ML17123A101
ML17123A101 | |
Person / Time | |
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Site: | Grand Gulf |
Issue date: | 05/03/2017 |
From: | Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
To: | Emily Larson Entergy Operations |
References | |
IR 2017003 | |
Download: ML17123A101 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000416/2017003
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E. LAMAR BLVD
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
May 3, 2017
Mr. Eric Larson, Site Vice President
Entergy Operations, Inc.
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station
P.O. Box 756
Port Gibson, MS 39150
SUBJECT: GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION
(NRC INSPECTION REPORT (05000416/2017003) AND REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Larson:
From July 31 through August 4, 2017, inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory
Commissions (NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification
inspection at Grand Gulf 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 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 Mrs. Sherri Sweet 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 Mahdi Hayes at (817) 200-1508
(Mahdi.Hayes@nrc.gov).
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
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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/
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-416
License No. NPF-29
Enclosure:
Biennial Requalification Inspection
Document Request
cc w/encl:
Electronic Distribution for
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station
BIENNIAL REQUALIFICATION INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST
From: Mahdi Hayes
Operations Engineer, NRC RIV
(817) 200-1508
To: Rickey Liddell
Superintendent, Training, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station
(601) 437-2376
Subj: Information Request to Support July 31 through August 4, 2017, 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
CD/DVD (do not send USB drives) in order to arrive at the Region IV office no later
than June 28, 2017.
- Electronically: To: Mahdi.Hayes@nrc.gov
cc: Thomas.Farina@nrc.gov
Chris.Steely@nrc.gov
- CD/DVD to: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV
1600 E. Lamar Blvd
Arlington, TX 76011
ATTN: Mahdi Hayes
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
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 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
July 31, 2017
- The operating tests (JPMs and scenarios) (password protected and provide
separately via telephone at later date) to be given the week of July 31, 2017
week prior to the inspection team arrival on-site (N/A if the inspection week is the
first week of testing)
- 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 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, 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 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 exam 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 4, Simultaneous loss of all recirculation pumps
o Transient test 8, Maximum RCS rupture with loss of all offsite power
o Transient test 10, MSIV closure with stuck open SRV
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 August 2015 to August 2017
- Malfunction Tests for loss of condenser vacuum and reactor pressure control system
failure. 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. 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 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 on-site inspection
activities. Requested materials should be available to the inspection team, either
electronically or hardcopy, upon site arrival on July 31, 2017.
02.02: Exam Results / 02.03 and 02.04: Written Exam and Op Test Quality
- All Operating tests (JPMs and scenarios) to be given in all subsequent weeks after
on-site 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 August 2015 through August 2017. 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 August 2015 through August 2017
- Plant Modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the Simulator by due
date from August 2015 through August 2017
- Simulator Differences Lesson plan used in training (current to July 31, 2017)
- 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. 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. Grand Gulf 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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SUNSI Review ADAMS: Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:
By: VGGaddy Yes No Publicly Available Sensitive NRC-002
OFFICE OE:OB C:OE
NAME MHayes VGaddy
SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/
DATE 5/2/17 5/3/17