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COMMISSION
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


===OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION===
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 April 14, 1989 NRC INFORMATION


NOTICE NO. 89-40: UNSATISFACTORY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 April 14, 1989 NRC INFORMATION NOTICE NO. 89-40:   UNSATISFACTORY OPERATOR TEST RESULTS AND THEIR


OPERATOR TEST RESULTS AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE REQUALIFICATION
EFFECT ON THE REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM
 
PROGRAM


==Addressees==
==Addressees==
:
:
All holders of operating
All holders of operating licenses or construction permits for nuclear power
 
licenses or construction


permits for nuclear power reactors.
reactors.


==Purpose==
==Purpose==
: This information
:
This information notice is being provided to alert addressees to problems


notice is being provided to alert addressees
associated with high failure rates for operators taking requalification


to problems associated
examinations. It is expected that recipients will review the information


with high failure rates for operators
for applicability to their facilities and consider actions, as applicable, to avoid similar problems. However, suggestions contained in this information


taking requalification
notice do not constitute NRC requirements; therefore, no specific action or


examinations.
written response is required.


It is expected that recipients
==Description of Circumstances==
:
During the weeks of March 13, 1989, and March 20, 1989, requalification exami- nations were administered by the NRC to six crews of licensed operators at


will review the information
Turkey Point Units 3 and 4. Three of the six crews performed unsatisfactorily


for applicability
during the simulator portion of the operating test and 12 of the 24 licensed


to their facilities
operators failed at least one portion (written examination, simulator test, or plant walk-through examination) of the NRC-administered requalification


and consider actions, as applicable, to avoid similar problems.
examinations. As a 'result, the Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 requalification


However, suggestions
programs were evaluated as unsatisfactory by the NRC. The number of licensed


contained
operators at the units currently is limited to the 27 licensed operators who


in this information
have not failed either a facility or an NRC-administered examination within


notice do not constitute
the past 12 months.


NRC requirements;
New crews have been formed using licensed operators who have not failed recent
therefore, no specific action or written response is required.Description


of Circumstances:
facility or NRC-administered examinations. Under the terms of a Confirmatory
During the weeks of March 13, 1989, and March 20, 1989, requalification


exami-nations were administered
Action Letter issued by the Regional Administrator, Unit 3 has shut down to


by the NRC to six crews of licensed operators
allow the facility licensee time to train the new crews in team performance.


at Turkey Point Units 3 and 4. Three of the six crews performed
Unit 4 was already in a shutdown status for refueling. The NRC, in conjunction


unsatisfactorily
with the licensee, will perform an operational assessment of the new crews'
performance before concurring in the decision to restart either unit.


during the simulator
'/ IN 89-40
                                                                  April 14, 1989 Discussion:
  The NRC resumed administration of requalification


portion of the operating
examinations after conducting


test and 12 of the 24 licensed operators
extensive pilot tests of a system for examining candidates


failed at least one portion (written examination, simulator
ment on job-relevant tasks of great safety significance.        in the work environ- provide licensed senior operators to the NRC examination       Facility  licensees


test, or plant walk-through
quality assurance responsibilities and to concur              teams  to  share  the


examination)
in  the importance  and  relevancy
of the NRC-administered


requalification
of the examinations. The examinations were field


examinations.
by the examination team.                             tested before administration


As a 'result, the Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 requalification
The NRC's confidence in the ability of facility licensees


programs were evaluated
health and safety depends upon the licensee's ability          to ensure public


as unsatisfactory
effective requalification program that maintains          to  administer  an


by the NRC. The number of licensed operators
licensed operators and senior operators at the unit highly  qualified,  professional


at the units currently
The importance of this aspect of licensee responsibilitycontrols at all times.


is limited to the 27 licensed operators
cannot be overstated.


who have not failed either a facility or an NRC-administered
No specific action or written response is required


examination
If you have any questions about this matter, please by this information notice.


within the past 12 months.New crews have been formed using licensed operators
listed below or the Regional Administrator of the      contact the technical contact


who have not failed recent facility or NRC-administered
appropriate regional office.


examinations.
£1*les E. Rossi, Director


===Under the terms of a Confirmatory===
Divis-ion-of-Operationa--Events-Assessment -
Action Letter issued by the Regional Administrator, Unit 3 has shut down to allow the facility licensee time to train the new crews in team performance.
                                      Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation


Unit 4 was already in a shutdown status for refueling.
===Technical Contact:===


===The NRC, in conjunction===
===K. Perkins Jr., NRR===
with the licensee, will perform an operational
                      (301) 492-1031 Attachment:  List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices


assessment
Attachment
 
of the new crews'performance
 
before concurring
 
in the decision to restart either unit.
 
