ML18145A249
| ML18145A249 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 05/29/2018 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Heflin A Wolf Creek |
| References | |
| IR 2018002 | |
| Download: ML18145A249 (9) | |
See also: IR 05000482/2018002
Text
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
cc: Electronic
Distribution
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.
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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