ML19350B076

Forwards Revised 810108 Response to NUREG-0737,Items 1.A.1.1.3 & II.B.4,re Shift Technical Advisor & Training for Mitigating Core Damage,Respectively

ML19350B076
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	03/13/1981
From:	Bayne J POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
To:	Ippolito T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737, TASK-1.A.1.1, TASK-2.B.4, TASK-TM JPN-81-19, NUDOCS 8103190496
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Reference; l) Letter, J.P. Bayne (Power Authoritf, to T. A. Ippolito (NRC) dated January 8, 1981 (JPN-81-5) l

Dear Sir:

I The Authority hereby submits revised responses to the following NUREG-0737 items which were previously transmitted to you in Enclosure 1 of Reference 1:

1.A.l.l.3 Shift Technical Advisor (Enclosure 1, page 1) l The second sentence ur_ der " Phase I - Plant Systems and Operations", states: " Classroom instruction was followed by a minimum of 200 hours0.00231 days <br />0.0556 hours <br />3.306878e-4 weeks <br />7.61e-5 months <br /> of programmed and supervised on-the-l job training...". Thir, training phase was interrupted by the onset of the 1980 refueling outage. Although some STA's re-ceived more than the stated 200 hours0.00231 days <br />0.0556 hours <br />3.306878e-4 weeks <br />7.61e-5 months <br /> of on-theiob training, this figure has been changed to 100 hours0.00116 days <br />0.0278 hours <br />1.653439e-4 weeks <br />3.805e-5 months <br /> to reflect the minimum l level of participation by individual STA's.

II.B.4 Training for Mitigating Core Damage (Enclosure 1, page 8)

The last sentence of the response states: "The Authority intends to initiate the program for appropriate plant personnel no later than April 1, 1981". Since the training shifts will be attending simulator training during the weeks of March 30, April 6, and April 13, 1981, the Authority hereby requests an extension of the program starting date to April 20, 1981.

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b Attached are the rev.'. sed pages of Enclosure 1 of Reference 1 incorporating the changes specified above.

Should you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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S 1.A.l.l.3 SHIFT TECHNICAL ADVISORS The James A. Fit: Patrick plant staff contains six (6) Shift Tech-nical Advisors (STAS) all of whom possess a bachelor's degree in an engineering or related scientific discipline. The following is a description of the training program completed for these personnel on December 18, 1980. Additional detail regarding course content is retained by the f acility.

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Plant System and C;erations This phase consists of 200 hours0.00231 days <br />0.0556 hours <br />3.306878e-4 weeks <br />7.61e-5 months <br /> of instruct!cn in the design, in-toraction and responses of the major plant systems. Classroom instruction was followed by a minimum of 100 hours0.00116 days <br />0.0278 hours <br />1.653439e-4 weeks <br />3.805e-5 months <br /> of prograrmed and supervised on-the-job training leading to familiarisation with physical systems and their l cpe ra ti cn.

Emphasis was placed on those systems which play an important role during analyzed accidents and transients. This phase was taught at the level of knowledge required of a reactor operator.

Phase II - Nuclear Engineering This phase was taught at the Reactor Analyst level and consisted of 120 hours0.00139 days <br />0.0333 hours <br />1.984127e-4 weeks <br />4.566e-5 months <br /> of instruction in reactor physics, reactor control, thermal-hydraulics, core design, core management and the process computer. The objective was to provide the STA's with detailed understanding of reactor cperation and surveillance.

- FMsc III - Abnormal Event Analysis This phase consisted of 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> of classroom instruction in the response of the reactor and reactor plant to analyzed accidents and trmn-sients with special emphasis on reactor and core response. Included were the thermal and pressure safety' limit effects of selected failures and common-rode failures. Instrument response and backup' instrumentation were highlighted.

Phase IV- -- Simulator Training Each STA received 76 hours8.796296e-4 days <br />0.0211 hours <br />1.256614e-4 weeks <br />2.8918e-5 months <br /> of training at the TVA Brown's Ferry Simulator Facility. The program culminated in the " hot" license certefication of UtJREG-0094, ?.ppendix F. Four hours of each day were devoted to class-room review and discussion, and four hours devoted to simulator operations.

c Tne.STA's concentrated on . normal evolutions during the first part of the course, and on transient -and accident behavior during the latter part.

Phase V - Leadership and Management i

tais phase consisted of 80 hours9.259259e-4 days <br />0.0222 hours <br />1.322751e-4 weeks <br />3.044e-5 months <br /> of management seminars designed to satisfy all of'the~reco=mendations.in NUREG-0737, Appendix C, paragraph 6.3.

The CO hours is distributed as follows:

1. ' 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> of interactive ' instructions in situation problem analysis, decision analysis and potential problem analysis applied to the t

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II.B.4 TRAINING FOR MITIN~C ORE DAMAGE f- Facility procedures have been revised to include this program in the training and retraining of licensed personnel Development of specific .

program content awaits data and guidance from the NSSS vendor and the BWR Owners' Group.

, The Authority intends to initiate the progran for appropriate plant personnel'no later than ' April 20, 1981.

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