ML20104C147
ML20104C147 | |
Person / Time | |
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Site: | Wolf Creek ![]() |
Issue date: | 04/13/2020 |
From: | Greg Werner Operations Branch IV |
To: | Reasoner C Wolf Creek |
References | |
IR 2020003 | |
Download: ML20104C147 (8) | |
See also: IR 05000482/2020003
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April 13, 2020
Mr. Cleve Reasoner, Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.
P.O. Box 411
Burlington, KS 66839
SUBJECT:
WOLF CREEK - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION
REPORT 05000482/2020003 AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Reasoner:
During the week of June 22, 2020 (target date - subject to change), three inspectors from the
Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial
requalification inspection at Wolf Creek, using NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.11B, Licensed
Operator Requalification Program.
Experience has shown that this inspection is a resource intensive inspection both for the NRC
inspectors and your staff. To minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a
productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection.
These documents have been divided into three groups:
The first group (Section A of the enclosure) identifies information to be provided prior to
the inspection to ensure that the inspectors are adequately prepared.
The second group (Section B of the enclosure) identifies the information the inspectors
will need upon arrival at the site.
The third group (Section C of this enclosure) identifies the items which are necessary to
close out the inspection and are usually sent a few weeks after the inspectors have left
the site.
It is important that all these documents are up to date and complete to minimize the number of
additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the
inspection.
We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand
that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Mr. Andrew Servaes of your training
organization. Our inspection dates are subject to change based on your updated schedule of
examination activities. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material
requested, please contact the lead inspector Matthew Doyle, at (817) 200-1437 or
matthew.doyle@nrc.gov.
C. Reasoner
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This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information
collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control
number 3150-0018. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement unless the
requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control
number.
This letter and its enclosure will be made available for public inspection and copying at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.
Sincerely,
Gregory E. Werner, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 05000482
License No. NPF-42
Enclosure:
Initial Request for Information
Biennial Requalification Inspection
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Gregory E.
Werner
Digitally signed by Gregory E.
Werner
Date: 2020.04.14 10:02:17
-05'00'
Enclosure
Initial Request for Information
Biennial Requalification Inspection
Wolf Creek
Inspection Report: 05000482/2020003
Inspection Dates:
June 22, 2020, to June 26, 2020 (target date - subject to
change)
Inspection Procedure:
IP 71111.11B, Licensed Operator Requalification
Program
Lead Inspector:
Matthew Doyle, Operations Engineer
A. The following information is requested to support inspection preparation activities.
These items are listed by section as they appear in the inspection module
(i.e., 03.04a, 03.04b, etc.). Requested materials should be sent in an electronic format
on CD/DVD to arrive at the Region IV office no later than June 15, 2020.
CD/DVD to: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV
ATTN: Matthew Doyle
1600 E. Lamar Blvd
Arlington, TX 76011
General Requests:
List of licensed operators (SRO & RO) by crew (operating & staff)
Training and Operations Department organization charts (with qualified LOR
evaluators identified)
Procedures that identify process for revising and maintaining LO continuing training
program up to date
List of outstanding LOR program changes
List of plant events and industry operating experience incorporated into LOR
program since last BRQ
Audits and/or self-assessment reports addressing the licensed operator
requalification training program
Last 2 years of Simulator Review Committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes
Last 2 years of Curriculum Review Committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes
A summary report of all condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the
control room
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Any revised requalification training that was based on licensed operator performance
issues
03.04a: Biennial Requalification Written Examinations
The current and approved biennial written examination schedule
The current requalification cycle written examination results for both SRO & RO that
have already been administered up to the week prior to the inspectors arrival onsite.
All written examinations that have been approved for administration up to and
including the week before the inspectors are onsite. This will need to have adequate
password protection or double envelope protection if mailed via regular mail per
The current requalification cycle examination methodology (sample plan)
03.04b: Annual Requalification Operating Tests
The schedule for the operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given the week of
June 22, 2020 (week inspectors are onsite)
The operating tests (JPMs and scenarios) (password protected and provide
separately via telephone at later date) to be given the week of June 22, 2020
Current requalification cycle operating tests (SRO and RO) and results up to the
week prior to the inspection inspectors arrival onsite
All 2019 NRC required annual operating tests
Current requalification cycle operating test methodology (sample plan)
03.04c: Administration of an Annual Requalification Operating Test
All procedures used to administer the annual operating test
All procedures used to assess operator performance
All procedures that describe conduct of simulator training
All procedures used to test, operate, and maintain the simulator
03.04d: Requalification Examination Security
Submit any tracking tools that you use to prevent excessive overlap on the written
examinations and meet the intent of sampling all required topics on a periodic basis.
