ML20214J180

Rev 0 to TVA Employee Concerns Special Program Repts SWEC-SQN-04 & SWEC-SQN-10, NRC Assessment of Training

ML20214J180
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	11/13/1986
From:	Birchell R, Knightly J, Stewart D TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
To:
Shared Package
ML20214H850	List: ML20214H848 ML20214H865 ML20214H879 ML20214H927 ML20214H956 ML20214H976 ML20214J008 ML20214J040 ML20214J053 ML20214J064 ML20214J083 ML20214J093 ML20214J101 ML20214J126 ML20214J135 ML20214J144 ML20214J161 ML20214J169 ML20214J180 ML20214J199 ML20214J206 ML20214J212 ML20214J220 ML20214J224 ML20214J231 ML20214J243 ML20214J251 ML20214J261
References
SWEC-SQN-04, SWEC-SQN-04-R00, SWEC-SQN-10, SWEC-SQN-4, SWEC-SQN-4-R, NUDOCS 8612010190
Download: ML20214J180 (7)

Text

\

. l TVA EMPLOYEE CONCERNS REPORT NUMBER: SWEC-SQN-04 and 10 SPECIAL PROGRAM REPORT TYPE: Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Element REVISION NUMBER: 0 i

TITLE: NRC Assessment of Training i*

l REASON FOR REVISION: N/A SWEC

SUMMARY

STATEMENT: The item is this report was identified by the Nuclear i Regulatory Commission (NRC) and was included in the Stone & Webster Eng,ineering Corporation (SWEC) systematic analysis. The item evaluated within this report was verified to be adequately addressed, and all are closed except concern A02 841002 013 -002 which is now ready for closure. I PRRPARATION PREPARED BY:

W f. EL. M S.(* 2lubb' //-f.~ El,

'A SIGNATURE DATE I

REVIEWS PEER:

f- Q ll b SIGNATURE 8 DATE TAS:

c w1 ~

~ SIGNATURE d/w DATE CONCURRENCES CEG-H: A A- 4 _IIl4l1(o r

/ //

f SIGNATURE DATE SRP: Mk ll42*3$

SIGNATURE

• DATE

{ APPROVED BY' MV$4f -

ECSP MARAGER It-is-n ah

/

DATE MANAGER OF NUCLEAR POWER DATE l CONCURRENCE (FINAL REPORT ONLY) l *SRP Secretary's signature denotes SRP concurrences are in files. '

2242T

• 8612010190 861117 PDR ADOCK 05000327 i l

1 P PDR J

~

TENNESSEC VAL. LEY AUTil0RITY

. WATTS DAR NUCl. EAR PLANT EMPLOYEE CONCERNS TASK GROUP OTilER SITES CEG Element

Title:

NRC Assessment of Training .

SWEC Concerns: A02841002013-002 A02841002013-009 A02841002013-010 A02841002013-011 A02841002013-012 A02841123006-001 Source Document: NRC Report 50-327/84-10 and 50-328/04-19 Report Numbers: SWEC-SQN-04 and 10

]

l Evaluator: _

~'

b /0 $ b.

'I. C. Birch 611 /Dat6 1

Reviewed Dy: Y~N 'L1 Y 10 8!I I J. J. Knightly ' Date Approved Dy:

A. G. Debba 10 Da efff4_

1352T

Reports SWEC-SQN-04 and -10 NRC Report 50-327/84-18 and 50-328/84-19 I. INTRODUCTION During a routino Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection of Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN) training, July 24, - July 26, 1984, the NRC identified and reported (reference 1) one violation and several suggestions which are addressed as issues in the Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation (SWEC) systematic analysis, as follows:

1. A02041002013-002 (Violation 327/84-18-01, 328/04-19-01), SRO Requalification.

2. A02841002013-009, Review of operations lesson plans.

3. A02841002013-010, Training for Assistant Unit Operators (AUOs) transferred from a dissimilar plant.

4. A02841002013-011, Electrical & Mechanical Maintenance and Modification engineers' training program.

5. A02841002013-012, Centralization of personnel training.

6. A02841123006-001, Examination exemption allowance for licensed instructors.

Information on the background, corrective actions taken, verification methodology, verification analysis, completion status, and pertinent references for these six issues are included in this report.

II. VERIFICATION OF SWEC ISSUES A. Background The NRC inspector identified the following violation (327/04-18-01, 328/84-19-01):

10 CFR 55 Appendix A.4(a) states that annual written examinations which determine areas in which retraining is nooded to upgrado licensed operator and senior operator knowledge shall be included in the requalification program.

Contrary to the above, a licensoo instructor at Sequoyah who is a licensed Senior Roactor Operator and who only taught a portion of the roqualification program was exempted from the 1983 Sequoyah annual writton oxamination.

Page 1 of 5

r The five remaining SWEC issues were identified in reference 1 as suggestions / program enhancements for Sequoyah's training program.

These enhancements were not tracked by the NRC and will not receive NRC closure. SQN's accomplishments and plans in response to the suggestions are reviewed in Section II.B.

B. Corrective Actions Taken

1. A02841002013-002 (Violation 327/84-18-01, 328/84-19-01) SRO Requalification-The SQN response (Reference 2) to the violation stated:

"Since the issuance of Generic Letter 84-14 requiring licensed facilities to provide greater detail of their retraining programs in a revision to the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), all licensed personnel at Sequoyah have been required to take the full requalification examination, and no persons will be exempt. The instructor involved has already taken and satisfactorily competed the 1984 requalification examination. TVA plans to continue this practice until approval of our submittal to Generic Letter 84-14. At that time, the requalification program will be conducted as approved by NRC from this submittal."

