ML20137W177
| ML20137W177 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/27/1985 |
| From: | David Jones Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Russell W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8510040241 | |
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Daniel B. Jones, Technical Assistant Division of Human Factors Safety
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INP0/NRC C00RDlhATI0h MEETit'G, SEPTEMBER 12, 1905 The quarterly INP0/NRC Coordination Meeting was held at INPO cn September 12, 1905. A copy of the agenda and attendees is enclosed.
Action items and key topics of interest are as follows:
Licensing Examinations W. T. Russell and S. Shankman discussed the status of the Examination Development Program and the Requalification Examination policy.
IhPU requested and has been provided a copy of hURE3-1122, " Knowledge and Abilities Catalog f or huclear Pcwer Plant Operators:
Pressurized L'ater Reactors." The develogent of the equivalent BWR Catalog has begun under a contract with Professional Examination Services. Contractor access to the lhPO Job and Task Analysis (JTA) has been arranged.
Utility access to the computerized Examining Question Bank (EQB) was discussed, lhPO computer space is now limited.
It was agreed hat a working session with hkC (OLB), INPO, the hRC contractor for EqB and utilities would be arranged to determine how to assure utility access to the ECB (Action:
OLB).
The status of hRC strulator examiner examination development was reported, it was agreed that an in-depth meeting at the NRC would be held with IhPO to discuss the status of simulator exaninations and simulator evaluations.
Operator Licensing branch, CHFS will arrange for this as soon as the simulator evaluation contract is underway.
T ra i ni r,9 lhPO provided a description of the Accreditation sumnary document for training of technical staff and managers (Enclosure 2).
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William T. Russell September 27, 1985 NRC provided all past trip reports from NRC observations on thPO team visits to lhPO. These reports are routinely sent to the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
IhPO indicated that the accreditation process does revicw utility screening and exemption procedures to determine the initial candidate qualifications.
They do not audit individual trainees however.
l Review of continuing training, e.g., requalification was discussed.
INP0 indicated that continuing training is covered (or will be covered) in training guidelines. There does not appear to be a close overlap with NRC regulations for requalification of licensed personnel, lhPO training guidelines are used as generic training program descriptions from which utilities can derive specific training consistent with their plant-specific job analyses. Guidelines are being revised to incorporate JTA results.
hRC will provide to INP0, a copy of NUREG/CR-4344, " Instructional Skills Evaluation in Nuclear Industry Training" (and to the PDR). NUREG/CR-4344 is being published for information to nuclear training professionals.
INP0 was reque3ted to provide any comments regarding the huREL/CR.
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The 50ERs as tracked include training issues.
If the training guideline proves incomplete, the issue is covered in the next edition of the Guideline.
if the issue is significant, it is published in the 50ER. NRC plans to include an evaluation of the use of operating experience feedback in training as part of IAE and NRC observation of INP0 team visits.
INPO indicated that they would have no objection to the hRC sponsoring a training specialist meeting for CSNI in the spring of 1987. They noted that the Gatlingburg Training Conference is scheduled for the same time period.
RP/EP Activities l
The trip report from R. J. Serbu (Enclosure 3) summarizes these issues.
The INP0/NRC Coordination Plan for Radiological Activities must be reviewed by the NRC. Coments on the Plan should be provided to lhP0 by hovember 1985 so that the Plan can be revised, or continued, as appropriate. The Division of Systems Integration should give priority to this action.
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William T. Russell September 27, 1985 INP0 as part of the operations evaluations conducted every 15 months.
Typically INFO conducts an evaluation of operators performing on the plant si.ulator and observes and reports on operator performance. The evaluations are conducted primarily to observe operation and training.
IhPO does not evaluate the procedures, per se. A copy of the NRC contractor report on procedure transition problems, as well as the report on Development of Guidelines for Upgrading Procedures will be provided to INP0.
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HEC requested IhPO participation in the procedure interf ace and transition study. DHFS (PSRB) will follow-up.
IhP0 has guidance for conduct of operations, for alarm response, and writing guidelines for raaintenance, test and calibration procedures. These will be provided through the regular transf er of INPO documents to the NRC.
The conduct of operations guidelines includes a checklist for procedure preparation.
INP0 does not have an organized program to evaluate utility procedures. The operational evaluations of member utilities does include, however, some evaluations of appropriate procedures, though not to determine if the procedures meet NRC requirements.
The next INP0/hRC Coordination Meeting is scheduled for early December 1985 at Bethesda.
A copy of this memorandum is being provided to thPO for review and comment as appropriate.