Submit any tracking tools that you use to prevent excessive overlap on the operating
tests and meet the intent of sampling all required malfunctions (including major
events, instrument/component malfunctions, TS calls, etc.) on a periodic basis.
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All procedures that describe examination security, including procedures used to
develop the examinations that include guidelines on overlap between examinations
in current exam cycle tests and prior year examinations
List of all condition reports since the last biennial requalification inspection related to
examination security and overlap
03.04e: Remedial Training and Re-Examinations
List of remedial training conducted or planned since last requalification exam
(includes training provided to operators to enable passing requalification exam and
training provided to correct generic or individual weaknesses observed during
previous requalification exam cycle)
Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance
documentation)
03.04f: Operator License Conditions
All procedures and program documentation for maintaining active operator licenses,
tracking training attendance, and ensuring medical fitness of licensed operators
All procedures and associated documentation that supports reactivation of any
SRO/RO license (operating or staff crew) since the last biennial inspection
03.04g: Control Room Simulator
All simulator management and configuration procedures if not already provided
Simulator discrepancy report summary list for all open discrepancy reports and
summary list for those items closed since June 4, 2018
Primary parameters tested to verify core physics parameters (such as moderator
temperature coefficient, integral rod worth)). The applicable reference graphs from
the plant physics data book (electronic or other means as available) should also be
included as well as the test procedures used and the acceptance criteria with results.
All simulator modification packages that are on hold, delayed, or not completed in the
last 2 years
A list of simulator modification packages completed in the last two-year window
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B. The following information is requested to support the onsite inspection activities.
Requested materials should be available to the inspectors, either electronically or
hardcopy, upon site arrival on June 22, 2020.
03.03: Requalification Exam Results / 03.04a and 03.04b: Biennial Requalification Written
Exam and Annual Requalification Operating Tests Quality
All operating tests (JPMs and scenarios) to be given in all subsequent weeks after
onsite week, if available
All results up to the day the inspectors leave the site
03.04f: Conformance with Operator License Conditions
Access to licensed operators records (operating and staff crews)
Access to licensed operators training attendance records
Access to licensed operators medical records
03.04g: Control Room Simulator Performance
Simulator discrepancies from June 4, 2018. This should include all open and closed
simulator discrepancy reports, including the documentation/justification for closure.
Acceptance test documentation, including hardware and software model revisions at
the time of acceptance (as available)
Documentation that validates current models, including the thermal-hydraulics and
neutronics models, to the actual plant
All current model deficiencies, including FSAR vs design differences in the simulator
(any documentation on this)
Summary list of modifications from June 4, 2018
Plant modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the simulator by due
date from June 4, 2018
Simulator differences lesson plan used in training (current to June 22, 2020)
The complete book of all simulator annual performance test packages (usually in a
single book but may be electronic or in single test packages), complete with all
transient tests, steady state tests, and malfunction tests. This should also include
the test procedures for each test, the acceptance criteria, and results. For each
transient test, the reference chart should be included or an equivalent subject matter
expert review versus the simulator results with a write-up for any differences beyond
the ANSI standard requirements.
All test packages used to verify core physics parameters (such as moderator
temperature coefficient and integral rod worth). The applicable reference graphs
from the plant physics data book (electronic or other means as available) should also
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be included as well as the test procedures used and the acceptance criteria with
results.
All simulator tests, configuration management, and related documents available in
the room for inspectors to review. This includes training needs analysis packages,
Simulator Review Committee meeting minutes, etc.
Current copy of ANSI 3.5 standard you are committed to for simulator testing
C. Wolf Creek is required to send the final results summary (see Table 1 below) and any
remaining exams and operating tests that have not been reviewed to the regional
office lead inspector for this inspection for final review and comparison against the
Significance Determination Tools to communicate the exit results for the inspection.
TABLE 1: EXAMINATION RESULTS
1. Total number of licensed operators.
2. Number of licensed operators administered a requalification
examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a).
3. Number of individual licensed operators who failed any portion of a
requalification examination (written, JPM, or individual simulator
scenario failures).
4. Divide line 3 by line 2 to obtain the individual requalification
examination failure rate. Line 3/Line 2.
%
5. Number of crews administered simulator scenarios as part of a
requalification examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a).
6. Number of crews who performed unsatisfactorily on the
simulator scenarios.
7. Divide line 6 by line 5 to obtain the crew simulator scenario
failure rate. Line 6/Line 5.
%
SUNSI Review
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DATE
04/09/2020
04/13/2020