'/ IN 89-40 April 14, 1989 Discussion:
The NRC resumed administration


of requalification
IN 89-40
                                                          April 14, 1989 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED


examinations
NRC INFORMATION NOTICES


after conducting
Information                                  Date of


extensive
Notice No.      Subject                        Issuance  Issued to


pilot tests of a system for examining
89-39          List of Parties Excluded      4/5/89    All holders of OLs


candidates
from Federal Procurement                or CPs for nuclear


in the work environ-ment on job-relevant
or Non-Procurement Programs            power reactors.


tasks of great safety significance.
89-38          Atmospheric Dump Valve        4/5/89    All holders of OLs


Facility licensees provide licensed senior operators
Failures at Palo Verde                  or CPs for nuclear


to the NRC examination
Units 1, 2, and 3                      power reactors.


teams to share the quality assurance
89-37          Proposed Amendments to         4/4/89    All U.S. NRC licensees.


responsibilities
40 CFR Part 61, Air


and to concur in the importance
Emission Standards


and relevancy of the examinations.
for Radionuclides


The examinations
89-36          Excessive Temperatures        4/4/89    All holders of OLs


were field tested before administration
in Emergency Core Cooling              or CPs for nuclear


by the examination
'System Piping Located                    power reactors.


team.The NRC's confidence
Outside Containment


in the ability of facility licensees
88-86,          Operating with Multiple        3/31/89  All holders of OLs


to ensure public health and safety depends upon the licensee's
Supp. 1        Grounds in Direct Current                or CPs for nuclear


ability to administer
Distribution Systems                    power reactors.


an effective
89-35          Loss and Theft of Un-          3/30/89  All U.S. NRC byproduct, secured Licensed Material                source and special


requalification
nuclear material


program that maintains
licensees.


highly qualified, professional
89-34          Disposal of Americium          3/30/89  All holders of an


licensed operators
Well-Logging Sources                    NRC specific license


and senior operators
authorizing well- logging activities.


at the unit controls at all times.The importance
89-33          Potential Failure of          3/23/89  All holders of OLs


of this aspect of licensee responsibility
Westinghouse Steam                      or CPs for PWRs.


cannot be overstated.
Generator Tube


No specific action or written response is required by this information
Mechanical Plugs


notice.If you have any questions
89-32          Surveillance Testing          3/23/89  All holders of OLs


about this matter, please contact the technical
of Low-Temperature                      or CPs for PWRs.
 
contact listed below or the Regional Administrator
 
of the appropriate
 
regional office.£1les E. Rossi, Director Divis-ion-of-Operationa--Events-Assessment
 
-Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
 
Technical
 
Contact: K. Perkins Jr., NRR (301) 492-1031 Attachment:
List of Recently Issued NRC Information
 
Notices
 
Attachment
 
IN 89-40 April 14, 1989 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED NRC INFORMATION
 
NOTICES Information
 
Date of Notice No. Subject Issuance Issued to 89-39 List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement
 
or Non-Procurement
 
Programs 4/5/89 All holders of OLs or CPs for nuclear power reactors.89-38 Atmospheric
 
Failures at Units 1, 2, Dump Valve Palo Verde and 3 4/5/89 All holders of OLs or CPs for nuclear power reactors.89-37 89-36 88-86, Supp. 1 89-35 89-34 89-33 Proposed Amendments
 
to 40 CFR Part 61, Air Emission Standards for Radionuclides
 
Excessive
 
===Temperatures===
in Emergency
 
Core Cooling'System Piping Located Outside Containment
 
Operating
 
with Multiple Grounds in Direct Current Distribution
 
Systems Loss and Theft of Un-secured Licensed Material Disposal of Americium Well-Logging
 
Sources Potential
 
Failure of Westinghouse
 
Steam Generator
 
Tube Mechanical
 
Plugs Surveillance
 
Testing of Low-Temperature


Overpressure-Protection
Overpressure-Protection


Systems 4/4/89 4/4/89 3/31/89 3/30/89 3/30/89 3/23/89 3/23/89 All U.S. NRC licensees.
Systems


All holders of OLs or CPs for nuclear power reactors.All holders of OLs or CPs for nuclear power reactors.All U.S. NRC byproduct, source and special nuclear material licensees.
OL = Operating License


All holders of an NRC specific license authorizing
CP = Construction Permit


well-logging activities.
IN 89-40
                                                            April 14, 1989 Discussion:
The NRC resumed administration of requalification examinations after conducting


All holders of OLs or CPs for PWRs.All holders of OLs or CPs for PWRs.89-32 OL = Operating
extensive pilot tests of a system for examining candidates in the work environ- ment on job-relevant tasks of great safety significance. Facility licensees


