ML081840147

Requalification Program Inspection - V.C. Summer - 30-Day Letter

ML081840147
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	07/01/2008
From:	Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Archie J South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
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SCE&G 2 July 1, 2008 Mr. Jeffrey B. Archie Vice President South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station P.O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - V. C. SUMMER NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Archie:

In a telephone conversation on June 26, 2008, Mr. Bruno Caballero, Operations Engineer, Mr.

Rob Ray, Operations Training Supervisor, and Mr. Eric Warden, Requal Supervisor, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification (LOR) program at the V. C. Summer Nuclear Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of August 11, 2008, 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 your simulator is committed to ANSI/ANS-3.5-1985, AAmerican National Standard for Nuclear Power Plant Simulators for Use in Operator Training and Examination.@

In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59 (c), the NRC has requested that you submit (two weeks prior to the inspection/make ready upon arrival), the material as specified in enclosure one, in order to support the NRC's inspection program needs. Mr. Ray and Mr. Warden have 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 June 30, 2009.

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 SLF@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.

SCE&G 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/readingrm/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 Bruno Caballero at (404) 562-4608 or me at (404) 562-4550.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operator Licensing Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-395 License No. NPF-12

Enclosure:

Materials Request List (cc w/encl: See Page 3)

July 1, 2008 Mr. Jeffrey B. Archie Vice President South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station P.O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - V. C. SUMMER NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Archie:

In a telephone conversation on June 26, 2008, Mr. Bruno Caballero, Operations Engineer, Mr.

Rob Ray, Operations Training Supervisor, and Mr. Eric Warden, Requal Supervisor, made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the licensed operator requalification (LOR) program at the V. C. Summer Nuclear Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of August 11, 2008, 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 your simulator is committed to ANSI/ANS-3.5-1985, AAmerican National Standard for Nuclear Power Plant Simulators for Use in Operator Training and Examination.@

In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59 (c), the NRC has requested that you submit (two weeks prior to the inspection/make ready upon arrival), the material as specified in enclosure one, in order to support the NRC's inspection program needs. Mr. Ray and Mr. Warden have 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 June 30, 2009.

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 SLF@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.

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OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS RII:DRP SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/

NAME B. Caballero M. Widmann J. Dodson DATE 06/26/08 07/01/08 06/26/08 7/ /2008 7/ /2008 7/ /2008 7/ /2008 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

SCE&G 3 cc w/encl:

R. J. White Robert M. Fowlkes Nuclear Coordinator General Manager S.C. Public Service Authority Mail Code 802 Engineering Services Electronic Mail Distribution South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Thomas D. Gatlin Electronic Mail Distribution General Manager Nuclear Plant Operations (Mail Code 303)

Susan E. Jenkins South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Assistant Director, Division of Waste Electronic Mail Distribution Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management David A. Lavigne Department of Health and Environmental General Manager Control Organization Development Electronic Mail Distribution South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution R. Mike Gandy Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt. Senior Resident Inspector S.C. Department of Health and South Carolina Electric and Gas Company Environmental Control Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Electronic Mail Distribution U.S. NRC 576 Stairway Road Bruce L. Thompson Jenskinsville, SC 29065 Manager Nuclear Licensing (Mail Code 830) Mr. L. A. Blue South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Training Manager Electronic Mail Distribution Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station P. O. Box 88 (Mail Code P-40)

Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SCE&G 4 Letter to Jeffrey B. Archie from Malcolm T. Widmann dated July 2, 2008

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - V. C. Summer Nuclear Plant Distribution w/encl:

RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC R. Martin, NRR (PM: HAT, SUM)

Materials Request List The items listed below are being requested per telephone conversation on June 26, 2008 to support the upcoming IP-71111.11B inspection in August 2008 at V.C. Summer. Items in paragraph "A" are to be sent prior to the inspection. They must be received in our office by July 25, 2008. Please have the items listed in paragraph "B" ready for our review upon arrival on August 11, 2008.

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 the simulator group

3. Copy of the weekly schedules for the weeks that the 2008 annual operating exams will be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing the week of 08/11/08

4. A copy of the written exams (all weeks) that were administered for the last biennial requal exam (2007), including all biennial re-take exams

5. Copies of the simulator scenarios and JPMs (simulator and in-plant) that have already been administered and that will be administered the week of 08/11/08. (exam security related item)

6. Self assessment reports, Condition Reports, and LERs resulting from human performance errors since the last requal inspection

7. A copy of the governing site procedure(s) for the conduct license operator requalification training (classroom and simulator) and exam development/administration

8. A copy of the governing site procedure(s) for the simulator fidelity which includes all the testing requirements used to fulfill ANSI/ANSB3.5-1985 requirements B. On-site inspection material:

1. Requal training attendance records for the current two year requal training cycle

2. Exam results since last requal inspection (weekly exams operating exams), copies of exam that had pass/failure rates significantly outside the average

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

4. All training feedback forms since the last requal inspection

5. All remedial training packages since the last requal inspection Enclosure

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6. A list of all personnel that reactivated their licenses since the last requal inspection

7. Security badge and HP printouts for all (selected) personnel that reactivated their licenses since the last requal inspection

8. Records for maintenance of active licenses - time on shift 56/60 hrs/qtr since the last requal inspection

9. All Medical Exam Records

10. Copies of the reference list for all administrative procedures which direct the training process, including development of training and test materials, remedial training, modifications, plant and industry experience

11. Simulator:

List of all open simulator discrepancies (DR=s)

Copy of the Simulator Management and Configuration Procedures List of all closed simulator DR=s for last 12 months List of Simulator Performance tests

12. Security procedures for the simulator

13. Program evaluation for the previous 2 years training cycle Enclosure