ML19338D155
| ML19338D155 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 08/25/1980 |
| From: | Collins P Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Mayer L NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8009190745 | |
| Download: ML19338D155 (2) | |
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i Docket No. 50-282 50-306
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Mr. L. O. Nayer, PE Manager of Nuclear Support Services Northern States Power Company 414 Nicollet Hall - 8th Floor Minneapolis, Minnesota 56401
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Dear Mr. Mayer:
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We have reviewed the Northern States Power Company submittal dated June 11 1980, in response to Mr. D. Eisenhut's May 7, 1980 letter identifying
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five new TNI-2 requirenents. Our review of your response is based on
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the criteria established in Mr. Harold Denton's letter dated March 28, 1980, " Qualifications of Reactor Operators'.
Based on our review of the infomation contained in your submittal, we have detemired that item (1) "A.I.a. Experience" does not satisfy the criteria for Reactor Operator Training and Licensing. We cannot pemit exceptions to be cade by the Training Supervisor.
Responsible power plant experience should be that obtained as a control roen coerater (fossil or nuclear) or as a power plant staff engineer involved in the day-to-day activities of the facility ccreencing with the final year of construction.
Item (2) - A.2.b. Training - Control Roon Operator. The criteria states that applicants should have 3 months training on shift as an extra person in the control room. This means that all applicants must meet the stated criteria.
Therefore, your response did not satisfy the requirement of the criteria.
Item (3) - Extension of the effective date fron August 1,1980 to October 1,1980 ic, acceptable, based on the fact that at present you have a program in place and you are making modification to upgrade this program.
Iten (4) - A.2.d. Training - Instructor Competence. Applications should be subnitted by August 1,1980 so that scheduling of the examinations can be arranged.
Therefore, extension of this date of December 1.1930 is not
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Mr. L. O. Mayer 2-5 The criteria for training center and facility instnsetors who teach systems, 2
integrated responses, transient and simulator courses shall demonstrate their competence to NRC by successful completion of a senior operator j
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9 Instructors nay be certified in lieu of license 1.
e., take the examination and receive a passing grade without wanting to receive the license. Also, not all instructors need to be licensed or certified, only those specifically delineated in the criteria.
The fourth paragraph concerning SRO's with lapsed license but still engaged in nuclear power plant operation and/or support activities and have demon-strated their competence to NRC by successful completion of a senior operator examination is acceptable.
5 In the fifth and last paragraph of Item (4) the exceptions are not acceptable.
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We can pemit no exceptions at this time and reference to the criteria is y
again suggested.
Item (5) is found to be acceptable.
Item (6) - A.3 Facility Certifications. The purpose of this criteria is to assure the involvement by higher management so as to satisfy a requirement established by NRC as a result of the T!!I-2 lessons learned experience. There-fore, the plant manager level of authority to attest to the validity of the license applications is not acceptable.
However, how he advises higher manage-ment is an inhouse " modus operandi" and does not conflict with the NRC requirecents.
Sincerely, i
DISTRIBUTION:
Paul F. Collins. Chief OLB R/F Operator Licensing Branch OLB F/F Division of Human Factors Safety VADeliso GAHilson pFCollins l
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