ML20235X249

Forwards Revised Operator Requalification Program for Plant, Per Recipient 740618 Request

ML20235X249
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Saint Vrain
Issue date:	07/16/1974
From:	Millen C PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF COLORADO
To:	Collins P US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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TAC-64747, NUDOCS 8707240097
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Mr. Paul F. Collins Directorate of Licensing Chief Operator Licensir.g brcnch 7920 !!crf c1h 1.ve ,

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Dear lir. ' Collins:

The attcched revice.d licensed operster rcqualificction progrc . for tne Tv. ;. Oi, '.'iolu :uul..ct Auct ,s l u. Station or ihe inh 1ir AanHea repony of Colorado is subnitted, pcr your request of June 18, 1974.

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s C. T.. Millen, Senior Vice President C124:FES/31 Attachment

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FORT ST. VRAIN ITCIIAR GENERATING STATION DOCKET No. 50-267

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A. CENERAL DESCRIPTIO" Licensed Operator Requalification Program i Fort St.

Vrain Nuc3 car Generating Station l

E. PARTICIPATION" -

The Operator Requalification program for Fort St. Vrain shall apply to all those employees, stationed at the site, who hold either Operators, Senior Operators, or,"Special" Senior Operators licenses issued by the A.E.C.. " Licensed Operator" in the context of this document shall mean Licensed Operator and Senior Licensed Operator unless specifically noted to the contrary.

It shall al'n Apply en tbnce e~p?. y ce vhe ecy reccite : limited "special" Senior Operators License (fue3 handling) where the program Those content is applicable to the scope of the 1tnited license.

pertions ere designated by asterd sk (*) in Iceture series attachment. l Those employces who are not normally engaged in actual control manipulation, or the do not normally direct actual centrol manipulation

("back-up" licenses), shall participate in al) portions of the prcgrem (Ref. Paragraph 3, not included in their particuler jcb duties.

Participation shall include Introduction, Appendix A,10 CFR 55.)

as a minimum,1) annual written examination, 2) manipulation er super-vision of manipulation of controls for 10 reactivity changes, 3) regular systematic review of s11 Eccrgency Procedures, and 4) regular syctenati 1 l

evaluation of licensee rer.ponse to simulated abnormal ond/or emergency 1 conditicus.

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The program centent shall be divided into four main sections which shall normally be scheduled to run concurrently. (The program schedule may be delayed or rescheduled, where the results of exam-inations indicate that so=c aspect requires priority). Thece four 7 sections are:

1. (a) Job and Shift Scheduling ,

1 (b) Observation of "on-the-job" performances

2. A lecture series l

3. Tests and examinations l

4. Annual review of Emergency Procedures and Abnormal )

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! System Operation.

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indicate' the requit e=ent met by the program detail)

1. (a) Licensed operators shall be scheduled on jobs and Para 3 (n) sh3fts to ensure that they do, during the two year q p

period of the course, either manipulate or direct the activities of individuals doing manipulation {

for the required 10 reactivity control changes.

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"Reactivit;' manipulations" which qualify for credit  !

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1) Plant startup or shutdorn of sufficient magnitude that the recctivity change due to temperature feedback is observabic.

2) Shutdoen margin calculation checks ,

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3) Any Reactor Power change of 10% or greater where load change is perfonned with Load Limit control or with one or more of the q three main control systems in " manual" mode of operation. The three main control systems are:

1) llot Reheat Steam Temperature Control Main Stean Temperature Control l 11) iii) ' Main Steam Pressure Control

4) Operation during transients which involve reactivity changes and result in employment of one or more Emergency Procedures.

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) w.enoisng n,o, n rinne v..nn,no ,n novement of fuel in the reactor.

6) Startup of the Reactor, including estimation of critical rod height, which results in  !

achieving Reactor criticality. l l

7) Confirmation by Licensed Operators of Shutdovr.

Margin calculations or cuberitical 1/M plots required to stat tup the reactor and achieve criticality.

An ef fort vill be nr.de tc schedule these activities to include more than one of those manipulations listed above.

