ML17297B223

Uftr Operator Requal Plan RAIs - Oct'17

ML17297B223
Person / Time
Site:	05000083
Issue date:	11/01/2017
From:	Duane Hardesty Research and Test Reactors Licensing Projects Branch
To:	Enqvist A Univ of Florida
Hardesty, D A, NRR,DLP 415-3724
References
EPID L-DO-2017-0006
Download: ML17297B223 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 1, 2017

Dr. Andreas Enqvist, Director University of Florida Training Reactor P.O. Box 116400

Gainesville, FL 32611

SUBJECT:

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TRAINING REACTOR (EPID: L-DO-2017-0006)

Dear Dr. Enqvist:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reviewing Revision 12 to the operator requalification program (Agencywide Do cuments Access Management System Accession No. ML17206A378) for Facility Operating License No. R-56 for the University of Florida Training Reactor, which you submitted on July 25, 2017. During our review, questions have arisen for which we require additional information and clarification. We request that you provide responses to the enclosed request for additional information within 30 days from the date of this letter.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.30(b), "Oath or affirmation," you must execute your response in a signed original document under oath or affirmation. Your response must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.4, "Written communications." Information included in your response that is considered sensitive or proprietary, that you seek to have withheld from the public, must be marked in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding." Any information related to security should be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 73.21, "Protection of Safeguards Information: Performance Requirements." Following receipt of the additional information, we will continue our review of your operator requalification program.

If you have any questions about this review, or need additional time to respond to this request, please contact me at (301) 415-3724, or by electronic mail at Duane.Hardesty@nrc.gov. Sincerely,

/RA/ Duane A. Hardesty, Senior Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No. 50-83

Enclosure:

As stated

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University of Florida Docket No.50-083

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Administrator Department of Environmental Regulation Power Plant of Siting Section

State of Florida 2600 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, FL 32301

State Planning and Development Clearinghouse Office of Planning and Budgeting Executive Office of the Governor The Capitol Building Tallahassee, FL 32301

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Test, Research and Training

Reactor Newsletter P.O. Box 118300 University of Florida

Gainesville, FL 32611-8300

Brian Shea, Reactor Manager University of Florida 212 Nuclear Science Building

Gainesville, FL 32611-8300

Dean Cammy Abernathy University of Florida College of Engineering PO Box 116550 Gainesville, FL 32611

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• concurrence via email NRR-088 OFFICE NRR/DLP/PRLB NRR/DLP/PRLB* NRR/DLP/PRLB NRR/DLP/PRLB NAME DHardesty NParker AAdams DHardesty DATE 11/01/17 11/01/17 11/01/17 11/01/17 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TRAINING REACTOR LICENSE NO. R-56; DOCKET NO. 50-83

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed Revision 12 to your Operator Training and Requalification Program (OTRP) for the University of Florida Training Reactor, dated July 25, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access Management System Accession No. ML17206A378). During the course of the review the NRC staff discovered three items for which clarification or additional information is required. Please provide responses to the following request for additional information (RAI) within 30 days of the date of this letter.

RAI-1 The regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 55.59, "Requalification," paragraph (c)(3)(iv) states "Each licensed operator and senior operator reviews the contents of all abnormal and emergency procedures on a regularly scheduled basis." OTRP Section 1.4, "Emergency Drills," discuss the scheduling and participation of licensed operators during an emergency drill but does not address the requirement stated in 10 CFR 55.59(c)(3)(iv). Revise the OTRP to include the requirements stated in 10 CFR 55.59(c)(3)(iv), or justify why the current plan is acceptable.

RAI-2 The regulations in 10 CFR 55.59(a)(2)(i) states "The written examination will sample the items specified in §§ 55.41 and 55.43 of this part, to the extent applicable to the facility, the licensee, and any limitation of the license under § 55.53(c) of this part." OTRP Section 1.2.2.2, "Biennial Comprehensive Written Exam," and Section 1.2.2.3, "Annual Operations Test," does not discuss how the facility will examine the operator knowledge specific for licensed reactor operators and licensed senior reactor operators in a written exam as stated in 10 CFR 55.41 and 10 CFR 50.43. Revise the OTRP to ensure that the requirements specified in 10 CFR 55.59(a)(2)(i) are met, or justify why the current plan is acceptable.

RAI-3 OTRP Section 1.8.3, "Records Retention," states "Records pertaining to this program shall be maintained in accordance with 10 CFR 55.59(5) and Technical Specification 6.8." The correct reference is 10 CFR 55.59(c)(5). Review and revise the OTRP to address this typographical error, or justify why the current plan is acceptable.