ML20133D084

Forwards Request for Addl Info & Program Changes Re Replacement & Requalification Training Programs.Response Requested within 60 Days of Ltr Receipt

ML20133D084
Person / Time
Site:	Mcguire, McGuire
Issue date:	07/24/1985
From:	Novak T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Tucker H DUKE POWER CO.
References
TAC-56962, TAC-56963, NUDOCS 8508070221
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_ Docket Nisil50-369' andJ50-3.70.

Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President Nuclear Production Department Duke Power Company 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242

Subject:

Request for Additional Information and Program Changes Regarding Replacement and Requalification Training -

Programs - McGuire Nuclear Station The NRC staff has reviewed your letter of February 20, 1985, with its enclosed Requalification Program for NRC Licensed Personnel (January 16,1985),and Operator Replacement Training Program (February 15,1985), for the McGuire Nuclear Station. We find that additional information and program changes identified in the enclosure are J1eeded for completion of our review.

Your response to the enclosure is requested within 60 days of this letter.

Contact our Project Manager, Darl Hood at (301)492-8408 if you have questions on the enclosure.

The reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements contained in this letter affect fewer than ten respondents; therefore, OMB clearance is not r'equired under P.L.96-511.

Sincerely.

Thomas M. Nova' , Assistant Director for Licensing Division of Licensing

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc: See next page

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I Mr. H. B. Tucker McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Power Company cc:

Mr. A. Carr Dr. John M. Barry Duke Power Company Department of Environmental Health P. O. Box 33189 Mecklenburg County 422 South Church Street 1200 Blythe Boulevard Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Charlotte, North Carolina 28203 Mr. F. J. Twogood County Manager of Mecklenburg County Power Systems Division 720 East Fourth Street Westinghouse Electric Corp. Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 P. O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 Chairman, North Carolina Utilities Commission Mr. Robert Gill Dobbs Building -

Duke Power Company 430 North Salisbury Street Nuclear Production Department Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 P. O. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Mr. Dayne H. Brown, Chief Radiation Protection Branch J.. Michael McGarry, III, Esq. Division of Facility Services Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell - Department of Human Resources and Reynolds P.O. Box 12200 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Raleigh, North Carolina 27605 Washington, D. C. 20036 Mr. Wm. Orders Senior Resident Inspector -

c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 4, Box 529 Hunterville, North Carolina 28078 Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region II 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 R. S. Howard Operating Plants Pro.iects Regional Manager Westinghouse Electric Corporation - RAD 701 P. O. Box 2728 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230

r Enclosure 3 REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND PROGRAM CHANGES REGARDING MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION REQUALIFICATION AND REPLACEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS The staff has reviewed your letter dated February 20, 1985, which submitted the licensed operator replacement and requalification programs for McGuire Nuclear Station in response to Generic Letter 84-14. The following additional informa-tion and program changes are needed for satisfactory completion of our review:

1. REOUALIFICATION PROGRAM FOR NRC LICENSED PERSONNEL (a) In Section 4.2 you state:

Licensed Training Staff are not required to attend the segment training but should participate in appropriate sections of requalification to assure they are cognizant of current operating history problems, station modifications, etc.

Enclosure 1, Part A.2.e. of the March 28, 1980 Denton letter contained within NUREG-0737 states that, " Instructors shall be enrolled in appropriate requalification programs to assure they are cognizant of current operating history, problems, and changes to procedures and administrative limitations."

Your use of the term, "should participate," does not necessarily convey the same meaning as NUREG-0737. Clarify your intent as to the extent of the requirements for training staff participation in the requalification program.

(b) In Section 4.4, you state: '

Back-up licensees (licensed individuals who are not routinely ,

assigned to normal shift rotation and provide back-up capability to i the operating staff) by virtue of their job assignments come into '

more intimate contact with various aspects of power plant l opera tion. These individuals should participate in the segmented requalification when possible, and take the segment quizzes, however, they can be exempted from this requirement in certain circumstances as management needs dictate.

Appendix A of 10 CFR 55 states:

Individuals who maintain operator or senior operator licenses for the purpose of providing backup capability to the operating staff shall participate in the requalification programs except to the extent tha- their normal duties preclude the need for specific retraining in particular areas.

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a Your statement that these individuals should participate except when exempted because of management needs does not appear to be consistent with the requirement that they shall participate unless the need is precluded because of their nonnal duties. Clarify whether your statement is intended to permit exemptions to be authorized on a basis other than a determination that the individuals normal duties preclude the need for specific retraining in particular areas.

(c) Section 7.0 contains no mention of the qualification of training instructors. This section would appear to be the appropriate place in the program description to include the implementation of Action Plan Item I.A.2.3 of NUREG-0737, " Administration of Training Programs."

Both this Action Plan Item and Enclosure 1, Part A.2.d. of the March 28, 1980 Denton Letter contained within NUREG-0737 call for SR0 qualifi-cation for training center and facility instructors who teach systems, integrated responses, transient, and simulator courses. Include a description of instructor qualifications in this or other appropriate portions of the program description.

2. OPERATOR REPLACEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM (a) Section 4.3E states that each license candidate will participate in a minimum of eight weeks of simulator training, and during this time, the trainee will respond to normal, abnormal, and emergency conditions as listed in Enclosure 4 of the Denton letter of March 28, 1980 contained in NUREG-0737. This portion of your program description should indicate who will evaluate the license candidates' response and should define the method for documenting these responses, e.g.,

qualification cards.

(b) Section 4.4D states that simulator training for SR0s will be similar to that provided for R0s with an added emphasis on the Administrative, Technical, and Leadership roles of the SRO, and will be a minimum of 5 weeks in length. This portion of the program should indicate who will evaluate the responses as mentioned in Section 4.3.E of the R0 program and should define the method of documenting the responses.