ML21214A281

Notification of an NRC Biennial Licensed Operator Requalification Program Inspection and Request for Information

ML21214A281
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	08/02/2021
From:	Randy Baker NRC/RGN-III/DRS/OLB
To:	Strope M Point Beach
Baker R
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August 2, 2021 Mr. Michael Strope Site Vice President NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241-9516

SUBJECT:

POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC BIENNIAL LICENSED OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Strope:

In a telephone conversation on July 27, 2021, between Mr. R. Baker, Senior Operations Engineer, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) lead inspector for this inspection, and Mr. A. Moore, Operations Training Supervisor, final arrangements were made for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the Point Beach Nuclear Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of August 30, 2021, which coincides with your regularly scheduled requalification examination cycle. The staff at your facility should prepare and conduct the requalification examinations in accordance with your NRC-approved requalification program.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 55.59(c), the NRC may request facility licensees to submit their biennial comprehensive requalification written examinations and annual operating tests as necessary to support the NRC's inspection program needs. In order to minimize the impact that the inspection has on the site and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for the inspection.

Please furnish the items listed in the first group of the attached enclosure, needed to support our in-office inspection activities, to the NRC by August 20, 2021. Please have the items listed in the second group of the attached enclosure available for the inspectors during the onsite portion of the inspection activities. Mr. A. Moore has been advised of this request.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If there are any questions regarding either the inspection, or the material requested in the enclosure, please contact me at 630-829-9871 or via e-mail at Randal.Baker@nrc.gov.

This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, Control Number 3150-0011. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget Control Number.

M. Strope This letter and its enclosure will be available for public inspection and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.

Sincerely, Pelke, Patricia signing on behalf of Baker, Randal on 08/02/21 Randal D. Baker, Senior Operations Engineer Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-266; 50-301 License Nos. DPR-24

Enclosure:

Requested Information to Support Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance Inspection (IP 71111.11) cc: Distribution via LISTSERV M. Hastings, Training Director

M. Strope Letter to Michael Strope from Randal D. Baker dated August 2, 2021.

SUBJECT:

POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC BIENNIAL LICENSED OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION:

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REQUESTED INFORMATION TO SUPPORT LICENSED OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM AND LICENSED OPERATOR PERFORMANCE INSPECTION (IP 71111.11)

Please provide the following information on via a CD/DVD or document upload to the BOX by August 20, 2021.

1. One complete version of a biennial requalification written examination administered during the training cycle.

2. Ten (10) job performance measures (JPMs) and four (4) simulator scenarios associated with an annual requalification operating test required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 55.59(a)(2). The JPMs and scenarios to be reviewed should include those that will be observed during the onsite portion of this inspection, with any remaining JPMs and scenarios selected from other weeks within the same training cycle.

3. Complete versions of the reference materials used to develop the administered written examinations and operating tests. (Refer to ES-201 Attachment 3, Reference Material Guidelines for Initial Licensing Examinations, for additional examples and clarification.).

4. Spreadsheets and/or test outlines which show the usage of written examination questions, JPMs, and simulator scenarios.

5. A list (or lists) of licensee-identified issues associated with licensed operator errors or other licensed operator performance problems which have occurred in the actual plant/main control room since the last biennial requalification program, their associated corrective actions, and if these issues were incorporated into requalification training.

(These issues may be documented in condition/problem identification reports, licensee conducted audits and assessments, and in industry operating experience reports, etc.).

6. Facility licensee procedures for licensed operator requalification training and examination, including examination security procedures.

7. A schedule of the licensees examination activities during the on-site inspection week.

8. A list of all the licensed operators at the site, a list of all licensed operator medical restrictions at the site, and selected individual licensed operator 10 CFR 55 docket files.

Please have the following information available for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission review on August 30, 2021.

1. Licensed operator pass/fail statistics for any U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-required requalification examinations that have been completed.

2. An overall schedule of the facility licensees requalification program since the last biennial inspection (cycle weeks, training topics, etc.).

3. A list and descriptions of any examination security problems since the last biennial inspection (may be documented in training department condition/problem identification reports).

Enclosure

4. Records for licensed operator requalification training attendance, licensed operator performance in requalification, licensed operator remedial training, individual licensed operator medical records, and records for maintaining an active license and license re-activation.

5. Simulator testing, maintenance, modification, and performance records.

Simulator corrective action records, including lists of open/closed simulator deficiencies, and corrective actions taken.

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