IR 05000331/2008301

Er 05000331-08-301(DRS); 04/21/2008 - 04/22/2008; FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC, Duane Arnold Energy Center. Initial License Examination Report

ML081560721
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	05/29/2008
From:	Hironori Peterson Division of Reactor Safety III
To:	Anderson R L Duane Arnold
References
50-331/08-301 50-331/08-301
Download: ML081560721 (10)

Text

May 29, 2008

Mr. Richard Vice-President Duane Arnold Energy Center 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324-9785

SUBJECT: DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER NRC INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION REPORT 05000331/2008301(DRS)

Dear Mr. Anderson:

On April 22, 2008, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) examiner completed an initial operator licensing re-take examination at your Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) for an individual that failed the initial license examination operating test administered in December 2007. The enclosed report documents the results of the examination. An exit meeting for the examination was presented on April 22, 2008, to Mr. J. Morris, Duane Arnold Energy Center Training Manager, and other members of your staff. There were no post-examination comments provided by the station's training department.

The NRC examiner administered the initial license re-take examination on April 21 and April 22, 2008. The re-take examination required the administration of two dynamic simulator scenarios to the applicant. The two scenarios were administered by an NRC examiner and the results of the examination were finalized on May 7, 2008. The applicant passed the operating test dynamic scenarios, and because the written examination and Job Performance Measures portion of the operating test were waived, the applicant was issued a senior operator license.

The written examination and the Job Performance Measures portion of the operating test were waived for the applicant because of the applicant's satisfactory performance on those portions of the examination administered in December 2007.

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), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this examination.

Sincerely,/RA/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-331 License No. DPR-49

Enclosures:

1. Operator Licensing Examination Report 05000331/2008301(DRS)

w/Attachment:

Supplemental Information 2. Simulation Facility Report

cc w/encl 1: M. Nazar, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer J. Stall, Senior Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer R. Helfrich, Senior Attorney M. Ross, Managing Attorney R. Kundalkar, Vice President, Nuclear Engineering J. Bjorseth, Site Director D. Curtland, Plant Manager S. Catron, Manager, Regulatory Affairs Chief Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section, Dept. Of Homeland Security M. Rasmusson, State Liaison Officer

cc w/encls 1 & 2: J. Morris, Training Manager, Duane Arnold Energy Center We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this examination.

Sincerely,/RA/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-331 License No. DPR-49

Enclosures:

1. Operator Licensing Examination Report 05000331/2008301(DRS)

w/Attachment:

Supplemental Information 2. Simulation Facility Report

cc w/encl 1: M. Nazar, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer J. Stall, Senior Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer R. Helfrich, Senior Attorney M. Ross, Managing Attorney R. Kundalkar, Vice President, Nuclear Engineering J. Bjorseth, Site Director D. Curtland, Plant Manager S. Catron, Manager, Regulatory Affairs Chief Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section, Dept. Of Homeland Security M. Rasmusson, State Liaison Officer

cc w/encls 1 & 2: J. Morris, Training Manager, Duane Arnold Energy Center

DISTRIBUTION See next page

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRS\Work in Progress\DUA 2008 301 DRS OL.doc G Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive G Non-Sensitive To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box "C" = Copy without attach/encl "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII RIII NAME DMcNeil:co HPeterson

DATE 05/27/08 05/29/08 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Letter to Richard from Hironori Peterson dated May 29, 2008.

SUBJECT: DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER NRC INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION REPORT 05000331/2008301(DRS)

DISTRIBUTION

TEB RidsNrrDirsIrib MAS KGO JKH3 SRI Duane Arnold

CAA1 LSL (electronic IR's only)

C. Pederson, DRP (hard copy - IR's only)

DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 TXN ROPreports@nrc.gov NLS Enclosure 1 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

Docket No: 50-331 License No: DPR-49 Report No: 05000331/2008301(DRS)

Licensee: FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC

Facility: Duane Arnold Energy Center

Location: Palo, Iowa

Dates: April 21, 2008, through April 22, 2008

Examiner: D. McNeil, Senior Operations Engineer

Approved by: Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Enclosure 1 1

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

ER 05000331/2008301(DRS); 04/21/2008 - 04/22/2008; FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC,

Duane Arnold Energy Center. Initial License Examination Report.

The announced initial operator licensing re-take examination was conducted by a regional Nuclear Regulatory Commission examiner in accordance with the guidance of NUREG-1021,

AOperator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors,@ Revision 9, Supplement 1.

