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Notification of Inspection (NRC Integrated Inspection Report 05000382/2017003) and Request for Information
ML17170A301
Person / Time
Site: Waterford Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 06/16/2017
From: Vincent Gaddy
Operations Branch IV
To: Chisum M
Entergy Operations
Gaddy V
References
IR 2017003
Download: ML17170A301 (8)
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See also: IR 05000382/2017003

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD.

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

June 16, 2017

Mr. Michael R. Chisum, Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road

Killona, LA 70057-0751

SUBJECT: WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 - NOTIFICATION OF

INSPECTION (NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 05000382/2017003)

AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Chisum:

From July 24 through July 28, 2017, inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions

(NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification inspection at Waterford

Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, 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 the 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. R. Simpson, Training Manager. 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 Clyde Osterholtz, lead inspector, at 817-200-1269 or Clyde.Osterholtz@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

requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control

number.

M. Chisum 2

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 the NRC's Agencywide

Documents Access and Management 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 Thomas Farina Acting for/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-382

License No. NPF-38

Enclosure:

Biennial Requalification Inspection Document

Request

Electronic Distribution for Waterford Steam

Electric Station

BIENNIAL REQUALIFICATION INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST

TO: Rob Simpson

Training Manager

504-739-6042

FROM: Clyde Osterholtz

Senior Operations Engineer, NRC RIV

817-200-1269

SUBJECT: INFORMATION REQUEST TO SUPPORT JULY 24, 2017 TO JULY 28, 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

hardcopy in order to arrive at the Region IV office no later than July 14, 2017.

  • Electronically To: Clyde.Osterholtz@nrc.gov

cc: Kelly.Clayton@nrc.gov

Brian.Larson@nrc.gov

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

1600 E. Lamar Blvd

Arlington, TX 76011

ATTN: Clyde Osterholtz

General Requests:

  • Index of the materials provided in response to this request
  • List of licensed operators (LO) (senior reactor operators (SRO) and reactor operators

(RO)) by crew (operating and staff)

  • Training and operations department organization charts (with qualified licensed

operator requalification (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 (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 Curriculum Review Committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes

Enclosure

02.03: Biennial Requalification Written Examination Quality

  • Current and approved biennial written examination schedule
  • 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, if any

  • All written examinations that have been approved for administration up to and

including the week before the inspection team is on-site, if any (These documents

will need to have adequate password protection if e-mailed or double envelope

protection if mailed via regular mail per NUREG-1021.)

  • Current requalification cycle examination methodology (sample plan)

02.04: Annual Requalification Operating Test Quality

to be given the week of July 24, 2017

  • Operating tests (JPMs and scenarios) (password protected and provide separately

via telephone at later date) to be given the week of July 24, 2017

  • 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)

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
  • Index for referencing the above procedures

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 support 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

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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)

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

  • List of licensed operators whose licenses were reactivated since the last BRQ

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

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 3.5 standard requirements. Based

on the input that the licensee implements simulator testing standards per

ANSI/ANS-3.5-2009, provide this information for the following Transient and Steady

State tests:

o Transient test 3, Simultaneous closure of all main steam isolation valves

o Transient test 10, Slow primary system depressurization to saturated condition

with pressurizer relief or safety valve stuck open (inhibit activation of high

pressure emergency core cooling system)

o Steady State tests for low power test

  • 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 July 27, 2015, and July 24, 2017

and loss of shutdown cooling (If these are in a scenario based training package, then

the review of that package would be acceptable.)

  • Primary parameters tested in order to verify core physics parameters - critical boron

concentration and Moderator Temperature Coefficient (MTC) and 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)

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  • A list of simulator modification packages (completed or planned) between

July 27, 2015, and July 24, 2017

02.10: Problem Identification and Resolution

  • 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 24, 2017.

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

  • All approved Operating Tests (JPMs and scenarios) not previously submitted
  • 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 discrepancies (DRs) from July 27, 2015, to July 24, 2017. This should

include all open DR examinations 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 July 27, 2015, to July 24, 2017
  • Plant modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the simulator by due

date from July 27, 2015, to July 24, 2017

  • Simulator Differences lesson plan used in training (current to July 24, 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 3.5 standard requirements.)

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  • 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. Waterford Steam Electric Station is required to send the final results summary and

any remaining examinations and operating tests that have not been reviewed to the

NRC regional office lead inspectors for final review and comparison against the

Significance Determination Tools in order to communicate the exit results for the

inspection.

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ML17170A301

SUNSI Review ADAMS: Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:

By: VGG Yes No Publicly Available Sensitive NRC-002

OFFICE SOE:OB C:OB

NAME COsterholtz VGaddy

SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/TJF for

DATE 06/16/17 06/16/17

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