ML18145A249

Errata for Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation - Notification of Inspection (NRC Inspection Report 05000482/2018002) and Request for Information

ML18145A249
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	05/29/2018
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Heflin A C Wolf Creek
References
IR 2018002
Download: ML18145A249 (9)

See also: IR 05000482/2018002

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Adam C. Heflin, President, Chief Executive

Officer, and Chief Nuclear Officer UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

REGION IV 1600 EAST LAMAR BOULEVARD

ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4511

May 29, 2018 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating

Corporation

P.O. Box411 Burlington, KS 66839 SUBJECT: ERRATA FOR WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING

CORPORATION

-NOTIFICATION

OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000482/2018002)

AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Heflin: It was identified

that the notification

sent to you dated April 25, 2018 (NRC's Agencywide

Documents

Access and Management

System (ADAMS) Accession

No. ML18116A613)

improperly

listed the inspection

report number as 05000482/2018002.

The correct inspection

report number is 05000482/2018003.

Please note none of the content of the request for information has changed.

The NRC has reissued the notification

in its entirety to correct this error. This fetter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be made available

for public inspection

and copying at http:/!www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html

and at the NRC Public Document Room in accordance

with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding." Docket No. 50-482 License No. NPF-42 Enclosure:

Sincerely, IRA/ Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief Operations

Branch Division of Reactor Safety WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERA TING CORPORATION

-NOTIFICATION

OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000482/2018003)

AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

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A. Heflin 2 ERRATA FOR WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING

CORPORATION

-NOTIFICATION

OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000482/2018002)

AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION-

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IRA/ IRA/ DATE 05/29/18 05/29/18 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Keyword: NRC-002

Adam C. Heflin, President, Chief Executive

Officer, and Chief Nuclear Officer UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

REGJON IV 1600 EAST LAMAR BOULEVARD

ARLINGTON.

TEXAS 76011-4511

May 29, 2018 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating

Corporation

P.O. Box411 Burlington, KS 66839 SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING

CORPORATION

-NOTIFICATION

OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000482/2018003)

AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Heflin: The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) staff will conduct a biennial requalification

inspection

at the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating

Corporation

from June 4 -7, 2018. The inspection

will consist of two reactor inspectors

from the NRC's Region IV office for one week. The inspection

will be conducted

in accordance

with the NRC Inspection

Procedure

{IP) 71111.11 B, "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 on-site 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 on-site portions of the inspection.

We have discussed

the schedule for these inspection

activities

with your staff and understand

that our regulatory

contact for this inspection

will be Ms. Lucille Stone. 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 , John Kirkland, at (817) 200-1771 (John.Kirkland@nrc.gov

). This letter does not contain new or amended information

collection

requirements

subject To the Paperwork

Reduction

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information

collection

requirements

were approved by the Office of Management

and Budget, control number 3150-0018.

A. Heflin 2 The NRC may not conduct or 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 Office of Management

and Budget control number. In accordance

with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Agency 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 NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible

from the NRC web site at

rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic

Reading Room). Docket No. 50-482 License No. NPF-42 Enclosure:

Request for Information

cc: Electronic

Distribution

Sincerely, IRA! Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief Operations

Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Inspection

Report: Inspection

Dates: Initial Request for Information

Biennial Requalification

Inspection

Wolf Creek Generating

Station 05000482/2018003

June 4-7, 2018 Inspection

Procedure:

IP 71111.11 B, "Licensed

Operator Requalification

Program" Lead Inspector:

John Kirkland, Senior Operations

Engineer A. The following

information

is requested

In order to support inspection

preparation

activities.

These items are fisted by section as they appear in the inspection

module (ie 2.02, 2.04, etc). Requested

materf als should be sent either electronically

or CD/DVD ( do not send USB drives) in order to arrive at the Region IV office no later than May 14, 2018. * Electronically:

To: John.Kirkland@nrc.gov

cc: Clyde.Osterholtz@nrc.gov

• CD/DVD to: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Region IV General Bequests:

ATTN: John Kirkland 1600 E. Lamar Blvd Arlington, TX 76011 * List of licensed operators (SRO and RO) by crew (operating

and 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 Enclosure

• Last 2-years of CRC (or equivalent)

meeting minutes 2.3 Biennial Regualification

Written Examination

Qual!h'. * The current and approved biennial written examination

schedule * The current requalification

cycle written examination

results for both SRO and RO that have already been administered

up to the week prior to the inspection

team arrival on-site * All.written

examinations

that have been approved for administration

up to and including

the week before the inspection

team is on-site. This will need to have adequate password protection

if e-mailed or double envelope protection

if mailed via regular mail per NUREG-1021.

