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4 This is an unofficial transcript of'a meeting of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission held on March 6, 1989 in tlie Commission's office at one White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland.
The meeting was open to public attendance and observation.
This transcript has not been reviewed, corrected or edited, and it may contain inaccuracies.
The transcript is intended solely for general j
informational purposes.
As provided by 10 CFR 9.103, it is not part of the formal or informal reco,rd of decision'of the matters discussed.
Expressions of opinion in this transcript do not necessarily reflect final determination l
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No pleading or other paper may be filed with the Commission in any proceeding as the result of, or addressed to, any statement or argument contained herein, except as the Commission may authorize.
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COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:
LANDO W.
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THOMAS M.
RO3ERTS KENNETH M.
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JOSEPH SCINTO, Office'-of'the. General' Counsel'.
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TERRY; WILLIAMS', Virginia-Power LEE WILLIAMS, Alabama Power.
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Institute.. of Nuclear Power Operations, INPO, and a,
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So, 11 welcome, gentlemen.
12 This is an information briefing this morning 13 in which representatives from the nuclear industry
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14 will describe for the Commission the responsibilities 15 of the operation staff at nuclear power reactors, the 16 knowledge needed to fill those responsibilities ' and '
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-the training being provided to the operating staff.
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22 of senior reactor operators at this meeting.
23 Copies of the meeting slides, I understand, 24 are available at the entrance to the meeting room.
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-2 If not, Mr. Colvin, welcome.
You'may begin.
3 MR. COLVIN:
Good morning, 'Mr.
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' Gentlemen, good morning.'
5 I'm Joe Colvin, Executive Vice President and-6, Chief Operating Officer of NUMARC.
I ' want ' to thank
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the topic of operator training.
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Our purpose this morning is to provide you-10
.with an actual overview of industry practices and i
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12 operations.
The presenters with me here at the table
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14 activities at their utilities.
Their presentations 15 are focused on the' methods-and expectations of these 16 programs as they are implemented at their respective d
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. generally representative of the industry as a whole.
f 20 Before I introduce the presenters, I want to 21 briefly mention the NUMARC Operators' Issues Working 22 Group.
The working group comprised of 18 utility 23 professionals with broad expertise in operations and 24 training was established to help NUMARC resolve r
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and has worked successfully with the NRC staff to 5
bring that important issue to proper resolution.
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comprehensive industry response to the proposed rule f.
8 on the educational experience requirements of senior 9
operators.
k 10 Mr. Don Schnell, Senior Vice President of sD l
11 Union Electric Company is the Chairman of that group 1
12 but was unable to be with us today because of a prior l
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14 Two of today's presenters, however, are 15 members of the working group.
Doctor Terry Williams, 16 on my right, and Mr.
Lee Williams, on my left, are 17 both members of the working group, and as well Mr.
18 Coakley or other senior NUMARC representatives 19 participate in those activities.
20 Mr. Chairman, with your concurrence, I would 21 like to change the agenda order that we previously 22 provided to you and have Doctor Terry Williams first.
23 With your concurrence we'll do that.
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2 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Fine.
3 MR. COLVIN:
Turn the presentations over to 4
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5 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Good.
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talk to you on the academic-oriented components of 9
operator training.
He has a Bachelor of Science 10 degree in Secondary Education from Old Dominion 11 University, a Master of Education from Virginia 12 Commonwealth and a Doctorate degree from Ohio State.
13 Doctor Williains has been with Viz ginia ' Power 14 since 1981.
He has held a succession of supervisory 15 and management positions in power operations and 16 training, has had line responsibility for nuclear 17 training since 1983.
18 Prior to his employment at Virginia Power, 19 he worked as an Assistant Professor at Penn State 20 University and then as an Assistant Professor at 21 Virginia Commonwealth University.
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2 Mr. Williams?
3 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Thank you.
You may proceed.
4 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Thank you.
Good morning.
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academics and engineering fundamentals as presented in
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With me today is Mike Crist who is the 9
Supervisor of Training at the North Anna Power 10 Station.
Depending on the questions, I'd like to 11 defer to Mike for more detailed responses.
12 I also hav.e provided you a packet and in the 13 packet is a copy of the slides that I'm going to be i
14 presenting, as well as a series of handouts to help 15 provide some detail to some of the areas that I'm 16 going to cover this morning.
I'll try to be clear 17 about where I am in both the slide package as well as 18 the handouts.
19 D e presentation objectives that I've set up 20 today are to provide a scope and depth of operator 21 training in the basic science and technology area, as 22 well as to show the relationship of academics to 23 technical training and,
- lastly, to emphasize 24 performance-based nature of our curriculum k.
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Virginia Power-is the third. largest-U. S.
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We have 'four 3
units, three loop Westinghouse PWRs; two'at.Surry, for
'4 a total'.of 1562' megawatts,-two at North Anna, for 1830
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Unit 2 at North Anna just experienced e.
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7 The nuclear contribution to the. energy mix 8
at. Virginia Power was 32 percent in 1987 and 34 2
9 percent.in 1988.
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That'means the energy mix in
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For our service-area.
13 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
For your service area?
'14 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Yes, sir.
15 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
All right.
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We have NRC-certified control l
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22 example, to train mitigated core damage.
23 We have'a training staff that includes the l
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well as the license operator requal. pr:ogram.
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They did a nice 15 job.
16 The operator traintng larget a n d l. r ls high schoo' graduaLe -- m I ' mi 17 Lypically either a 18 Lhat :: ey come from the upper half o 1~
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21 have found that they have proven aptitudes with s t. ro m; 22 fundamentals.
23 Our initial training is represented by Lhcee 24 phases.
I will review those very quickly.
The first 25 phase is called Nuclear Foundations Training.
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second phase of the ' initial training is the Nuclear 2
Control Room Operator Development Program, and the 3
third ph'ase is the RO/SRO license class.
I credit the 4
INPO accreditation requirements for a vast improvement l
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I think you'll see this as I 6
walk through this curriculum.
7 In the Nuclear Foundation Training Program, 8
this is a six month, pre-employment course where we 9
identify high school graduates with the proper 10 aptitude.
They are tested for math and science 11 aptitudes.
They are screened to enter this foundation 12 program, four months of the program.
And if you would 13 refer to handout number 1-1, it gives you the layout 14 and the flow chart of the curriculum I'm referring to.
15 The first 17 weeks is known as a common 16 track where both operators and health physics 17 technicians are in the program combined.
You can see 18 by reviewing this handout that we cover the 19 mathematics, physics, chemistry, electricity, D.C.
and 20 nuclear physics.
21 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Where are we on this slide?
22 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Okay.