Daniel B. Jones, Technical Assistant Division of Human Factors Safety Office of huclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
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Nac rza m nomainacu o2' OFFICIAL RECORD COPY A m. *o up-4oo rai Revised 9/11/85 TENTATIVE AGENDA NRC VISIT TO INPO September 12, 1985 Atlanta, Georgia Room 11138 8:00 am INPO T&E/NRC Division of Human Factors Safety Ken'Strahm Coordination Meeting Walt Coakley Bill Wigley Licensee Examinations Training Issues 11:00 RP/EP Activities Pete Lyon Bill Kindley Coordination Plan Revision Joe Colvin INPO Evaluation of Industry Performance 12:00 pm Working Lunch 12:30 Other Matters Joe Colvin Ken McCoy 1:30 Wrap-up Joe Colvin NRC Personnel Attending (Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation)
Bill Russell, Director, Division of Human Factors Safety (DHFS)
Dan Jones, Technical Advisor, DHFS Jay Persensky, Licensee Qualification Branch, DHFS Susan Shankman, Operator Licensing Branch, DHFS Bill Bnach, Office of the Executive Director for Operations Jim Bongarra, Procedures and Systems Review Branch, DHFS Rich Serbu, Radiological Assessment Branch, Division of Systems Integration Phil McKee, Operating Reactor Programs Branch, Division of Safeguards and Inspection Programs, Office of Inspection and Enforcement
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Institute cf Nuclear Power
'1tu r Operations 1100 Circle 75 Parkway Suite 1500 Atlanta. Gtorgia 30339 Telephone 404 953-3600 (DATE)
(POINT OF CONTACT)
Dear POC:
Technical training for technical staff and managers is one' of the training programs that is evaluated by INPO for accreditation.
This letter in pLcvided in responce to various requests from utilities for guidance to aid in developing t.
training program that will meet accreditation toquirements.
The enclosed point paper is intended to provide guidance to your training staff in identifying technical staff and managerial positions and topical training areas that should be considered in the development of such a training program.
Should you have any questions on this matter, please feel free to contact me at 404/980-3213 or Walt Coakley, Manager, Accreditation Department, at 404/953-5418.
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A. Strahm Vice President and Director Training and Education Division KASidgm Enclosure Technical Staff and Managers Point Paper t
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Purpose To identify, for first-round accreditation, the scope of training in nuclear technology for nuclear plant site technical staff and technical staff managers.
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identifies the positions and topical training areas that should I
be considered.
Technical Staff Positons:
Titles and functional assignments vary greatly from site to site.
The following position titles are, fairly common:
Radiological Protection Engineer Reactor Engineer Quality Assurance Engineer Maintenance Engineer Station Modification Engineer In-Service Inspection (ISI) Engineer Regulatory Compliance Coordinator Performance / Reliability Engineer Chemist / Chemical Engineer i
Each utility should develop its own list of technical staff positions to be included in this training program.
Where there is a vertical structure (i.e., assistant engineers) or if engineers are assigned to various departments, they should also be included.
Normally this training would encompass only "on-site" personnel.
Program Contents Programs submitted for accreditation should encompass the aeneral technical training that is needpd for all l
of the positions listed by the site.
Position-specific education and training is equally important but is not being reviewed for accreditation.
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The following topical areas should be considered for the scope of the program to be accredited with provision for exemption based on prior experience and training.
Suggested learning objectives are listed in the INPO Guideline " Technical Development Programs for Technical Staff and Managers" INPO 82-022.
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Indoctrination, including GET, Security,s and Emergency Plan Plant Reference Materials Nuclear Codes, Standards and Regulations o
Power Plant Applications oft Thermal Sciences Electrical Sciences Materials Sciences Nuclear Reactor Physics Plant Chemistry Process Controls o
Plant Systems and Components o
Plant Operations, including Simulator Training Quality Assurance / Quality Control o
o Plant Modification Process Accreditation Objectives and Criteria Because the scope of I the accreditation review will exclude position-specific training, the strict application of all objectives from "The Accrediation of Training in the Nuclear Power Industry" (INPO 85-002) will Iot be appropriate.
Specifically, Objectives 4, 5, and 6 will need' to be selectivel" apolled since it is not reauired that position-specific iod ana'vais and task analysis be completed to establish t
content.
Rather, a broad scope assessment of training needs and program content is expected.
Nonetheless, the criteria associated with Objectives 4, 5, and 6 should be appli!ed to the extent practical and addressed as appropriate in the Accreditation Self-Evaluation Report.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: William T. Russell, Acting Director Division of Human Factors Scfety FROM:
Daniel B. Jones, Technical Assistant Division of Human Factors Safety
SUBJECT:
INP0/NRC C0 ORDINATION MEETING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1985 The quarterly INP0/NRC Coordination Meeting was held at INP0 on September 12, 1985. A copy of the agenda and attendees is enclosed.
