IR 05000213/1985018

Insp Rept 50-213/85-18 on 850909-20.No Violation or Deviation Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Status of Licensee short- & long-term Plans & Independent third-party Evaluation of Licensed Operator Requalification Program

ML20137Q219
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	11/05/1985
From:	Dante Johnson, Keller R, Kister H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
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ML20137Q203	List: IR 05000213/1985018 ML20137Q198
References
RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737 50-213-85-18, NUDOCS 8512050194
Download: ML20137Q219 (5)

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Report N /85-18 Docket N License No. DPR-61 Priorita -

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Licensee: Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06107 Facility Name: Haddam Neck Plant Inspection At: Haddam, Connecticut Inspection Conducted: September 9 - 20, 1985 Inspector: // /ff D. F. Johtison, Lead React Engineer Date (Examiner)

Reviewed by:

R. M. Keller, Chief', Reactor Projects

/Yk Date Section 1C Approved by: M . O5 I ~

H&rry B. Kiper, Ch16f(

Projects Branch No. 1 Datp Division of Reactor Projects Inspection Summary: Special announced inspection to review the status of the licensed operator requalification program in response to licensee commitments obtained from management meetings conducted on December 17, 1984, and March 25, 198 Areas Inspected: Status of the licensee's short and long term plans and independent third party evaluations of Licensed Operator Requalification Progra Results: No violations or deviations were identified. The licensee's actions in response to the NRC management meetings of December 17, 1984, and March 25, 1985, are being implemented adequately and in a timely manne PDR ADOCK 05000213 0 PDR

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- 1.0 Persons Contacted 1.1 Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPC)

• R. Brown,' Operations Supervisor

• J. Deveau, Assistant Training Supervisor

*J. Ferguson, Unit Superintendent

• S. Fleming, Training Supervisor Senior and Reactor Operators 1.2 Northeast Utilities Service Company (NUSCO)

• J. M. Black, Simulator, Project Manager

• H. Haynes, Manager, Operations Training

• Test, Director, Nuclear Training 1.3 Personnel Qualification Services (PQS)

R. Hickok F. Kelley D. Nelson

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1.4 Core Corporation R.'Corfield P. Casey 1.5 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

• P. Swetland, Senior Resident Inspector

• D. F. Johnson, Lead Reactor Engineer (Examiners)

• Denotes those present at the exit intervie .0 Background

'An initial' audit of the requalification program was conducted on August 6 - 10,-1984, that indicated enough significant concerns to warrant a more indepth review of the requalification program at the Haddam Neck

' facility. This NRC audit was conducted on November 14 - 16, 1984. Results from this audit were presented at a management meeting held on December 17, 1984. At this meeting the following commitments were <

obtained from the licensee: 1) submit a written proposal to NRC Region I '

by January 31, 1985, a short term plan for an augmented requalification 1 program for training individuals whose licenses are to be renewed before 1 1986; 2) a plan for' ongoing self-initiated monitoring / auditing of re-qualification program. effectiveness, and a long term requalification

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training program to be implemented in 1985. A second management meeting was held in Region I on March 25, 1985, to discuss the scope and content of the Licensed Operator Requalification Training Program submitted by the licensee as a result of the meeting held on December 17, 198 Further commitments were obtained from this meeting on March 25 regarding operating license renewals, i.e. to provide: 1) documentation for those individuals that will be exempted from the theory upgrade portion of the program; 2) details of an independent third party evaluatirA:; and, 3)

names of those individuals who will not complete the short term program with appropriate justification for license renewa . 3.0 Scope of Inspectioi This inspection assessed conformance to the commitments of the December 17, 1984 and March 25, 1985 management meetings. I,t included review of the proposed schedule and implementation dates for the Licensed Operator Continuing Training Program for 1986, results of the third party evaluation and audits, direct observation of requalification training in progress including review of written examinations and observation eflcral examination .1 Implementation of the Short-Term Training Program The licensee documented in his February 1, 1985 response to the NRC those interim actions that would be implemented for an augmented upgrade training program for individuals whose licenses are to be renewed before 1986. This constituted approximately 22 operators to

/ receive this program. The licensee conducted and completed a train-sing session for six operators in May 198 Waivers were requested for five additional operators in correspon-dence received from the licensee on July 19, 1985. Following a review of the submitted justification, Region I granted the waivers for those individuals on July 30, 198 Three of the remaining individuals were given a special examination designed and administered by a third party on September 6, 198 All three operators achieved a passing grade of greater than 80%.

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. A second training session is scheduled in November 1985 for four remaining individuals whose license renewals are due in late 1985 and early 198 The remaining eight individuals whose license renewals are in mid and late 1986 are scheduled to complete a training session in May ,'/ i and June 1986 respectivel 'i it;

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i This is an open item pending successful completion of the training i for the remaining individuals. (50-213/85-18-01)

4.0 Implementation of the Long Term Program 4.1 An independent third party evaluation of the requalification program was conducted on May 3, 6, 13 and 22, 1985. The results of these audits completed on May 28, 1985 were reviewed by i1RC Region I on August 10, 1985. Findings from the NRC review concurred with the independent-third party evaluation in that the Connecticut Yankee station license requalification program is adequate in scope and content such that NRC regulations, policies and guidelines are being met at this time, however, the proposed 1986 licensed operator con-tinuing training program comprising a rotating one-in-six week con-tinuing process, utilizing the CY simulator appears to be a more effective means of conducting an adequate requalification progra .2 In addition three requalification classroom sessions were conducted on May 13 - 24, June 3 - 14, and September 9 - 20, 1985. These sessions were followed by both written and oral examinations, conducted by an independent third part .2.1 The following areas were examined by an NRC Region I representative during an onsite visit the weeks of September 9 - 20, 198 audit of adequacy and technical content of presented informa-tion by direct observation by attending specific training ses-sion b. - review of lesson plans and materials utilized during training sessions attende review of written examinations administered on May 24, June 14 fI and September 20, 1985, which included the licensee's grading and evaluation of test results and subsequent actions with re-fj) spect to individual's performance on both the written and oral rJ examination audit of oral examinations administered on September 19 and 20, it 1985, by direct observatio //

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5 review instructor assignments to ensure qualified personnel are used in licensed operator trainin review the Operator Requalification Manuals, Volume 1, 2, to verify course content and quality of lesson plan .2.2 Findings as a result of the above review are as follows:

. With respect to the training sessions attended the instruction was in depth and of high quality, the lesson plans were well written and the enabling and terminal objectives adequately reflect the must know knowledges, skills, and abilities required of a licensed operato Oral examinations administered by independent third party aud-itors were of short duration (two hours in length), but were *

adequate for the given circumstance Instructor qualifications meet or exceed the requirements of

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NUREG-0737, IA.2.1 Enclosure Requalification implementing procedures and course manuals utilized in training are thorough, well outlined and adequately

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organize Connecticut Yankee's requalification program for licensed operators meet or exceed the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55 -

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There were no unacceptable conditions identified at this tim '

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5.0 Exit Interview

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The NRC representative met with the licensee management representatives identified in paragraph 1 at the Haddam Neck facility on September PP,,

1985, to discuss and summarize the areas inspected and the resultaac-findings as detailed in this report.

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