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An NRC-identified finding (FIN) was identi … An NRC-identified finding (FIN) was identified for the licensees failure to adhere to licensed operator requalification examination standards during the administration of an annual operating test. Specifically, the licensee failed to adhere to the examination guide to allow adequate time for operating crews to respond to planned events, and the licensee failed to correct the error before finalizing operator evaluation and critique documentation. This affected the licensees ability to effectively test and evaluate operator performance in response to a simulated malfunction in the automatic scram circuitry. As part of their immediate corrective action, the licensee re-evaluated the affected operators and entered the issue into their corrective action program. This performance deficiency was more than minor because it was associated with the Human Performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone, and it adversely affected the cornerstone objective of ensuring the availability, reliability and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Specifically, the failure to adhere to scenario examination administration standards adversely affected the quality of the operating exams, which test licensed operator performance in order to ensure timely and accurate mitigating actions after an event. Using Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix I, Licensed Operator Requalification Significance Determination Process, this finding was determined to be of very low safety significance (Green) because it occurred in the simulator and was not an actual plant event, and the crew whose scenario was administered with the error was re-evaluated with an alternate scenario prior to resuming on-shift duties. The cause of the finding was related to the cross-cutting aspect of training of personnel and sufficient qualified personnel under the Resources component of the Human Performance cross-cutting aspect, because the scenario guides narrative description of the required malfunction sequencing did not match the listed simulator operator actions in the body of the scenario guide.actions in the body of the scenario guide.

Discovered date

23:59:59, 30 September 2012 +

Docket

05000321 + and 05000366 +

Event date

23:59:59, 30 September 2012 +

Finding integer

2 +

Finding type

Finding +

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INPO aspect

CL.4 +

Identified by

NRC identified +

Inspection Manual Chapter

NRC Inspection Manual 0609, Appendix I +

Inspection procedure

IP 71111.11, Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance +

Inspection report

IR 05000321/2012004 +

Inspector

Frank Ehrhardt +, A Toth +, A Nielson +, A Vargas +, E Morris +, David Hardage +, Bruno Caballero +, Mark Miller +, Carmen Dykes + and William Pursley +

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19:05:25, 30 September 2017 +

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