It's handout 1-1.
23 It's on the right-hand side of the package.
There's a 24 series of handouts.
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Briefing materials for 18 Commissioners it says, 1-1.
19 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Yes, sir.
20 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Okay.
21 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Okay.
And I'm referring 22 to the first block called " Common Track: 17 Weeks."
23 Again, I'm trying to give a feel for the science and 24 the math that's covered during that period.
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9 of - their ' adjunct faculty and we do get 46 semester 10 credit hours for. this program.
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11 designed af ter. we had completed the RO and SRO job 12 t'ask analysis.
We-felt that there was a need in the 13' knowledge area for 'these fundamental science.and math 14' areas.
i 15 Again, the program is designed for the. upper 16 half high' school graduate with three years of science 17 an'd math.
The. entire. program reviews and reinforces i
18 and builds-student understanding of the scientific 19' principles and the curriculum design relates academics 20 to nuclear plant technology by illustration, problems, 21 and plant tours.
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17 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
What percentage pass the 18 course and what percentage fail?
j I'd say 95
,j 19 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
About 20 percent pass the course and again I think it has to do 21 with our strict pre-screening process.
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22 aptitude tests, we evaluate their transcripts and they 23 are interviewed by the station Superintendent of Ops.
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Thank you.
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In that specialized 2
operator track, that's supposed to last nine weeks.
3 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Yes, sir.
4 COMMISSIONER ROGERS:
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They just rounded it off.
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So they're not two 9
weeks then, each segment?
10 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
No.
Some of them are 11 probably short a day here or there and it comes 12 out --
13 COMMISSIONER ~ ROGERS:
I see.
14 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
All right.
15 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
All right.
16 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
All right.
Let's proceed.
17 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Okay.
In your package, if 18 you would refer to handouts 1-2 and 1-3, I tried to 19 summarize out of the John Tyler catalog just the 20 generic course descriptions that cross reference to 21 the curriculum that I showed you in 1-1, 1-3, on the 22 next page, indicates some of the selected college-23 type level texts that are used in this program.
In 24 Virginia anyway, these are pretty standard type texts 25 for freshmen-type level courses.
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Excuse-me.
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6-DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
That's implied.
7 COMMISSIONER CARR:
Yes,.okay.
8 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Yes, sir.
9 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
All right.
Let's proceed.-
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In handout -- back to the l
Tab 2-1 and'2-2, I tried to give-11 handout package q
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We use a career development approach.and 14 it is broken up into what is called steps.
The steps 15 are related to watchstation-qualifications and systems 16 make up those watchstations, f
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18 completing all job performance measures on the 19 systems,. completing the watchstation qualifications, 1
20 passing an end of step test, a cognitive test, and an 21 appraisal of performance which is considered 22 satisfactory.
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13 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
This is after 39 months?
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Yes,- sir.
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All right.
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The waiting periods range from one to 19 two to three years.
20 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
What do they do in the 21 meantime?
22 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
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It could be.an equipment 3
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4-CHAIRMAN ZECH:
All right.
But they'_re-5 working.in the plant.
On shifts, generally?
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15 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Well, they've completed 16 their initial training.
What they're doing is they 17-are qualified to work the various watchstations.
18 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
I see.
19 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
So they are assigned on 20-that shift to work the appropriate watchstations.
21 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
I see.
22 COMMISSIONER CARR:
So, some of them may not
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It used to be an up or out approach I.
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would terminate them or put them in an area that was 4
non-operator based.
We just recently allowed 5
permanent NLOs, non-licensed operators to stay on, but i
6 it's done very selectively and it is monitored by the 7
Vice President of Nuclear Operators on how many we 8
allow to do that.
That's changed within the last year 9
and a half.
10 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Can you give us an example 11 of the type of individual that you'd permit to do 12 that?
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It's judged based on his 7
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We found in the past that some of the people 17 would go into a health physics area or a QA area or 18 some other area and be retrained for those areas.
So, 19 again, we've only got two at one site, at North Anna, 20 and four at Surry that are in that category.
They 21 must maintain their watchstation qualifications 22 through the continuing training program.
23 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Yes.
All right.
My 24 experience is that some program like that can be a a
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through all the things you give us and even though 3
they passed all the 39 months of training so far, you 4
do have a considerable investment in them --
5 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Yes.
6 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
If they have shown that they 7
can do that, but they can't pass the RO and SRO 8
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For some reason or other they just 11 don't do that well.
They might have shown you 12 beforehand that they have the capability of handling 13 certain jobs, but they might not be able to pass that 14 difficult RO exam.
I understand that.
But I think if 15 you --
16 COMMISSIONER ROBERTS:
Or not choose to.
17 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
I suppose that's true too in 18 some cases.
But my point is here, even if they do 19 choose to and they don't pass it, I can understand 20 what you're doing because there are some people who 21 simply have that difficulty.
But those you do keep, 22 it would be very important, in my judgment, to be able 23 to justify why you're keeping them, very solidly, and 24 I think you can do that.
25 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Yes.
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But I.think'it's important
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Some can ~ be. very 3
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they may not have, for sume reason or other, the I
5 desire.
~Maybe they like to work as an equipment'-
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There'are people who have that desire and 7
that gives them tremendous satisfaction,- rather than 8
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9 should be monitored carefully, but I would agree that 10 it can be'a useful to use people who are trained 11 and who would impress you with their aptitude as well' 12 as their attitude and their competence, but they might j
13 not go into the other area.
t 14 So, I think that's a good thing to do, 15 except.I would say monitoring and careful use of that 16 program is important.
17 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Yes.
And again, as a part 18 of a nuclear - standard, the station manager makes the 19 decision.
It's overseen by the Vice President of 20 Nuclear on numbers and on a monthly indicator report, l
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1 23 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Good.
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option until he has been unsuccessful in the RO class 2
twice, which is again a tremendous commitment on our 3
part because it's a year course.
4 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
A'11 right.
Let's proceed.
5 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Okay.
Phase III of the 6
operator training, the RO/SRO license course, is again 7
an attempt at reviewing basic science and technology I
8 knowledge with expanded -- and providing additional 9
academics which provide the underpinnings for 10 technical license training.
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12 the " whys" of proper plant operation and off-normal 13 transient analysis.
14 The trainees routinely evaluate or are 15 evaluated on basic scientific principles.
If I could 16 refer you to handout 3-1, I think you can see in an 17 overview fashion some of the principal areas that are 18 covered and I have a list of the math, the physics, l
19 chemis ry, material science.
And again, I gave you an 20 example of what those courses were previously.
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you that background.
5 The engineering fundamentals are not taught 6
in isolation.