(b) On a routine basis, Station Management shall review plant ope: ration by Licensed Operators to insure full f

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understanding of the egointent and operating piccedures uncer their centrol. Such revicu shall be by a Revscu

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Page 4 l Panel ec posed of any two of Superintendent Nuclear j

Production, Superintendent Operations, Operations Supervisor, Superintendent Maintenance, or Training Coordinator, and shall be done on the following l

schedule: l

1) Routinely

• Every 6 months during routine operation Pcr e .1': l and 3 O I (plus or minus one month). l

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2) j Whenever a plant pertubation of unusual magnitude occurs requiring other than Pt.r a 4 4 )

routine operator action.

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3) T f a licamed operater h.: net bcen cr.

duty during'an incident during a 12 month period, he shall be examined by the Revdev Panel for response to a simulated off-ncr:s1 occurrence. Exardnation of Licensed Operator response shall be accomplished by accusi observation, by walk through of sinulcted abnorr.a1 or emergency situation, as Pars 4{c.

i appropriate to the circumstances, Folleving the review, a written evaluation of the Licensed Operctor response shr.11 be made by the Review Panci and retsined

'.-ar s i h in the appropriate training file.

2. A lecture scr$es, covering the subject outline on the attached progrna.

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The program shall be scheduled by the Training Coordinator to:

(a) Cover those subjects first that are shown to need  ;

I f re-emphasis by examination results.  ;

I (b) Take advantage of availability of qualified discussion leaders in a particular subject.

(c) Cover oil subjects at least once every two years. ]

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(d) Fit lectures, if necessary, around periods of l intense plant activity and cover pertinent subject matter before the start of such activity.

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(c) Cover, as soon as practical, changes or modifications

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in physical plant or operating procedures of say system. In general, lectures covering a system or subject will include system der,ign and design criterin, System Operating Procedures, Technical Tar 3Q) cr.d 3 (d)

Specifications, and Emergency Procedures.

(f) Cover changes to the T.scility License by distribution Para 3(c) -

to all Licensed Operators of the documents which l ctate the chango end the basis for change. Licensed l Operator cognizcnce of the change will be documented, (g) Provide individual training, if necessary, to

- correct deficiencies uncovered by tests or pg.a 4(g) cxt.mina t ions.

The criterion requiring individual training vill be an overall averege grade of less than 70% on the annual crittcn examination. ,

Any Licensed Operator who scores less than 70% vill be removed frcm all Licensed Operator activitics,

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1 and shall not return to

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f individual training has been completed, and is documented 1 l by an appropriate written examination where the Licensed l

i Operator scores an average of 70% or greater in the cate- 8 l Para 4 (e) gories in which he was found to be deficient.

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3. While it is intended that all Licensed Operators shall attend all Lecture Series presentations, Sta-tion Management may excuse individual attendance at specific lect; ares, when subject matter is in the area of the individual's expertise. The individual excused shall demonstrate sufficient kno.: ledge in the applicable category (s) in his perf ormar.cc on the Annual Examination.

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4. Examinations on applicable subjects, as follows: Ptra 4 (c) (

(a) Annual simulated AEC type examinations.

(b) Periodic quizzes on the current subjects Para 4 (b) of the Iceture series. The criterion for l

acceptab3e individue.1 performance on these 1 l

periodic quizzes vill be 70% or greater.

Any individual obtaining a score of less than 70% vill be given special training in the appropriate subject and be retested.

(c) "Hese" study assignments with questions Para (2) l

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designed to ensure subject understanding. k '

Para 4 (d) 5 A program to periodically review Emelgency Pro-cedures and abnorm:1 systen operating configura-tions shall be included. The nethod of revieo_ :s

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Walk through of steps required under emergency or abnorcal situations. Emergency or abnormal situation and Licensed Operator response shall i be siraulated.

i g (b) Brief lectures conducted by'the Shift Supervisors, (c) Individual study.

Auditable Records which document successful completion of emergency or cbnormal operating situations shall be maintained.  !

i E. col'RSE EVALUS. TION A?D RECORDS The Training Coordinator shall eva3uate the course effective-f actr by noting class averages on periodic tests and total results o Course scheduling may be adjusted should annual exanir.atienc.

In addition, lecture material vill be exam-rcsvits so $ndicate.

Aned f or ef f ectiveneFs and Completeness.

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Records shall be kept of all classes given and all personnel l The attending. Records shall also be kept of any tests given.

test records shall include a graded copy of each licensee's test, i

Documentation of activities as specified shall be included in f

the records and shall include commen'ts, if any, and signature o examiners.

