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Speech Entitled Nuclear Plant Shift Experience, Presented at 840224 Workshop

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l NUCLEAR PLANT SHIFT EXPERIENCE o Operating Shift Experience Requirements o Experience Categories and Factors for Accumulating Nuclear Power Plant Experience o Shift Advisor Qualifications i

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- Developed By NTOL UTILITY WORKING GROUP Presented By Donald F. Schnell

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UTRODUCTORY RI.%US DONALD F. SC*0; ELL Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, by way of introduction, I am Vice President - Nuclear of Union Electric, and am res-ponsible for design, construction, startup and operation of 4

SNUPPS, Callaway Plant , an 1150 MW PWR -- the lead SNUPPS plant.

you will remember, is the original multi-utility, multi-site I have been engaged full-time plant standardization concept.

in responsible management positions associated with Callaway since the project was conceived in 1971, and have been directly responsible for plant operation since 1980.

s In related industry activities, I am a member of the Nuclear Power Division Committee of EPRI and serve as Chairman .

of the Industry Review Group for INPO's Construction Project Evaluation Program.

4 Our Callaway Plant is vir.hin tw months of readiness for fue2 Mr.

load, so it is fitting that I speak to you on this issue.

Miller has described Georgia Power's program for selecting i

and-training operating personnel; we at Union Electric also l

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recognize our management responsibility to properly select-and' train operators so that Callaway Plant is started and operated in a manner which helps ensure public health and safe-in the ty, while at the same time protecting our investment

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We expect Callaway to provide safe, reliable an will be tolerated.

cient generation to our system; nothing less I ding With this goal in mind, we have selected an outstan cial group of operator candidates who, thcugh light d thairin commer com-nuclear plant experience, have already demonstrate l nt start up .

4 potence and reliability in activities leading to pility, a we To prepara our operators for this heavy responsib d have assembled a training staff of superior individuals an have invested in an on-site training center which includes The simulator has been in.

a Callaway Reference Simulator.

NUPPS* simulator operation at Callaway since mid-1982; a Callaway/S 1979

" has been operational and available to our personnel since

- We have also sent our at the Westinghouse Training Center. ining. .

SRO/RO candidates to operating plants for participation callaway tra They have assisted in preoperational test activities at functional test 1

and have had shift responsibility for our hot handle I am convinced we have prepared these people to i program.

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the responsibility of operating Callaway P ant.

, ' Notwithstanding this, the staf f as well as the ACRS have hift ex ,

required the addition of advisors to supplement our s We committed to add shift advisors in 1981 perience base. rn over the and have relied on this concept to satisfy NRC's conce I might aisc point out that we have commercial experience issue. l away intentionally avoided soliciting operations persenne i

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from other utilities with operating plants, believing this practice to be outside the best interests of the industry.

With this personal background, I will now present to you the plan developed by our working group to assure a res-pensible level of Shift Operating Experience.

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-* Slide illustrates experience requirements of the four licensed shift positions: Shift Supervisor (SRO) ,

Senior Operator (SRO) , and two Licensed Operators (RO's).

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• Experience requirements: Derived frem ANSI /ANS-3.1-1981, with additional hot plant shift time within assigned crew.

• Power Plant Experience: As defined in ANSI /ANS-3.1-1981.

J A:ssures min 4== of 13 years per shift crew.

• Nuclear Plant Experience: Equivalent experience derived 4

from 10 categories of applicable experience, with specific weighting facrors and maximum time credited to each category. Assures min 4w= of 6 years equivalent experi-ence per crew.

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• Hot Participation Experience: Defined as direct involve-i ment in review and discussions leading to decisions relative i

to operation of a commercial nuclear plant, or, direct hands-on operation as a trainee at a commercial nuclear j.. power plant. ., ,

Includes: Six weeks participation in SRO/RO dusic at an operating plant of the same type for shift .

1 Supervisor and Senior Operator; Shift Supervisor participation in reactor 1

startup and shutdown at same type plantr Six months participation in SRO/RO' duties at an operating plant of the same, type by the Shift Supervisor or the Senior Operator.