- However, they're incorporated into 7
integrated plant operations.
Operator requalification 8
programs are based on both INPO and NRC job and task 9
analysis.
Special emphasis is in the teamwork and l'O diagnostic skills training, which in handout 4-1 I 11 provide you again an overview of that curriculum and 12 the 56 hours6.481481e-4 days <br />0.0156 hours <br />9.259259e-5 weeks <br />2.1308e-5 months <br /> of instruction that's provided on that f
13 subject.
14 In summary, the three segments and phases of 15 operator training represents 273 weeks or five and a 16 quarter years.
I do want to point out that in Phase 17 II, some of that time is on-the-job self-study.
18 However, Phase I and III are all classroom, simulator, 19 or guided in plant.
20 The total hours does not include continuing j
21 training for the non-licensed operator, which is this 22 year -- I gave you an average of 127 on the handout.
23 However, for this year, we've scheduled 192 hours0.00222 days <br />0.0533 hours <br />3.174603e-4 weeks <br />7.3056e-5 months <br />.
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was that the Virginia Power Nuclear Foundation-5
' Training ' Prograin is 34 semester hours short of an d
6 Associate of Science degree and it's based on mostly
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liberal arts courses and a mathematics course at the l
8 college level calculus.
The training program ~,
9 however, is performance based, not generic degree.
10.
Additional differences between our total 11 training program, this would include all three' phases, 12 and a four year general engineering technology l degree 13 are that there are only selected engineering 14 technology subjects, such as dynamics and statistics, 15 that are not represented in the program, that the 16 total operator training educational experience would 3
17 be equivalent to 45 percent of a nuclear engineering 18 technology four year degree, in our opinion.
i 19 Curriculum development has provided us the 20 ability to provide this type of training.
We have 21 followed both the INPO and NRC recognized i
22 methodologies of job task analysis.
As a matter of 23 fact, we actually probably went beyond that in terms 24 of identifying the basic foundational knowledge which (J-25 represents our foundation program.
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The knowledge is. necessary for integrated -
2 operations.
- Normal, off-normal, emergency is 3
presented appropriately. in each'. training. segment.
4 Subject ' matter experts validate the academic content 5
with the realistic applications for reinforcement.
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- Again, I '. v e tried to demo'nstrate that in my 7.
presentation this morning.
.8 Continuing training reinforces operator:
9 knowledge and skills.
We've used sound educational 1
10 principles and practices of going from the simple to 11 the complex.
The appropriate learning setting has 12 been reviewed and th-ese programs :are continuously i
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We have found 16 that a best practice ir to have all STAS with SRO l
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That is a long-range goal of 18 ours.
This provides an effective crew mix of 19 engineering ability, the STA and the operating 20 experience.
The engineers, in some cases, are not 21 always the best suited supervisors.
22 That concludes my presentation.
I'd like to 23 thank you for your time.
24 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
All right.
Thank you very i.k.
25 much.
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2 Commissioner Roberts?
3-Commissioner Carr?
4 COMMISSIONER CARR:
No.
5 CHAIRMAN ZECH: ~ Commissioner Rogers?
'6 COMMISSIONER ROGERS:
- Well, there's a lot 7
that'I could ask, but I don't want to delay us too 8
much.
9 How do you do your validity reliability 10 checks that you just mentioned a moment ago?
What 11 constitutes those?
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Okay.
The validity is i
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1 14 knowledge and skills related to the objectives which j
15 relate to the evaluation that we perform, both 16 performance, job performance measures and cognitive.
17 That provides us very good content validity.
18 We then also have a pretty extensive 19 evaluation system in place to do follow-up f rom the 20 trainees and the supervisors on how well people are 21 performing to identify degraded ab performance in 22 frequently performed tasks.
So there's a whole system 23 designed as a part of our training systems approach to 24 address that particular aspect.
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instructors?
How are they selected and what isLtheir l
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3 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
Okay.
The instructors 4
' maintain both technical. qualifications and'wehave an 5-extensive professional qualification program.
For 6
example, the professional skills are taught in a seven-ai 7
day workshop within six months ' of assignment to j
8 training.
.They then must complete an 18 unit 9
' instructor training program which covers anywhere from 10 developing objectives to performing evaluation.
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- a. matter of' fact, one of the current 12 efforts I have is to develop on a national basis those using the National Center for 13 18 u' nits'.
We're
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So, we're going to be upgrading that.
That's 17 the professional part.
18 The technical part is based on the type of 19 license and what they're assigned to teach.
If they 20 have to teach integrated plant response, they're 21 required to have an SRO license.
Again, I've already i
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who have -dropped ' licenses, but they-all typically are 2
SRO trained.
3 In the cases where we're teaching some of.
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the more advanced subjects, we. hire and. have hired 5
personnel with advanced degrees.
So,'for example, in 6
the foundation they have Master 's ' degrees.
One of 7 --
them is a graduate of the Naval Academy.
We have, at 8
North Anna, an instructor who has a Master's degree in 9
Nuclear Engineering, who teaches the thermal and 10 nuclear physi'es courses.
11 COMMISSIONER ROGERS:
What's your classroom'
'12 monitoring?
13 DOCTOR WILLIAMS:
We require that twice a 14 year the instructors be evaluated at least once by the 15 supervisor and once by training specialists.
Plus, we 16 collect end of course critiques from all sessions q
1 17 which, of course, the shift supervisors aren't shy l
1 18 about telling us what we're doing right or wrong.
So, 19-we keep a very close connection with the plant in
,j 20 terms of are we delivering the services that they 21 require.
22 COMMISSIONER ROGERS:
Thank you.
23 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Commissioner Curtiss?
24 COMMISSIONER CURTISS:
No questions.
i 25 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
I don't have any questions t
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either.
Perhaps,.because.we have so many presenters 2
this morning,.I'll ask the rest..of our presenters to 3
go through and finish their presentations and we'll
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'all right with my colleagues.
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So, Mr. Colvin, who is next?
7 MR. COLVIN:
Yes, sir.
Let me go ahead and.
8 complete thet introductions then.
That will make it 9
proceed faster.
10 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
We need to move along 11 because'we have a lot on our' schedule today.
I'd like-12 to kind'of stick as close as we can to our 11:30 13 completion date.
So, I know~we've taken more time on l
I 14 this one perhaps, but the Commissioners 'will say i
15 that's because of our questions.
But we would'ask you 16 to help us to try to keep on schedule.
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Yes, sir, I'll certainly try.
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. 18 With your concurrence then, let me make' the rest of i
19 the introductions and then I'll turn it over to the 20 particular presenter.
21 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Thank you.
