ML17233A116

Notification of an NRC Biennial Licensed Operator Requalification Program Inspection and Request for Information (Rkw)

ML17233A116
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	08/18/2017
From:	Robert Orlikowski Operations Branch III
To:	Fessler P DTE Energy
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 August 18, 2017 Mr. Paul Fessler, Senior VP and Chief Nuclear Officer DTE Energy Company Fermi 2 - 210 NOC 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166

SUBJECT:

FERMI POWER PLANT, UNIT 2 - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC BIENNIAL LICENSED OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Fessler:

In a telephone conversation on August 17, 2017, between Mr. Raymond Keith Walton, Senior Operations Engineer, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) lead inspector for this inspection, and Mr. M. Donigian, Operations Training, final arrangements were made for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the Fermi Power Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of October 30, 2017, which coincides with your regularly scheduled requalification examination cycle. The staff at your facility should prepare and conduct the requalification examinations in accordance with your NRC-approved requalification program.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 55.59(c), the NRC requested the facility licensee to submit their biennial comprehensive requalification written examination for the week of the inspection and annual operating tests for the week before and the week of the inspection to support the NRC's inspection program needs. In order to minimize the impact that the inspection has on the site and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for the inspection. Please electronically furnish the items listed in the first group of the attached enclosure, needed to support our in-office inspection activities, to the NRC by October 23, 2017. Please have the items listed in the second group of the attached enclosure available for the inspectors during the onsite portion of the inspection activities. Mr. M. Donigian has been advised of this request.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If there are any questions regarding either the inspection, or the material requested in the enclosure, please contact Keith Walton at 630-829-9836 or via e-mail at raymond.walton@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 3150-0011. 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.

P. Fessler This letter and its enclosure will be available for public inspection and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Robert J. Orlikowski Chief, Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-341 License No. NPF-43

Enclosure:

Requested Information to Support Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance Inspection (IP 71111.11) cc: Distribution via LISTSERV

P. Fessler Letter to Paul Fessler from Robert Orlikowski dated August 18, 2017

SUBJECT:

FERMI POWER PLANT, UNIT 2 - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC BIENNIAL LICENSED OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION:

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REQUESTED INFORMATION TO SUPPORT LICENSED OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM AND LICENSED OPERATOR PERFORMANCE INSPECTION (IP 71111.11)

Please provide the following information electronically by October 23, 2017.

1. One complete version of a biennial requalification written examination administered during the week of the inspection.

2. Ten (10) job performance measures (JPMs) and four (4) simulator scenarios associated with an annual requalification operating test required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 55.59(a)(2). The JPMs and scenarios to be reviewed should include those that will be observed during the onsite portion of this inspection, with the remaining JPMs and scenarios from the previous week.

3. Complete versions of the reference materials used to develop the administered written examinations and operating tests. (Refer to ES-201 Attachment 3, Reference Material Guidelines for Initial Licensing Examinations, for additional examples and clarification.)

4. Spreadsheets and/or test outlines which show the usage of written examination questions, JPMs, and simulator scenarios during the examination cycle.

5. A list (or lists) of licensee-identified issues associated with licensed operator errors or other licensed operator performance problems which have occurred in the actual plant/main control room since the last biennial requalification program, their associated corrective actions, and if these issues were incorporated into requalification training.

(These issues are likely documented in condition/problem identification reports, licensee-conducted audits and assessments, and in industry operating experience reports, etc.)

6. A list and descriptions of any examination security problems since the last biennial inspection (likely documented in training department condition/problem identification reports).

7. Facility licensee procedures for licensed operator requalification training and examination, including examination security procedures.

8. A schedule of the licensees examination activities during the on-site inspection week.

Please have the following information available for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission review on October 30, 2017.

1. An overall schedule of the facility licensees requalification program since the last biennial inspection (cycle weeks, training topics, etc.).

2. Records for licensed operator requalification training attendance, licensed operator performance in requalification, licensed operator remedial training, individual licensed operator medical records, and records for maintaining an active license and license re-activation.

3. Simulator testing, maintenance, modification, and performance records.

Simulator corrective action records, including lists of open/closed simulator deficiencies, and corrective actions taken.

Enclosure