ML20090L809
| ML20090L809 | |
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| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 06/03/1976 |
| From: | Mayer L NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. |
| To: | Stello V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9102130366 | |
| Download: ML20090L809 (8) | |
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NSR3 NOMTHERN 8TATES POWER COMPANY MIN N E A PO LIS. MIN N E S OT A 59401
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Mr Victet $tello, Director Division v? Operating Reactors
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U S Nuclea' Regulatory Cocruission Washington, DC 20555 Dear Mr Stello HONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PIANT Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 Proposed Channes to Operator Requalification Program Pursuant to 10CTR50.54, the holders of the above mentioned license here-by propose changing the Operator Requalification Program as delineated in Attachment A to this letter. Revision 3 (6-3-76) incorporating these changes is attached to this letter.
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4 ATIACl&ENT A 10NTICELID NUCLEAR GENERATING PIANT DOCKET NO. 50-263 PROPOSED CHANGES TO REVISION 2 (6-17-75) 0F OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM FOR PROVISIDAAL OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-22 JUNE 3, 1976 Pages 1. 2. 4. 5 & 6 These pages are unchanged, Page 3 Delete the last paragraph under action 2.B.
Ad4 the f lowing para-graph at the end of section 2.B:
"The licensed inthvict il who. prepares and grades the annual examination need not take ;;he rraination. This exclusion shall extend to only one individual." Th:.e r vision is to formalize the change required by the NRC in their letter dated July 29, 1975 from P P Collins (NRC) to L 0 Mayer (NSP) which granted approval of Revision 2 (5-17-75).
In the first paragraph, last sentence of section 2.C, delete "... 807.
or less." and substitute ".... less than 807.."
This correctc an erroneous statement and makes it consistent with the 80% cutoff listed elsewhere on pages 3 and 5.
In the first paragraph, first sentence, second word of section 2.D, change "of" to "or".
This is to correct a typographical error.
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OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM FDNTICELID NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPAtW 1.
General The Northern States Power Company operator requalification program at the hbnticello Nur, lear Generating plant is fomulated to meet the requirments established by 10CFR55 Appendix A.
The requalification program will be established, maintained and controlled by knowledgeable personnel assigned to the respective plant organization.
It will include preplanned lectures and sminars and may be supplemented by the selective use of films, videotapes and individual study materials.
The use of films, videotapes and individual study materials will be limit-ed to less than one-half of the requalification lecture program. The pre-planned lectures and seminars will nomally be presented or directed by a mmber of the nlant staff or a designated qualified member of the group that isreceivingthetraining. Simulator training will be used to supplement the training of the plant operators and it is intended that the requirements of the requalification program relating to reactivity control manipulations will be satisfied at the facility or at a sinulator meeting the requirements of Paragraph 3.e, Appendix A, of 10CFR Part 55.
The fundamental approach to the retraining of all licensed personnel at the plant is to conduct retraining lectures and seminars for individual shift gmups. Each group includes a senior licensed Shift Supervisor and licensed control room operators.
At hbnticello the duration of a normal shift cycle is approximately fuur weeks long. During this period each operating shift is assigned to off-the-job retraining for three or four days. This is accomplished by having the relief shift take over the nomal operating duties for the scheduled day shift operators.
With this approach to retraining, similar preplanned lectures are presented four or five times over the period of the shift cycles. Since the preplanned lectures are presented during normal working hours on weekdays, the retraining program provides ample flexibility for nonoperating licensed personnel to attend required lectures. Individual operators who miss an assigned lecture for one reason or another or individual operators who need additional attent: ion can be rescheduloi to attend specific lectures en a timely basis without affecting the established sequence of training.
Seminars, which include on-the-job and off-the-job discussions and simulation of mergency and abnormal conditions, will be used to satisfy some of the requirments of the requalification program. They will be controlled to sat-isfy the established conditions and requirements of a lesson plan or training guide. Each of these activities will be conducted four or five times during each retraining cycle giving all operating and non-operating licensed personnel ample opportunity to participate in the activities which may be required for them,.
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2-I The established schedule, which includes three or more periods of retrain-ing per shift cycle during the retraining months, provides an appropriate means of keeping operating personnel knowledgeable of current happenings and developments and arovides the an opportunity to discuss these develop-4 ments with knowledgea'ale staff personnel on a timely basis.