(An SRO-Licensed STA may be considered an acceptable alternate for this experience factor.)

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• Experience at "same type plant": Refers to commercial -

-BWR or PWR Qualified Advisor: Must be on shift if any Hot Partici-pation Experience factor is not satisfied by the Shift a

Supervisor or Senior Operator.

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l EXPERIENCE CATEGORIES AND FACTORS FOR ACCUMULATING NUNAR POWER PLANT EXPERIENCE

1. COMMERCIAL PLANT SRO/RO - SAME TYPE PLANT (BWR/PWR)

This experience category is applicable when the individual was assigned to licensed operator duties at a commercial .

nuclear power plant of the same type (BWR/PWR) as the one for which the operating license is sought.

Nuclear Plant Experience Value

. Weighting Factor 1.00 Maximum Time Credit No limit Background .

Actual hands-on experienc,e at the same type (BWR/PWR) plant j is essentially equivalent to the experience that would be

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j 2. COMMERCIAL PLANT SRO/RO - NOT FROM THE SAME TYPE PLANT l '

This experience category is applicable when the individual was assigned to licensed operator duties at a commercial 1

nuclear power plant which is not of the same type as the one for which the operating license is sought.

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Nuclear Plant Experience Value Weighting Factor 0.75 Maximum Time Credit No Limit

Background

Hands-on experience at a commercial nuclear power plant which is not the same type plant is assigned a weighting factor of O.75 based on our working group's task-by-task comparison of

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the PWR/BWR control room operator job task data base available from INPO. Analysis of the data shows a 75% correlation between PWR and BWR tasks at the RO level and over 854 corre-

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lation at the SRO level.

3. NAVY (MILITARY) NUCLEAR CPERATING EXPERIENCE This experience category'is applicable when the individual was assigned in the positions discussed below at a Navy .

(military) nuclear power plant.

a. Navy Operating Experience Nuclear Plant Experience Value Weighting Factor 0.5 Maximum Time Credit 36 months Background  !

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' as Reactor Operator (RO), Engineering Watch Supervisor (EWS),

Propulsion Plant Watch Supervisor (PPWS) , and Engineering

. Officer of the Watch (E00W) . A comparison of control room operator tasks as compared to Navy nuclear operator tasks i

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! greater than 50% for both the PWR and BWR tasks listed in the INPO data base. Thus, a weighting factor of 0.5 is appropr'iate.

b. Other Navy Nuclear Excerience Nuclear Plant Experience Value ,

3 Weighting Factor 0.25 .

e Maximum Time credit 36 months

Background

Comparison of PWR and BWR control room operator tasks listed l

in the INPO data base with tasks performed by Navy personnel

! not directly in control of the reactor plant is more variable.

I comparisons varied from 7,5% to 25% depending on the type of plant; therefore, a weighting factor of 0.25 is applicable.

Note i The maximum time credit allowed for a combination of a. and i

b. is 36 months.

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4. FULL SCOPE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SIMULATOR This experience category is applicable for the actual time spent in the simulator control room in a structured training s

program including instruction, practice, and demonstration .

of competence in normal and abnormal operations.

Nuclear Plant Experience Value

a. Reference Plant Simulator Weighting Factor 5.0

$ Maximum Time credit 12 months i

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b. Similar Plant S2.mulator Weighting Factor 3.0 Maximum Time Credit 9 months No'te The maximum credit applicable when simulators of l both types are used in a tr=hhg program is 12 months.

Background .

Simulators are generally accepted as an alternative to gaining actual operating experience. The training simulator f

affords the operator the opportunity to develop and demon-i strate application skills. The full-scope nuclear power plant training simulator provides a means for obtaining, .  ;

in a compressed time frame, extensive exposure to the full

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spectrva of plant operational evolutions and occurrences beyond that which could be gained through years of on-shift operating experience. Full credit experience equivalency has been demonstrated for training on simulators in other industry applications.

