ML18047A322

Hot License Program - Reactor Operator.

ML18047A322
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades, Big Rock Point, 05000000
Issue date:	04/27/1982
From:	CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
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ML18047A321	List: ML18047A320 ML18047A322 ML18047A323 ML18047A324
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1102, NUDOCS 8205170389
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NUCLEAR OPERATIONS TRAINING DEPT PROC NO. 1102 MASTER PROCEDURES/PROGRAMS MANUAL PAGE 1 OF 8 REVISION O TITLE:* Hot License Program - Reactor Operator consumers Pawer DATE 04/27/82 I. PURPOSE This training program's objective is to train nuclear plant personnel so that they may be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as Reactor Operators at Consumers Power Company Nuclear Plants.

II. SCOPE This program shall include the requisites necessary so that the reactor operator candidate understands the disciplines relating to reactor operations, knowledge of the systems and components that would be under his/her responsibility and control, knowledge of procedures and regulatory requirements for controlling the nuclear facility, and demonstrable skills in manipulating the plant controls.

III. PREREQUISITES The reactor operator candidate shall meet the following prerequisites and qualifications.

A. Medical The candidate's physical condition and general health are such as to meet all of the applicable portions and revisions of ANS 3. 4/ ANSI N546 "American National Standard Medical Certification and Monitoring of Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants," dated 1976.

B. Experience/Qualifications The candidate shall have the following:

1. High School diploma or equivalency certificate (GED)

2. At the time of appointment to the status of Reactor Operator candidate, the individual shall have had three years of power plant experience. One year of.which shall be at the nuclear facility where candidate will be licensed,.

As a minimum, six months of plant operational experience as an unlicensed operator is required.

3. Six months of the one-year nuclear-facility experience shall be in the Operations Department performing duties as a non-licensed operator.

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4. Completion of the nuclear facility unlicensed operator training program or its equivalent in experience at the nuclear facility.

IV. REFERENCES NODS-A02 - Training for Nuclear Operations Department Personnel NODS-Al2 - Personnel Selection, Qualification and Certification ANS 3.1 1981 Revision - Selections & Training of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel ANS 3.4/ANSI-N546 - Medical Certification and Monitoring of Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants 10 CFR 55 - Operator Licenses 10 CFR 55 Appendix A - Requalification Programs for Licensed Operators of Production & Utilization Facilities INFO Guideline GPG-03 March 19, 1981 - Guidelines for Qualification Programs for Nuclear Power Plant Licensed Operators

v. PROGRAM - REACTOR OPERATOR CANDIDATE A. Course 1 - Specialized Education Portions of this segment may have been covered in the unlicensed operators program. A waiver examination may be taken so that all or portions of this segment of classroom instruction can be bypassed.

Mathematics, classical physics and chemistry - During this segment, the candidate shall complete a course of instruction reviewing mathematics and classical sciences to the depth necessary to understand the training material presented in the remainder of the licensing program.

B. Course 2 - Reactor Theory and Technology This course may be bypassed in part or in total by satisfactorily passing a completion examination. Classroom attendance will then not be required.

1. Reactor Theory - Modules of instruction shall include but not be limited to physics of neutrons, neutron life-cycle, reactor kinetics and reactor operations.

2. Reactor Chemistry - Modules of instruction shall include but not be limited to corrosion and corrosion effects, water chemistry control and limits, radio chemistry, Approve~~)\\J-a:~rector NOTD Date

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NUCLEAR OPERATIONS TRAINING DEPT PROC NO. 1102 MASTER PROCEDURES/PROGRAMS MANUAL PAGE3 OF 8 REVISION o consumers POwer TITLE:ttot License Program - Reactor Operator DATE 04/27/82 sampling techniques and equipment, analysis of samples and results on core operation, metal/water reactions, radioanalysis and recombination, hydrogen gas properties and precautions.

3. Reactor Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow - This module should enable the candidate to describe fluid flows and problems with core flow, and explain the basis of reactor thermal-hydraulic limits. Courses included, but not limited to, are the types of heat transfer*, decay heat production, heat production during power operation, heat transfer from fuel to coolant, two-phase flow, critical heat flux, core flow distribution, and fuel and cladding thermal limits. This section must be taken by all candidates.

4. Materials Science - This module will enable the candidate to a) describe atomic structure of metallic substances; b) discuss terms describing physical properties of metals; c) explain purpose of alloys and alloys used in plants; d) discuss brittle fracture, analysis, and limitations; and e) review industry problems and concerns regarding plant materials.

5. Health Physics - This module will enable the candidate to a) discuss principles of operation of portable and fixed radiation detection instruments used at nuclear facilities; b) understand and discuss the purposes and limitations of nuclear facility radiation monitoring devices; c) define and use radiation protection terms; d) explain radiation effects on matter including body tissue; e) perform calculations using time, distance, shielding, dose rates, and source strengths; f) describe methods for limiting radiation exposure and contamination (ALARA).

C. Course 3 - Plant Technology, Systems and Procedures Training This course shall be attended by all candidates for NRC reactor operator licenses. It will prepare the candidate to operate the systems of the nuclear facility from the control room and also provide a thorough understanding of control room and plant equipment interfaces.

The course also incorporates theoretical concepts gained in Courses 1 and 2 to specific applications in the nuclear facility.