- 22 MR. COLVIN:
The next presenter will be Mr.
23 Lee Williams.
He's the Training Manager at Alabama 24 Power Company, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in ll k.,..
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has over 22 years of combined Navy and commercial 2
nuclear experience.
He's been employed with Alabama 3
Power Company since 1975 and holds an active SRO 4
license.
He's been a pe'er evaluator on the INPO 5
accreditation team visits and is an evaluator on the 6
International Atomic Energy Agency's Operational 7
Safety and Review Team, OSART, visits.
8 Mr. Williams will discuss the topic of shift 9
operating training practices at Farley, principally 10 from an operational perspective.
11 The third presenter this morning will be Mr.
12 Charles Schrock, Assistant Manager of Plant Operations 13 at Wisconsin Public ' Service Corporation's Kewaunee 14 Plant.
He'11 discuss plant management's expectations 15 of the operating staff.
16 He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a 17 Master of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from 18 University of Michigan.
He's been with Wisconsin 19 Public Service for ten years, and prior to his current 20 position of Assistant Manager of Plant Operations, has 21 held positions of Superintendent, Licensing 22 Assistance, and Assistant Manager Nuclear Engineering.
23 He holds an SRO license from the NRC for a nuclear 24 research reactor and presently holds an SRO license l
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Williams.
9 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Thank you very much.
~j 10 You may proceed.
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Thank you for the opportunity i
1 12 to make this pre'sentation today.
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13 First of 'all, I'd -like to start 'just by -
i 14 talking through, if you will, the growing. process.or, 15 the building of how we train our operators.
16 As Doctor Williams has already indicated, we 4
17 start with the basic fundamentals, move from there 18
'into systems, which is just training the individuals 19 in facts, individual facts related to individual 20 systems.
As we continue up the ladder or the 3
21 hierarchy, we get into integrated plant operations, 22 which is putting the pieces of the systems together.
23 Moving from there into the utilization of procedures 24 in making the plant work, in controlling the unit,
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Again, we're utilizing the pieces and the fundamental 2
knowledge that the individuals have gained in the 3
training program.
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- Finally, all this is brought together, if 5
you will, in the simulator training portion of the 6
program where the individual applies all of the 7
fundamentals that he's developed with time, the facts 8
of the systems, the integrated plant operations and
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9 procedure uses.
I'd like to stop here just a minute 10 and talk about that.
11 Probably the most significant improvement in 12 the operation, and I believe also in the training of 13 ou'r indiv'idual team members, has been in the area, the 14 improved area of procedures, in their human factors 15 design, in their technical content and to the depth 16 and scope that they go beyond the basic design of the 17 plant, which is important, I think, as far as the 18 training.
Also, the background information that goes 19 with the procedures answers the question, why is this 20 here and why are you doing this?
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22 In this setting on the simulator, one of the 23 important things that we do with the individuals is 24 point out their part of the team in operating the 25 unit.
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a-who have. completed - the program first time.
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Most require the second time through the l
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That's not a ' disparaging comment.
Don't 5
take. it that way,. but usually it's the lack of the.
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to progress.
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'9 it's where their shortcoming ~ develops and that's due 10-to'a lack of experience.
11 The shift technical advisory --
12 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
How' many will pass the 13
'second exam?
14 MR. WILLIAMS:
Yes.
15 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
How many?
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18 exam, but not all have been allowed to go.on.
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20 felt did not possess the - capability to go on the 21 second time and we've placed them in other positions
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J 23 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
I see.
24 MR.
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. transient that takes place.
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wh'en the shift supervisor wants to call on him, that's 8
when he 's available.
Those are. the off-normal 9
situations.
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13 placing components in systems into and out of service.
t 14 He prepares the necessary paperwork, checks technical 15 specifications, makes sure.that things can be worked 16 as they're being requested, presents.that information 17 to the shift supervisor for his concurrence and 13 approval, and he is integrated into our operation on a 19 routine basis in that method.
20 But that's one member of the team that I 21 spoke about previously and that's how we use the STA 22 in our organization.
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14 That's an important operational aspect of 15 how we run our units.
Management routinely comes in 16 and says, in our morning briefings, "Yes, I got that 17 call last night at midnight or 2:00 o' clock in the 18 morning.
Yes, I know about this."
That's how we run 19 our plants.
They're constantly in communication on a 20 rotational basis.
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19 Senicr Vice President 'aave both previously held SRO
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plan,- such as _the fire department, the hospitals, 10 ambulance personnel, et cetera.
These are the 11 individuals that we -- when.we ' re emphasizing ' what 12 management expects of the' shift supervisor is that he 13 recognizes these resources are available to him and 14 uses them and utilizes them effectively.
15 I'd like to quote from one of our procedures 16 that says, "During his shift, the responsibility and l
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Mr. Schrock.
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- Proceed, M r '. ~Schrock.
8 Welcome.
9 MR. SCHROCK:
I thank you very much for the H
10 opportunity to discuss this with you.
I've been asked-11 to talk'about the operation at Kewaunee, maybe give.a 12 little bit of a different perspective from an Ops.
13 Manager.on how we perceive the training and how the
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.15 I would like to briefly talk about the plant 16
.itself and the organizational structure and then get 17 into the operations group.
18 The Kewaunee Plant is a
two loop 19 Westinghouse pressurized water reactor.
It is owned 20 jointly by Wisconsin Public Service, Wisconsin Power 21 and Light and Madison Gas and Electric.
It's rated 22 for 560 megawatts of electric gross and 1,630 23 meg'a' watts thermal.
24 (Slide)
The next slide shows that our i
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availability factor of 87'4 percent, a capacity factor 2-o'f 83.3 percent and a forced outage rate of 1.7 3
percent.
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_Since going commercial in June of 1974, a
5 Kewaunee has had an availability of 84.37. percent, a 6
capacity factor'of 81.46 percent and a forced. outage 7
rate of 2.76 percent'.
We are currently in our 14th 8
refueling outage, getting ready for our 15th cycle.of 9
operation.
10 (Slide)
Our typical total man-rem exposure, 11 shown on the next visual, averages around 220 man-rem 12-per year and our low-level waste generation is about 13 70 cubic meters per year.
Needless to say, we are 14 proud of all of these statis' tics.
We think the 15 Kewaunee plant has been a good performer.
16 (Slide)
The next visual does show the 17 overview of the entire nuclear organization.
Our 18 Senior Vice President of Power Production has 19 reporting to him.the Manager of Nuclear Power and the 20 Manager of Nuclear Power has a. corporate craff in the 21 plant itself.
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The next slide shows the corporate 23 staff.
There are 77 total people on the corporate 24 staff.