The reference plant simulator is presently recognized as I

. equivalent to actual plant experience by the NRC staff and the industry in that these simulators have instrumenta-tion and control configurations which reproduce the operator's own plant arrangement, they have operational characteristics modeled specifically from actual plant performance and/or i

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design data, and they allow direct use of the operator's l actual plant normal, abnormal and emergency operating proce-i dures. Training on the simulator can, realistically demon-  ;

strate the shift crew's e - mad and comununication hierarchy. l T

1 A 5.0 weighting factor is easily supported by the working ,

l group's study which indicated that, on a real-time basis, ,

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control manipulations take place on a' simulator in a ratio of perhaps 400 to 1 when compared with actual plant control actions.  ;

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The NEC staff also recognizes the use of similar plant i

j simulator certification programs in meeting operator license j ..

eligibility requirements.,' Although lacking the direct benefits a reference plant simulator' affords in training, credit pertaining to similar type plant experience is valid.

i A 3.0 weighting factor for similar plant simulator e'xperience hasl i been endorsed by the Operator Licensing Branch of the NRC.

y i W'e-believe this weighting f actor remains valid.

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5. NUM *13 POWER PLANT EXPERIENCE ON SHIFT AT OWN PLANT i This experience categorf is applicable when the individual . .

is assigned on-shift SRO/20 duties at his own plant during  ;

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prior to fuel load 0.75 12 months i - ,

b. More than 1 1/2 years 12 months prior to fuel load . 0.50 '

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To be a. successful operator, an individual must have an .

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l intimate knowledge of the construction, layout and design of the plant and its equipment. He must know the physical l location and relationships of each piece of equipment, piping routes, etc. This knowledge can only be gained by {

I an extended assignment to the plant and is best gained by assignment during the construction and testing phases prior to initial fuel loading. During this period, the operator

• has access to all plant equipment. operators assigned after the plant has cossaanced operation do not have such full access because of radiation restrictions.

During the year and a half period preceding fuel load,

.much system testing and equipment operation occurst j

therefore, a weighting factor of 0.75 has been assigned.

Frior to this time, testing and equipment operation may be i

less frequents thus, a weighting factor of 0.5 is assigned.

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6. LI N SE CLASSROOM TRAINING AND EXAMINATION AT OWN PLANT This experience category is applicable when an individual successfully completes a license training program including an examination for the license being sought. This experi-ence is applicable to the classroom portions of the license training program. Simulator and on-the-job training are .

addrc.ssed in other experience categories.

Nuclear Plant Excerience Value Weighting Factor 0.5 Maximum Time Credit 9 months

Background

This contribution to experience consists of knowledge in

- nuclear power plant principles, systems and theory of opera-

. tion. It is essential that a nuclear operator understands the theoretical and specific aspects of his plant. The license training program contributes to experience in areas of power plant equipment operation, plant specific design, plant transient behavior, plant technical specifications and regulations.

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7. PARTICIPATION IN OPERATIONAL DUTIES AT AN OPERATING COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT This experience category is applicable when an individual has participated in operational duties at an operating -

plant. Participation is defined as either direct hands-on operation as a trainee or direct involvement in review and

- discussions leading to decisions relative to operation of .

a commercial nuclear power plant. Personne1' assigned as equipment or auxiliary operators at operating plants would .

also gain experience under this category.

Nuclear Plant Experience Value Weighting Factor 0.75 M=v4=nu Time C: edit i 12 months Backeround -

Participation in operational duties provides signiff. cant .

experience. Involvement in plant operation provides an individual with knowledge of the ragulated nuclear environ-ment; i.e., radiation safety and ALARA, quality assurance, security, emergency plans, etc.

8. OTHER NU N Ut POWER PLANT EXPERIENCE This experience category is applicable when an individual has performed job duties related to design, construction, startup testing, maintenance or preoperational testing of any nuclear power plant.

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1 Weighting Factor 0.25 l i

i Maximum Time credit 12 months ,

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. Personnel involved in related areas of plant operation also gain experience of value dependdng on the specific job .

assignment. Such activities could include technical speci-fication writing, writing or performing surveillance tests and/or operating procedures, design / installation of plant , l modifications, participation in preoperational system I checkouts and het functional testing, to name but a few.