The course is composed of, but not limited to, the following modules:

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l. Purpose of systems, including design bases

2. System components, locations, characteristics

3. Normal and alternate power supplies

4. Precautions, limitations, set points and their bases

5. System interrelationship with other systems

6. Automatic/manual modes of operation

7. Instruments and controls

8. Failure modes of controls and instruments

9. Technical Specifications lO. Normal, Off-Normal, Emergency and Alarm Procedures ll. Surveillance procedures

12. Integrated plant operations

a. plant startup

b. plant shutdown

c. plant heat up

d. turbo generator operation

e. plant cooldown l3. Comprehensive review of all control-room alarms, indications, and controls D. Course 4- Operating Practices Training This course shall be attended by all candidates for an NRC reactor operator license. It is composed of modules which will enable the candidates to gain experience in plant operation and casualty response. It is accomplished through a ccmbination of in-plant, on-shift training, simulator training, and classroom presentation and discussion.

l. Module I - Administrative Requirements for Control Room Operators This module includes training in procedures, policies and practices related to administrative requirements affecting the Control Room Operator.

a. Position description of Control Room Operator Approve~(i~('4J=

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b. Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, (affecting the Control Room Operator)

c. Shift Turnover Procedures

d. Operator and Plant Status Logs

e. Emergency, Off-Normal, Alarm Procedures

f. Quality Assurance

g. Local Control Procedures

h. Reports and Notifications to Plant Management and NRC

i. Shift Duties and Responsibilities

j. Health Physics Procedures

k. Radioactive Waste Handling

1. Document Control

m. Position related Corporate Policy

2. Module II - Control Room Training This module requires 3 months of on-shift control room experience as a trainee, carrying out the duties of the Control Room Operator. During this period, the candidate shall carry out duties of the Control Room Operator, under a certified Control Room Operator, Senior Reactor Operator, or a Senior Reactor Operator qualified instructor. All activities of a Control Room Operator should be performed or simulated, or, if not possible, conducted on an approved simulator. All activities shall be evaluated and properly documented. Evolutions should include, but are not limited to;the following:

a. Reactor Plant Startup to a range where .nuclear heat addition causes reactivity feedback; and establishing a heat-up rate.

b. Plant shutdown

c. Manual Feedwater Control - Startup and Shutdown

d. Boration/dilution during Power Operation (PWR)

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f. Operation of Turbine-Generator Controls during Startup

g. Surveillance tests *conducted or coordinated from Control Room

h. Residual heat removal systems (shutdown cooling system)

i. Control of primary pressure under water-solid conditions (PWR)

j. In-core and ex-core instrumentation system operation

k. Control room calculations such as heat balances, coolant inventory calculations, reactivity balances

1. Refueling Operations

3. Module III - Transient and Accident Analysis, Mitigation of Core Damage, and Emergency Training This module directs the candidate to receive formal training in prevention of and response to transient or accident conditions.

It will include lecture presentation, seminar/discussion periods, and procedure demonstrations/walk-through periods of training.

Topics included, but not limited to, are as follows:

a. Integrated Plant Transient Response

b. Accident Analysis

c. Emergency, Off-Normal, and Alarm Procedures (Review of previous training in Course 3)

d. Site Emergency Plans (Fire Protection, Bomb Threats, Radiological Hazards, Hospital Assitance Plans)

e. Recognition and mitigation of core damage

f. Control Room evacuation procedures

4. Module IV - Simulator Training This training will prepare a candidate to operate proficiently the Control Room during normal and emergency conditions. The simulator utilized should have operating characteristics similar to the nuclear facility for which the operating license is sought. Training should be directed to the shift team aspect.

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PROC NO. 1102 MASTER PROCEDURES/PROGRAMS MANUAL PAGE 7 OF 8 REVIS I ON o TITLE: *Hot License Program - Reactor Operator consumers PDwer DATE 04/27/82 shall include routine startups and shutdowns as well as off-normal and emergency operation. Technical specifications shall be emphasized. Simulator Training shall include the following:

a. Reactor Trip/Runback

b. Turbine Generator Trip

c. Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA)

(1) Steam generators (PWR) (tube leaks - line leaks)

( 2) Pressurizer leaks (PWR)

( 3) Large and small breaks inside and outside containment building (4) Saturated Reactor Coolant System Response (PWR)

d. Loss of coolant flow/natural circulation

e. Loss of feedwater (with and without normal driving forces)

f. Nuclear instrumentation failures

g. Non-nuclear instrumentation failures

h. Safety system losses

i. Mispositioned Control Rods

j. Stuck Control Rods

k. Emergency boration or standby liQuid control use

1. Fuel cladding failures

m. Automatic Control System failures

n. Loss of,or malfunction,of reactor coolant.pressure/

volume control systems

o. Loss of instrument air

p. Loss of AC power Q. Loss of condenser vacuum

r. Loss of service water

s. Loss of shutdown cooling

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u. Main steam line breaks (inside-outside containment)

v. Reactor Coolant Pump seal failures

5. Module V - Recent Experience and Facility Modifications This module shall contain industry operating experience applicable to the facility. It shall also include plant modifications pertinent to plant operations.

E. Qualification and Certification to take the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reactor Operator Licensing Examinations

1. The candidate shall, at the conclusion of each module, pass a written comprehensive examination, with a score of 80% or greater.

2. All oral and demonstration exams shall be evaluated using the following classifications "satisfactory" "marginal" "unsatisfactory".

3. Frequent candidate and instructor evaluations shall be conducted to assure an effective training program is conducted (as defined in the Nuclear Operations Training Department Administrative Procedures (NOTD 22).

4. The candidate shall meet all regulatory requirements regarding mental and physical qualifications in regard .

to licensing activities.

5. Upon determination by the plant manager or his designee that the candidate is qualified to become a licensed operator, the Vice President - Nuclear Operations Department shall certify in writing that the candidate is prepared to be administered the NRC written, oral, and demonstration examinations.

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