ML22067A241

2022 Licensed Operator Requalification (LOR) Program Inspection - Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 3 & 4

ML22067A241
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	03/09/2022
From:	Eugene Guthrie Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Gayheart C Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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March 9, 2022 Cheryl A. Gayheart Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.

3535 Colonnade Parkway Birmingham, AL 35243

SUBJECT:

2022 LICENSED OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION (LOR) PROGRAM INSPECTION - VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT UNITS 3 & 4

Dear Ms. Gayheart:

In a telephone conversation on March 4, 2022, Mr. Bruno Caballero, Senior Operations Engineer, and Mr. Eric Thompson, LOR Supervisor, made arrangements for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 3 & 4. The onsite portion of the inspection is planned for the week of July 18, 2022, 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. It is our understanding that you have committed to maintain your plant-referenced simulator in accordance with ANSI/ANS-3.5-2009, American National Standard for Nuclear Power Plant Simulators for Use in Operator Training and Examination, and that you have also committed to ANSI/ANS-3.4-1996, Medical Certification and Monitoring of Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.

In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59, the NRC has requested that you submit the material as specified in Section A of the Enclosure, on the due dates listed, in order to support the NRC's inspection program needs. The NRC has further requested that you have all items as specified in Section B of the Enclosure available for review for the inspectors on the first day they arrive on site. Mr. Eric Thompson has been advised of this request and provided with the name and address of the NRC lead inspector assigned to this inspection.

This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, approval number Part 55 (3150-0018).

The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at infocollectsresource@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0101), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

C.Gayheart 2 The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB approval number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. (The Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this inspection please contact Mr. Bruno Caballero at (404) 997-4608, (Internet E-mail:

bruno.caballero@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4662, (Internet E-mail: eugene.guthrie@nrc.gov).

Sincerely, Signed by Guthrie, Eugene on 03/09/22 Eugene F. Guthrie, Chief Operations Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 5200025, 5200026 License Nos.: NPF-91 and NPF-92 cc: Distribution via Listserv

Enclosure:

Materials Request List

ML22067A241 SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE X FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII:DRS/OB RII: DCO/CIB2 RII:DRS/OB NAME B.Caballero B.Davis E.Guthrie DATE 03/09/2022 03/09/2022 03/09/2022 Materials Request List The items listed below are necessary to support the Licensed Operator Requalification Program inspection (IP-71111.11) in July 2022 at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 3 & 4. Items listed under Section A, In-office inspection material, must be received in the NRC Region II office by the dates listed below. Items listed under Section B, On-site inspection material, should be ready for review upon arrival of the inspectors on July 18, 2022.

A. In-office inspection material:

1. List of all licensed individuals (active and inactive; RO and SRO) including license restrictions. [Date Due: June 6, 2022]

2. Organizational Chart for the Operations crews (names of auxiliary operators, Shift Technical Advisors, licensed operators, Shift Managers, etc.) [Date Due: June 6, 2022]

3. Organizational Chart for the Operations Training Staff and simulator fidelity staff, with phone number/email contact information. [Date Due: June 6, 2022]

4. Weekly examination schedules for the weeks that the 2022 annual operating test will be administered, including the names/positions of all operating crews, as well as any off-shift staff members, who will be examined in each week. [Date Due: June 6, 2022]

5. Site procedure(s) governing the conduct of license operator requalification training (classroom and simulator), examination development/administration, remedial training, and examination security. [Date Due: June 6, 2022]

6. Site procedure(s) governing the simulator configuration control, maintenance, and fidelity testing methods used to fulfill ANSI/ANS 3.5-2009 Requirements.

[Date Due: June 6, 2022]

7. Site procedure(s) governing license reactivation, maintenance of licenses, and medical reporting/examination requirements. [Date Due: June 6, 2022]

8. All JPMs that will be administered during the 2022 annual operating test that have been approved for use, including spreadsheets or outlines that show the usage of the JPMs in all of the 2022 annual operating test weeks. (Inspectors may request that exam items not yet approved for use be sent at a later time after they have been approved.) EXAM SECURITY ITEM [Date Due: June 6, 2022]

9. All simulator scenarios that will be administered in the 2022 annual operating test that have been approved for use, including which scenarios are assigned to a specific week.

(Inspectors may request that exam items not yet approved for use be sent at a later time after they have been approved.) EXAM SECURITY ITEM [June 6, 2022]

10. 2021 biennial written examination versions that were approved for use, answer keys (original and final), re-take examinations, and spreadsheets or outlines that show the usage of written questions on the different versions of these written examinations.

[Date Due: June 6, 2022]

Enclosure

B. On-site inspection material:

1. Simulator scenarios and JPMs for the inspectors to observe the operating crew and evaluators during the week of July 18, 2022.

2. Requalification training attendance records since October 1, 2020 and for the current two-year biennial training cycle.

3. Requalification operating test and biennial written examination results since October 1, 2020; copies of those operating test items and/or examinations with pass/failure rates outside the average.

4. All remedial training documentation for any licensed operator (active or inactive) that failed any portion of a requalification operating test and/or biennial written examination since October 1, 2020.

5. List of all individuals that reactivated their licenses since October 1, 2020.

6. Records that support verification of license reactivation, including:

a. Documentation of time on shift under instruction.

b. Security system and HP/dosimetry records for plant areas toured by reactivating individual and accompanying licensed operator.

c. Security door names/numbers and the room associated with the door

7. Records providing documentation of maintenance of active license status (time on shift) for all licensed operators since October 1, 2020.

8. Medical records for all licensed (active and inactive) operators.

9. Simulator maintenance and testing records, including:

a. List of all open simulator discrepancies

b. List of all simulator discrepancies closed within the past 12 months

c. List of simulator performance tests

d. Simulator performance testing records and associated documentation 2