That includes nuclear engineering, training, a 25 new group that we formed recently in. Safety System NEAL R. GROSS CoVRT REPORTER $ AND TRANSCRIBER $
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The operations superintendent has 15-come up through the ranks.
He started as a nuclear 16-auxiliary operator when the plant was under 17 construction and progressed through control room 18
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19 operations superintendent.
20 We operate with a six shift rotation.
Each 21 shift has six shift supervisors, six control room 22 supervisors.
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The next slide shows' the shift 2
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We do have an STA.
Kewaunee uses the 3'
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We use,an on-call duty rotation.
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STAS to be closely involved with the operation by
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12 From an operations perspective, I require my 13 shift supervisors to keep the STA informed on 14 everything.
If the plant changes, if we're taking 15 safety systems out of service or if we have some kind 16 of an instrument failure,- the STA gets notified 17 immediately.
So he is always kept apprised of the 18 situation.
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would add that we've had positive 20 feedback.
The STA does provide a fresh perspective 21 since he is not part of the crew, and although he does 22 train with the crew of occasion, generally the 23 training is separate from the crew.
Many of the shift i
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6' CHAIRMAN ZECH:.
Does he have a licence?
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license.
We~ patterned the STA training. program right 9
'after the Senior Reactor Operator Program.
The one 10 major. distinction is we' don't require the 520 hours0.00602 days <br />0.144 hours <br />8.597884e-4 weeks <br />1.9786e-4 months <br /> on 11
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Do you permit them to get a fc 13 license if they request the opportunity?
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We don't have the manpower 15 right now to allow that.
Speaking for management, 16 ideally we would like to start a program where we can 17 get as many engineers SROs as we can.
In the past, we 18 haven't been able to support that.
19 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
All right.
Let's proceed.
.20 MR. SCHROCK:
I'd like to discuss a little 21 bit the typical experience and background of our 22 operators.
23 (Slide)
The next visual does show a short 24 summary.
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1 the plant with a two' year' Associate' degree.
Those two 2
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above.
Twenty.five percent of our entire operations 6
staff is currently enrolled in a plant program that we
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program.
The result of that program would be a 9
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That is myself and my t
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15 COMMISSIONER CARR:
A University of Maryland 16 program on-site?
17 MR. SCHROCK:
-Yes, sir.
It's a combination 18 of computer-aided study.
For some courses we do bring 19 professors to the site and then there is self-study 20 programs.
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As far as the experience level of 22 our operations staff, the next slide does show the 23 average years of experience.
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operators have an average of about 11 years nuclear 6
experience.
7 I'd like to take a minute and just discuss 8
the flow paths of individuals that come into the 9
company.
The typical progression, we'll hire an I
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It's about a three month program before an 15 individual is qualified as an equipment operator.
At 16 that point, he can stand that watch by himself and 17 typically will do so for around six months to a year.
18 The next step would be to go to the 19 auxiliary operator position and he'll stand that watch 20 after about a three month qualification period for 21 another six months to a year.
So, our typical 22 individual will start an RO training program after 23 having worked for about three years at the plant.
In 24 addition to
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The'. RO. training program' is. about' a 22' month 2
program and' it is similar to the programs that have 3
been-described already.
It does include the basic 4
fundamentals, systems training, simul'ator training'and 5
' accident transient diagnostics.
After _that 22 month 6
- program, if successful, the individual will get a 7
license.
At that point in' time, he'll have been with 8
the company about five years.
9 Since our nuclear control room' operator-
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That typically is another one 14 to two years.
15 That's the typical progression-through to 16 the control room operator phase.
Af ter that, we do 17 provide all of our senior nuclear control room 18 operators the chance to get an SRO.
That's another
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23 supervisory position of control room supervisor.
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In the 1980 time frame, we would use 9
'a non-specific simulator.
In our case, we would use 10 other Westinghouse type of plants, but ' at different 11 locations f or' two weeks during that whole program.
'12 Now we.use our own site-specific simulator.for about 13 eight. weeks during~the course of that program'and we i..
14 continue'to use the research reactor at the University.
15 of-Wisconsin for much of our theoretical training.
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The next slide shows some of the 17 significant improvements in the training program.
LAs
.18 I mentioned, the site specific simulator has been a 19.
very big boon.
Another change that we've made, and 20 I've brought along an example of it, is we worked with
'21 a professor from the University of Wisconsin, who is 22 Doctor Saiid Abdel-Khalik, to create a plant-specific 23 accident transient course.
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.2-We've' had very good feedback from~ this 3
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We've been experimenting with the time 5
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reactor operators in the recall.
8 Another change that we've made is we've 9
added the team skills and diagnostic training program 10 similar to what Lee described.
And finally, we've 11 also added the emergency response guidelines.
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'15 four volume set of background documents which explains 16 the f fundamentals.behind the guidelines, the plant 17 transients that were analyzed and why you're doing the 18 steps that you're doing.
19 One other area that we have done, but I 20 haven't indicated on the slide, is we've increased our 21 staff size to allow for the six shift rotation.
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We'veihad three people that 12 have actually terminated : employment,
quit f or a 13-variety of ' reasons.
Two of our people retired, and 14-one,-unfortunately, was-killed in-a car accident.
15 But the last statistic is" the.one that's 16 important to me.
We ' ve had 16 of our operations 17
- people that have been promoted or transferred-into the
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organization.
I reviewed our current organization 19 supervisory staff and~ looked at the number of people 20 that have ROs or SROc or have held Ros or SROs.
About 21 15 percent of our supervisory staff in the nuclear i
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10 The last area that I would like to talk 11-about is the general expectations that we have'for the 12 plant, for the crews, how they run the plant.
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15 During the day shift, the shift's complement 16 is as I have described.
We have a shift supervisor, a 17 control room supervisor, the two control room 18 operators and the two non-licensed operators.
The 19 interface with management is continuous and direct.
20 Typically we have morning meetings to discuss the 21 day's plans.
There will be constant communication 22 back and forth as surveillance is done or various a
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management.
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myself ~ and my d'ay staff people, we.make sure Lha 1.
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of us is ab. ways around so that the shif t= supervisne questiva or wou.id 9
knows who he can call if he'has a 10 like to report on the plant.
11 in addition to that, we'vu deve]oped a 12 rotation among both the plant stafi management and tb 13 c orpor*a L e management so thatc the shif t s uper vi sor
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We have Always been able to contact thse 21 people at any hour of the day or night.
22 I would like to close with just a couple of 23 examples of how the plant does respond to off-normal 24 events.
I 25 The first example happened just recently.
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shift supervisor got the first alarm that the' fore bay 9'
level was decreasing.