License CP = Construction
provide licensed senior operators to the NRC examination teams to share the


Permit
quality assurance responsibilities and to concur in the importance and relevancy


IN 89-40 April 14, 1989 Discussion:
of the examinations. The examinations were field tested before administration
The NRC resumed administration


of requalification
by the examination team.


examinations
The NRC's confidence in the ability of facility licensees to ensure public


after conducting
health and safety depends upon the licensee's ability to administer an


extensive
effective requalification program that maintains highly qualified, professional


pilot tests of a system for examining
licensed operators and senior operators at the unit controls at all times.


candidates
The importance of this aspect of licensee responsibility cannot be overstated.


in the work environ-ment on job-relevant
No specific action or written response is required by this information notice.


tasks of great safety significance.
If you have any questions about this matter, please contact the technical contact


Facility licensees provide licensed senior operators
listed below or the Regional Administrator of the appropriate regional office.


to the NRC examination
Charles E. Rossi, Director


teams to share the quality assurance
Division of Operational Events Assessment


responsibilities
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
 
and to concur in the importance
 
and relevancy of the examinations.
 
The examinations


were field tested before administration
===Technical Contact:===


by the examination
===K. Perkins Jr., NRR===
                    (301) 492-1031 Attachment:  List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices


team.The NRC's confidence
*SEE PREVOUS PAGE FOR CONCURRENCE


in the ability of facility licensees
*OLB:DLPQ      *OLB:DLPQ    *OLB:DLPQ      *TECH ED  *DDIR: DLPQ    *DIR: DLPQ


to ensure public health and safety depends upon the licensee's
FGuenther      LWiens        KPerkins        BCalure    JZwolinski    JVIRoe


ability to administer
4/5/89          4/6/89        4/6/89          4/7/89    4/7/89        4/7/89
*OGCB/NRR


an effective
CBerlinger


requalification
4/7/89          4//a/89


program that maintains
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highly qualified, professional
OLB RF


licensed operators
FGuenther


and senior operators
SCooley


at the unit controls at all times.The importance
LWlens


of this aspect of licensee responsibility
KPerkins
 
cannot be overstated.
 
No specific action or written response is required by this information
 
notice.If you have any questions
 
about this matter, please contact the technical
 
contact listed below or the Regional Administrator
 
of the appropriate
 
regional office.Charles E. Rossi, Director Division of Operational
 
===Events Assessment===
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation


Technical
JZwolinski


Contact: K. Perkins Jr., NRR (301) 492-1031 Attachment:
JWRoe
List of Recently Issued NRC Information


Notices*SEE PREVOUS PAGE FOR CONCURRENCE
CBerlinger


*OLB:DLPQ FGuenther 4/5/89*OGCB/NRR CBerlinger
CRossi


4/7/89*OLB:DLPQ LWiens 4/6/89*OLB:DLPQ KPerkins 4/6/89*TECH ED BCalure 4/7/89*DDIR: DLPQ JZwolinski
INFO NOTICE


4/7/89*DIR: DLPQ JVIRoe 4/7/89 4//a/89 DISTRIBUTION:
OFC    :OLB: ILPQ          :OLR            Q    o            :    H:D      :D I:LPQ            :DIR:DLPQ
CENTRAL FILES OLB RF FGuenther SCooley LWlens KPerkins JZwolinski


===JWRoe CBerlinger===
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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 April 14, 1989 NRC INFORMATION NOTICE NO. 89-40: UNSATISFACTORY OPERATOR TEST RESULTS AND THEIR

EFFECT ON THE REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM

Addressees

All holders of operating licenses or construction permits for nuclear power

reactors.

Purpose

This information notice is being provided to alert addressees to problems

associated with high failure rates for operators taking requalification

examinations. It is expected that recipients will review the information

for applicability to their facilities and consider actions, as applicable, to avoid similar problems. However, suggestions contained in this information

notice do not constitute NRC requirements; therefore, no specific action or

written response is required.

Description of Circumstances

During the weeks of March 13, 1989, and March 20, 1989, requalification exami- nations were administered by the NRC to six crews of licensed operators at

Turkey Point Units 3 and 4. Three of the six crews performed unsatisfactorily

during the simulator portion of the operating test and 12 of the 24 licensed

operators failed at least one portion (written examination, simulator test, or plant walk-through examination) of the NRC-administered requalification

examinations. As a 'result, the Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 requalification

programs were evaluated as unsatisfactory by the NRC. The number of licensed

operators at the units currently is limited to the 27 licensed operators who

have not failed either a facility or an NRC-administered examination within

the past 12 months.

