ML17192A867
| ML17192A867 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Dresden, Quad Cities, Zion, LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 08/01/1980 |
| From: | Naughton W COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
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| ML17192A866 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8008110489 | |
| Download: ML17192A867 (10) | |
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e August 1, 1980 Commonwealth Edison Company REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM FOR LICENSED OPERATORS, SENIOR OPERATORS, AND SENIOR OPERATORS (LIMITED)
The following requalification program is designed to assure station management that all licensed Operators, Senior O~erators, and Senior Operators (Limited) maintain a high level of competency.
The program consists of _lectures, *simulator training,* and on-the-job training.
Records shall be maintained and evaluations made of each man's progress.
The Station Superintendent at each commonwealth Edison company nuclear power station has delegated to the.Training Supervisor re-sponsibility for implementing and coordinating the requalification program for the station.
I.
Lectures
. Lectures will be given as required by Section IV of this document in the general subject areas listed below.
The minimum tim~
requirement for review of subject areas A through I shall be ao hours over the two year requalification cycle.
. A.
Theory of Fluids and Thermodynamics Lectures shall include review of fluid statics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and DNB considerations.
B.. Theory of.Reactor Operation Lectures. shall include review of reactor kinetics, control rod worths, re~ctivity coefficients, reactor transient and behavior, and core damage mitigation concepts.,
- c.
- Radiati~n Protection,*waste Disposal and Regulation Lectures shall iriclude review of federal and company radiation exposure limitations, control methods, monitoring equipment, waste disposal systems and calculations for exposure,dose and shielding.
D. *operating Procedures Lectures shall include review of normal, abnormal, and emergency pro~edures, including fuel handling procedures.
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E.
Administrative Controls Lectures shall include review of administrative procedures, security procedur~s, quality assurance procedures, station emergency plan procedures-, and facility license (including technical specifications).
F.
Operating Characteristics and Experience Lectures shall include review of plant ope~ating characteristics during normal and abnormal operating conditions, analyzed transients, and accidents.
Incidents and abnormal occurrences at Edison stations and at other utilities shall also be reviewed.
G.
Plant Modifications Lectuies shall provide up-to-date information concerning system design changes, instrument setpoint changes, wiring modifications,.and any other plant modifications implemented during the most recent requalification interval *
. H.
Plant Systems Operation and Control Lectures shall include revie~ of the operation and control of the reactor protection systems, plant instrumentation, emergency core and containment cooling systems~ core damage mitigation systems, engineered safeguards, and 6ther ~elated plant systems.
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Genexal. Information Lectures shall include, as appropriate, information on upcomirig.
outages and other events of operational significance.
II.. Simulat6r Training A.
Each Operator or Senior Operator shall spend a miriimum of three full days per year at a training simulator which has the characteristics of the plant for which he is. licensed.
During this time he.shall perform operating functions under simulated normal, abnormal, and emergency conditions~
Control manipulation~ performed on the traihing.
simtilator may be used to~ard satisfying the requixements of Section III of this document.
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III.
On-the-Job Training A.
Each licensed Operator shall manipulate plant controls.
during the term of his license.
Each Senior Operator shall manipulate plant controls or direct the activities of individual~ performing plant control manipulations du~ing the term of his license.
Such plant control manipulations shall include those commensurate with the plant evolutions listed in Attachment A of this document, on an annual (once in every calendar year) or bi-annual (once in every two calendar years) basis, as indicated.
B.
Credit for control manipulations performed or supervised on a given unit shall be giveri to a licensed Operator or Senior Operator.who has performed or supervised such control manipulations on a training. simulator or on a different unit, provided that such simulator or different unit has operating characteristics and control and instrumentation arrangements similar to those of the given unit.
- c.
Stations shall maintain a system to record plant control manipulations by Operators or supervision of plant control manipulations by Senior Op~rators. The system may consist of a log kept by the individual or an authenticated list of qualifying manipulations extracted from the unit log.
- D.
Each licensed Operatpr and Senior Operator shall review facility design changes, procedure revisions, and facility
- .l,icense changes so as to remain cognizant of these changes.
Each licerised Oper~tor and Senior Opcirator shall review abnormal and emergency procedures on a regularily scheduled basis.
Stations shall maintain a system to accomplish these reviews, including documentation to substantiate accomplishment of the reviews.