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~ called'my-operations superintendent.and me and on'the
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He 15 told us what his plans were.
We said it was a good.
16 plan and he started on it.
17 We both then left for the plant.
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recently we-developed also 1.
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.because it was a slow moving event.
However, what I'd.
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corporate management, right up to the Senior. Vice 7
President of Power Production', spent the weekend ~ at 4
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the site following the onset of the minor leakage on a 9
Friday, to make sure that the shift supervisor and the 10 rest of the plant staff knew the plant status and knew
.11 what we were going to do if the condition continued to-12 degrade.
13 By the time Sunday night following-the 14 Friday that the tube leakage started occurred, we had 15 our game plan, if you will, well put together and the 36 shift supervisor knew exactly what to do and took the 17 plant off-line without any problems.
'18 The last comment I would make is under 19 emergency operations.
We have fortunately never had 20-to get into the. operations, but if we do, I brought 21 one last example.
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23 manager at the plant.
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Mr. Chairman and gentlemen,-
15 that concludes our prepared presentation.
We thank 16 you for allowing us the time: to speak to you-this 17 morning.
In closing, I just wanted to reiterate that 18 the presentations -today and the presenters were 19 speaking from their own experience at their utilities.
20 We do believe, however, that those are generally 21 representative across the industry.
22 With that, we'd welcome any questions or 23 comments you might have and are ready to respond to 24 same.
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No place to go but down.
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,Thank you very much'.
We 17 accept.the challenge.
18 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Good.
19 Commissioner Roberts?
i 20 COMMISSIONER ROBERTS:
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Commissioner.Carr?
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6-COMMISSIONER. ROGERS:
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wanted to know how realistic-that statement is.
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.They certainly are impressive.
The question' is, 11 what 's : the low end-of the scale?
This is the upper-12 end of the scale, I'm sure.
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15 COMMISSIONER ROGERS:
' How confident are we 16 of what the quality at.the low end'is?
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19 Mr. Coakley, principally because in the accreditation j
'20 process I think that's one of its basic premises, is 21 to establish that level of training throughout the 22 industry.
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Mr. Coakley?
24 MR. COAKLEY:
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.I believe-d 13 E. hat except'for a few of'the extras that you've heard 4
.this morning,.this is.very. typical.
The guideline and 5
what they've described is on the order of 600 c o n t a c t.'
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. thermodynamics f or. ' the ' mechanics, these ~ are required 8
to'have the program accredited.
The University of 9
- Wisconsin 'a'ccident transient ' analysis' course is 10 something that's not, of course,. present in every
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12 But beyond the ~ fundamentals courses in the 13 classroom that yo'u've all heard about, there's an 14 awful lot of this that carries on'into the simulator 15 for accident and transient analysis which they haven't 16 really discussed.
The case studies, the diagnostics, 17 the mitigating core damage training, which may or may 18 not have been mentioned by every person.
But.I 1
19 believe that they represent'perhaps the high end, but 20 I think everybody's within 90 or 95 percent of that 21 quality and content.
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goes on because very often what looks to be a very 9
fine. course on paper doesn't really do the job.
All-1 10 the1 elements are there in the course description, but 11 I myself have sat in on courses, without.saying where, i
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He asked a s
14 question, he didn't get an answer and then he'd supply 15
'the question and everybody would say yes, and then 16 he'd say fine.
I didn't hear the answers coming back 17 from the students the way I would have liked them.
18 So, one has to be very mindful of quality 19 assurance in this business.
You can set up a very 20 good program, it can look very good on paper, but then l
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We agree.
I think you focus 2
on a very key issue.
We are attacking this in several 3
areas throughout the industry, both through the 4
National Academy for Nuclear Training, which is 5
sponsoring quite a bit of professional development for 6
instructors and instructor workshops.
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But more along the evaluation line, renewal 8
of accreditation is focusing very, very much on the 9
delivery and the execution of training.
We do find 10 those problems.
We find classes that do not have the 11 right kind of participation.
We now monitor training 12 as a part of our accreditation visits, the actual 13 delivery of training, all of our plant evaluations 14 that go back to an accredited training programs.
The 15 training evaluator monitors as much of the classroom 16 and on-the-job training and simulator training as he j
17 can.
18 I think we probably have a bottom line test 19 in the case of performance in that we look at every 20 crew -- we look at two crews at every plant evaluation 21 for a day each, running through several off-normal a
22 events.
We only look at abnormal, off-normal accident 23 situations.
That's pretty tough looks given by very 24 competent peers as to how the people actually handle 25 it, build their background into their performance.
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We worry about it.
I talk about it with all the 3
Academy activities.
Instructors have to deliver a 4
quality product or people will not keep their ears 5
open and learn.
6 COMMISSIONER ROGERS:
- Well, one of the 7
dilemmas in this kind of instruction and education is 8
to match up the people who really know, from operating 9
experience point of view, with the ability, the 10 pedagogic ability to work well in teaching it.
It's 11 one thing to be able to do it yourself -- that's very 12 important, of course -- but the other thing is then to 13 work with a group of students and to try to transfer 14 that effectively to them and at the same time 15 challenge them and test them.
16 Those abilities, just as you pointed out 17 that engineers don't always make the best supervisors, 18 high quality operators may not make the best teachers.
19 And so, one has to be mindful of that and to find that 20 very happy situation where you have a person who can 21 do both very well.
It's a big challenge.
That's the 22 challenge that I think the industry faces in trying to 23 do this, because there are always a limited number of 24 people that have those skills and abilities.
You have 25' to try to use them most effectively.
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I know of no programs that 8
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thinking of, sir, but I.think Terry has'probably has 10 some experience with Ohio State's program for getting 11 instructors together, teachers together.
12 The Middle Atlantic Nuclear Training Group 13 and. the Northeast Training Association both have
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that we're working on within the Academy now j
18 as new and much more effective learning methods.
19 COMMISSIONER ROGERS:
Is it possible'to get 20 a little bit more of an idea of really what you're 21 talking about when you're talking engineering 22 fundamentals that are required here for shift 23 supervisor training programs?
What are we really 24 talking about when you get down to the nitty-gritty of t'
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How is that approached?
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16 And if there are homework assignments of some s>rt, 17
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Just an example a:C lesson 24 plans.
IL 25 MR. COLVIN:
That's CJ ne with me.
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That was sent 't o - deans of
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knowledge as required by t.his taxonomy wer" covered 22 from everywhere from the lower half to upp e :. oni:
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This is pcubably the one essentiul j
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<t 10 COMMISSIONER ROGEFS:
Thank you.
11 CHAIRMAU ZECH:
Thank you.