Through such activities in a regulated environment, personnel gain experience in the areas of radiation safety, exposure control, quality assurance, securitiy, emergency planning and emergency response. They gain knowledge of nuclear plant concepts and technology simply by performance of their-job duties.

9. CONDUCTING LICENSE TRAINING ,

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Nuclear Plant Experience Value weighting Factor- 0.25 Maximum Time credit 9 months  !

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Instructors in licensed operator training programs gain a considerable depth of knowledge in nuclear theorf and system operation. Some operational skills are also gained, -

depending on the individual's involvement with on-the-job .

t training og simulator training aspects of the overall license training program. Recognizing thau an instructor does not necessarily provide all elements of training and may not be involved in any hands-on training, the weighting factor is conservatively set as 0.25. A maximum credit of 9 months is allowed to account for the variety of instructor assignments.

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- 10. DEGREE (ENGINEERING _ OR A? PLIED SCIENCZ)

This experience category is applicable for completion of degree requirements and credit for equivalent college work.

For Sachelor's and Associate degrees, credit may be assigned as indicated. Experience credit for college work toward a degree may be assigned at the rate of one (1) month experi-ence credit for each ten (10) semester hours college credit earned in engineering or applied science course work. The maximum credit assigned to this experience factor is 12 months.

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This contribution to experie'nce is the exposure to fundamen-tals and principles of nuclear power plant operai: ion. It is essential for a nuclear operator to become knowledgeable in the theoretical aspects of plant operation.

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1-i EXPERIENCE CATEGORIES AND FACTORS FOR ACCUMULATING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EXPERIENCE WEIGHTING MAXIhlUM FACTOR CREDIT EXPERIENCE CATEGORIES 1.00 No Limit.

1. Same Type Commercial RO/SRO 0.75 No Umit

2. Other Commercial ROISRO 36 Months )

3. Navy (Military) Nuclear 0.50 (RO, EWS, EOOW, PPWS) 0.25 (Other) 12 Months

4. Simulator .

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(Reference Plant) 3.00 (9 Months)

(Similar) 24 Months -

5. Nuciaar Plant Experience on Shift (Own Plant) 0.75 (12 Months) '

(Less than 1% Years Pricr to F.L) 0.50 (12 Months)

(More than 1% Years Prior to F.L) 0.50 9 Months

6. Ucensed Classroom Training and Exam (Own Plant) 0.75 12 Months

7. Participation at Operating Plant 0.25 12 Months

8. Other Nuclear Plant Experience 0.25 9 Months

9. Conducting Ucense Training

10. Degree (Engineering, Applied Science or 12 Months Equivaientl (12 Months)

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s g cautounru j- 1. MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

a. Four years pcwer plant As defined by ANSI /ANS-3.1-1981

b. Two years nuclear power plant Equivalent nuclear experience as calculated for shift license positions an

c. One year on shift as a licensed SRO/RO at operating plant of the same type

2. TRAINING PROVIDED BY UTILITY

a. Extent to be determined by advisor's previous experience -- typically 4 to 8 weeks

- b. Program will include training in: ,

• Plant Procedures , including administrative, normal / abnormal and emergency

• Technical Specifications

• Plant Systems

• Simulator time, if available on site

c. Examination to be administered and evaluated by utility

3. RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES Advisor responsibilities, authority and limitations a.

will be clearly defi'nei and included in his training

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b. Responsibilities assigned by Shift Supervisor

• Level typical of senior operator with commen-surate authority

• Will not include assignments which require operator license

• Will not include direction of licensed operators in assignments which require operator license

c. Responsible to recommend appropriate actions to Shift Supervisor, including shutdown of unit

d. Advisor will .have direct access to management above Shift Supervisor _to resolve disagreements which may -,

. affect safe cperation of the unit

4. DURATION OF ADVISOR ASSIGNMENT As a minimum, until utility personnel meet operating

-shift experience requirements

• Utility management will review shift crew experience base prior to releasing advisor

• - May be influenced by previous license ccmmitment c

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