ML20005E161
| ML20005E161 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Perry  |
| Issue date: | 12/22/1989 |
| From: | Wright G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Kaplan A CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO. |
| References | |
| PY-CEI-NRR-1077, NUDOCS 9001040007 | |
| Download: ML20005E161 (2) | |
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Docket No. 50 441 7
The Cleveland Electric. Illuminating Company l
ATTN: Mr. Alvin Kaplan Vice President Nuclear Group L
10 Center Road.
Perry, OH 44081
Dear Mr. Kaplan:
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REQUEST TO CANCEL NRC REQUALIFICATION EXAM / PROPOSAL TO UTILIZE i
ANOTHER BWR FACILITY EXAMINATION DATE (REF: PY-CEI/NRR-1077-L)
I.am responding to your letter dated October 13, 1989, which requested the cancellation of the February 1990 NRC requalification exam at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant.
It is my understanding that your request was based on the fact that the Perry staff has successfully completed two recent NRC requalification exams and adequate examinations can be conducted to ensure all license holdert will be examined by the NRC prior to their license renewal dates. Based on a review of the Perry situation I have cancelled the February i
1990 requalification examination.
While we are cancelling the February examination, I would like to emphasize that the NRC requalification exam is not only an examination of the operators, for license renewal, it is also an evaluction of the requalification training program. The program evaluation is based on the NRC's need to ensure that all operators are maintaining an acceptable level of performance. Therefore, scheduling such examinations is at our option and is not necessarily based on facility licensee needs.
Because of the dual nature of the examination, with emphasis on the program evaluation, a requalification examination has been scheduled for the Perry facility in August of 1990. You should insure that resources are in place to accommodate this. Details will be provided at a later date by Mr. Mike Jordan of my staff.
Your proposal for the NRC to administer an initial examination at Perry in January 1991 was also reviewed. As you know a National Exam Senedule was formulated and was distributed in March of 1989. The purpose of the schedule was to level / spread the work evenly across the year. While facilities with scheduled exams in a given month have priority, this would not out of hand, preclude additional exam being given at Perry if sufficient NRC Region III resources were available.
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If you have any questions, please contact me at (708)790-5695.
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Geoffrey C. Wright, Chief Operations Branch cc w/1tr dated 10/13/89:
F. R. Stead, Director, Nuclear Support Department M. D. Lyster, General Manager, Perry Plant Operations Department R. A. Newkirk, Manager, Licensing and Compliance Section S. F. Kensicki, Director, Perry Plant Technical Department H. Ray Caldwell, General
. Superintendent Nuclear Operations DCD/DCB (RIDS)
Licensing Fee Management Branch Resident Inspector, RIII Terry J. Lodge, Esq.
James W. Harris, State of Ohio Roger Suppes, Ohio Department of Health A. Grandjean State of Ohio, Public Utilities Commission cc w/o ltr dated 10/13/89:
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Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 Perry Nuclear Power Plant Docket No. 50-440 Supplemental Information on Generic Letter 89-12 l
" Operator Licensing Examination" Gentlement The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI) is submitting by this letter a supplement to our August 30, 1989 response to Generic Letter (C.L.)
89-12 " Operator Licensing Examinations" consisting of revised operator licensing and operator requalification examination schedules for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant (PNPP) for 1990 through 1993. These revised schedules are l
the result of a re-evaluation of our needs with respect to requalification l
examinations and a coenitment to ensure examination of all currently licensed operators prior to their renewal dates.
In the August 30, 1989 response to G.L. 89-12 CEI had requested further evaluation of our proposed operator requalification exas schedule af ter preliminary communications with Region III indicated that the Region would not be able to support our proposed schedule.
In subsequent communications with our Training Section Region III established the following positions in regard to operator license examinations:
Region III cannot support our proposed operator requalification examination schedule submitted in our August 30, 1989 response to C.L. 89-12; Region III can only administer examinations at PNPP twice a year, beginning in February 1990 and then every August and Pebruary thereaf ter, consistent with the National Examination Schedule provided in G.L. 89-03. Until the differences between the initial operator licensing and requalification examination methodologies are reconciled, the examinations administered at PNPP will consist of one initial and one requalification examination each year. While Region III would consider approval of a third examination date at PNPP if CEI can find another BWR license holder in the Region willing to give up an unused examination date, Region III is less receptive to the rescheduling of an examination to accommodate possible slippage in CEI's replacement simulator installation and training schedule.
In consideration of the above information, CEI committed to re-evaluating our needs with respect to requalification examinations and to proposing an examination schedule that ensures examination of all currently licensed operators prior to their renewal dates.
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CEI's revised proposed initial operator licensing and requalification i
examination schedules are provided in Enclosures 1 and 2.
Under our revised schedules, CEI proposes only one examination in 1990, an initial operator i
p esamination on our August exas date. CEI; dees 7 aetl feresee" a ' need " f or s e'
[requalifiestica~essataatten in 1990f oinee-out proposed requaliff.eaties/
l schedule;for'1991,throughi1993 will ensure;that:allLestreetly licensed 7 operatore _are.eseeined by the WRC prior;te,their renewal;date.' of the 58 employees currently holding operator licenses at PNPP, twenty have already been evaluted by the NRC within the ters of their 6 year license. Eight were evaluated during the NRC " Pilot" Requalification Examination administered in l
May 1988 and twelve durf ag our Annual Requalification Examination administered in June 1989. Of the remaining 38 licensed operators who have not yet been evaluated by the NRC in a requalification examination, eight licenses expire in 1993, five in 1994, and the balance (25) in 1995. These rearining 38 licensed operators will be examined during the 1991 through 1993 Requalification Exas Schedule with approximately 12 to be requalified each year. This ~schedulefeasures that"esch licensed operator will= have thev
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e opportunityf tel participate ia; two emans priori to the, espiration_ of, hisf license. ' Foregoing the unnecessary February 1990 examination date should also lessen the burden on the Region's overall examination schedule.
CEI's revised schedule for 1991 proposes three examinations consisting of two initial operator examinations to be conducted in January and August and one requalification examination to be conducted in February. A BWR in Region III has indicated to our training section that they will not be using their January 1991 examination date and that it is available to CEI (written confirmation pending). This third examination will allow CEI to meet our need for additional licensed operators as identified in our response to G.L. 89-12.
Our second 1991 initial operator examination date, scheduled for August, also closely follows our replacement simulator installation schedule. While our replacement simulator " ready for training" date currently remains at July 5, 1991, any delay could jeopardise our August examination schedule. For this reason, CEI is currently searching Region III for a SWR licensee with a late 1991 exas date willing to negotiate an exchange for our August date. CEI will keep the NRC informed of any changes to our proposed schedule resulting from this effort.
CEI's revised schedule for 1992 and 1993 will consist of a requalification examination on our February exas date and an initial operator licensing exam on our August exam date. CEI expects that this schedule will remain unchanged i
thereafter.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call.
Ver truly urs 1
Al Kap an~
Vice President Nuclear Group Enclosures AK/nj c cc T. Colburn-P. Hiland USNRC Region III-K. Perkins M. Jordan
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Pending written confirmation from another Region III BWR licensee allowing CEI use of their Deused January esamination date.
CEI currently searching Region III for a BUR licens'ee willing to exchange 8/91 for a later examination date in order to accomodate our replacenest simulator installation schedule.
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