ML23130A297

Notification of Inspection (NRC Inspection Report 05000313/2023003) and Request for Information

ML23130A297
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	05/17/2023
From:	Murphy K NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/OB
To:	Sullivan J Entergy Operations
References
IR 2023003
Download: ML23130A297 (8)

See also: IR 05000313/2023003

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May 16, 2023

Joseph Sullivan, Site Vice President

Arkansas Nuclear One

Entergy Operations, Inc.

N-TSB-58

1448 S.R. 333

Russellville, AR 72802-0967

SUBJECT: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 1 - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC

INSPECTION REPORT 05000313/2023003) AND REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION

Dear Joseph Sullivan:

During the week of July 10, 2023, two inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory

Commissions (NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification

inspection at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1, 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 inspection to ensure that the inspectors are adequately prepared.

The second group (Section B of the enclosure) identifies the information the inspectors

will need upon arrival at the site.

The third group (Section C of this enclosure) identifies the items which are necessary to

close out the inspection and are usually sent a few weeks after the team has left 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 the onsite portions of

the inspection.

J. Sullivan 2

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand

that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Joey Fields 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 Kevin Murphy at (817) 200-1550 (kevin.murphy@nrc.gov).

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT

This letter contains mandatory information collections that are subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

approved these information collections (approval number 3150-0011). Send comments

regarding this information collection to the Information Services Branch, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011) Office of Management and

Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

Public Protection Notification

The NRC may not conduct nor 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 OMB control number.

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,

Signed by Murphy, Kevin

on 05/16/23

Kevin Murphy, Operations Engineer

Operations Branch

Division of Operating Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-313

License No. DPR-51

Enclosure:

Biennial Requalification Inspection

Request for Information

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DATE 05/16/23 05/15/23

Initial Request for Information

Biennial Requalification Inspection

Arkansas Nuclear 1

Inspection Report: 05000313/2023003

Inspection Dates: July 10 -14, 2023

Inspection Procedure: IP 71111.11B, Licensed Operator Requalification

Program

Lead Inspector: Kevin Murphy, Operations Engineer

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. 03.04a, 03.04b, etc.). Requested materials can be sent via a file hosting service

(preferably BOX) or in an electronic format on CD/DVD to arrive at the Region IV office

no later than June 26, 2023.

CD/DVD to: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV

ATTN: Kevin Murphy

1600 E. Lamar Blvd

Arlington, TX 76011

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 2 years of simulator review committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes

Last 2 years of Curriculum Review Committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes

A summary report of all condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the

control room

Enclosure

Any revised requalification training that was based on licensed operator performance

issues

03.04a: Biennial Requalification Written Examinations

The current and approved biennial written examination schedule

The current requalification cycle written examination results for both SRO & RO that

have already been administered up to the week prior to the inspection team arrival

onsite.

All written examinations that have been approved for administration up to and

including the week before the inspection team is onsite. This will need to have

adequate password protection or double envelope protection if mailed via regular

mail per NUREG-1021.

The current requalification cycle examination methodology (sample plan)

03.04b: Annual Requalification Operating Tests

The schedule for the operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given the week of

July 10, 2023 (week team is onsite)

The operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) (password protected and provide separately

via telephone at later date) to be given the week of July 10, 2023

Current requalification cycle operating tests (SRO & RO) and results up to the week

prior to the inspection team arrival onsite

All 2018 NRC required annual operating tests

Current requalification cycle operating test methodology (sample plan)

03.04c: Administration of an Annual Requalification Operating Test

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

03.04d: 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.

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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

03.04e: Remedial Training and Re-Examinations

List of remedial training conducted or planned since last requalification exam

(includes training provided to operators to enable passing requalification exam and

training provided to correct generic or individual weaknesses observed during

previous requalification exam cycle)

Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance

documentation)

03.04f: 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 inspection

03.04g: Control Room Simulator

All simulator management and configuration procedures if not already provided

Simulator discrepancy report summary list for all open discrepancy reports and

summary list for those items closed since June 28, 2021.

Primary parameters tested in order to verify core physics parameters (such as

moderator temperature coefficient, integral rod worth)). 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.

All simulator modification packages that are on hold, delayed, or not completed in the

last 2 years

A list of simulator modification packages completed in the last two-year window

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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 July 10, 2023.

03.03: Requalification Exam Results / 03.04a and 03.04b: Biennial Requalification Written

Exam and Annual Requalification Operating Tests Quality

All operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given in all subsequent weeks after

onsite week, if available

All results up to the day the team leaves the site

03.04f: 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

03.04g: Control Room Simulator Performance

Simulator discrepancies from June 28, 2021. This should include all open and

closed simulator discrepancy reports, including the documentation/justification for

closure

Acceptance test documentation, including hardware and software model revisions at

the time of acceptance (as available)

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 modifications from June 28, 2021

Plant modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the simulator by due

date from June 28, 2021

Simulator differences Lesson plan used in training (current to July 10, 2023)

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 procedures 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.

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All test packages used to verify core physics parameters (such as moderator

temperature coefficient and integral rod worth). 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.

All simulator tests, configuration management, and related documents available in

the room 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

C. Arkansas Nuclear 1 is required to send the final results summary (see Table 1 below)

and any remaining exams and operating tests that have not been reviewed 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.

TABLE 1: EXAMINATION RESULTS

1. Total number of licensed operators.

2. Number of licensed operators administered a requalification

examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a).

3. Number of individual licensed operators who failed any portion of a

requalification examination (written, JPM, or individual simulator

scenario failures).

4. Divide line 3 by line 2 to obtain the individual requalification

examination failure rate. Line 3/Line 2.  %

5. Number of crews administered simulator scenarios as part of a

requalification examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a).

6. Number of crews who performed unsatisfactorily on the

simulator scenarios.

7. Divide line 6 by line 5 to obtain the crew simulator scenario

failure rate. Line 6/Line 5.  %

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