ML19113A295

Notification of Inspection (NRC Inspection Report 05000382/2019003 and Request for Information

ML19113A295
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	04/25/2019
From:	Werner G E Operations Branch IV
To:	Dinelli J Entergy Operations
References
IR 2019003
Download: ML19113A295 (8)

See also: IR 05000382/2019003

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April 25, 2019 Mr. John Dinelli, Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, I nc. 17265 River Road

Killona, LA

70057-0751 SUBJECT: WATERFORD 3

- NOTIFICATION

OF INSPECTION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000382/2019003) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Dinelli

During the week of July 29, 2019, two inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification inspection at Waterford 3 , 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 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 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 Ms. Brown

of your Regulatory Assurance 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 Matthew Doyle, at (817) 200-1437 or email (matthew.doyle@nrc.gov

).

J. Dinelli

2 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 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 title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRC's

"Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure," 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 by BLarson Acting For/

Gregory E. Werner, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-382 License No. NPF-38 Enclosure:

Biennial Requalification Inspection

Request for Information

Enclosure Initial Request

for Information

Biennial Requalification Inspection

Waterford 3

Inspection Report: 05000382/2019003

Inspection Dates:

July 29, 2019 to August 2, 2019

Inspection Procedure:

IP 71111.11B , "Licensed Operator Requalification Program" Lead Inspector:

Matthew Doyle

, Operations Engineer

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 (i.e. 03.04a , 03.04b , etc.). Requested materials should be sent in an electronic format on CD/DVD in order to arrive at the Region IV office no later than

July 22, 2019.

CD/DVD to: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV

ATTN: Matthew Doyle

1600 E. Lamar Blvd

Arlington, TX 76011 General Requests

List of licensed operators (SRO & RO) by crew (operating & staff)

Training and Operations Department organization charts (with qualified LOR evaluators identified)

Procedures that identify the 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

Last 2 years of Curriculum Review Committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes

A summary report of all condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the control room

2 Any revised requalification training that was based on licensed operator performance issues 03.04a: Biennial Requalification Written Examinations

The current and approved biennial written examination schedule

The current requalification cycle written examination

results for both SRO & RO that have already been administered up to the week prior to the inspection team arrival onsite. All written examinations that have been approved for administration up to and including the week before the inspection team is onsite. This will need to have adequate password protection or double envelope protection if mailed via regular mail per NUREG

-1021. The current requalification cycle examination methodology (sample plan)

03.04b: Annual Requalification Operating Tests

The schedule for the operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given the

week of July 29, 2019

(week team is onsite)

The operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) (password protected and provide

d separately via telephone at later date) to be given the week of July 29, 2019

Current requalification cycle operating tests (SRO & RO) and results up to the week prior to the inspection team arrival onsite

All 2018 NRC required annual operating tests

Current requalification cycle operating test methodology (sample plan)

03.04c: Administration of an Annual Requalification Operating Test

All procedures used to administer the annual operating test

All procedures used to assess operator performance

All procedures that describe conduct of simulator training

All procedures used to test, operate, and maintain the simulator

3 03.04d: Requalification Examination Security

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 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

03.04e: Remedial Training and Re

-Examinations

List of remedial training conducted or planned since last requalification exam (includes training provided to operators to enable passing requalification exam and training provided to correct generic or individual weaknesses observed during previous requalification exam cycle) Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance documentation)

03.04f: 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

03.04g: Control Room Simulator

All simulator management and configuration procedures if not already provided

Simulator discrepancy report summary list for all open discrepancy report

s and summary list for those items closed between

July 1, 2017 to July 15, 2019

Primary parameters tested in order to

verify core physics parameters (such as moderator temperature coefficient, integral rod worth)). The applicable reference graphs from the plant physics data book (electronic or other means as available)

4 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 not completed in the last 2 years

A list of simulator modification packages completed in the last two year window

The current simulator differences list that is used for training

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 o

n July 29, 2019.

03.03: Requalification Exam Results / 03.04a and 03.04b: Biennial Requalification Written Exam and Annual Requalification Operating Tests

Quality All operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given in all subsequent weeks after onsite week, if available

All results up to the day the team leaves the site

03.04f: 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

03.04g: Control Room Simulator Performance

Simulator discrepancies from July 1, 2017 to July 15, 2019. This should include all open and closed simulator discrepancy reports, including the documentation/justification for closure.

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 July 1, 2017 to July 15, 2019

Plant modifications (both hardware and software) completed on

the simulator by due date from July 1, 2017 to July 15, 2019

5 Simulator differences Lesson plan used in training (current to July 29, 2019)

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 moderator temperature coefficient and integral rod worth). 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 tests, 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

C. Waterford 3 is required to send the final results summary (see Table 1 below) 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

. TABLE 1: EXAMINATION RESULTS

1. Total number of licensed operators.

2. Number of licensed operators administered a requalification

examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a).

3. Number of individual licensed operators who failed any

portion of a

requalification examination (written, JPM, or individual simulator

scenario failures). 4. Divide line 3 by line 2 to obtain the individual requalification

examination failure rate.

Line 3/Line 2.

% 5. Number of crews administered simulator scenarios as part of

a requalification examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a).

6. Number of crews who performed unsatisfactorily on the

simulator scenarios.

7. Divide line 6 by line 5 to obtain the crew simulator scenario

failure rate.

Line 6/Line 5.

%

WATERFORD 3

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OF INSPECTION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT

05000382/2019003

) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

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