ML20091A929

Rev 4 to Operator Requalification Program

ML20091A929
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Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	10/15/1976
From:	NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
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OPIRATOR R!yJALIFICATION PROGRAM FD.'illCEL1D ?UCIL\R GlWERATING NWT NOR'I1HRN STATES POWER C04PN#

1. General The Northern States Power Company " Operator Requalification Program" at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant is fomulated to meet the re-quirments of 10CFR55, Appendix A.

The requalification program will be established, maintained and coa-trolled by know1Mgcable personnel assigned to the plant organization.

It will incitdc preplanned lectures and seminars in those areas where annual opcrator and senior cperator written examinations indicate that mphasis in scope and depth of coverage is needed. The lectures and seminars may be supplemented by the selective use of films, video-tapes and individual study materials; however use of these materials will be limited to less than one half of requalification program.

The preplanned lectures and seminars will normally be presented or directed by a member of the plant staff or a designated qualified member of the group that is receiving the training. Simulator Train-ing 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 l facility or at a simulator meeting the requirments of paragraph 3e, 1 Appendix A, of 10CFR Part 55.

If changes in the fc11owing 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 requirements of 10CFR50.54 (i) (1).

2. Scope of the Requalification Program A. General A two part written examination will be completed annually by each licensed operator and senior operator to detemine the areas in which retraining is required to maintain the requisite IcVels of knowledge. Based on the results of the examination, a preplanned series of lectures and sminars will be developed and conducted to meet the minimum durations established in Section 2.C.

On-the job evaluations for all licensed personnel in the form of drill session.s or performance evaluations will be conducted. Each licensed person will receive a minimum of 2-hours of on the-job evaluation each year. ,

A minimum period of three (3) days per two year licensing period will be spent at a simulator which has the characteristics of the plant for which the senior operator or reactor operator is licensod.

This refresher training will exnose the irxlividual to simulated abnormal and emergency operatio. conditions.

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2-4 Reactivity control manipulations will be scheduled at the facility or a suitabic sirulator to provide each licensed operator and senior operator with a mininnu of 10 control manipulations during each term of his license. Senior operators may either manipulate the controls directly or direct the activities of individuals performing the control manipulations.

B. Examinations An annual two part examination will be administered to each licensed operator and senior operator to provide a basis for determining the content of the preplanned lecture series for the subsequent re-training year. The examination will incitde the following subjects:

(1) Provisions of the Plant Operating License (2) Technical Specifications (3) Theory and Principles of Reactor Operations (4) General and Specific Plant Operating Characteristics (5) Plant Instrtnentation and Control Systems (6) Plant Protection Systms (7) Integrated, Abnormal and Ibergency Operating Procedures (8) Engineercd Safety Systms (9) Padiation Control and Safety (10) Applicabic portions of Title 10, Chapter 1, Code of Federal Regulations In addition to the annual examination, periodic quizzes will be con-ducted during the preplanned lecture series to evaluate the effective-ness of the retraining lectures. These quizzes will be completed by the licensed operators and senior operators who are required to attend the preplanned lectures. A passing grade for these quizzes is 80%. An operator or senior operator scoring below 80% will be re-quired to repeat the specific lecture covered by the quiz.

The licensed individual who prepares and grades the annual examina-tion need not take the examination. This exclusion shall extend to only one individual.

C. Preplanned Lecture Series A mininum of 80 hours9.259259e-4 days <br />0.0222 hours <br />1.322751e-4 weeks <br />3.044e-5 months <br /> of preplanned lectures will be scheduled over each two year training period. The lecture series will emphasize those areas which were determined to require greater depth of cover-age as indicated by results of the annual examination. Licensed personnel will be required to attend all lectures relating to any annual examination subject in which they receivcd a grade of less than 80%.

l D. Sminars )

Sminars or discussion periods will be scheduled to supplement the preplanned lecture series and will include the following subjects:

(1) Review of significant facility design, procedural and licensing changes.

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3 (2) Detailed review of integrated operating procedures.

(3) Review of abnomal and mergency operating procedures.

(4) Review of reportable occurrences and unusual events.

(5) Review of administrative matters of significance to operating

personnel.

(6) Preview of refueling outage activities.