2. A02841002013-009,_ Review of Operations Lesson Plans Discussions with Mr. Ben Lake, License Section Supervisor, Operations Training Group has confirmed that these lesson plans have been prepared, approval and implemented into the operations training program.

3. A02841002013-010, Training for AUOs Transferred From a Dissimilar Plant AU0s transferred to SQN are required to complete a break-in period prior to performing on-shif t duties independently.

Also, an optional systems walkdown checkout is available depending on the individual and the particular situation. In addition, the AU0s are required to satisfactorily complete the AVO requalification program on a regularly scheduled basis.

This is documented in the Operations Section Instruction Letter - Training (OSLT) -1 (Reference 5).

4. A02841002013-011. Electrical & Mechanical Maintenance and Modification Engineer's Training Program The Sequoyah Nuclear Performance Plan (Reference 3)

Section II.2.3.7 describes SQN's technical staff training for nuclear site personnel, as follows:

Page 2 of 5

A training program for new technical staff has been developed which will normally be required within the first 18 months of a technical staff assignment at Sequoyah. Training consists of 4 weeks devoted to plant reference material and procedures; nuclear codes, standards, and regulations; plant modification; and plant systems and components. The following positions, as a minimum, will be included:

• Site Quality Assurance Engineers

• Technical Support Engineers

• Health Physicists

• Licensing Engineers

• Maintenance Engineers

• Operations Group Engineers *

• Modifications Engineers This new orientation-type training for technical staff was added to the Institute for Nuclear Power Operation (INPO)-accredited Engineers and Managers Certification Training Program. The first class of approximately 20 students completed training in May 1986. This training has been made available to Division of Nuclear Engineering (DNE) engineers as determined to be needed by the Project Engineer.

5. A02841002013-012, Centralization of Personnel Training The Division of Nuclear Training has been established at the power Operations Training Center. The Sequoyah Nuclear Performance Plan Section II.2.3 describes the support provided by the Division of Nuclear Training as:

" Extensive training support is received from the Division of Nuclear Training (DNT). Training of nuclear plant personnel has been placed under DNT. The Site Director is responsible for the proper qualifications of site personnel and for ensuring that they receive necessary training. In support of this effort, DNT is responsible for the development and execution of authorized training programs. DNT is responsible for the planning and allocation of Power Operations Training Center (POTC) resources required to meet their assigned l responsibility. The Director of Nuclear Training reports to i

the Manager of Nuclear Power. The POTC trains SQN personnel

! and serves as corporate training headquarters.

Page 3 of 5 i

6. A02841123OO6-001, Examination Exemption Allowance for Licensed Instructors The examination exemption allowance for licensed instructors was inadvertently removed from the FSAR. llowever, since SQN now requires all licensed personnel to take the full roqualification examination with no exemptions, the exemption allowance will not be added to the FSAR.

C. Verification Methodolour The SWEC concern identified for Employee Concerns Task Group (ECTG) verification was stated as follows:

RIMS # ISSUE RIMS ITEM A02 841002 013 SRO requalification RIMS-002 A02 841002 013 Review of operation RIMS-009 lesson plans A02 841002 013 Training for AUOs RIMS-010 transferred from a dissimilar plant 402 841002 013 Maintenance and RIMS-011 Modification engineers training program 402 841002 013 Centralization of RIMS-012 personnel training A02 841123 006 Examination exemption RIMS-001 allowance for licensed

• instructors ECTG reviewed the Sequoyah Compliance Licensing files for internal and external correspondence related to this issue, the applicable procedure, and interviewed responsible training personnel for this issue. This review of the pertinent documentation formed the basis for this verification activity.

D. Verification Analysis The ECTG review of the pertinent documents and discussions ~with responsible training personnel indicated that the corrective actions for the violation and suggestions / program enhancements are being implemented and are adequate to resolve the SWCC issuos. At Page 4 of 5

the time of this ECTG verification, the NRC violation remains open; however, the SQN plant response has been found acceptable by the NRC (Reference 4). The corrective action for the violation is completed and ready for NRC closure.

E. Completion Status Based on SQN corrective actions and compliance with requirements, the suggestions / program enhancements are complete for items 2 - 6 in Section I. These SWEC issues are closed. Item 1 of Section I (violation 327/04-18-01, 328/84-19-01) is completed and ready for NRC closure.

III. REFERENCES

1. NRC Inspection Report Number 50-327/84-18, 50-328/04-19, dated September 21, 1984, Richard C. Lewis to H G. Parris

2. TVA Memorandum, " Response to NRC Inspection Report Number 50-327/04-10-01, 50-328/04-19-01," dated December 21, 1984, I. A.

Domer to P. O'Reilly

3. Sequoyah Nuclear Performance Plan, dated July 22, 1986

4. NRC Letter, " Report Nos. 50-327/04-10 and 50-328/84-19," dated January 16, 1945, John A. 01shinski to H. G. Parris

5. Operations Section Instruction Letter-Training (OSLT) -1, dated January 6, 1986 i

i

~

\

I i

1 1

l Page 5 of 5 J