ML18145A249
| ML18145A249 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 05/29/2018 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Heflin A C Wolf Creek |
| References | |
| IR 2018002 | |
| Download: ML18145A249 (9) | |
See also: IR 05000482/2018002
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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
ML 18145A249 SUNSI Review [&] Non-Sensitive Publicly Available Bv: JCK CJ Sensitive CJ Non-Publiclv Available OFFICE SOE:OB C:OB NAME JKiridand VGaddy SIGNATURE IRA/ IRA/ DATE 05/29/18 05/29/18
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. o Transient 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. 5