ML18145A249

Errata for Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation - Notification of Inspection (NRC Inspection Report 05000482/2018002) and Request for Information

ML18145A249
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	05/29/2018
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Heflin A Wolf Creek
References
IR 2018002
Download: ML18145A249 (9)

See also: IR 05000482/2018002

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Adam C. Heflin, President,

Chief Executive Officer,

and Chief Nuclear Officer

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 EAST LAMAR BOULEVARD

ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4511

May 29, 2018

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box411

Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT:

ERRATA FOR WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION -

NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT

05000482/2018002) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Heflin:

It was identified that the notification sent to you dated April 25, 2018 (NRC's Agencywide

Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18116A613)

improperly listed the inspection report number as 05000482/2018002. The correct inspection

report number is 05000482/2018003. Please note none of the content of the request for

information has changed. The NRC has reissued the notification in its entirety to correct this

error.

This fetter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be made available for public inspection

and copying at http:/!www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document

Room in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for

Withholding."

Docket No. 50-482

License No. NPF-42

Enclosure:

Sincerely,

IRA/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERA TING

CORPORATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000482/2018003)

AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

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05/29/18

Adam C. Heflin, President,

Chief Executive Officer,

and Chief Nuclear Officer

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGJON IV

1600 EAST LAMAR BOULEVARD

ARLINGTON. TEXAS 76011-4511

May 29, 2018

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box411

Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT:

WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION - NOTIFICATION OF

INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000482/2018003) AND

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Heflin:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

staff will conduct a biennial requalification inspection at the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating

Corporation from June 4 - 7, 2018. The inspection will consist of two reactor inspectors from

the NRC's Region IV office for one week. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with

the NRC Inspection Procedure {IP) 71111.11 B, "Licensed Operator Requalification Program."

Experience has shown that this inspection is a resource intensive inspection both for the NRC

inspectors and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your on-site resources and to

ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this

inspection. These documents have been divided into three groups. The first group (Section A

of the enclosure) identifies information to be provided prior to the inspection to ensure that the

inspectors are adequately prepared. The second group (Section B of the enclosure) identifies

the information the inspectors will need upon arrival at the site. The third group {Section C of

this enclosure) identifies the items which are necessary to close out the inspection and are

usually sent a few weeks after the team has left the site. It is important that all of these

documents are up-to-date and complete in order to minimize the number of additional

documents requested during the preparation and/or the on-site portions of the inspection.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand

that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Ms. Lucille Stone. Our inspection dates are

subject to change based on your updated schedule of examination activities. If there are any

questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector,

John Kirkland, at (817) 200-1771 (John.Kirkland@nrc.gov).

This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject

To the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information

collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control

number 3150-0018.

A. Heflin

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The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request for

information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document displays a

currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Agency 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).

Docket No. 50-482

License No. NPF-42

Enclosure:

Request for Information

cc: Electronic Distribution

Sincerely,

IRA!

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Inspection Report:

Inspection Dates:

Initial Request for Information

Biennial Requalification Inspection

Wolf Creek Generating Station

05000482/2018003

June 4- 7, 2018

Inspection Procedure:

IP 71111.11 B, "Licensed Operator Requalification

Program"

Lead Inspector:

John Kirkland, Senior Operations Engineer

A. The following information is requested In order to support inspection preparation

activities. These items are fisted by section as they appear in the inspection

module (ie 2.02, 2.04, etc). Requested materf als should be sent either electronically

or CD/DVD ( do not send USB drives) in order to arrive at the Region IV office no

later than May 14, 2018.

Electronically: To: John.Kirkland@nrc.gov

cc: Clyde.Osterholtz@nrc.gov

CD/DVD to: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Region IV

General Bequests:

ATTN: John Kirkland

1600 E. Lamar Blvd

Arlington, TX 76011

List of licensed operators (SRO and RO) by crew (operating and staff)

Training and Operations Department organization charts (with qualified LOR

evaluators identified)

Procedures that identify process for revising and maintaining LO continuing training

program up-to-date

List of outstanding LOR program changes

List of plant events and industry operating experience incorporated into LOR

program since last BRQ

Audits and/or self-assessment reports addressing the licensed operator

requalification training program

Last 2-years of simulator review committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes

Enclosure

Last 2-years of CRC (or equivalent) meeting minutes

2.3

Biennial Regualification Written Examination Qual!h'.

The current and approved biennial written examination schedule

The current requalification cycle written examination results for both SRO and RO

that have already been administered up to the week prior to the inspection team

arrival on-site

All.written examinations that have been approved for administration up to and

including the week before the inspection team is on-site. This will need to have

adequate password protection if e-mailed or double envelope protection if mailed via

regular mail per NUREG-1021.

