ML12335A070

Requalification Program Inspection - Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant

ML12335A070
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Site:	Harris
Issue date:	11/29/2012
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety I
To:	Hamrick G Carolina Power & Light Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 November 29, 2012

Mr. George T. Hamrick

Vice President

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

Carolina Power and Light Company

P.O. Box 165, Mail Code: Zone 1

New Hill, NC 27562-0165

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM IN SPECTION - SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Hamrick:

In a telephone conversation on November 19, 2012, Mr. Michael Meeks, Senior Operations

Engineer, and Mr. Simon Schwindt, Supervisor Licensed Operator Requalification Training, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the

Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of January 21, 2013, which coincides with your regularly scheduled r equalification 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-3.5-1998, "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 January 7, 2013), the material as specified in paragraph "A" of the Enclosure, in order to support the NRC's

inspection program needs. The NRC has further r equested 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. Schwindt 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), which expires on February 28, 2013.

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.

G. Hamrick 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 NRC's "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 NRC's 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. Michael Meeks at (404) 997-4467, (Internet E-mail:

Michael.Meeks@nrc.gov

), or me at (404) 997-4550, (Internet E-mail:

Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov

).

Sincerely,

/RA/ Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.:

License Nos.:

Enclosure:

Materials Request List

cc: (See Page 3)

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G. Hamrick 3 cc: Brian Bernard

Manager, Nuclear Services and EP

Nuclear Protective Services

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

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Brian C. McCabe

Manager, Nuclear Oversight

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

Progress Energy

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George T. Hamrick

Vice President

Carolina Power and Light Company

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

Electronic Mail Distribution

Lara S. Nichols

Deputy General Counsel

Duke Energy Corporation

Electronic Mail Distribution

M. Christopher Nolan

Director - Regulatory Affairs

General Office

Duke Energy Corporation

Electronic Mail Distribution

Robert J. Duncan II

Senior Vice President

Progress Energy

Electronic Mail Distribution

Sean T. O'Connor

Manager, Support Services

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

Electronic Mail Distribution

Donald L. Griffith

Training Manager

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

Progress Energy

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R. Keith Holbrook

Manager, Support Services

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

Electronic Mail Distribution

David H. Corlett Supervisor

Licensing/Regulatory Programs

Progress Energy

Electronic Mail Distribution

David T. Conley

Senior Counsel

Legal Department

Progress Energy

Electronic Mail Distribution

Donna B. Alexander

Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs (interim)

Progress Energy

Electronic Mail Distribution

John H. O'Neill, Jr.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge

2300 N. Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037-1128

Joseph W. Donahue

Vice President

Nuclear Oversight

Progress Energy

Electronic Mail Distribution

W. Lee Cox, III

Section Chief

Radiation Protection Section

N.C. Department of Environmental

Commerce & Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution

Public Service Commission

State of South Carolina

P.O. Box 11649

Columbia, SC 29211

Chairman North Carolina Utilities Commission

Electronic Mail Distribution

(cc cont'd - See page 4)

G. Hamrick 4 (cc cont'd)

Terrence E. Slake

Manager Nuclear Plant Security

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

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Robert P. Gruber

Executive Director

Public Staff - NCUC

4326 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, NC 27699-4326

Chair Board of County Commissioners of Wake

County P.O. Box 550

Raleigh, NC 27602

Ernest J. Kapopoulos Jr.

Plant General Manager

Carolina Power and Light Company

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

Electronic Mail Distribution

Chair Board of County Commissioners of

Chatham County

P.O. Box 1809

Pittsboro, NC 27312

Senior Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

U.S. NRC 5421 Shearon Harris Rd

New Hill, NC 27562-9998

Letter to George T. Hamrick from Malcolm T. Widmann dated November 29, 2012.

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM IN SPECTION - SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR PLANT Distribution:

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PUBLIC RidsNrrPMShearonHarris Resource Enclosure Materials Request List

The items listed below are necessary to suppor t the Licensed Operator Requalification Program inspection (IP-71111.11) in January 2013, at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant. Items listed

under "In-office inspection material" must be received in the NRC Region II office by January 7, 2013. Items listed under "On-site inspection material" should be ready for review upon arrival of

the inspectors on January 21, 2013.

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.

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 2013 annual operating exams will be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing the week

of January 21, 2013.

5. Copies of the written examinations that were administered for the last biennial requalification examination (for all wee ks), including all re-take examinations.

6. Ten (10) job performance measures (JPMs), both simulator and in-plant, and six (6) simulator scenarios associated with the current annual operating test. The JPMs and

scenarios to be reviewed should include those that will be administered the week of

January 21, 2013, with any remaining JPMs and scenarios reviewed selected from other

weeks of the annual operating test. (exam security related item)

7. Self-assessment reports, corrective act ion reports, and Licensee Event Reports, written since the last requalification inspection, resulting from or concerning human

performance errors, including any examination security issues.

8. 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 ex amination security. A copy of site procedure(s) governing the AOP and EOP 'rules of usage.'

9. A copy site procedure(s) governing sim ulator configuration control, maintenance, and fidelity, including all testing methods used to fulfill ANSI/ANS B 3.5-1998 requirements.

10. Copy of the program evaluation of the previous biennial requalification cycle.

B. On-site inspection material:

1. Requalification training attendance records for the current biennial training cycle.

2 Enclosure 2. Examination results since last requalification inspection (weekly operating & written examinations); copies of examinations with pass/failure rates outside the average.

3. Simulator scenarios and JPMs (in-plant and simulator) that have been or will be administered for this requalification exam. (exam security related item)

4. All training feedback forms since the last requalification inspection.

5. Documentation regarding all remedial training conducted for examination failures since the last requalification inspection.

6. Complete list of all individuals that reactivated their licenses since the last requalification inspection.

7. Records associated with license reactivation, including:

a. Documentation of time on shift under instruction.

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

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

9. Medical records for all licensed (active and inactive) operators.

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