ML20206F306

Requests Ref Matls for 870713 Oral Exam 60 Days Prior to Exam.Facility Training Staff Requested to Retain Simulator Exam Scenario Info Until Exams Passed or Appeals Completed

ML20206F306
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Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	04/10/1987
From:	Hehl C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Hintz D WISCONSIN PUBLIC SERVICE CORP.
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NUDOCS 8704140211
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+ Nisconsin1Public Service Corporation ATTN: Mr.'D. C. Hintz' Vice President

- Nuclear Power Post' Office Box 19002' Green Bay, WI -54307-9002

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR:AND SENIOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS In a' telephone conversation between Mr. F. Stanaszak, and Mr. D. Damon, arrangements were made for the administration of, examinations at the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant.

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The oral examinations are scheduled for the week of July 13, 1987.

-In order for. us -to meet this schedule, it will be necessary for the facility to-furnish the approved reference material listed.in Enclosure 1 " Reference Material Requirements for Operator / Senior Operator Licensing Examinations" at least 60 days prior to the examination date. Any d day in receiving properly bound and indexed reference material will result in a delay in administering the examinations. 0ur examinations are scheduled far in advance with considerable planning to best utilize our limited. examiner manpower and to meet the examination dates requested by the various facilities. Therefore,

~m issing the deadline, even by a few days, will likely result in a long delay-since it may not be possible to reschedule examinations at other facilities.

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Mr. Stanaszak has been advised of our reference material requirements, the -

number of reference material sets that are required, and the examiners' names and addresses where each set is to be mailed.

To better document simulator examinations, the chief examiner will have the facility simulator operator record prespecified plant conditions (i.e., plant pressure, temperature,pressurizerlevel,etc.),foreachsimulatorscenario.

The candidate will be responsible for providing this information, along with any appeal of his simulator operating examination. Therefore, the facility training staff should retain the simulator examination scenario information until all candidates taking the examination have either passed the operating examination or all appeals filed by the candidates who failed the operating examination have been completed.

All reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications should normally be submitted at least 60 days prior to the first examination dates so that we will be able to review the training and experience of the candidates, process the medical certifications, and prepare final examiner assignments k,

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1 after candidate eligibility has been determined. If the applications are not received at least 30 days prior to the examination dates, it is likely that a postponement will be necessary.

This request for information was approved by the Office of Management and Budget under- Clearance Number 3150-0101, which expires May 31, 1989.

Comments on burden and duplication may be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Reports Management Room 3208, New Executive Office

- Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter. If you have any questions regarding the examination procedures and requirements, please contact D. Damon at (312) 790-5278.

Sincerely, ,

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'ICharleh t,j/sW.en a gu Hehl, Chief Operations Branch

Enclosure:

Reference Material Requirements for Reactor / Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Examinations cc w/ enclosure:

C. R. Steinhardt, Plant Manager DCS/RSB(RIDS)

Licensing Fee Management Branch Resident Inspector, RIII Virgil Kanable, Chief Boiler Section Mary Lou Munts, Chairperson Wisconsin Public Service Commission Collette Blum-Meister (SLO),

WI Div. of Emergency Government F. Stanaszak, Plant Training Manager cc w/o enclosures:

M. Fairtile, Project Manager, NRR T. Szymanski, Branch Chief, OLB RIII RIII RIII Damon/jlk vs>9-Burdick

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ENCLOSURE Reference Material Requirements for Reactor / Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Exam,inations

1. Existing learning objectives and lesson plans (including training manuals, plant orientation manual, system descriptions, reactor theory, thermodynamics,etc.).

Training materials should include all substantive written material used for preparing candidates for initial R0 and SR0 licensing. The written material should be inclusive of learning objectives and the details presented during lecture, rather than outlines. Training materials should be identified by plant and unit, bound, and indexed.

Failure to provide complete properly bound and indexed plant reference material will result in canceling and rescheduling of the-examinations. Training materials which include the following should be provided:

System descriptions including descriptions of all operationally relevant flow paths, components, controls, and instrumentation.

System training material should draw parallels to the actual procedures used for operating the applicable system.

• Complete and operationally useful descriptions of all safety-system interactions and, where available, 80P system inter-actions under emergency and abnormal conditions, including consequences of anticipated operator error, maintenance error, and equipment failure.

Training material used to clarify and strengthen understanding of emergency operating procedures.

2. Procedure Index (alphabetical by subject).

3. All integrated plant procedures (normal or general operating procedures).

4. Emergency procedures (emergency instructions, abnormal or special procedures).

5. Standing orders (important orders that are safety related and may supersede the regular procedures).

6. Annunciator procedures (alarm procedures, including set points).

7. Emergency plan implementing procedures.

L l 8. Technical Specifications.

9. System operating procedures.

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10. Piping and instrumentation diagrams, electrical single-line diagrams, or flow diagrams.

11. Technical Data Book, and/or plant curve information as used by operators and facility precautions, limitations, and set points (PLS) for the facility.

12. The following on the plant reference simulator:

a. List of all readily available initialization points.

b. List of all preset malfunctions with a clear identification number. The list should include cause and effect information.

Specifically, for each malfunction a concise description of the expected result, or range of results, that will occur upon implementation should be provided. Additionally, an indication of which annunciators are to be initially expected should be given.

c. A description of simulator failure capabilities for valves, breakers, indicators and alarms,

d. Where the capability exists, an explanation of the ability to vary the severity of a particular malfunction should be provided, i.e., ability to vary the size of a given LOCA or steam leak, or the ability to cause a slow failure of a component such as a feed pump, turbine generator or major valve (e.g., drifting shut of a main feedwater control valve).

e. An indication of modeling conditions / problems that may impact the examination.

f. Identification of significant differences between the simulator and the control room.

g. Copies of facility generated scenarios that expose the candidates to situations of degraded pressure control (PWR), degraded heat removal capability (PWR and BWR) and containment challenges (BWR) may be provided (voluntary by licensee).

h. Simulator instructor's manual (voluntary by licensee).

i. Description of the scenarios used for the training class (voluntary by licensee).

j. List of remote operator actions modeled on the simulator.

k. List of simulator override capabilities.

13. Surveillance procedures used for tripping bistables on an instrument failure.

14. Additional material required by the examiners to develop examinations that meet the requirements of these standards and the regulations.

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?/[7 The'above reference' material should be approved, final issues ~and should be so marked. If-a plant has not finalized some of the material, the

. chief examiner shall. verify with the facility that the most complete, up-to-date' material is available and that agreement has been reached with the licensee for limiting changes before the administration of the examination. - All procedures and reference material should be bound with appropriate indexes or tables of contents so that they can be used efficiently.

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