ML20024A968

Requests Details of Proposed Training Programs to Determine What,If Any,Changes Should Be Made in Present Requirements Re Cold Applicant Participants.List Indicating Degree of Simulation for Reactor Core Should Also Be Submitted

ML20024A968
Person / Time
Site:	Crane
Issue date:	12/15/1972
From:	Collins P US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To:	Elliott N BABCOCK & WILCOX CO.
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,Genr1 This letter concerns the training programs being conducted by the Babcock & 711cox Company for applicants who will be seeking " cold"

-operator a:d senior operator license ex= fnscions.

On Dece=ler 18,1968,'ve informed.you that, based on your training brochure a=d our knowledge of the BW Si=ulator, your training i

Progra=s a;; eared appropria'te to establish that an applicant has-had exter.sive cperating expe' ience at a cesparable reactor. 'as re-r quired by Section 55.25(b) of 10 CFR Part 55

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One cf.the criterion for accepting your progra= vas that.the appli-l cants c =;1ete a four month assignment at an operating FWE.

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require===t vas, established in order to assure ourselves that an had received training in nuclear power plant operations that "---: be obtained utilizing the si=ulator. At this ti=e, the applicat:

B&W C:=;a=y did,not administer this p'ortion of the training program.

'On May 19, 1972, Mr. Deddens,' Manager, Nuclear Service', informed us that the. ?52 Company was considering assuming responsibility for the at:ye phase of the trainirs progra:s and outlined the services _ to be previdad for three groups of utility personnel. At subsequent

= cati =gs in this office we approved the progra=s for the three utili-ties i=r:1ved. However, we have not had the opportunity to review a.

' prcpesed pr gram to be offered to other utility personnel in the.

C::sequently, our requirements for this portion of the train--

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ing pro. ras remains as indicated in our latter, dated December 18, 1968..?iease provide us with the details of your proposed traiging prog;c=s, so that we may determine what, if any, changes should be nada 1: ce.r present requirements r, garding cold applicants who will e

participate therein.

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.s In our letter we also indicated that approval of the programa offered by B&W was subject to modification.. In order to assist us in our review of m

your training programs, please provide us with the following informatica

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regarding the B&W NFFS.

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A listing which indicates the degree of simulation for the reactor core, each electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, pneumatic and' electronic system addressed in the SMUD Final Safety Analysis Report. If the parameters of a system are not simulated 100Z, indicate the ' amount of simulation. If the parameters of a system are not simulated at all, indicate if "dus:my" in-strumentation, controls or indications are, or are not, installed on the NPPS control room panels.

A detailed coczparison of the incidents and -accidents' addressed in 2.'

Chapter 14 of the SMUD FSAR with those that can be programed at the NPPS from the instructor's console. Please' distinguish between those that are presently progrs=:med and those that. are yet to be progransned.

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3.. A listing. of all other. equipsentimHunctions or abnormal conditions that are presently programmed lat the 5??S' from the instructor's console.

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The means you pian to e= ploy to assure fidelity of each si=ulated,.

system when data is available fras cperating B&W designed facilities.

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A photogr'aph or engineering drawing of each' control. roca, panel at the -

NPPS, with a listing of instru entatics,' contr'ol= 'and indicatiens located thereon. Please include an engineering drawing of the entire " control room" that identifies each. panel.

If it is your intention 'to use.a nuclear power plant other than SMCD for.

the observation percion of the trainiq; programs, please include a listing #

of. the differences between the X??S and that Pfant. -

We request that this information be stinitted thirty (30) day's fro:s the'

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date of this letter, so that we =ay continue our evaluation'of the B&W Training Frogra=s.

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Paul F. Collins, Chief

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