New crews have been formed using licensed operators who have not failed recent

facility or NRC-administered examinations. Under the terms of a Confirmatory

Action Letter issued by the Regional Administrator, Unit 3 has shut down to

allow the facility licensee time to train the new crews in team performance.

Unit 4 was already in a shutdown status for refueling. The NRC, in conjunction

with the licensee, will perform an operational assessment of the new crews'

performance before concurring in the decision to restart either unit.

'/ IN 89-40

April 14, 1989 Discussion:

The NRC resumed administration of requalification

examinations after conducting

extensive pilot tests of a system for examining candidates

ment on job-relevant tasks of great safety significance. in the work environ- provide licensed senior operators to the NRC examination Facility licensees

quality assurance responsibilities and to concur teams to share the

in the importance and relevancy

of the examinations. The examinations were field

by the examination team. tested before administration

The NRC's confidence in the ability of facility licensees

health and safety depends upon the licensee's ability to ensure public

effective requalification program that maintains to administer an

licensed operators and senior operators at the unit highly qualified, professional

The importance of this aspect of licensee responsibilitycontrols at all times.

cannot be overstated.

No specific action or written response is required

If you have any questions about this matter, please by this information notice.

listed below or the Regional Administrator of the contact the technical contact

appropriate regional office.

£1*les E. Rossi, Director

Divis-ion-of-Operationa--Events-Assessment -

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical Contact:

K. Perkins Jr., NRR

(301) 492-1031 Attachment: List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices

Attachment

IN 89-40

April 14, 1989 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED

NRC INFORMATION NOTICES

Information Date of

Notice No. Subject Issuance Issued to

89-39 List of Parties Excluded 4/5/89 All holders of OLs

from Federal Procurement or CPs for nuclear

or Non-Procurement Programs power reactors.

89-38 Atmospheric Dump Valve 4/5/89 All holders of OLs

Failures at Palo Verde or CPs for nuclear

Units 1, 2, and 3 power reactors.

89-37 Proposed Amendments to 4/4/89 All U.S. NRC licensees.

40 CFR Part 61, Air

Emission Standards

for Radionuclides

89-36 Excessive Temperatures 4/4/89 All holders of OLs

in Emergency Core Cooling or CPs for nuclear

'System Piping Located power reactors.

Outside Containment

88-86, Operating with Multiple 3/31/89 All holders of OLs

Supp. 1 Grounds in Direct Current or CPs for nuclear

Distribution Systems power reactors.

89-35 Loss and Theft of Un- 3/30/89 All U.S. NRC byproduct, secured Licensed Material source and special

nuclear material

licensees.

89-34 Disposal of Americium 3/30/89 All holders of an

Well-Logging Sources NRC specific license

authorizing well- logging activities.

89-33 Potential Failure of 3/23/89 All holders of OLs

Westinghouse Steam or CPs for PWRs.

Generator Tube

Mechanical Plugs

89-32 Surveillance Testing 3/23/89 All holders of OLs

of Low-Temperature or CPs for PWRs.

Overpressure-Protection

Systems

OL = Operating License

CP = Construction Permit

IN 89-40

April 14, 1989 Discussion:

The NRC resumed administration of requalification examinations after conducting

extensive pilot tests of a system for examining candidates in the work environ- ment on job-relevant tasks of great safety significance. Facility licensees

provide licensed senior operators to the NRC examination teams to share the

quality assurance responsibilities and to concur in the importance and relevancy

of the examinations. The examinations were field tested before administration

by the examination team.

The NRC's confidence in the ability of facility licensees to ensure public

health and safety depends upon the licensee's ability to administer an

effective requalification program that maintains highly qualified, professional

licensed operators and senior operators at the unit controls at all times.

The importance of this aspect of licensee responsibility cannot be overstated.

No specific action or written response is required by this information notice.

If you have any questions about this matter, please contact the technical contact

listed below or the Regional Administrator of the appropriate regional office.

Charles E. Rossi, Director

Division of Operational Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical Contact:

K. Perkins Jr., NRR

(301) 492-1031 Attachment: List of Recently Issued NRC Information Notices

  • SEE PREVOUS PAGE FOR CONCURRENCE
  • OLB:DLPQ *OLB:DLPQ *OLB:DLPQ *TECH ED *DDIR: DLPQ *DIR: DLPQ

FGuenther LWiens KPerkins BCalure JZwolinski JVIRoe

4/5/89 4/6/89 4/6/89 4/7/89 4/7/89 4/7/89

  • OGCB/NRR

CBerlinger

4/7/89 4//a/89

DISTRIBUTION:

CENTRAL FILES

OLB RF

FGuenther

SCooley

LWlens

KPerkins

JZwolinski

JWRoe

CBerlinger

CRossi

INFO NOTICE

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