ML19176A178

Requalification Program Inspection - Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Unit 1 - 05000395/2019003

ML19176A178
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	06/25/2019
From:	Eugene Guthrie NRC/RGN-II, Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Lippard G South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
Geanette D
References
IR 2019003
Download: ML19176A178 (5)

See also: IR 05000395/2019003

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

June 25, 2019

Mr. George Lippard III,

Vice President Nuclear Operations

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

Bradham Blvd & Hwy 215

Post Office Box 88, Mail Code 800

Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SUBJECT: REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - VIRGIL C. SUMMER

NUCLEAR STATION UNIT 1 - 05000395/2019003

Dear Mr. Lippard:

In a telephone conversation on June 18, 2019, Mr. David Lanyi, Senior Operations Engineer,

and Ms. Lesley Ainsworth, Supervisor Operations Requalification Training, made arrangements

for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the Summer Nuclear

Station Unit 1. The inspection is planned for the week of August 5, 2019, 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 July 15, 2019, 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. Warden 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).

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. Lippard 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. Lanyi at (404) 997-4487, (Internet E-mail: david.lanyi@nrc.gov),

or me at (404) 997-4662, (Internet E-mail: eugene.guthrie@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eugene F. Guthrie, Chief

Operations Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-395

License Nos.: NPF-12

Enclosure: Materials Request List

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DATE 6/ 20 / 2019 6/ 20 /2019

Materials Request List

The items listed below are necessary to support the Licensed Operator Requalification Program

inspection (IP-71111.11) in August 2019 at Summer Nuclear Station Unit 1. 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 August 5, 2019.

A. In-office inspection material:

1. List of all licensed individuals (active and inactive; RO and SRO) including license

restrictions (July 15, 2019)

2. Organizational Chart for the training department, including the simulator fidelity staff,

with phone number/email contact information (July 15, 2019)

3. Weekly examination schedules for the weeks that the 2019 annual operating exams will

be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing the week of August 5.

2019 (July 15, 2019)

4. All 2019 biennial written examinations, final answer keys, re-take examinations, and

spreadsheets or outlines that show the usage of written examination questions on the

different versions of these written examinations (July 15, 2019, EXAM SECURITY

RELATED)

5. 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 (July 15, 2019)

6. Site procedure(s) governing simulator configuration control, maintenance, and fidelity

testing methods used to fulfill ANSI/ANS 3.5-2009 requirements (July 15, 2019)

7. All JPMs, including spreadsheets or outlines that show the usage of the JPMs in all of

the 2019 Segment 3 annual exam weeks (July 15, 2019, EXAM SECURITY RELATED)

8. All simulator scenarios that will be administered in the 2019 Segment 3 annual exam

weeks, including which scenarios are assigned to a specific week (July 15, 2019, EXAM

SECURITY RELATED)

9. Self-assessment reports, condition reports, and/or Licensee Event Reports, written since

August 2017 (last biennial requalification inspection), which document operator errors or

performance problems that occurred in the actual plant/main control room, including the

corrective actions (July 15, 2019)

B. On-site inspection material (due August 5, 2019):

1. Requalification training attendance records for the current two year 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. Copies of the simulator scenarios for the inspectors to observe the operating crews and

evaluators

4. All remedial training documentation for any licensed operator that failed an 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, 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

Enclosure

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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