ML25174A163
| ML25174A163 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  (DPR-031, DPR-041) |
| Issue date: | 06/25/2025 |
| From: | Matthew Endress NRC/RGN-II/DORS/OB |
| To: | Deboer D Florida Power & Light Co |
| References | |
| Download: ML25174A163 (1) | |
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Dan DeBoer Vice President, Nuclear Florida Power & Light Company 15430 Endeavor Drive Mail Stop: EX/JB Jupiter, FL 33478
SUBJECT:
LICENSED OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION -
TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 3 AND 4
Dear Dan DeBoer:
During a telephone conversation on June 17, 2025, Mr. M. Meeks, Senior Operations Engineer, and Mr. L. Pineiro, Operations Continuing Training Supervisor, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Units 3 &
- 4. The onsite portion of the inspection is planned for the week of October 6, 2025, 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 (by September 22, 2025), 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. Pineiro 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).
June 25, 2025
D. DeBoer 2
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.
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. Meeks at (404) 997-4467, (Internet E-mail:
Michael.Meeks@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4718, (Internet E-mail:
Matthew.Endress@nrc.gov).
Sincerely, Matthew F. Endress, Chief Operations Branch Division of Operating Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-250, 50-251 License Nos.: DPR-31, DPR-41
Enclosure:
Materials Request List cc w/encl: (See Page 3)
Signed by Endress, Matthew on 06/25/25
SUNSI Review X
Non-Sensitive
Sensitive X
Publicly Available
Non-Publicly Available OFFICE RII/DORS RII/DORS NAME M. Meeks M. Endress DATE 06/24/25 06/25/25
Enclosure Materials Request List The items listed below are necessary to support the Licensed Operator Requalification Program inspection (IP-71111.11) in October 2025 at the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant. Items listed under In-office inspection material must be received in the NRC Region II office by September 22, 2025. Items listed under On-site inspection material should be ready for review upon arrival of the inspectors on October 6, 2025.
A.
In-office inspection material:
1.
Complete list of all licensed individuals (active and inactive; RO and SRO) including license restrictions.
2.
Copy of an Organizational Chart for the training department including simulator staff, with phone number/email contact information.
3.
Spreadsheets and/or test outlines which show the usage of written examination questions, JPMs, and simulator scenarios (i.e. outlines/sample plans).
4.
Copy of the weekly examination schedules for the weeks that the 2025 annual operating exams will be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing the week of October 6, 2025.
5.
All 2025 biennial written examinations that have been approved for administration, final answer keys, re-take examinations (if any), and spreadsheets or outlines that show the usage of written examination questions on the different versions of these written examinations. (exam security related item) 6.
All job performance measures (JPMs), simulator, administrative, and in-plant, that have been approved for administration. The JPMs to be reviewed should include those that will be administered the week of October 6, 2025, with any remaining JPMs selected from other weeks of the annual operating test. (exam security related item) 7.
All simulator scenarios that have been approved for administration for the 2025 annual operating examination, including which scenarios are assigned to a specific week and spreadsheets or outlines that show the usage of scenario events in all of the 2025 annual exams. (exam security related item) 8.
Self-assessment reports, condition reports and/or corrective action reports, and Licensee Event Reports, written since the last biennial requalification inspection, resulting from or concerning licensed operator human performance errors or performance problems that occurred in the actual plant/main control room, including any examination security issues.
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 site procedure(s) governing simulator configuration control, maintenance, and fidelity, including all testing methods used to fulfill ANSI/ANS-3.5-2009 requirements.
2 B.
On-site inspection material:
1.
Requalification training attendance records for the current biennial training cycle.
2.
Examination results since last requalification inspection (weekly operating & written examinations); copies of examinations with pass/failure rates outside the average.
3.
Printed copies of the simulator scenarios and JPMs (in-plant and simulator) that have been or will be administered for this requalification exam during the week of October 6, 2025. (exam security related item) 4.
Documentation regarding all remedial training conducted for examination failures since the last requalification inspection.
5.
Complete list of all individuals that reactivated their licenses since the last requalification inspection.
6.
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.
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 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