ML24262A150
| ML24262A150 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 09/24/2024 |
| From: | Matthew Endress NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB |
| To: | Jim Barstow Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| Download: ML24262A150 (1) | |
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James Barstow, Vice President Nuclear Regulatory Affairs and Support Services Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 4A-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT:
REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT
Dear James Barstow:
In a telephone conversation on September 18, 2024, Mr. David Lanyi, Senior Operations Engineer, and Mr. Michael Schulte, BFN Operations Training Simulator Services Manager, made arrangements for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. The onsite portion of this inspection is planned for the week of November 4, 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-3.5-1985, Nuclear Power Plant Simulators for Use in Operator Training and Examination, and that you have also committed to ANSI/ANS-3.4-1983, 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 (by October 21, 2024), the material as specified in paragraph A of the Enclosure, in order to support the NRC's 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. Schulte has been advised of this request and provided with contact information for 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 September 24, 2024
J. Barstow 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. David Lanyi at (404) 997-4487, (E-mail: david.lanyi@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4718, (E-mail: matthew.endress@nrc.gov ).
Sincerely, Matthew Endress, Chief Operations Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-259, 50-260, 50-296 License Nos.: DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-68
Enclosure:
Materials Request List cc: Distribution vis Listserv Signed by Endress, Matthew on 09/24/24
SUNSI Review X
Non-Sensitive
Sensitive X
Publicly Available
Non-Publicly Available OFFICE RII/DRS RII/DRS RII/DRS NAME K. Wallace D. Lanyi M. Endress DATE 09/18/24 09/18/24 09/24/24
Enclosure Materials Request List The items listed below are necessary to support the Licensed Operator Requalification Program inspection (IP-71111.11) in November 2024, at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. Items listed under In-office inspection material must be received in the NRC Region II office by October 21, 2024. Items listed under On-site inspection material should be ready for review upon arrival of the inspectors on November 4, 2024.
A.
In-office inspection material:
1.
Complete list of all licensed individuals (active and inactive; RO and SRO) including license restrictions.
2.
Organizational chart for the training department including simulator fidelity staff, with phone number/email contact information.
3.
Copy of the weekly examination schedules for the weeks that the 2024 annual operating test will be administered, including the names/positions of the operating crew members, as well as any off-shift staff members, who will be examined.
4.
Spreadsheets and/or test outlines which show the usage of written examination questions, JPMs, and simulator scenarios in all 2024 annual operating test weeks (i.e. outlines/sample plans).
5.
2024 biennial written examination versions that have been approved for use, answer keys (original and final) and re-take examinations. Examiners may request that exam items not yet approved for use be sent later after they have been approved.
6.
All JPMs that will be administered in the 2024 annual operating test that have been approved for use. Examiners may request that exam items not yet approved for use be sent later after they have been approved.
7.
All simulator scenarios that will be administered in the 2024 annual operating test that have been approved for use. Examiners may request that exam items not yet approved for use be sent later after they have been approved.
8.
Self-assessment reports, corrective action reports, and Licensee Event Reports, written since the last requalification inspection, resulting from, or concerning human performance errors, including any examination security issues, and final corrective actions.
9.
A copy of site procedure(s) governing the conduct (process and content) of license operator requalification training (classroom and simulator), examination development/administration, remedial training, and examination security.
- 10. A copy of site procedure(s) governing simulator configuration control, maintenance, and fidelity, including all testing methods used to fulfill ANSI/ANS-3.5-2009 requirements.
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- 11. A copy of the program evaluation conducted for the previous biennial requalification cycle.
- 12. Requalification training attendance records for the current biennial training cycle.
- 13. Examination results since the last requalification inspection (weekly operating &
written examinations); copies of examinations with pass/failure rates outside the average.
- 14. All remedial training documentation for any licensed operator (active or inactive) that failed an examination since last requalification inspection.
- 15. Complete list of all individuals that reactivated their licenses since the last requalification inspection.
- 16. Records associated with 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.
- 17. Records providing documentation of maintenance of active license status (time on shift) for all licensed operators since last requalification inspection.
B.
On-site inspection material:
1.
Simulator scenarios and JPMs (in-plant and simulator) that will be administered during the week of November 4, 2024.
- 2. Medical records for all licensed (active and inactive) operators.
3.
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