ML12310A307

Notification of Inspection (NRC Inspection Report 05000285-12-005) and Request for Information

ML12310A307
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	11/05/2012
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Cortopassi L Omaha Public Power District
References
IR-12-005
Download: ML12310A307 (7)

See also: IR 05000285/2012005

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UNITE D S TATE S

NUC LEAR RE GULATOR Y C OMMI S SI ON

R E G IO N I V

1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD

AR L I NGTON , TEXAS 7 601 1- 4511

November 5, 2012

Lou Cortopassi, Vice President

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Omaha Public Power District

Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4

P.O. Box 550

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

SUBJECT: FORT CALHOUN STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000285/2012005) AND REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Cortopassi:

From November 26-30, 2012, inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC)

Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification inspection at Fort Calhoun

Station, using NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.11B, 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 onsite 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 onsite portion of the inspection

to support inspector preparation. The second group (Section B of the enclosure) identifies

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

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

sent a few weeks after the team has departed 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 onsite 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 Mr. Randy Cade of your Training

organization. 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, Brian Larson, at (817) 200-1172

(brian.larson@nrc.gov) or Clyde Osterholtz at (817) 200-1269 (clyde.osterholtz@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. 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.

L. Cortopassi -3-

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).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-285

License: DPR-40

Enclosure:

Inservice Inspection Document Request

cc w/enclosure: Electronic Distribution for Fort Calhoun Station

L. Cortopassi -4-

Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Art.Howell@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

Acting DRP Deputy Director (Barry.Westreich@nrc.gov)

Acting DRS Director (Tom.Blount@nrc.gov)

Acting DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (John.Kirkland@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Jacob.Wingebach@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/F (Mike.Hay@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/F (Rick.Deese@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/F (Chris.Smith@nrc.gov)

FCS Administrative Assistant - Vacant

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Ray.Kellar@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Lynnea.Wilkins@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Cayetano.Santos@nrc.gov)

DRS/TSB STA (Dale.Powers@nrc.gov)

SUNSI Review Completed: ___Y___ ADAMS: Yes No Initials: __BTL___

Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive

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BLarson VGaddy

/RA/ /RA/

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OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax

BIENNIAL REQUALIFICATION INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST

From: Brian Larson

Senior Operations Engineer, NRC RIV

817-200-1172

To: Randy Cade

Manager, Operations Training and Simulator, Fort Calhoun Station

402-533-6032

Subject: Information Request to Support November 2012 Licensed Operator Requalification

Program Inspection (IP 71111.11B)

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

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

(i.e., 2.02, 2.04, etc.). Requested materials should be sent either electronically or

hardcopy in order to arrive at the Region IV office no later than November 16, 2012.

• Electronically: To: brian.larson@nrc.gov cc: clyde.osterholtz@nrc.gov and

nicholas.hernandez@nrc.gov

• Hard copy to: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV

1600 E. Lamar Blvd

Arlington, TX 76011

ATTN: Brian Larson

General Requests:

• List of licensed operators (SRO & RO) by crew (operating & 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 two years of Simulator Review Committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes

• Last two years of Training Review Group (or equivalent) meeting minutes

02.03: Biennial Requalification Written Examination Quality

• Biennial requalification written examination schedule

• All available biennial requalification written examination results for both SRO & RO

that have been administered up to this submittal

• All biennial requalification written examinations that have been approved for

administration. This will need to have adequate password protection if e-mailed or

double envelope protection if mailed via regular mail per NUREG-1021.

• Current biennial requalification cycle examination methodology (sample plan)

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02.04: Annual Requalification Operating Test Quality

• Schedule for the operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given the week of

November 26th (onsite inspection week)

• Operating test materials (JPMs & scenarios) (password protected) to be given the

week of November 26th (onsite inspection week)

• Annual operating test materials (JPMs & scenarios) and results up to this submittal

• All of the previous years NRC required annual operating test materials (JPMs &

scenarios)

• Current annual operating test methodology (sample plan)

• Documents (UFSAR, procedures, etc.) that identify operator response times for time

critical operator actions and risk significant operator actions

02.05: Licensee Administration of Requalification Exams

• All procedures used to administer the annual operating test

• All procedures used to assess operator performance

• All procedures that describe conduct of simulator training

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

02.06: Requalification Examination Security

• 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

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

02.07: Licensee Remedial Training Program

• 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

requalification exam cycle)

• Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance

documentation)

02.08: 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 requalification

inspection

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02.10: 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 onsite inspection

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

electronically or hardcopy, upon site arrival on November 26, 2012.

02.02: Exam Results / 02.03 and 02.04: Written Exam and Op Test Quality

• All operating test materials (JPMs & scenarios) to be given in all subsequent weeks

after onsite week

• All results up to the day the team leaves the site.

02.08: 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

02.09: Simulator Performance

• Simulator discrepancies (DRs) from last biennial requalification inspection to

present. This should include all open DRs and DRs that have been closed,

including the documentation/justification for closure.

• 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 plant modifications from last biennial requalification inspection to

November 2012.

• List of plant modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the simulator

by due date from last biennial requalification inspection to November 2012.

• Simulator Differences Lesson plan used in training (current to November 23, 2012).

• 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 procedure(s) 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 (such as MTC, IRW). 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.

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• All simulator test, configuration management, and related documents available 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.

• Acceptance test documentation, including hardware and software model revisions at

the time of acceptance (as available).

02.10: Problem Identification and Resolution

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

C. Fort Calhoun Station is required to send the final results summary and any remaining

written exams and operating tests that have not been submitted 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.

-4- Enclosure