• The current requalification

cycle examination

methodology (sample plan} 2.4 Annual Regualification

Operating

Test Quality 2.5 2.6 * The schedule for the operating

tests (JPMs and scenarios)

to be given the week of June 4, 2018 * The operating

tests (JPMs and scenarios) (password

protected

and provide separately

via telephone

at later date) to be given the week of June 4, 2018 * Current requalification

cycle operating

tests (SRO and RO) and results up to the week prior to the inspection

team arrival on-site (NIA if the inspection

week is the first week of testing) * All.of the previous year's NRC required annual operating

tests * Current requalification

cycle operating

test methodology (sample plan) * All portions of the updated Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) that identify operator response times for time critical operator actions Licensee Admin of Requalification

Exams * All procedures

used to administer

the annual operating

test * All procedures

used to assess operator perfomiance

• All procedures

that describe conduct of simulator

training * All procedures

used to test, operate, and maintain the simulator

Regualification

Examination

Secur~ * 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 * Submit any tracking tools that you use as a means to prevent excessive

overlap on 2

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 2.7 Licensee Remedial Training Program 2.8 2.9 * List of remedial training conducted

or planned since last requalification

exams (includes

training provided to operators

to enable passing requalification

exams and training provided to correct generic or individual

weaknesses

observed during previous requalification

exam cycle) * Remediation

plans (lesson plans, reference

materials, and attendance

documentation)

Conformance

with 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

Simulator

Performance

• For the following

cases, send the most recent transient

test packages, which may be electronic

or in paper single test packages, and shall be complete with 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 3.5 standard requirements.

o Transient

test 1 , manual reactor trip o Transient

test 5, trip of any single reactor coolant pump o Transient

test 8, maximum size RCS rupture combined with loss of all offsite power o Steady state tests for low power * SBT Packages for any three scenarios

used for the 2017 Annual Requalification

Operating

Test 3

• All Simulator

Management

and Configuration

Procedures

if not already provided for Section 02.05 above * Simulator

Discrepancy

Report (DR) summacx list for all open DRs. For closed DRs, summary list for those items closed between June 2016 to May 2018 * Malfunction

tests for loss of condenser

vacuum and reactor pressure control system failure. If these are included in an SBT package then the review of that package would be acceptable

• Two examples of primary parameters

tested in order to verify core physics parameters.

The applicable

reference

grf}phs 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 just not completed

in the last 2-years * A list of simulator

modification

packages completed

in the last 2-year window 2.10 Problem Identification

and Resolution * A summary report of all condition

reports related to operator actions/errors

in the control room * Any revised requalification

training that was based on licensed operator performance

issues B. The following

information

is requested

in order to support the on-site inspection

activities.

Requested

materials

should be available

to the inspection

team, either electronically

or hardcopy, upon site arrival on June 4, 2018. 2.2 2.8 2.9 Exam Results / 02.03 and 02.04: Written Exam and Op Test Qualit'l * All Operating

tests (JPMs and scenarios)

to be given in all subsequent

weeks after on-site week * All results up to the day the team leaves the site 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 Simulator

Performance

• Simulator

discrepancy

reports (DRs) from June 2016 to May 2018. This should include all open DR's and DR's that have been closed, including

the documentation/justification

for closure. 4

• 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 2016 to May 2018 * Plant modifications (both hardware and software)

completed

on the simulator

by due date from June 2016 to May 2018 * Simulator

Differences

Lesson plan used in training (current to June 4, 2018) * 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.

• All test packages used to verify core physics parameters.

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

test, 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 2.10 Problem Identification

and Resolution

• All condition

reports related to operator actions/errors

in the control room C. Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating

Corporation

is required to send the final results summary, 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.

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