, DRS/IPAT (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRS/IPAT (Eduardo.Uribe@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

RIV Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov)

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Jeremy.Bowen@nrc.gov)

RIV RSLO (Bill.Maier@nrc.gov)

BIENNIAL REQUALIFICATION INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST

FROM: Michael Kennard

Operations Engineer, NRC RIV

817-200-1244

TO: Garry Struble

Operations/Simulator Training Manager, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant

254-897-6628

SUBJECT: INFORMATION REQUEST TO SUPPORT NOVEMBER 28 THROUGH

DECEMBER 2, 2016, 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 November 7, 2016.

Electronically to: Michael.Kennard@nrc.gov

cc: Thomas.Farina@nrc.gov

Kelly.Clayton@nrc.gov

Hardcopy to: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV

1600 E. Lamar Blvd

Arlington, TX 76011

ATTN: Lead Inspector Name

General Requests:

List of licensed operators (SRO and RO) by crew (operating and staff)

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

02.03: Biennial Requalification Written Examination Quality

The current and approved biennial written examination schedule

The current requalification cycle written examination results for both SRO and RO

that have already been administered up to the week prior to the inspection team

arrival on-site.

Enclosure

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 (JPMs and scenarios) to be given the week of

November 28, 2016

The operating tests (JPMs and scenarios) (password protected and provide

separately via telephone at later date) to be given the week of November 28, 2016

Current requalification cycle operating tests (SRO and RO) and results up to the

week prior to the inspection team arrival on-site

All of the previous years NRC required annual operating tests

Current requalification cycle operating test methodology (sample plan)

All portions of the UFSAR that identify operator response times for time critical

operator actions

02.05: Licensee Admin of Requalification Examinations

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, 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 examination cycle tests and prior year examinations

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 examinations

(includes training provided to operators to enable passing requalification

examinations and training provided to correct generic or individual weaknesses

observed during previous requalification examination cycle)

Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance

documentation)

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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 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 medium 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 November 2014 and November 2016.

Malfunction Tests for Main Steam and Main Feed Line breaks. If these are included

in an SBT package then the review of that package would be acceptable.

Two examples of primary parameters tested in order to verify core physics

parameters 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 for the selected

samples.

All simulator modification packages that are on hold, delayed, or just 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 November 28, 2016.

02.02: Examination Results / 02.03 and 02.04: Written Examination and Op Test Quality

All Operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given in all subsequent weeks after

onsite week

All results up to the day the team leaves the site.

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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 discrepancies (DRs) from November 2014 and November 2016. 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 November 2014 and November 2016.

Plant Modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the Simulator by due

date from November 2014 and November 2016.

Simulator Differences Lesson plan used in training (current to November 28, 2016).

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.

02.10: Problem Identification and Resolution

All condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the control room

C. The licensee 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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