Examination Summary

$ One applicant was administered a re-take operating test (Dynamic Simulator Scenario portion only). The applicant passed the re-take examination and was issued a senior operator license. The Job Performance Measures portion of the re-take examination and the written examination were waived because of the applicant's satisfactory performance on the examination administered in December 2007. (Section 4OA5.1).

2

REPORT DETAILS

4OA5 Other

.1 Initial Licensing Examinations

a. Examination Scope

Members of the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) Training Department prepared the examination outline and developed the re-take dynamic simulator scenario operating test. The NRC examiner validated the proposed examination on April 21, and April 22, 2008. The scenarios were administered to the applicant immediately after validation was completed and approval by the Regional Operations Branch Chief by telephone was obtained. No changes were necessary to the scenarios as a result of the validation process.

The station

=s examination developers and the NRC examiner used the guidance established in NUREG-1021, AOperator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors,@ Revision 9, Supplement 1, to prepare, validate, revise, administer, and grade the examination.

b. Findings

Written Examination The written examination was waived for the applicant because of his satisfactory performance on the written examination when it was administered in December 2007.

Operating Test

During the validation of the operating test at the Duane Arnold Energy Center, no changes were made to the proposed dynamic simulator scenarios. Less than 20 percent of the operating test was considered unsatisfactory for use and therefore, met the NRC

=s expectations for a submitted examination. The NRC examiner completed operating test grading on May 7, 2008. The Job Performance Measures (JPM) portion of the re-take operating test was waived due to the applicant's satisfactory performance on that portion of the examination administered in December 2007.

Examination Results The applicant was administered a re-take operating test (Dynamic Simulator Scenario Portion) for a Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) license. The applicant passed the administered examination and was issued a senior operator license.

3.2 Examination Security

a. Scope

The NRC examiners reviewed and observed the licensee's implementation of examination security requirements during the examination validation and administration to assure compliance with 10 CFR 55.49, AIntegrity of Examinations and Tests.

@ The examiners used the guidelines provided in NUREG 1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors,@ to determine acceptability of the licensee

=s examination security activities.

b. Findings

No findings of significance were observed in the area of examination security.

4OA6 Meetings

Exit Meeting

The chief examiner presented the examination team's preliminary observations and findings on April 22, 2008, to Mr. J. Morris, DAEC Training Manager, and other members of the DAEC staff. The examiner asked the licensee whether any of the material used to develop or administer the examination should be considered proprietary. No proprietary or sensitive information was identified during the examination or debrief meetings.

ATTACHMENT:

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

KEY POINTS OF CONTACT

Licensee

G. Rushworth, AOM

J. Morris, Training Manger

E. Murray, ILT Supervisor

K. Steimer, Assistant Operations Manager

C. Hansen, Examination Writer

J. Custer, Instructor

W. Render, Instructor

NRC

D. McNeil, Senior Operations Engineer

ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED

Opened, Closed, and Discussed

None

LIST OF DOCUMENTS REVIEWED

None

LIST OF ACRONYMS

USED [[]]

ADAMS Agency-Wide Document Access and Management System

DAEC Duane Arnold Energy Center

DRS Division of Reactor Safety

NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission

RO Reactor Operator

PARS Publicly Available Records

SRO Senior Reactor Operator

SIMULATION FACILITY REPORT

Facility Licensee: D

uane Arnold Energy Center

Facility Docket No: 50-331

Operating Tests Administered: April 21 - 22, 2008

The following documents observations made by the NRC examination team during the initial

operator license examination. These observations do not constitute audit or inspection findings

and are not, without further verification and review, indicative of non-compliance with

CFR 55.45(b). These observations do not affect

NRC certification or approval of the

simulation facility other than to provide information which may be used in future evaluations. No licensee action is required in response to these observations.

During the conduct of the simulator portion of the operating tests, the following items were

observed:

ITEM [[]]

DESCRI PTION

HPCI System During examination validation with the

HPCI system tagged out, it was noticed that valves down-stream of the HPCI isolation valve were still

cycling open/closed on an initiation signal. This was apparently due to

overriding the HPCI inlet isolation valve position indication to show

closed. The override did not stop other valves from re-positioning as

the

HPCI system tried to initiate. Malfunction

HP10A was used. A

simulator action request was developed for this condition (dated

4/21/08) and referenced a simulator action request dated 9/17/2007

that had been written to generically cover this condition for all simulator

systems.