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| {{#Wiki_filter:August 05, 2021 | | {{#Wiki_filter: |
| Mr. John Dent, Jr., Vice President
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| and Chief Nuclear Officer
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| Nebraska Public Power District
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| Cooper Nuclear Station
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| 72676 648A Avenue
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| P.O. Box 98
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| Brownville, NE 68321
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| SUBJECT: COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC
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| INSPECTION REPORT 05000298/2021004) AND REQUEST FOR
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| INFORMATION
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| Dear Mr. Dent:
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| During the week of October 4, 2021, three inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory
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| Commissions (NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification
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| inspection at Cooper Nuclear Station, using NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.11B, Licensed
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| Operator Requalification Program.
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| Experience has shown that this inspection is a resource intensive inspection both for the NRC
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| inspectors and your staff. To minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a
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| productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection.
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| These documents have been divided into three groups:
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| * The first group (Section A of the enclosure) identifies information to be provided prior to
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| the inspection to ensure that the inspectors are adequately prepared.
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| * The second group (Section B of the enclosure) identifies the information the inspectors
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| will need upon arrival at the site.
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| * The third group (Section C of this enclosure) identifies the items which are necessary to
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| close out the inspection and are usually sent a few weeks after the inspectors have left
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| the site.
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| It is important that all these documents are up to date and complete to minimize the number of
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| additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the
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| inspection.
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| We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand
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| that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Mr. Jim Florence of your training
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| organization. Our inspection dates are subject to change based on your updated schedule of
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| examination activities. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material
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| requested, please contact me, Thomas Farina, at (817) 200-1117 (thomas.farina@nrc.gov).
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| J. Dent 2
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| This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject
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| to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information
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| collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control
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| number 3150-0018. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
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| respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement unless the
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| requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control
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| number.
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| This letter and its enclosure will be made available for public inspection and copying at
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| http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in
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| accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.
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| Sincerely,
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| Thomas Farina, Senior Operations Engineer
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| Operations Branch
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| Division of Reactor Safety
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| Docket No. 50-298
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| License No. DPR-46
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| Enclosure:
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| Initial Request for Information
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| Biennial Requalification Inspection
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| Initial Request for Information
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| Biennial Requalification Inspection
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| Cooper Nuclear Station
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| Inspection Report: 05000298/2021004
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| Inspection Dates: October 4-8, 2021
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| Inspection Procedure: IP 71111.11B, Licensed Operator Requalification
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| Program
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| Lead Inspector: Thomas Farina, Senior Operations Engineer
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| A. The following information is requested to support inspection preparation activities.
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| These items are listed by section as they appear in the inspection module (i.e. 03.04a,
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| 03.04b, etc.). Requested materials should uploaded to the NRC BOX server, via a link
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| provided by the lead inspector, no later than September 24, 2021. Alternately, it may
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| be sent in an electronic format on CD/DVD to the Region IV office.
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| * CD/DVD to: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV
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| ATTN: Thomas Farina
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| 1600 E. Lamar Blvd
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| Arlington, TX 76011
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| General Requests:
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| * List of licensed operators (SRO & RO) by crew (operating & staff)
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| * Training and Operations Department organization charts (with qualified LOR
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| evaluators identified)
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| * Procedures that identify process for revising and maintaining LO continuing training
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| program up to date
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| * List of outstanding LOR program changes
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| * List of plant events and industry operating experience incorporated into LOR
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| program since last BRQ
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| * Audits and/or self-assessment reports addressing the licensed operator
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| requalification training program
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| * Last 2 years of Simulator Review Committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes
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| * Last 2 years of Curriculum Review Committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes
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| * A summary report of all condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the
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| control room
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| Enclosure
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| * Any revised requalification training that was based on licensed operator performance
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| issues
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| 03.04a: Biennial Requalification Written Examinations
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| * The current and approved biennial written examination schedule
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| * The current requalification cycle written examination results for both SRO & RO that
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| have already been administered up to the week prior to the inspectors arrival onsite.
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| * All written examinations that have been approved for administration up to and
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| including the week before the inspectors are onsite. This will need to have adequate
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| password protection or double envelope protection if mailed via regular mail per
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| NUREG-1021.
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| * The current requalification cycle examination methodology (sample plan)
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| 03.04b: Annual Requalification Operating Tests
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| * The schedule for the operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given the week of
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| October 4, 2021.
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| * The operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) (password protected and provide separately
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| via telephone at later date) to be given the week of October 4, 2021.
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| * Current requalification cycle operating tests (SRO & RO) and results up to the week
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| prior to the inspection inspectors arrival onsite
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| * All 2020 NRC required annual operating tests
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| * Current requalification cycle operating test methodology (sample plan)
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| * All portions of the UFSAR that identify operator response times for time critical
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| operator actions
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| 03.04c: Administration of an Annual Requalification Operating Test
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| * All procedures used to administer the annual operating test
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| * All procedures used to assess operator performance
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| * All procedures that describe conduct of simulator training
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| * All procedures used to test, operate, and maintain the simulator
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| 03.04d: Requalification Examination Security
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| * Submit any tracking tools that you use to prevent excessive overlap on the written
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| examinations and meet the intent of sampling all required topics on a periodic basis.
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| * Submit any tracking tools that you use to prevent excessive overlap on the operating
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| tests and meet the intent of sampling all required malfunctions (including major
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| events, instrument/component malfunctions, TS calls, etc.) on a periodic basis.
