ML20127L359
| ML20127L359 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 11/18/1992 |
| From: | Eliason L NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-1021 NUDOCS 9211240018 | |
| Download: ML20127L359 (2) | |
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Northem States Power Company 414 Nicol:et Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 1927 Telephona (612) 330-5500 November 18, 1992 U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn:
Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 PRAIRIE IS1AND NUCLEAR GENERATING FiNIT Docket Nos. S0 282 License Nos. DPR-42 5030h DPR-50 Reply to Requalification Examination Report No. 282/0L-92-02 Recualification Examination Security Concern NUREG 1321, Revision 6, Operator Licensing Examiner Standards, require that:
Facility representative shall not participate in any facility requslification training programs involving the operators selected for the examination (such as instruction, examination or tutoring) once they are under the Pre examination Security Agreement-Contrary to this requirement, individuals designated to participate in the NRC-administered requalification exam inadvertent 1:' received training from an instructor who was under the Pre-examination Security Agreement.
This was discovered on September 12, 1992 during a review d training records.
The NRC Chief Examiner was notified of this problem by teltphone on or before September 15, 1992.
Prairie Island places high priority on enamination integrity; an internal review of the events associated with this concern was performed the week of September 14 as well as the investigation conducted by the Chief Examiner during the exam review September 16-18.
These.eviews concluded that to actual compromise of the examination had occurred, i
The practice at Pra
- a Island for examination tec members is to remove them entirely from the wuning schedule once they had started wore on the examination.
This year, due to higher than normal operations instructor turnover, one team member was scheduled to provide training to operators not scheduled for the NRC-administered requalification examination.
Pr'or to refuelings, the Training Departmtnt typically reviews the Fuel Handling System with all licensed operators and instructors. All operatort were scheduled to take this class during the six-week training cycle.
One of thera classes (September 8, 1992) was scheduled to be taught by the instructor who was on the examination team.
However, no students scheduled for the NRC-administered requalification exam were scheduled to be in this class. Three n r. e n o e
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Two of these were shift operators who had missed their regularly scheduled training and the other was an instructor who needed to attend the training.
On September 11, 1992, a Fuel Handling System lecture was added to the non-licensed operator training schedule due to time becoming available.
Tnis additien would eliminate having to make up the class at a later date.
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class w<s taught by the same instructor who was on the examination team.
Three licensed individuals participating in the NRC requalification examination unexpectedly attended this class.
Prairie Island has taken the following action to ensure examination standards are met in the future:
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All examination team members shall be removed from all training classes effective the date they are extosed to the examination content.
No exceptions will be allowed.
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This violation will be reviewed in the first quarter of 1993 with all licensed operators and operations instructors to emphasize the need for examinatis.: security.
Examples of examination security compromise and the actions being taken to prevent future violations will be included in the review.
Should you have any questions on our actions, please contact us.
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Leon R Eliason Vice President Nuclear Generation c:
Regional Administrator, Region III, NRC Senior Resident Inspector, NRC NRR Project Manager, NRC J E Silberg State of Minnesota Kris Sanda
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