The current requalification cycle examination methodology (sample plan}

2.4

Annual Regualification Operating Test Quality

2.5

2.6

The schedule for the operating tests (JPMs and scenarios) to be given the week of

June 4, 2018

The operating tests (JPMs and scenarios) (password protected and provide

separately via telephone at later date) to be given the week of June 4, 2018

Current requalification cycle operating tests (SRO and RO) and results up to the

week prior to the inspection team arrival on-site (NIA if the inspection week is the

first week of testing)

All.of the previous year's NRC required annual operating tests

Current requalification cycle operating test methodology (sample plan)

All portions of the updated Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) that identify

operator response times for time critical operator actions

Licensee Admin of Requalification Exams

All procedures used to administer the annual operating test

All procedures used to assess operator perfomiance

All procedures that describe conduct of simulator training

All procedures used to test, operate, and maintain the simulator

Regualification Examination Secur~

Submit any tracking tools that you use as a means to prevent excessive overlap on

the written examinations and also meet the intent of sampling all required topics on a

periodic basis

Submit any tracking tools that you use as a means to prevent excessive overlap on

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the operating tests and also meet the intent of sampling all required malfunctions

(including major events, instrument/component malfunctions, TS calls, etc.) on a

periodic basis

All procedures that describe examination security, including procedures used to

develop the examinations that include guidelines on overlap between examinations

in current exam cycle tests and prior year examinations

List of all condition reports since the last biennial requalification inspection related to

examination security and overlap

2.7

Licensee Remedial Training Program

2.8

2.9

List of remedial training conducted or planned since last requalification exams

(includes training provided to operators to enable passing requalification exams and

training provided to correct generic or individual weaknesses observed during

previous requalification exam cycle)

Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance

documentation)

Conformance with Operator License Conditions

All procedures and program documentation for maintaining active operator licenses,

tracking training attendance, and ensuring medical fitness of licensed operators

All procedures and associated documentation that supports reactivation of any

SRO/RO license (operating or staff crew) since the last biennial inspection

Simulator Performance

For the following cases, send the most recent transient test packages, which may be

electronic or in paper single test packages, and shall be complete with test

procedures for each test, the acceptance criteria, and results. For each transient

test, the reference chart should be included or an equivalent subject matter expert

review versus the simulator results with a write-up for any differences beyond the

ANSI 3.5 standard requirements.

o Transient test 1, manual reactor trip

o Transient test 5, trip of any single reactor coolant pump

o Transient test 8, maximum size RCS rupture combined with loss of all offsite

power

o Steady state tests for low power

SBT Packages for any three scenarios used for the 2017 Annual Requalification

Operating Test

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All Simulator Management and Configuration Procedures if not already provided for

Section 02.05 above

Simulator Discrepancy Report (DR) summacx list for all open DRs. For closed DRs,

summary list for those items closed between June 2016 to May 2018

Malfunction tests for loss of condenser vacuum and reactor pressure control system

failure. If these are included in an SBT package then the review of that package

would be acceptable

Two examples of primary parameters tested in order to verify core physics

parameters. The applicable reference grf}phs from the plant physics data book

(electronic or other means as available) should also be included as well as the test

procedures used and the acceptance criteria with results.

All simulator modification packages that are on hold, delayed, or just not completed

in the last 2-years

A list of simulator modification packages completed in the last 2-year window

2.10

Problem Identification and Resolution

A summary report of all condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the

control room

Any revised requalification training that was based on licensed operator performance

issues

B. The following information is requested in order to support the on-site inspection

activities. Requested materials should be available to the inspection team, either

electronically or hardcopy, upon site arrival on June 4, 2018.

2.2

2.8

2.9

Exam Results / 02.03 and 02.04: Written Exam and Op Test Qualit'l

All Operating tests (JPMs and scenarios) to be given in all subsequent weeks after

on-site week

All results up to the day the team leaves the site

Conformance with Operator License Conditions

Access to licensed operators' records ( operating and staff crews)

Access to licensed operators' training attendance records

Access to licensed operators' medical records

Simulator Performance

Simulator discrepancy reports (DRs) from June 2016 to May 2018. This should

include all open DR's and DR's that have been closed, including the

documentation/justification for closure.

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Acceptance test documentation, including hardware and software model revisions at

the time of acceptance (as available)

Documentation that validates current models, including the thermal*hydraulics and

neutronics models, to the actual plant

• All current model deficiencies, including FSAR vs. Design differences in the

simulator (any documentation on this)

Summary list of modifications from June 2016 to May 2018

Plant modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the simulator by due

date from June 2016 to May 2018

Simulator Differences Lesson plan used in training (current to June 4, 2018)

The complete book of all simulator annual performance test packages (usually in a

single book, but may be electronic or in single test packages), complete with all

transient tests, steady state tests, and malfunction tests. This should also include

the test procedures for each test, the acceptance criteria, and results. For each

transient test, the reference chart should be included or an equivalent subject matter

expert review versus the simulator results with a write-up for any differences beyond

the ANSI standard requirements.

All test packages used to verify core physics parameters. The applicable reference

graphs from the plant physics data book ( electronic or other means as available)

should also be included as well as the test procedures used and the acceptance

criteria with results.

All simulator test, configuration management, and related documents available in the

room for inspectors to review. This includes training needs analysis packages,

simulator review committee meeting minutes, etc.

Current copy of ANSI 3.5 standard you are committed to for simulator testing

2.10

Problem Identification and Resolution

• All condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the control room

C. Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation is required to send the final results

summary, and any remaining exams and operating tests that have not been

reviewed to the Regional office lead inspector for this inspection for final review

and comparison against the significance determination tools in order to

communicate the exit results for the inspection.

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