ML20106E415

Application for Amend to License NPF-86,consisting of License Amend Request 92-04,changing TS to Revise Current Requirement That Operations Manager Hold Senior Reactor Operator License

ML20106E415
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	11/03/1992
From:	Drawbridge B NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO)
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ML20106E412	List: ML20106E410 ML20106E415 ML20106E418
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1-acility Operating Licen )e NPF-86 Docket No. 50-443 License-Amendment Request No. 92 04 _

Proposed Revision to the Requirement for the Operations Manager to Maintain a Senior Reactor Operator License This Licenso Amendment Roquest is submitted by North Atlantic Energy l

Servico Corporation pursuant to 10C. R50.90. The following information is enclosed in support of this License Amendment Roquest:

.Section I Introduction and Descriptiors of Proposed Changes

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.Section IV Safety Evaluation of Proposed Changes

.Section V Determination of Significant Hazards for Proposed Changos

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The purpose of the proposed Technical Specification _ change is to revise Technical Specification 612f, ' Station Staff', to require that the Operations Manager hold or have held a senior scactor operator license prior to assuming the position as -

Operations Manager.

l Technical Specification 6 2.21 currently requires both the Operations Manager and the Assistant Operations Manager to hold a ser!or reactor operator license.

This requirement is consistent with Section 13,1.2.2 b of the Seabrook Station Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UPSAR).

The UFSAR also states that all Station personnel either rnect os exceed the minimum qualifications recommended in ANSI /ANS 3,11978 (Sclection and Training of Nuclean Power Plant Personnel).

The guidance that the Operations Manager hold a senior reactor operator license was revised in ANSI /ANS 3.1 1967. The 1987 sevision of ANSl/ANS 3J states that the Operations Manager shall meet one of four special requirements:

t lloid a senior reactor operator license llave held a license for a similar unit llave been certified at an appropriate simulator for equivalent senior operator knowledge llave been certified on plant operational knowledge based on the plant manager job analysis The-1987 revision also states that if the Operations Manager does not hold an NRC license, then the " Operations Middle Manager" shall_ hold a senior reactor operator

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r Maintaining a r.enior reactor operator license acquires the expenditure of a significant amount of time in requalification training.

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minimum of six weeks for senior reactor operator licensees on an annual basis. As stated in the UFS AR, _ thel Operationr, Manager is responsible for managing the operation of the Station in compliance with Tecl~nical Specifications and other license requirements.

To facilitate this.esponsibility-the Operations Department is-structured to provide several-!ayers ef direct technical supervision. Each level of shift supervision, from the St pervisory Control Room Operator on shift to the Shift Superintendent, is supervised by a licensed individual. The most senior individuals _

on shift, the Shift Superintendents, are supervised ' by the. Assistant ' Operations Manages, who holds,. and will continue to be required to hol_d, a senior reactor operator license.

The proposed _ change is consistent with the current industry guidance as delineated ~

in ANSI /ANS 3.1 1987 and with similar 4mendments approved by the -NRC for-D.ske Power's Oconec and McGuire plants. In addition, as described above, the proposed--

change will enhance the safe operation of the plant by increasing the amount of1 time-L the Operations Manager can devote to fulfilling his primary responsibilities.

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11, Description of Proposed Chariges The proposed change would revise Technical Specification 6.2.2 as follows:

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Section 6.2.2f would be reviseci in delete the requirement that the Operation.

Sianager hold a senior reactor operat r license and instead require the Operations hinnager to hold or have hcid a tenior scactor operator license for Seabrook Station prior to assuming trie Operations hianager position, j

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A new paragraph 6.2.2g would be_added to retain the current requircinent that the Assistant Operations hianager hold a senior reactor operator license.

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