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| * All procedures that describe examination security, including procedures used to
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| develop the examinations that include guidelines on overlap between examinations
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| in current exam cycle tests and prior year examinations
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| * List of all condition reports since the last biennial requalification inspection related to
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| examination security and overlap
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| 03.04e: Remedial Training and Re-Examinations
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| * List of remedial training conducted or planned since last requalification exam
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| (includes training provided to operators to enable passing requalification exam and
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| training provided to correct generic or individual weaknesses observed during
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| previous requalification exam cycle)
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| * Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance
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| documentation)
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| 03.04f: Operator License Conditions
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| * All procedures and program documentation for maintaining active operator licenses,
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| tracking training attendance, and ensuring medical fitness of licensed operators
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| * All procedures and associated documentation that supports reactivation of any
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| SRO/RO license (operating or staff crew) since the last biennial inspection
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| 03.04g: Control Room Simulator
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| * An index of the most recent operability test packages required by ANSI 3.5 2009
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| Appendix B, including performance and approval dates, and results.
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| * A list of simulator baseline data sources (ANSI 3.5 2009 5.1.1) for the transient
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| performance tests required by ANSI 3.5 2009 Appendix B.3.2.1.
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| * All simulator management and configuration procedures if not already provided
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| * Simulator discrepancy report summary list for all open discrepancy reports and
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| summary list for those items closed since October 1, 2019.
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| * Primary parameters tested to verify core physics parameters (such as moderator
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| temperature coefficient, integral rod worth)). The applicable reference graphs from
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| the plant physics data book (electronic or other means as available) should also be
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| included as well as the test procedures used and the acceptance criteria with results.
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| * All simulator modification packages that are on hold, delayed, or not completed in the
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| last 2 years
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| * A list of simulator modification packages completed in the last two-year window
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| * An index of Post-Event Simulator Testing conducted since October 1, 2019.
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| * Current Simulator Differences List / Lesson plan used in training.
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| The following information is requested to support the onsite inspection activities.
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| Requested materials should be available to the inspectors, either electronically or
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| hardcopy, upon site arrival on October 4, 2021.
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| 03.03: Requalification Exam Results / 03.04a and 03.04b: Biennial Requalification Written
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| Exam and Annual Requalification Operating Tests Quality
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| * All operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given in all subsequent weeks after
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| onsite week, if available
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| * All results up to the day the inspectors leave the site
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| 03.04f: Conformance with Operator License Conditions
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| * Access to licensed operators records (operating and staff crews)
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| * Access to licensed operators training attendance records
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| * Access to licensed operators medical records
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| 03.04g: Control Room Simulator Performance
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| * Simulator discrepancies from October 1, 2019. This should include all open and
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| closed simulator discrepancy reports, including the documentation/justification for
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| closure.
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| * Acceptance test documentation, including hardware and software model revisions at
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| the time of acceptance (as available)
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| * Documentation that validates current models, including the thermal-hydraulics and
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| neutronics models, to the actual plant
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| * All current model deficiencies, including FSAR vs design differences in the simulator
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| (any documentation on this)
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| * Summary list of modifications from October 1, 2019.
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| * Plant modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the simulator by due
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| date from October 1, 2019.
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| * Simulator differences lesson plan used in training (current to October 4, 2021.
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| * The complete book of all simulator annual performance test packages (usually in a
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| single book but may be electronic or in single test packages), complete with all
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| transient tests, steady state tests, and malfunction tests. This should also include
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| the test procedures for each test, the acceptance criteria, and results.
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| * For each transient test, the reference chart should be included or an equivalent
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| subject matter expert review versus the simulator results with a write-up for any
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| differences beyond the ANSI standard requirements.
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| * All test packages used to verify core physics parameters (such as moderator
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| temperature coefficient and integral rod worth). The applicable reference graphs
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| from the plant physics data book (electronic or other means as available) should also
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| be included as well as the test procedures used and the acceptance criteria with
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| results.
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| * All simulator tests, configuration management, and related documents available in
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| the room for inspectors to review. This includes training needs analysis packages,
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| Simulator Review Committee meeting minutes, etc.
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| * Current copy of ANSI 3.5 standard you are committed to for simulator testing
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| B. Cooper Nuclear Station is required to send the final results summary (see Table 1
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| below) and any remaining exams and operating tests that have not been reviewed to
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| the regional office lead inspector for this inspection for final review and comparison
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| against the Significance Determination Tools to communicate the exit results for the
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| inspection.
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| TABLE 1: EXAMINATION RESULTS
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| 1. Total number of licensed operators.
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| 2. Number of licensed operators administered a requalification
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| examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a).
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| 3. Number of individual licensed operators who failed any portion of a
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| requalification examination (written, JPM, or individual simulator
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| scenario failures).
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| 4. Divide line 3 by line 2 to obtain the individual requalification
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| examination failure rate. Line 3/Line 2. %
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| 5. Number of crews administered simulator scenarios as part of a
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| requalification examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a).
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| 6. Number of crews who performed unsatisfactorily on the
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| simulator scenarios.
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| 7. Divide line 6 by line 5 to obtain the crew simulator scenario
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| failure rate. Line 6/Line 5. %
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| ML21217A118
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| SUNSI Review ADAMS: Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:
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| By: TJF Yes No Publicly Available Sensitive NRC-002
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| OFFICE SOE:DRS/OB
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| NAME TFarina
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| SIGNATURE tjf
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| DATE 8/3/2021
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