If changes in the following paragraphs of the program are proposed which would decrease the scope, time allotted for the program or frequency in conducting different parts of the program, they will be made in a manner consistent with the approval of requirments of 10CFR50.54(i)(1).
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Scope of the Requalification Program A.
General A two-part written examinatic.. will be completed annually by each i
licensed operator and senior operator to detennine the areas in which retraining lectures are required to maintain the required levels of knowledge.
Based on the results of the examination, a preplanned lecture series will be developed and conducted to meet the minimum durations established in Section 2.C.
i Sminars will be held on or off shift for operating personnel to supplement the retraining received during the prealanned lecture series. The s minars will be conducted to meet the minimum durations established in Section 2-D.
On-the-job evaluations for all licensed personnel in the form of drill sessions or oral examinations will be conducted. Each licensed pers' will receive a minimum of 4-hours of on-the-job evaluation each year.
i Reactivity control manipulations will be scheduled at the facility or d
a suitable simulator to provide each licensed operator and senior i
operator with a minimum of 10 control manipulations during each term of his license.
Senior operators may either manipulate the controls directly or direct the activities of individuals performirg the control manipulations.
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Examinations 4
i An annual two-part examination will be administered to each licensed operator and senior operator to provide a basis for detennining the content of the preplanned lecture series for the subsequent retraining j
year. The examination will include the following subjects:
(1) Provisions of the Plant Operating License j
(2) Technical Specifications (3) Theory and Principles of Reactor Operations d
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(4) General and specific plant operating characteristics (5)
Plant instrumentation and control systems (6) Plant protection systems (7)
Integrated, abnomal and emergency operating procedures (8) Engineered safety systems (9) Radiation control and safety (10) Applicable positions of Title 10, Chapter I, Code of Federal Regulations In addition to the annual examination, periodic quizzes will be conducted during the preplanned lecture series to evaluate the effectiveness of the retraining lectures. These quizzes will be coupleted by the licensed opera-tors and senior operators who are required to attend the preplanned lectures, j
A passing grade for these qui::es is 80%. An operator or senior operator scoring below 80% will be required to repeat the specific lecture covered by the quiz.
The licensed individual who prepares and grades the annual examination i
need not take the examination. This exclusion shall extend to only one individual.
C.
Preplanned Lecture Series All licensed shift operating personnel will attend a minime;n of 144 hours0.00167 days <br />0.04 hours <br />2.380952e-4 weeks <br />5.4792e-5 months <br /> of preplanned lectures each two year term of their license. The lecture series will include instructions on the ?reviously listed examination subjects with emphasis on the areas whici were detemined to require up-grading. Licensed operators will be required to attend all lectures relating to ar, annual examination subject in which they received a grade of less than 807..
Non-operating licensed personnel will be required to attend all lectures relating to:
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Integrated, abnomal and emergency operating procedures.
(2) Radiation control and safety.
In addition, they will be required to attend all lectures relating to any annual examination subject in which they received a grade of 80% or less.
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Seminars Seminars or discussion periods will be scheduled on or off-shift.to supple-l ment the preplanned lecture series and will include the following subjects:
(1) Review of significant facility design, procedural and licensing changes.
(2) Detailed review of integrated operating procedures.
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Review of abnomal and emergency operating procedures.
(4) Review of abnomal occurrences and unusual events.
(5) Review of administrative matters of significance to operating personnel.
(6) Preview of refueling outage activities.
All licensed shift operating personnel will attend a minimum of 60 hours6.944444e-4 days <br />0.0167 hours <br />9.920635e-5 weeks <br />2.283e-5 months <br /> of on-shift or off-shift scheduled seminars each year.
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l Non-operating licensed personnel will be required to attend scheduled seminars relating to the detailed review of integrated operating pro-3 cedures and the review of abnomal and emergency operating procedures.
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On-the-Job Evaluations i
Each licensed operator and senior operator will participate in designated operating drills for a minimum of two hours per year for the purpose of evaluating the individual's operating knowledge and performance ability including an evaluat'on of actions taken during sinulated abnomal or emergency conditiont. The drill sessions may be conducted on an individual or shift crew basis and will be evaluated by a qualified I
licensed senior operator. Reactivity control manipulations may be used for drill purposes.