Action items and key topics of interest are as follows:
Licensing Examinations W. T. Russell and S. Shankman discussed the status of the Examination Development Program and the Requalification Examination policy.
INP0 requested and has been provided a copy of hUREG-1122, " Knowledge and Aailities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators:
Pressurized Water Reactors." The development of the equivalent BWR Catalog has begun under a contract with Professional Examination Services. Contractor access to the INP0 Job and Task Analysis (JTA) has been arranged.
Utility access to the computerized Examining Question Bank (EQB) was discussed.
INP0 computer space is now limited.
It was agreed that a working session with NRC (0LB), INPO, the NRC contractor for EQB and utilities would be arranged to determine how to assure utility access to the EQB (Action:
OLB).
The status of hRC simulator examiner examination development was reported.
It was agreed that an in-depth meeting at the NRC would be held with INP0 to discuss the status of simulator examinations and simulator evaluations.
Operator Licensing Branch, CHFS will arrange for this as soon as the simulator evaluation contract is underway.
Training INP0 provided a description of the Accreditation summary document for training of technical staff and managers (Enclosure 2).
INP0 Guideline 82-022,
" Technical Development Programs for Technical Staff and Managers" will be provided through the formal document exchange program with NRC, (limited distributionandaccess).
William T. Russell September 27, 1985 NRC provided all past trip reports from NRC observations on INP0 team visits to INP0. These reports are routinely sent to the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
INP0 indicated that the accreditation process does review utility screening and exemption procedures to determine the initial candidate qualifications.
They do not audit individual trainees however.
Review of continuing training, e.g., requalification was discussed.
INP0 indicated that continuing training is covered (or will be covered) in training guidelines. There does not appear to be a close overlap with NRC regulations for requalification of licensed personnel.
INP0 training guidelines are used as generic training program descriptions from which utilities can derive specific training consistent with their plant-specific job analyses. Guidelines are being revised to incorporate JTA results.
4 NRC will provide to INP0, a copy of NUREG/CR-4344, " Instructional Skills Evaluation in Nuclear Industry Training" (and to the PDR). NUREG/CR-4344 is being published for information to nuclear training professionals.
INP0 was requested to provide any comments regarding the NUREG/CR.
t INP0 discussed how the results of operating experience are fed back to training programs. The SEE-IN data are reviewed for possible training issues, as are the SOER reports and NRC LERs on INP0 team visits. The 50ERs as tracked include training issues.
If the training guideline proves incomplete, the issue is covered in the next edition of the Guideline.
If the issue is significant, it is published in the 50ER.
NRC plans to include an evaluation of the use of operating experience feedback in training as part of I&E and NRC observation of INP0 team visits.
INP0 indicated that they would have no objection to the NRC sponsoring a training specialist meeting for CSNI in the spring of 1987. They noted that the Gatlingburg Training Conference is scheduled for the same time period.
RP/EP Activities The trip report from R. J. Serbu (Enclosure 3) summarizes these issues.
The INP0/NRC Coordination Plan for Radiological Activities must be reviewed by the NRC. Comments on the Plan should be provided to INP0 by November 1985 so that the Plan can be revised, or continued, as appropriate. The Division of Systems Integration should give priority to this action.
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The NRC briefly described a current study which identifies problems encountered by NPP operators when they are required to transition between procedures. Data related to this transition issue are typically noted by
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INP0 as part of the operations evaluations conducted every 15 months.
Typically INP0 conducts an evaluation of operators performing on the plant i
simulator and observes and reports on operator performance. The evaluations are conducted primarily to observe operation and training.
INP0 does not evaluate the procedures, per se. A copy of the NRC contractor report on procedure transition problems, as well as the report on Development of Guidelines for Upgrading Procedures will be provided to INP0.
(Action:
PSRB).
NRC requested INP0 participation in the procedure interface and transition study. DHFS (PSRB) will follow-up.
INP0 has guidance for conduct of operations, for alarm response, and writing guidelines for maintenance, test and calibration procedures. These will be provided through the regular transfer of INP0 documents to the NRC. The conduct of operations guidelines includes a checklist for procedure preparation, i
INP0 does not have an organized program to evaluate utility procedures. The operational evaluations of member utilities does include, however, some evaluations of appropriate procedures, though not to determine if the procedures meet NRC requirements.
The next INP0/NRC Coordination Meeting is scheduled for early December 1985 at Bethesda.
A copy of this memorandum is being provided to INP0 for review and comment as appropriate.
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