ML11209B829
| ML11209B829 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 07/28/2011 |
| From: | Haire M S Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Halpin E D South Texas |
| References | |
| IR-11-005 | |
| Download: ML11209B829 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000498/2011005
Text
Mr. Halpin
July 28, 2011
Mr. Edward D. Halpin
President and
Chief Executive Officer
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX
77483 SUBJECT: SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT
- NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT
050498;050499/2011005) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr.Halpin:
From September 12 through September 16 , inspectors
from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's
(NRC) Region
IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification
inspection at South Texas Project Unit 1 and Unit 2
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 two groups. The first group (Sectio
n A of the enclosure) identifies
information to be provided one week prior to the
onsite inspection week to ensure that the inspectors
are adequately prepared. The second group (Section
B of the enclosure) identifies the information that the inspectors
will need upon
arrival at 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.
We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Mrs. Robyn Savage
of your licensing
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
Kelly Clayton at (817) 860
-8216 (Kelly.clayton@nrc.gov
) or Steve Garchow
at (817) 276-4426 (Steve.garchow@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. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
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- 1 - Enclosure 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 "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 http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html
(the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely, /RA/
Mark S. Haire, Chief Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket s: 50-498 and 50
-499 Licenses: NPF
-76 and NPF
-80 Enclosure:
Inservice Inspection Document Request Distribution via ListServ for South Texas Project
- 2 - Enclosure Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov
) Deputy Regional Administrator (Art.Howell@nrc.gov) DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov
) Acting DRP Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov
) DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov
) DRS Deputy Director (Tom.Blount@nrc.gov) Acting DRS Deputy Director (Robert.Caldwell@nrc.gov
) Senior Resident Inspector (John.Dixon@nrc.gov
) Resident Inspector (Binesh.Tharakan@nrc.gov
) Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov
) Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (David.Proulx@nrc.gov
) Project Engineer, DRP/A (Christopher.Henderson@nrc.gov) STP Administrative Assistant (Lynn.Wright@nrc.gov) Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov
) Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov) Project Manager (Balwant.Singal@nrc.gov) Acting Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Dale.Powers@nrc.gov) RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov
) Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov) Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov) OEMail Resource
Inspection Reports/MidCycle and EOC Letters to the following:
ROPreports
Only inspection reports to the following:
RIV/ETA: OEDO
(John.McHale@nrc.gov) DRS/TSB STA (Dale.Powers@nrc.gov) S:\DRS\REPORTS\Reports Draft
\ST 2011005 RFI LTR MLXXXXXXXXXX
ADAMS No Yes SUNSI Review Complete
Reviewer Initials: KDC
Category B.1
Publicly Available
Non-sensitive Category A
Non-publicly Available
Sensitive SOE: OB C: OB KClayton SGarchow for
MHaire 7/25/2011 7/28/2011 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
T=Telephone E=E
-mail F=Fax
- 1 - Enclosure BIENNIAL REQUALIFICATION INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST
From: Kelly Clayton
Senior Operations Engineer, NRC RIV
817-860-8216 To: Tim Hurley
Requal Supervisor, STP 361-972-8568
Subj: Information Request to Support September 12
-16, Licensed Operator Requalification Program Inspection (IP 71111.11B)
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 (ie 2.02, 2.04, etc). Requested materials should be sent either electronically or hardcopy in order to arrive at the Region IV office no later than September 6, 2011. Electronically: To
- Kelly.Clayton@nrc.gov
(lead inspector
) Cc: Steve.Garchow@nrc.gov
(inspector
) Hardcopy to:
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV
612 E. Lamar Blvd, Suite 4
00 Arlington, TX 76011
ATTN: Kelly Clayton
02.03: Facility Operating History
List of LER's since last biennial requal inspection (BRQ)
List of CR's since last biennial requal inspection
02.04: Licensee Requal Exam
s / 02.09: Written Exam and Op Test Results Current requalification cycle written examinations (SRO & RO) and results
Current requalification cycle operating tests (SRO & RO) and results through August 26, 2011. Current requalification cycle examination methodology (sample plan)
All portions of the UFSAR that identify operator response times
02.05: Licensee Admin of Requal Exams
Schedule of operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) for week of September 12.
- 2 - Enclosure Operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) (password protected and provide separately via telephone at later date) to be given week of September 12.
List of licensed operators (SRO & RO) by crew (operating & staff)
Training and Operations Department organization charts (with qualified LOR evaluators identified)
All procedures that describe conduct of simulator training
All Procedures used to test, operate, and maintain the simulator
All Procedures that describe examination security, including guidelines on overlap
between examinations in current exam cycle tests and prior year examinations
List of all examination security problems since last BRQ
inspection
02.06: Licensee Feedback System
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
02.07: Licensee Remedial Training Program
List of remedial training conducted or planned since last requal exams (includes
training provided to operators to enable passing requal exams and training provided to correct generic or individual weaknesses observed during previous requal exam cycle) Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance documentation)
02.08: Conformance with Operator License Conditions
All Procedures and Program documentation for maintaining active operator licenses 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 last BRQ
- 3 - Enclosure 02.11: Conformance with Simulator Requirements
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. The team lead should pick samples from the list in the ANSI 3.5 standard as deemed appropriate for the inspection. A few examples are listed
below: o Transient test 1, Manual Rx trip
o Transient test 6, Main turbine trip (max power level with no immediate reactor trip). o Steady State tests for 50 percent power and 100 percent power
All Simulator Management and Configuration Procedures.
Simulator Discrepancy Report summary list for all open DR's. For closed DR's, summary list for those items closed between August 2009 and August 2011. Malfunction Tests for Stuck open PORV and Main Feed Line Break. If these are included in an SBT package then the review of that package would be acceptable.
MTC and IRW tests as part of
primary parameters tested in order 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 for the
se two samples. 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 September 12, 2011.
02.04: Licensee Requal Exam
s / 02.09: Written Exam and Op Test Results
All Operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given in all subsequent weeks after
onsite week
02.08: 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
02.11: Conformance
with Simulator Requirements
Simulator discrepancies (DR's) from August 2009 and August 2011. This should include all open DR's and DR's that have been closed, including the documentation/justification for closure.
- 4 - Enclosure 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 August 2009 and August 2011
. Plant Modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the Simulator by due date from August 2009 and August 2011
. Simulator Differences Lesson plan used in training (current to August 30, 2011
). 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 (such as MTC, IRW). 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.
02.1X: Corrective Actions related to Operator errors
All condition reports related to operator actions/errors in control
room