Oral examinations of licensed personnel by a qualified licensed senior i
operator may be conducted to satisfy a portion of.the four hours of on-the-job evaluations each year; however, drill sessions may satisfy 4
the entire four hours of on-the-job evaluations, d
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Reactivity Control Manipulations Each licensed operator and senior operator will perform or supervise, when applicable, at least ten reactivity contrci manipulations during each two year tem of his license. The reactivity control manipulations shall involve a variety of the evolutions listed below:
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Plant or reactor startup to include a range such that reactivity feedback from heat addition is noticeable.
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Orderly plant shutdown.
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Control rod sequence changes.
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Shutdown margin checks.
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Control rod scram insertion time tests.
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Any reactor power change of 10% or greater, including testing of f
equipment where load changes are performed with control rods, manual-control of turbine load or where tne recirculation system is in manual speed control.
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Plant and reactor operation that involves mergency or transient procedures when reactivity is changed by 10% or more.
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Refueling operations where fuel is moved over the core.
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Accelerated Retraining Program The performance of each licensed operator and senior operator will be reviewed on a routine basis to verify that the attendance and performance requirments of the requalification program are met. Any individual who does not meet the requirements of the requalification program mst complete an individually 4
assigned accelerated study program as specified below. The accelerated study programs will be developed on an individual basis by the Training Supervisor and will be reviewed and approved by the Superintendent of Operations 6 Maintenance before implementation. Participation in an accelerated study i
program will not excuse the participant frm other requalification program activities.
A.
Any licensed operator or senior operator who fails the annual written examination with an average grade of less than 70% will be required to cmplete an accelerated study program.
During participation in the accel-erated study ?rogram, the licensed operator or senior operator will be rmoved from his nomally assigned duties. The licented operator or senior operator will be returned to his nomally assigned duties after passing a i
written examination at the completion of his accelerat3d retraining program.
A grade of 75% or greater will be required for passing.
If the operator scores less than 80% on any part of this examinatinn, he will be required to attend a lecture on those parts.
B.
Any licensed operator or senior operator who does not attend the annually required attendance at the preplanned lecture series or seminars will be required to complete an accelerated training program if less than 80% of the required lectures or seminars were attended.
If more than 80% but less than 100% of the required lectures or seminars were attended, the performance and examination results for the individual will be reviewed by the Training Super-visor and the Superintendent of Operations and Maintenance to detemine if an accelerated study program is required.
C.
On-the-job evaluation of all licensed operators and senior operators will be reviewed by the Training Supervisor and the Superintendent of Operations and W intenance to determine if the assignment of individual accelerated study programs are required.
D.
Any licensed operator or senior operator who has been inactive for four or more months for any reason will not be allowed to perferm unsupervised licensed activities until he has empleted an individually assigned accel-erated study program and successfully passed a written and oral examination.
The written examination will be similar to the annual examination and a grade of 75% or greater will be required passing. The oral examination of two or more hours duration will verify that the individual is thoroughly knowledgeable of the existing status of the plant systems and controls.
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Records l
Records of the requalification program will be maintained by the Training i
Supervisor to doctanent the participation of each licensed operator and senior operator in the previously described requalification program. The I
records will include the following:
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Copies of all administered written examinations and answers to the examination questions.
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General description of the preplanned lectures series including the number of hours of lectures anticipated for each general subject and the general content of the lectures.
I Records of individual participation during the preplanned lecture series c.
showing the dates of attendance and the time allotted for each lecture.
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General description of the seminar program including the hours allotted for each discussion,
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i Records of individual participation in the on-the-job evaluation program.
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Records of individual participation in the seminar program showing the I
topics of dicussion and the date and time of each discussion.
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Records of individual participation in accelerated study pIngrams 4
including the basis for the participation and the results of required testing, where applicable.
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Documentation of reactivity control manipulations performed by each individual and records of individual participation in simulator train-ing when applicable.
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Auditing of the Requalification Program i
The Training Supervisor will prepare a brief sumary of the status of the requalification program every three months. This sumary will include a general progress report on the requalification' program and will list existing or~patential difficulties with respect to meeting its requirements.
The summary report will be subject to review and discussion by the plant t
l Manager, the Superintendent, Operations 6 Maintenage and the Training Super-visor. Corrective actions will be initiated as required.
I The plant Manager may have the requalification program audited periodically by a designated qualified member of the plant organization. Such audits will include a wrftten audit report which will be subject to review and discussion by the Plant Manager, Superintendent of Operations 6 Maintenance and the Training Supervisor. Corrective actions will be initiated as' required.
If periodic audits of the Requalification Program are performed by an i
independent review and audit group, the audits initiated by the plant Manager may not be required.
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