12 Commissioner Curtiss?
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you've got an accreditation-progran.
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In the reaewal of 19 accreditation that's taking place every four years, 20 that gives us a very thorough look at the progicamma ' i c 21 parts of it.
Approximately every 16 to 18 months we 22 have a plant evaluation team go on-site and look at i
23 all aspects of the plant operations.
24 CHAIRMAN ZECH:
Is that part of the whole 25 program, every 16 to 18 months an on-site review?
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But that includes. traini n'g?.
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departments to find out their opinica of whether at 19 not the training program is providing them the tolert 20 that they need when they send them over from the 21 training department, or the people they send ov,r for 22 refresher training.
They also interview the trainers.
23 They observe on-the-job training taking place against 24 some pretty tough criteria for whether or not the 25 people who conduct that OJT and the qualifica ti on
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We judge the 20 degree of falling away f rom' the criteria chectsves.
21 In the case of one program, set oC programs that were 22 accredited, we sent a follow-up team out.
Aftor we 23 saw a hint of problems, we had that utility come back 24 to the accrediting board.
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Our biggest problem in the follow-up 25 area is in the non-operator training.
We really have
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October of 1.988 the on 8
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23 accordance with the NRC-endorsed INPO accreditation 24 program.
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Guide f Hours Basic Nuclear Power Plant Technology 4
80 Watchstanding Techniques 1
28 Power Station Safety 2
4 Engineering Mechanics II 5
60 Power Station Com=unications 3
4 Systen Module
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Fire Protection System 6
Domestic Water Systems 7
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Circulating Water System 12 Service Water Syste-13 Vacuum Pricing Systee 14 Basic Electrical Distribution Systet.
16 Heat Tracing System 22 Compressed Gas System 20 Compressed Air Systet 17 Auxiliary Boiler System 11 Auxiliary Stes: Syste 10 Waste Oil Collection Systec 9
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Service Building Watchstation (6 months) 78 Technical Support Center 35 Emergency and Vital Electrical Distribution System 55 Emergency Diesel Generator System 53 Containment Spray Systee 54 Recirculation Spray Syste:
67 Containment Isolation System 60 Neutron Shield Tank Systec SE Containment Atmospheric Cleanup Systee 70 Vibration and Loose Parts Monitoring Syste 4E Tuel Handling Syste:
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Introduction to Electricity
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Magnetism 4
I. electromagnet'is:
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Alternating Voltage and Current 6.
Generator Therry 7.
Alternating Current Motors 8.
Transformers 9.
Resistance in AC Circuits 10.
Inductance in AC Circuits 11.
Capacitance in AC Circuits 12.
Electrical Power Generation
- 13. 1Latteries 14.
Electrical Paint Reading
- 13. Circuit Breaker.s NCRODP-81.1 CHE.ESIRY 1.
Teneral Chemistry Concepts 2.
JCorrosion i
3.
Mateup k' ster und Secondary Coolant Processing 4.
Secondary Che:istry Specifications 5.
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Bearings and Lubrication
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Heat Exchangers
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Atomic and Nuclear Fundamentals 2.
' Mass and Energy Equivalence 3.' Neutron Induced Reactions 4.
Quantifying Neutron' Interactions-5.
Neutron Moderation j
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Neutron Multiplication and' Reactivity l
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Fission Neutrons 8.
Reactor Power Equations 9.
In-Hour Equation and Neutron Flux Transients
-l NCRODP-86.2 REACTOR OPERATION PRINCIPLES
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Fuel Temperature Coefficient and Defect 2.
Moderator Temperature Coefficient and Defect 3.
Power Defect j
4.
Tission Product Poisions 5.
Reactivity Controls Part I: Kexcess and Chemical j
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Reactivity Controls Part II: Control Rods and Burnable Poision Rods 7.
Reactor Start-up j
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Power Operations 9.
Reactor Shutdown 1
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Boric Acid Transfer and Storage Subsystem-
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Blender Control Subsystem
- 10..CVCS Operations NCRODP-88.4 Containment 1.
Containment, Systems Overview 2.
Containment Vessel 3.
Subsurface Drain system 4.
Containment Penetrations 5.
Containment Vacuum System 6.
Containment Ventilation
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Containment Airlocks 1
8.
Hydrogen Recombiners j
9.
Neutron Shield Tank H
i NCRODF-65.5-Co:ponent Cooling Water Syste:
1.
Component Cooling System 2.
Chilled CC Syste-i NCRODP-69 SECONDARY SYSTEMS NCRODP-89.1 Stea: Systees 1.
Secondary Plant Overview 2.
Main Steam System 3.
Reheat Steam System 4.
Stese Dump System 5.
Extraction steam System 6.
Auxiliary Stews System i
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Main Generator Component Parts g
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Isolated Phase Bus-Duct System 3.
Main Generator Cooling System 4.
Hydrogen Seal Oil System 5.
Main Generator Voltage Regulator-7.
Generator. Protection and Control NCRODF-90.2 Basic Electrical Distribution 1.
Switchyard 2.
Station Service Distribution 3.
Screenvall Distribution 4
Lighting 5.
S'emi-Vital. Distribution 6.
Station Service Protection and Control NCRODF-90.3 Ecergency and Vital Electrical Distribution 1.
Emergency Diesel Generator - Mechanical 2.
Emergency Diesel Generater - Electrical 3.
Emergency 4160 V Distribution 4.
Emergency 480 V Distribution 5.
Vital Bus Distribution 6.
125 V Distribution
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Emergency Distrf'.ution Protection and Control 8.
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Liquid Waste System 5.
Primary Sampling System l
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Post-Accident Sampling System
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Unit Refuelin3 Overview.
2.
Refueling Technical Specifications 3.
Tuel Handling Tools 4.
Fuel Transfer'Systet 5.
Reactor Cavity Purification System 6.
Spent Tuel Pit and Support Systems
'7.
Refuelitg Abnormal Procedures i
NCRODP-92.6 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISTSI).
1.
ISTSI Facility Design 2.
ISTSI Safety Anr2ysis 3.
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Nessurement Devices 2.
Control Systems r
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Inadequate Core Cooling Monitor System 4
Post-Accident Monitoring System 5.
Auxiliary Shutdown Panel 6.
Remote, Monitoring Panels 7.
Loose Parts Monitoring Panels 8.
Seismic Monitoring 9.
Meterological Monitoring Panel NCRODP-93.5
' Radiation Monitoring Systems 1.
Victoreen Area Monitoring System
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Victoreen Process Monitoring System i
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VRC Steam Monitoring System 4.
