ML20002C514
| ML20002C514 | |
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| Site: | Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png |
| Issue date: | 07/03/1974 |
| From: | CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
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| ML20002C508 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8101100398 | |
| Download: ML20002C514 (4) | |
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^Q BIG ROCK POINT PLANT LICENSED OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM Objective To assure a continuing high degree of knowledge and pro-ficiency is maintained by AEC licensed operators at the Big Rock Point Plant.
Applicability Applies to plant personnel that are licensed operators (RO) or senior operators (SRO) that are required to routinely supervise plant evolutions or perform control manipulations as well as those RO or SRO that perform such duties on an infrequent basis.
Backgrourd The Big Rock Point Plant has been in operation for approxi-mately eleven years. Training and retraining efforts have been con-ducted in the past on an informal and irregular basis. Because of the variety of times of original operator license examinations and the in-fonnal training program, Consumers Power Company personnel evaluated the level of knowledge and proficiency of Big Rock Point Plant licensed operators prior to formulating the retraining program described herein.
As a result of these evaluations, the retraining program will be conducted during the first two-year cycle' placing expanded emphasis on areas requiring theoretical knowledge.
Program During the first two-year retraining cycle, the classroom portion of the program will be extended in length in order to concer.-
trate on basic fundamentals and application of theory. The first cycle will consist of seven weeks of classroom work, utilizing selected units from a commercial video tape program with a full-time instructor. An outline of the material to be covered is tabulated in Appendix A of this submittal and in general covers the subjects listed in Paragraph 2C of Appendix A to 10 CFR 55 The classroom work will consist of a reading assignment, video tape viewing, a quiz and a discussiqn period.
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This applies to each session listed in the outline. An instructor vill continually be present during video tape viewing and discussion periods.
Annual examinations patterned after the AEC license examina-tion vill be admin'stered to determine effectiveness of training efforts and to define areas which require emphasis durir.g lecture programs. An overall grade of 70% on the annual exam must be attained to qualify for performing as a licensed operator. A person receiving a grade belov 70% vill be relieved and enter an accelerated training program to up-grade his knowledge to an acceptable level. The scope and duration of the accelerated training program will be determined from analysis of results of the individual exams. Persons receiving a grade of greater than 80% in a particular category in the annual exam vill not be required to attend the lectures on that material.
The classroom work will be coupled as closely as practical with a three-day course at a BWR simulator. The simulator vill be used to demonstrate the principles covered in the classroom sessions.
In addi-tion, the simulator vill augnent on-the-job experience, pernitting manipulation of controls in many modes of operation. It is not intended that the simulator be used for evaluation of performance during abnormal or emergency conditions as required in Paragraph kC of Appendix A to 10 CFR 55. The General Electric Boiling Water Reactor Training Center (GE BWRTC) simulator vill be used during the first two-year cycle and the results evaluated to determine the advisability of further simulator sessions. An outline of the three-day sLmulator course is attached to this submittal as Appendix B.
Weekly classroom sessions vill be conducted when full-time classroom work is not in progress to review facility changes, procedure changes, operating incidents, Technical Specifications changes, license changes, other commitments and discuss systems. This will result in a given shift having one day of classroom work each five weeks plus the full-time classroom session of seven weeks for the first cycle. Examina-tions vill be administered at these weekly sessions to evaluat'e under-standing of the material presented.
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Topical exams will be administered throughout the classroom portions of the program. A minimum grade of 80% will be required for all participants in these examinations.
Individuals must attend a minimum of 75% of the weekly lectures
- during a two-year cycle to qualify for renewal of their licenses. Credit for attendance vill be given if a satisfactory grade is obtained on an examination covering the material.
Evaluation of performance in routine and abnormal operations vill be conducted on shift as well as in simulated abnormal conditions.
Evaluation vill normally be performed by the person's immediate super-visor. However, a minimum of five exercises, during a given two-year renewal period, will be evaluated by someone other than the person's immediate supervisor.
In addition to evaluation of performance in these operations, a scheduled review of emergency procedures by each licensed operator ensures familiarity with the " symptoms" and "immediate action" portions of these procedures.
Plant control manipulations which demonctrate skill and/or familiarit/ vith reactivity control systems for the Big Rock Point Plant are described below:
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Critical approach from a suberitical condition and increasing power to the point of adding heat.
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Change of reactor power of 25% of full power or greater either by controlled rod movement or reactor recircula-tion flow adjustment.
3 Performing suberiticality and/or shutdown margin checks during fuel handling operations.
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Performing control rod drive tests required prior to a reactor start-up after an extended shutdown.
An effort vill be made to give each man a variety of manipula-tion experience. If the sLmulator is not used, a person must perform three of the listed manipulations at least once.
The classroom phase for the second and succeeding cycles will be three weeks instead of seven weeks. The emphasis will b6' reduced in the areas of basic fundamentals and application of theory gs compared to the first cycle.
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All licensed operators vill review procedure changes, facility changes, abnormal occurrence reports, Technical Specifications changes, license changes, and other commitments and sign off that they have seen this material. These items will be discussed during the weekly class-room sessions, as noted above, as appropriate.
Records shall be maintained in an individual file for each licensed operator. All exams, evaluation reports, and other pertinent documentation will be maintained in this file.
Schedule The first retraining cycle was considered to have started in July 1973 (for record purposes, July 1) with the administration of an evaluation examination. Each cycle will be two years in length.
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