E.
Senior Operators* (Limited) a:re responsible for reviqw
- of design changes, procedure revisions, facility design
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changes and abnormal and emergency procedures which are applicable to their area of responsibility.
Stations shall maintain a system to accomplish these reviews including documentation to substantiate accomplishment of the reviews.
IV.
Evaluation A.
Annual written examinations shall be given to Operators and Senior Operators to determine their knowledge of subjects covered in the requalification program, to pro-vide a basis for evaluating their knowledge of abnormal and emergency* procedures, and to determine areas in which retraining is needed.. Examinations shall 'be given on the Operator and Senior Operator level.
- l.
The. annual examinations may be given as one exami-nation or as a set of two examinations.
If given as a set of two examinations, these examinations shall be given within a three-month period.
- 2.
An Operator or Senior Operator achieving a grade of 80% or greater in any examination subject is not required to attend a lecture on that subject.
- 3.
An q~erator or Senior Operator receiving a grade o:
- less* than 80% on any examination subject shall attend a lec~ure on that subject.
- 4.
An Operator or Senior Operator ~ho recei~es an overall
. giade of l~ss th~n 80% on the annu~l written examina-
- tion, or a grade of less than 70% in.any examination subject,
- shall demonstrate competence to continue to perform his 1icense*duties by participating in and completing an
- accelerated ~equ~lification program.
The following pro-cedure shall be followed:
- a.
An oral examiriation shall be given ~ithin.14 days after determining.need for accelerated requalification.
- b.. If the Operator or Senior Operator demonstrates that he can operate the plant safely in the oral examinat.ion, *he may be penni tted to continue to.
- perfonn licens.e duties while participating in the
- . accelerated requalification *program.
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- c. If the Operator or Senior Operator fails to demonstrate that he can operate the plant safely during the oral examination, ~e shall be relieved of license duties until he has completed the accelerated requalification program.
- d.
The accelerated requalification program shall address all subject areas wherein the Operator or Senior operator received an exam grade of less than 80%.
- e.
The Operator or Senior Operator shall be considered to have completed accelerated requalif ication only after he has been re-examined and has attained an overall exa~ination grade not less than 80%, with a grade of not less than 70% in any examination subject.
B.
If a licensed individual prepares and qrades the annual examination, he or she need not take the examination.
This exclusion shall extend to only three individuals at each station. -These three individuals shall partfcipate in all other phases of the operator requalif ication program.
C.
A quiz shalY be administered upon completion of lectures in each of the subject areas specified in Section I, paragraphs A through H, of this document.
Any individual whose attendance of such lectures is required under the provisions of Section IV o~ this document, and who receives a grade of less than 80% on the quiz, shall receive additional training.
- D.-. An oral examination shall be administered at least once durinq each two year license interval to all-licensed operators. 'This examination may consist of an oral review
- to determine the* operator's knowledge of -normal and
- emergency procedures and equipnent or an oral review of an_
.operator's performance conducted after a reactor startup, shutdawn, or emerqency.
The oral examination shall be administered by a licensed member of the training staff or
.other licensed superviso:-.
E.
Evaluations shall be made by supervisors and/or training staff member,
~ncludinq vendors, of the performance and canpetency. of licensed operators durinq -actual or simulated --
- abnormal and emerqency conditions.
F.- _An annual review shall be made by Station Management of each licensee's performance in Sections A throuqh D and a determination shall be made concerning the licensee's
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qualification to continue in his assigned dutie*s and the need for retrainin~ or accelerated retraining.
V.
Jraining for ~Senior Operator~_LLimi ted)_::_ ru_el na:12.dlq_:;:_s_
A.
Senior Operators (Limited) when required by examination re~ults shall attend lectures as designated in Section 1 appropriate to 1-uel handling.operations.
Lectures con-sidered appro?riate for fuel handlers in Section I arc as follows:
- 1.
Review of terminology, reactor-theory, rod worth, core loading physics, and calculations.
- 2.
Review* of federal and* company radiation exposure limitations, control methods, monitoring equipment, wast~ disposal systems when pertaining to the Zucl p6ol systems, calculations for exposure dose, and shielding.
3.-
Fuel handling procedures.
- 4.