All licensed personnel will attend a minimtun of 10 hours1.157407e-4 days <br />0.00278 hours <br />1.653439e-5 weeks <br />3.805e-6 months <br /> of sche-duled seminars each year. (

E. On the Job Evaluations i Each licensed operator and senior operator will participate in designated operating drills or performance evaluations for a mininten of two hours each year. The drill sessions my be conductcd on an individual or shift crew bases and will be evaluated by a qualified licensed senior operator. The operating drills may be conducted at the facility or a suitable simulator.

An oral review of an operator's performance conducted after a reactor startup, slutdown or mergency operation my be used as a performance evaluation in lieu of designatcd operating drills. The oral review will be conductcd by a qualified licenscd senior operator.

F. Reactivity Control Manipulations Each licensed operator and senior operator will perform or supervise, when applicable, at least ten reactivity control mnipulations during each two year term of his license. The reactivity control manipula-tions shall involve a variety of the evolutions listed below:

1. Plant or reactor startup to include a range such that reactivity feedback from heat adaition is noticeable.

2. Orderly plant slutdown.

3. Control rod sequence changes.

4 Shutdown margin checks.

5. Control rod scram insertion time tests.

6. Any reactor power change of 10% or greater, including testing of equipment where load changes are perfomed witi. control rods, manual control of turbine load or where the recirculation systm is in manual speed control.

7. plant ard reactor operation that involves emergency or transient procedures when reactivity is changed by 10% or more.

8. Refueling cperations where fuel is moved over the core.

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3. Accelerated Retraining program The perfomance of each licensed operator ard senior operator will be reviewed

m a routine basis to verify that the atteniance and performance requirments of the requalification program are met. Any individual who does not meet the requirments of the requalification program nust complete an individually 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 imp 1 mentation, participation in an accelerated sttriy program will not excuse the ptrticipant frm other requalification program activities.

l 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 ccuplete an accelerated study program. During participation in the accel-erated study program, the licensed operator or senior opmator will be l rmoved from 11s nomally assigned duties. The licensed operator or senior

! operator will be returned to his nomally assigned duties after passing a

! written examination at the completion of his accelerated retraining program.

4 A grade of 75% or greater will be required for passing. If the operator scores less than 80% on any part of this examination, 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 sminars were attended. If more than 80% but less than 100% of the required lectures or sminars were attended, the perfomance and examination results for the individual will be reviewed by the Training Super-visor and the Superintendent of Operations and hbintenance to detemine if an accelerated sttdy 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 hbintenance to detemine if the assignment of individual accelerated sttdy 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 perfom unsupervised licensed activities until he has completed 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 ard a grada of 75% or greater will be required passing. The oral examination of two or more hours deration will verify that the individual is thoroughly knowledgeable of the existing status of the plant systms and controls.

1 E. Any licensed operator or senior operator who does not atterd the required sirulator refresher training during his two year licensing period will be administered an oral examination of two or more hours duration to detemine the operator's knowledge of normal and emergency procedures and equipment. The oral examination will be administered by a qualified licensed scnior eperator.

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Records of the requalification program will be maintained by the Training '

, Supervisor to doctnent the participation of each licensed operator and senior operator in the previously described requalifict. tion program. The records will include the following:

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a. Copies of all administered written examinations and answers to the examination questions,

b. General description of the preplanned lectures series including the ntnber of hours of lectures anticipated for each general subject and

! the general content of the Icetures, i

c. Records of individual participation during the preplanned lecture series showing the dates of attendance and the time allotted for each lecture,

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d. General description of the seminar program including the hours allotted for each discussion.

e. Records of individual participation in the on the job evaluation program.

! f. Records of individual participation in the seminar program showing the topics of dicussion and the date and time of each discussion.

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g. Records of individual participation in accelerated study programs

, incittiing the basis for the participation and the results of required testing, where applicable,

h. Ibetnentation of reactivity control manipulations performed by each

individual and records of individual participation in simulator train-ing when applicable.

5. Auditing of the Requalifiention program 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 potential difficulties with respect to meeting its requirements.

The stamary report 'ill be subject to review and discussion by the plant hhnager, the Superintendent, Operations 6 bbintenance and the Training Super-visor. Corrective actions will be initiated as required.

The plant thnager may have the requalification program audited periodically by a designated qualified member of the plant organization. Such audits will include a written audit report which will be subject to review and discussion by the plant Manager, Superintendent of Operations 6 hhintenance and the Training Supervisor. Corrective actions will be initiated as required.

If periodic audits of the Requalificatio:. Program are perfomed by an independent review and audit group, the audits initiated by the plant hhnager may not be required.

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