All personnci documents pertaining to requalification shall .

be keptcin on active file for the tuo year period of the. course.

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On course completion a summary shall be prcpered and entered in l the file.

Origiuol documents may then be removed to permanent s' erage.

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' DI 1.rCT11RT. Sr. RIP.S PROGRA*! l l

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l Duration: 2 Years l l

Class Frequency: Three days every fiv, uceks be held durin;; the summer months.

Clas>es vill not t 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> / day l Class Duration: i Syst e . Po, Subi e.ct

! Iceture No. 11, 17, 18 l Ecactor - General Description 1* Tech. Specs, 2* Rcacter - !!ucicar Parameters Tech. Specs.

Plant Turameters' I 12, 5.1 l Control Rod Driven and Control Orificing 3+

Ascetbly and Control Ecxcrve Shutdown System and Control Tech. Specs,

' . ' , , ii., 1;, i' i nefu A ing r.t;uip:x:n and T.tiu ellut, 4=

Schedt ling ,

Conditions I Tech. Specs.

Spent fuel shipping 16 5*

1!nt Service facility Aux. Cerc Tenis l Vicvin,~. Ds:viccs

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0* Reactor Site AEC Regulations rc off-afte deses.

Energency Prr,c. and Tech. Specs.

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Service 1.'at er 11 h Circulctina rater B?

9 Instrument at.d Service Air 11 10* PCRV 46 Heactor Plant Cooling Unter 11S 21 Primary Cncinnt Activity 12 'i cc h. Specs.

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Systen ro.

Su'jcet Lecture No.

23 13 licliun Purificatica System 47 Helium Purification Cooling 1102 System ,

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Fundamentals of Reacte- Theory Rea ct iv.it y Periods Power Changes 93 15 Coolant System Temp. Sensors

• in- Reactor Instrumentation l 93 16*

1;uc1 car Instrumentation 93 17 everall Plant Control l 21 ,

I 18 11clium Circulators 21 19 I!cliur.i circuinter Auxiliaries 22 20 Steam Ccncrators Feed Unter, Condensate, !!cators, Vents and 31, 32 21 Drains 9 c.

22 PPS 24* Personnc1 .".onitoring A7.C 1

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Arcan Radiction Monitoring )

i 25* Shielding Calculations, Probicms, Formula 26+ /.T.C typt exam - preparation 27* AEC type exam 2S*

Examination revice (with pupils) 1 62 29 R/A liquid vaste 63 30 R/A gescous vaste Solid vcst e dispos'1 25 31 Lic,uid E2S utem 25 32A llelium storann 92 33 416bV Sycter.

408 VSy st em Diesels

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S.ibj ec t System Mo.

l.ceture No.

34 Inst. Power Supply ,

D.C. Systems l l 92  ;

35 Generator , i Isolated P'.iase bus.

Transformers 0 84 36 Aux, boiler - 150 steam k'ater treatment , condensate, nake up 44, 33 37 damestic water i

Turbine generator and auxiliaries 51 38

!!oisture detectors, analytical 93  :

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instrumentation 45 40' Fire protection system l

neoctor ventilation systen 73 41*

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l Turbine buildina, heating system, Control 75 42 Roon Ventilation System.

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,, ei 44 45  ?:en-nnd. Tech. Specs.

5 46 , P3 ant Operating Characteristics

" " 5 47 48* Technical Specifications 49* Technical Specifications 504 Emergency Procedures l

51* Admin. Procedurec l 1

52 Phys $cc Testing after refueling i I

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53 Tube pluccing nachine 6; l Decontamination Synten 16 l liclium Circulator handlin:. cach S4 OPOP 55 OPOP

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f ceturc !!c. ' i Preparation - exam 56o 1

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570 Exam l

584 Exam Keview 59 Enginected Safety Systems Engineered Safegunrds o

Suberit' cal Multiplication 60* l 1/m plots 1

61 Shutd:wn marnin - calculations Critical rod height - calculations 91 l 62 11ydraulic Power System l

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11.F. - survey instruments, etc.

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I cLcctures which are to be attended by 21mited Licensed Operatorr, (Fuel Handlirf). i l

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