The Generating Station* Emergency Plan and all items directly related to fuel handling indicated in the documents listed in this series.
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Pl*nt modifications directly or indirectly related to the performance and maintenance of fuel handling operations or 'equipment.
.6.
FSAR transients, operating experience, incident rcvic\\.;
related to fuel handling.
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Plant instrUmentation, systems, and engineered safe-guards related to fuel handling operations or vessel internals.
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Qpeti lectures such as a br~efing prior to re~ucl operations.
B.
Seriior Operators (Limited) shall participate in special reviews of fuel handling procedures in preparation Zor refueling or receipt or shipment of.i:uel.
- Senior Orerators (Limited) are responsible for review of design
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changes, procedure revisions, facility design changes, and abnormal and emergency procedures as described in
. Paragraph III E.
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Senior Operators (Limited) are. not required to parti-cipate in simulator training.
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The knowledge and performance of Senior Operators (Limited) in fuel handling operations*shall be evaluated in accordance with Section Iv.*
VI.
Licensed. Personnel No.t Actively Performing the Function of an Operator or Se_n_ior Oe.e_~at_o_r __ _
A.
Absence from station duties due to illness, or other causes for a period of four months or longer.
The.licensee shall be enrolled in an accelerated re-training program and must satisfactorily complete an annual examination and evaluation by station management prior to assuming license duties.
B.
As~iqned at the ~tation but ~ot performing duties 6£ an Operator or Senior O~erator as defined in 10 CFR SS Paragraph SS.4.
The licensee shall maintain lic~nse eligibility by participation in and satisfactory completion of the requalification program. *.Senior operators shall be assigned shift supervisory duties at least eight hours each year in addition to the regular retraining re~uire ments.
The requalification program shall be conducted continuously for two years with. the e~:ception of the. three-month summer vacation period.
The lecture.series shall be conducted on a continuous basis during the periods when licensed personnel are relieved of shi.ft duties and are available for scheduled classes.
Each lecture shall be repeated as necessary to aZford licensed personnel the opportunity to meet lecture requirements as determined by the written examination evaluation.*
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Lectures shall not normally be scheduled durin<:! the months of June, July, and August due to the mini.mum availability of shift personnel during this prime vacation period.
VIII.
~ords A.
The training Supervisor shall maintain records oz the training progress for each man in the rcqualification
- program to include as a mini.mum:
- 1.
Written evaluation examination, answer key, answers given by licensee, an~ grade for each man.
- 2.
Results of evaluation rc'!'Jired in this procedure Paragraphs IV C, IV ~. and IV E.
- 3.
Records of procedure review, facility dcsig~ change~.
procedure changes, facility license *change review, and plant manipulations required in Section III.
ATTACHMENT A
The following plant evolutions shall be p~rformed on an annual basis pursuant to the requirements of paragraph III A.
- 1.
Plant or reactor startup, to the point of adding measurable heat.
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Manual control of steam generator lev~l or f~edwater flow during startup or shutdown~
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Any change in power of greater than 10%, using manual rod control, re~irculation flow, or ~hemical control.
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Loss of forced core flow; natural circulation conditions
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Lois of all feedwater~ both normal and emergency.
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Loss of coolant, including:
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leaks of both large and small sizes
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leaks both inside and outside primary containmeni
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significant steam generator leaks (PWR only)
- d.
dei~rmination of leak rate The following plant evolutions shall be performed on a bi-annual basis pursuant to the requirements of patagraph III A. *
- 1.
Plant shutdown.*
I Zr *Reactor ~rip.
3; T~rbine or gene~ator trip.
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Main steam line br~*k.
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Loss of condenser ~acuum.
- 6.
Los~ of nor~al feedw~ter~
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Loss of shutdown cooling.
- 8.
Component malfunction due to los~ of cooling~
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Required activati6n of em~rgency boration or standby liquid control.
- 10. Control rod drive mechanism failure~
- 11. Increase in coolant or offgas activity indicative of fuel failure.
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. 12. Mispositioned control rod or. bank.
- 13. Loss or degradation of electrical power source.
. 14. Loss of protective ~ystem channel.
- 15. Malfunction of* nucl~a.r> *instrumentation.
- 16. Malfunction of automatic control system affecting reactivity.*
- 17. Malfunction of reactor water level control or coolant volume control.
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