ML24256A028

2024 Hatch Requal Inspection Corporate Notification Letter

ML24256A028
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	09/12/2024
From:	Tom Stephen NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Busch M Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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Matthew Busch Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant 11028 Hatch Parkway North Baxley, GA 31513

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - EDWIN I HATCH NUCLEAR PLANTS UNITS 1 AND 2

Dear Matthew Busch:

During a telephone conversation on September 11, 2024, Mr. Jason Bundy, Senior Operations Engineer, and Mr. Mike Johnston, Operations Continuing Training Team Lead, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the Edwin I Hatch Nuclear Plants Unites 1&2. The inspection is planned for the week of October 21, 2024, 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.

In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59, the NRC has requested that you submit the material as specified in paragraph A of the Enclosure, to support the NRC's in-office inspection program needs. The NRC has further requested that you have all items as specified in paragraph B of the Enclosure available for review for the inspectors on the first day they arrive on site. Mr.

Johnston has been advised of this request and provided with the name of the NRC lead inspector assigned to this inspection and the methodology to electronically transfer materials has been coordinated.

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 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-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.

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.

September 12, 2024

M. Busch 2

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. Bundy at (404) 997-4557, (Internet E-mail:

Jason.Bundy@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4703, (Internet E-mail: Thomas.Stephen@nrc.gov).

Sincerely, Thomas A. Stephen, Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.:

05000321 and 05000366 License Nos.: DPR-57 and NPF-5

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Enclosure Materials Request List The items listed below are necessary to support the Licensed Operator Requalification Program Inspection (IP-71111.11) in October 2024 at the Edwin I Hatch Nuclear Plants Unites 1&2.

Items listed under In-office inspection material must be received in the NRC Region II office by the due dates specified below. Items listed under On-site inspection material should be ready for review upon arrival of the inspectors on October 21, 2024.

A.

In-office inspection material:

1.

List of all licensed individuals (active and inactive; RO and SRO) including license restrictions. [October 8, 2024]

2.

Organizational Chart for the training department, including the simulator fidelity staff, with phone number/email contact information. [October 8, 2024]

3.

Weekly examination schedules for the weeks that the 2024 annual operating exams will be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing the week of October 21, 2024. [October 8, 2024]

4.

The 2023 biennial written examination that was approved for administration for the second week of the training cycle, re-take examinations, and spreadsheets or outlines that show the usage of written examination questions on the different versions of the written examinations administered during all the 2023 annual exam weeks.

5.

Site procedure(s) governing the conduct (process and content) of license operator requalification training (classroom & simulator), examination development/administration, remedial training, and examination security. [October 8, 2024]

6.

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

7.

A sample of approved for administration JPMs. The sample will include a complete set for the week the inspectors are on-site as well as one additional set for a week within the same training cycle. Additionally, include a spreadsheet or outline that show the usage of the JPMs in all of the 2024 annual exam weeks. [As available on October 8, 2024 or as soon as approved for the exam week on-site]

8.

A sample of approved for administration simulator scenarios. The sample will include a complete set for the week the inspectors are on-site as well as one additional set for a week within the same training cycle. Additionally, include a spreadsheet or outline that show the usage of the scenarios in all the 2024 annual exam weeks. [As available on October 8, 2024 or as soon as approved for the exam week on-site]

9.

Self-assessment reports, condition reports, and/or Licensee Event Reports, written since the last biennial requalification inspection, which document operator errors or performance problems which occurred in the actual plant/main control room, including the corrective actions and if these issues were incorporated into requalification training

[October 8, 2024]

2 B.

On-site inspection material [October 21, 2024]:

1.

Requalification training attendance records for the current two-year biennial training cycle along with an overall schedule of the facility licensees requalification program since the last biennial inspection (cycle weeks, training topics, etc.).

2.

Licensed operator pass/fail statistics for any NRC-required requalification examination that has been completed since last requalification inspection (weekly operating & written examinations).

3.

Copies of the simulator scenarios for the inspectors to observe the operating crews and evaluators the week of October 21, 2024.

4.

All remedial training documentation for any licensed operator that failed any NRC-required examination since the last requalification inspection.

5.

List of all operators that reactivated their licenses since the last requalification inspection.

6.

Records that support verification of time on shift under instruction and complete plant tours for both the reactivating operator and the supervising active license since the last requalification inspection, 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.

7.

Records providing documentation of maintenance of active license status (time on shift) for all licensed operators since last requalification inspection.

8.

Medical records for a sample of licensed (active and inactive) operators used to fulfill ANSI/ANS 3.4-1983 requirements. The list of names for the sample will be provided by the lead inspector prior to arrival at Hatch 1&2.

9.

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

10. 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