ML24085A240

Requalification Program Inspection - McGuire Nuclear Station

ML24085A240
Person / Time
Site:	McGuire, Mcguire
Issue date:	03/21/2024
From:	Tom Stephen NRC/RGN-II
To:	Bare B Duke Energy Carolinas
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March21, 2024

Brent Bare, Plant Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC McGuire Nuclear Station 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078-8985

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION

Dear Brent Bare:

In a telephone conversation on March 18, 2024, Mr. Andreas Gold au, Operations Engineer, and Mr. Scott Fortin, Licensed Operator Continuing Training Superin tendent, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification pr ogram at McGuire Nuclear Station.

The inspection is planned for the week of June 3, 2024, which c oincides with your regularly scheduled requalification examinat ion cycle. The staff at your facility should prepare and conduct the requalification examinations in accordance with you r NRC-approved requalification program. It is our understanding that you have committed to ma intain your plant-referenced simulator in accordance with ANSI/ANS-3.5-2009 American Nation al Standard for Nuclear Power Plant Simulators for Use in Operator Training and Examina tion, and that you have also committed to ANSI/ANS-3.4-1983, Medical Certification and Moni toring 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 by the due dates specified in paragraph A of the Enclosure to suppor t the NRC's inspection program needs. The NRC has further requested that you have all items a s specified in paragraph B of the Enclosure available for review for the inspectors on the fi rst day they arrive on site. Mr.

Scott Fortin 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 t o the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections w ere 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, gatheri ng, and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of informat ion. 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. Nucle ar Regulatory Commission, B. Bare 2

Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at in focollectsresource@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory A ffairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0101), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not require d to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB approva l 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 el ectronically 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://w ww.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. Andreas Goldau at (404) 997-4528, (E-mail:

andreas.goldau@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4703, (E-mail: thom as.stephen@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Thomas Stephen, Chief OperationsBranch1 DivisionofReactorSafety

Docket Nos.: 50-369 and 50-370 License Nos.: NPF-9 and NPF-17

Enclosure:

Materials Request List

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ML24085A240 SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED

OFFICE RII/DRS/OB RII/DRS/OB RII/DRS/OB NAME K. Wallace A. Goldau T. Stephen DATE 3/20/2024 3/18/2024 3/21/2024 Materials Request List

The items listed below are necessary to support the Licensed Op erator Requalification Program inspection (IP-71111.11) at McGuire. Items listed under In-of fice inspection material must be received in the NRC Region II office by the dates listed below. Items listed under On-site inspection material should be ready for review upon arrival of the inspectors on June 3, 2024.

A. In-office inspection material:

1. List of all licensed individuals (active and inactive; RO an d SRO) including license restrictions. [May 27, 2024]

2. Organizational Chart for the training department including s imulator fidelity staff, with phone number/email contact information. [May 27, 2024]

3. Spreadsheets and/or test outlines which show the usage of wr itten examination questions, JPMs, and simulator scenarios (i.e. outlines/sample plans). [May 27, 2024]

4. All JPMs and simulator scenarios that have been approved for administration for the 2023 exams, including spreadsheets or outlines that show the us age of the JPMs during the 2023 annual exam weeks. Examiners request that exam items n ot yet approved for use be sent later after they have been approved. [May 27, 2024, or following completion of the approval process] (exam security related item).

5. Weekly examination schedules for the weeks that the 2024 ann ual operating test, including the names/positions of the operating crew members, as well as any off-shift staff members, who will be examined. [May 27, 2024]

6. Copies of all 2024 biennial wri tten examinations that were administered, final answer keys, re-take examinations, and spreadsheets or outlines that s how the usage of written examination questions on the different versions of these writte n examinations. [May 27, 2024]

7. Site procedure(s) governing the conduct of license operator requalification training (classroom and simulator), examination development/administrati on, remedial training, and examination security. [May 27, 2024]

8. Site procedure(s) governing the simulator configuration cont rol, maintenance, and fidelity testing methods used to fulfill ANSI/ANS 3.5-2009 requirements. [May 27, 2024]

9. Corrective action reports and self-assessments written since last requalification inspection, which document operator errors or performance probl ems that occurred in the actual main control room, including the final corrective ac tions. [May 27, 2024]

Enclosure

B. On-site inspection material:

1. Requalification training attendance records for the current two-year biennial training cycle.

2. Examination results since last requalification inspection (w eekly operating & written examinations); copies of examinations with pass/failure rates o utside the average.

3. Simulator scenarios and JPMs for the inspectors to observe t he operating crew and evaluators during the week of June 3, 2024.

4. All remedial training documentation for any licensed operato r (active or inactive) that failed an examination since last requalification inspection.

5. List of all individuals that reactivated their licenses sinc e last requalification inspection.

6. Records that support verification of license reactivation, i ncluding:

a. Documentation of time on shift under instruction.

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

7. Records providing documentation of maintenance of active lic ense status (time on shift) for all licensed operators since last requalification inspectio n.

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

9. Simulator maintenance and testing records, including:

a. List of all open simulator discrepancies

b. List of all simulator discrepancies closed within the past 1 2 months

c. List of simulator performance tests

d. Simulator performance testing records and associated documen tation (as requested by inspector)

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