ML062900182
| ML062900182 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 10/10/2006 |
| From: | Hironori Peterson NRC/RGN-III/DRS/OLB |
| To: | Bezilla M FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co |
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| Download: ML062900182 (5) | |
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October 10, 2006Mr. Mark B. BezillaSite Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760
SUBJECT:
REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION
Dear Mr. Bezilla:
In a telephone conversation on October 10, 2006, Mr. C. Steenburgen, Operations TrainingSupervisor, and Mr. N. Valos, Lead NRC Inspector, made arrangements for the NRC to inspectthe licensed operator requalification program at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. Basedon your request due to emergent plant issues, the inspection was changed from the week of November 13, 2006, to the week of October 23, 2006, which coincides with your regularly scheduled requalification examination cycle. The staff at your facility should prepare andconduct the requalification examinations in accordance with your NRC-approved requalificationprogram.In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59(c), the NRC may request facility licensees to submit theirbiennial comprehensive requalification written examinations or annual operating tests as necessary to support the NRC's inspection program needs. In order for the NRC to adequatelyprepare for this inspection, please furnish the current biennial written examinations and annual operating tests to the NRC by October 16, 2006. Additionally, to facilitate the efficient conductof the inspection, please have available on site for review, the documents listed in the enclosure. Mr. Steenburgen has been advised of this request and provided with the name and address of the NRC lead inspector assigned to this inspection.This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office ofManagement and Budget, approval number 3150-0018, which expires on June 30, 2009.The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> perresponse, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at BJS1@NRC.GOV; and to theDesk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503-0001.The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collectionof information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
M. Bezilla-2-In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter andits enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public DocumentRoom, or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system(ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (thePublic Electronic Reading Room).Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding thisinspection, please contact Mr. N.Valos at 630-829-9761, or me at 630-829-9707.Sincerely,/RA/Hironori Peterson, ChiefOperations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure:
Documentation requested to be available onsiteduring the inspection weekcc w/encl:The Honorable Dennis KucinichG. Leidich, President and Chief Nuclear Officer - FENOC J. Hagan, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer Richard Anderson, Vice President Director, Plant Operations Manager - Site Regulatory Compliance D. Pace, Senior Vice President of of Fleet Engineering J. Rinckel, Vice President, Fleet Oversight D. Jenkins, Attorney, FirstEnergy Manager - Fleet Licensing Ohio State Liaison Officer R. Owen, Administrator, Ohio Department of Health Public Utilities Commission of Ohio President, Lucas County Board of Commissioners President, Ottawa County Board of Commissioners M. Trump, Training Department M. Bezilla-2-In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter andits enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public DocumentRoom, or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system(ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (thePublic Electronic Reading Room).Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding thisinspection, please contact Mr. N.Valos at 630-829-9761, or me at 630-829-9707.Sincerely,/RA/Hironori Peterson, ChiefOperations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure:
Documentation requested to be available onsiteduring the inspection weekcc w/encl:The Honorable Dennis KucinichG. Leidich, President and Chief Nuclear Officer - FENOC J. Hagan, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer Richard Anderson, Vice President Director, Plant Operations Manager - Site Regulatory Compliance D. Pace, Senior Vice President of of Fleet Engineering J. Rinckel, Vice President, Fleet Oversight D. Jenkins, Attorney, FirstEnergy Manager - Fleet Licensing Ohio State Liaison Officer R. Owen, Administrator, Ohio Department of Health Public Utilities Commission of Ohio President, Lucas County Board of Commissioners President, Ottawa County Board of Commissioners M. Trump, Training DepartmentDOCUMENT NAME: E:\Filenet\ML062900182.wpd G Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive G Non-SensitiveTo receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box "C" = Copy without attach/encl "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copyOFFICERIIIRIIINAMENValos:coHPeterson DATE10/10/0610/10/06OFFICIAL RECORD COPY M. Bezilla-3-ADAMS Distribution
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GEG KGO JER7 CAA1 DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 TXN DCT J. R. Kweiser, DRS DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED TO BE AVAILABLE ONSITEDURING THE INSPECTION WEEK1.Training and Operations organization chart and site phone book;2.Technical Specifications/License Operator Requalification Training (LORT) programprocedures/Conduct of Operations administrative procedures;3.Current cycle crew and individual examination evaluations for weeks prior to the examweek inspection;4.Sample Plan (Master List) for this year's annual examination and how it was derived; 5.The 24-month training plan for the training current cycle; 6.Attendance records for LORT; 7.Applicants pass/fail results for written exams, individual operating tests and simulatoroperating tests for each requalification cycle;8.Records related to remediation of recent annual exam failures, and any past failuresover the last 2 years;9.Complete Annual Exam Schedule illustrating operating and staff crews: names,positions, dates, and times for exam administration;10.LORT related condition reports written in the last two years; 11.Reports related to NRC performance indicators - e.g., safety system failures, transients,scrams, risk important scrams;12.The last QA audit that evaluated your requalification program; 13.Any operations and LORT self-assessments done during the 2-year training cycle;14.Operator, instructor, management feedback during the 2-year traini ng cycl e;15.Curriculum review committee meeting minutes for past two years; 16.Training Advisory Committee meeting minutes for past two years; 17.Proficiency watch list for active/reactivated licenses, including the procedure for how youkeep track of proficiency watches and license restrictions;18.Access to complete licensed operator medical records; 19.Lesson plan(s) addressing: Plant Events/LERs/SOERs/Mods/Lessons Learned; 20.Applicable ANSI 3.5 Standard for simulator fidelity; 21.Simulator evaluations for any EOP operator response time(s) based on UFSAR timelimits performed during the 2-year cycle;22.Simulator open items list and performance indicators; 23.Simulator management and configuration control procedure(s);
24.List of open simulator discrepancies; 25.List of closed simulator discrepancies for the last 12 months; 26.Simulator performance tests: Transient, Malfunction, Core Performance, Normal PlantEvolution, Operator Conducted Surveillances, etc., including applicable plots/trends; 27.Simulator Review Board meeting minutes for past two years; and 28.Responses to questions in Inspection Procedure 71111.11, Appendix C, "Checklist forEvaluating Plant Referenced Simulators Operating under 10 CFR 55.46(c) and (d)."Enclosure