Kaman Process Monitoring System j
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Containment Monitoring Panel l
NCRODP-93.6 Instrumentation Pailure Analysis
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Instrumentation System Pailures l
NCRODP-95 TRANSIENT AND ACCIDENT ANALYSIS
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Event Classifications l
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Condition 1 Events 3.
Partial Loss of RCS Flow l
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Loss of Containment Vacuum l
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Loss of Vital Bus E.
Loss of Instrument Air 10.
Dilution Accident
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ECA-2.01 Loss of Emergency Coolant Recirculation 21.
ECA-2.02 LOCA Outside Containment
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ECA-4.01 SGTR With LOCA'(Subcooled Recovery Method.
24 ECA-4.02 SGTR With LOCA (Saturated Recovery Method 25.
ECA-4.03 SGTR Without Pressurizer Pressure Control 26.
CSF Status Trees 27.
FRPs - Suberiticality 28.
FRPs Core Cooling 29.
FRPs - Heat Sink 30.
FRPs - Integrity 31.
FRPs - Containment 32.
FRPs - Inventory 33.
EP-0.01 Rediagnosis NCRODF-95.4 LOCA and LOCA Mitigation 1.
Post-Accidetn Cooling 2.
Vitel Process Instrumentation 3.
Instrument Accident Response 4.
Assessment Methodology 5.
Radiological Aspects 6.
Class 9 Events NCRODP-95.5 Emergency Plan and Implementation Procedures 1.
Emergency Plan Overview 2.
Station Emergency Manager Training 3.
Emergency Co==unicator Training Appendix DI Page 13 Revision 2/10-21-8E I
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Electrical Theory 2.
Introduction to Elec.
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Magnetism 4.
Direct' Current Circuit' Analysis 5.
Generator Theory 6.
Alternating Voltage and-Current 7.
Transformers
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Alternation Current. Motors
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Resistance in Parallel AC Circuits 10.
Inductance in AC Parallel Circuits 11.
Capacitance in Parallel AC Circuits l
12.
Parallel AC Circuit Analysis
- 13. RLC Effect on Electrical Power Generation 14 NAPS Main, Generator Basic Operation NCRODP-81 Chemistry and Health Physics 1
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Corrosion-2.
Primary Chemistry 3.
Secondary Chemistry 4.
Make-up Water f
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Systems of Units and Unit Conversion 2.
Torces and Motion 3.
Work, Energy, and Power 4.
Momentum and Collisions 5.
Temperature and Ideal Gas Behavior l
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Neutron Multiplication & Reactivity 7.
Pission Neutron l
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Reactor Power Equations j
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Inhour Equation & Neutron Flux Transients
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'NCRODP-86.2 Reactor Operator Principles 1.
Puel Temp. Coefficient & Defect-2.
Moduator Temp. Coefficient & Defect 3.
Power Defeet' 4
Pission Product Poisons 5.
Reactivity Controls Part 1 K Excess & Chemical' Shim I
6.
Reactivity-Controls Part 2 Control Rods & Burnable Poison Rods 7.
Reacter Startup 8.
Power Operations 9.
Reactor Shutdown-(
NCRODP-86.3 Reactor Energy Removal q
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Reactor Puel Heat Transfer
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Boiling Heat Transfer 3.
Reactor Thermal 1.imits
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Natural Circulation NCRODP-87 Control Room Training (not applicable)
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Aux. Feedwater System NCRODP-89.5 EHC/ Turbine control and Protection 1.
Electro Hydraulic' Fluid System 2.
Turbine Control & Protection FCRODF-89.6.
Extraction Stes: System 1.
System Description.
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NCRODF-90 Electrical Systems NCRODP-90.1 Basic Electrical Distribution 1.
Switchyard Electrical Distribution System 2.
Station Service Electrical Distribution NCRODP-90.3 Vital and Emergency Distribution l
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Emergency Electrical Distribution i
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Fuel Handling & Refueling Operations 2.
Core Components 3.
Fuel Handling Equipment 4.
Refueling Operations NCRODp-92.10 Compressed Air System 1.
Service Air Objectives l
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NCRODP-93.2 Excore NIS.
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Instrument Operation 3.
Excore' Monitoring System NCRODP-93.3 Incore NIS 3
1.
Incore Detection System 2.
Incore Instrumentation System NCRODP-93.4 Core Cooling Monitoring
'1.
Instrumentation & Control NCRODP-93.5 Rod Control & Rod Position Indication
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Rod Control Drive Mechanism 2.
Rod Control System l
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Rod Position Indication System I
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Meteorological Monitoring i
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Plant Computer NCRODP-93.17 Vibration and Loose Parts Monitoring 1.
Vibration & Loose Parts Monitoring System 2.
Loose Parts Monitoring Subsystem
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NCRODP-93.18 Instrument Failures 1.
I&C System Pa11ure Analysis NCRODP-93.19 Inadequate Core Cooling Monitor 1.
Inadequate Core Cooling Monitor i
NCRODP-94 Startup Certification (not applicable) l NCRODP-95 Transient Response and Mitigating Core Damage l
l NCRODP-95.1 Transient and Accident Analysis l
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Transient and Accident Analysis i
NCRODP-95.2 Mitigating Core Damage i
1.
Mitigating Core Damage 2.
Potentially Damaging Operating Conditions 3.
Accident Response to Incore Instrumentation l
4 Accident Response of Excore Instrumentation 5.
Post Accident Core Damage Assessments 6.
Rad. Aspects of Core Damage 7.
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TEAM DEVELOPMENT t
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Introduction:
Why We Emphasize Team Skills B.
Team Characteristics C.
The Advantages of Teamwork D.
Teamwork Process-Model E.
Basic Team Behaviors F.
The Tour Stages of Team Development k
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Techniques for' Improving Teamwork on the Job l
II.
PERSONALITY TYPES A.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator B.
Interpretation of MBTI Styles C.
Applying MBTI Information To Our. Jobs and Teamwork III. COMM'.*NICATIONS i
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' The'Importance of Successful Communication B.
The Communication Process C.
Communication Barriers i
D.
Techniques for Overcocing Barriers E.
One-Way Vs. Two-Vay Co==unication F..
Types of Com=unication G.
Listening H.
Feedback I.
Questioning Techniques J.
Giving Instructions K.
Communication Standards for Operations IV.
LE ADERFl!!P A.
Leadership Theories B.
Situational Leadership Styles C.
Selecting the Appropriate Leadership Style D.
Influencing: An Important Leadership Skill E.
Conflict Resolution Skills V.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION i
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Introduction B.
Causes of Conflict C.
Types of Conflict: Destructive or Constructive j
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Conflict Resolution Skills 1
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