ML20209C345
| ML20209C345 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 08/29/1986 |
| From: | Wenzinger E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Heider L YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8609090006 | |
| Download: ML20209C345 (5) | |
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29 AUG 1986 Docket No.
50-29 Yankee Atomic Electric Company
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ATTN: Mr. L. H. Heider Vice President of Operations 1671 Worcester Road Framingham, Massachusetts 01701 Gentlemen:
Subject:
LICENSEE REQUESTED MEETING CONCERNING YANKEE OPERATOR TRAINING PROGRAM A meeting was held on August 11, 1986 at the NRC Region I Office at your staff's request to discuss plans for your operator licensing training programs and the NRC's operator licensing process. The details of the meeting are documented in Enclosure 1.
Your staff's stated intentions were to increase the initial screening of per-spective licensing candidates, act more responsively to negative indicators identified during the training program and to review the final pre-exam audit.
Also, your staff committed to have a complete up-to-date and consistent set of System Descriptions, Operating Procedures and other training material in place by March 1987. Additional discussions were held to clarify the NRC's position on various aspects of the operator licensing process.
The meeting was held for status and discussion purposes. No licensee recommen-dations were made for approval, and no NRC approvals or actions were taken.
The meeting was beneficial and improved our understanding of your plans for improving your operator licensing program. We appreciate your initiative in arranging these meetings.
Sincerely, Edward C. Wenzinger, Chief Reactor Projects Branch No. 3 Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosure:
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Operator Licensing Meeting 1.
Introduction A meeting was held at the Region I office on August 11, 1986 at 10:00 a.m.
The meeting had been requested by the Yankee Atomic Electric Company to discuss changes to their operator licensing program and to clarify the NRC's practices in conducting licensing examinations. The following people attended the meeting.
NRC Attendees H. Kister, Chief, Projects Branch 1 E. Wenzinger, Sr., Chief, Projects Branch 3 R. Keller, Chief, Projects Section IC H. Eichenholz, Senior Resident Inspector N. Dudley, Lead Reactor Engineer Yankee Atomic Electric Company Attendees N. St.Laurent, Plant Superintendent E. Chatfield, Training Manager No actions or approvals were requested or given.
2.
Operator Licensing Training Program Yankee personnel presented changes which had been made to the operator licensing training program to improve the success rate on NRC licensing examinations. The training process will be more closely monitored. More extensive screening of initial licensing candidates will be conducted.
More aggressive action will be taken to review the periodic evaluations for negative performance indicators and corrective action will be taken.
The final audit examinations will be reviewed for quality and adequacy by the training department.
A higher priority has been assigned to completing and maintaining an up-to-date and consistent set of System Descriptions, Operating l
Procedures and other training material. All chapters of the System Descriptions will be completed by March 1987 and the present system for incorporating plant changes will be given a higher priority.
Additional permanent personnel have been as' signed to the training department and additional temporary personnel have been hired to support the training effort. The training staff is presently comprised of 17 people of whom three are temporary contractors.
Training support from the Operations Department or Nuclear Services is limited due to the staff size of those organizations.
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Extensive planning and scheduling has been done for the next licensing class. All required lectures have been scheduled and all instructors have been assigned for the entire training period.
Improved lesson plans are being used which include training objectives and delineate the specific reference for the material being presented.
Feedback from the candidates is being used to modify the ongoing training pregram. An attempt is being made to integrate on-shift time and classroom time to provide more effective training.
An internal audit of the training program was conducted by trainers outside of the Yankee Atomic organization. The results of the audit have been incorporated into the training program.
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NRC Licensing Process The NRC provided clarifications on the licensing process in response to licensee questions. The length of the written examination is six hours.
Extension of this time limit is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
The operational examination is an evaluation of a candidate's ability to use the reference material and indications available to him in the main control room.
The techniques for conducting the operational examination vary between examiners. However, the number and types of areas examined must meet the requirements in NUREG 1021, Ope'rator Licensing Examiner Standards.
Material submitted for examination preparation should reflect the actual status of the facility and operating procedures at the time of the sub-mittal. Candidates are not held responsible for any plant modifications or procedural changes made after the date of submittal of the training material.
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Summary After discussion of the information provided by the licensee, the NRC indicated that the proposed changes were appropriate.
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