ML17249A952
| ML17249A952 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 09/06/2017 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy NRC Region 4 |
| To: | Gerry Powell South Texas |
| References | |
| IR 2017004 | |
| Download: ML17249A952 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000498/2017004
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E. LAMAR BLVD
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
September 6, 2017
Mr. G. T. Powell
Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX 77483
SUBJECT: SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION -
NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION
REPORT 05000498/2017004 AND 05000499/2017004) AND REQUEST
FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Powell:
From October 16 through October 20, 2017, inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory
Commissions (NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification
inspection at South Texas project Electric Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, using NRC
Inspection Procedure 71111.11B, 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 Mr. Gregory Janak, Operations Training
Manager. 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 Chris Steely at (817) 200-1432
(Chris.Steely@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. 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
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requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control
number.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs "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 NRCs document
system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-
rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499
License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80
Enclosure:
Biennial Requalification Inspection
Document Request
cc: Electronic Distribution
BIENNIAL REQUALIFICATION INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST
From: Chris Steely
Operations Engineer, NRC RIV
817-200-1432
To: Gregory Janak
Manager, Operations Training
(361) 972-7327
Subj: Information Request to Support October 16 through October 20, 2017, Licensed
Operator Requalification Program Inspection (IP 71111.11B)
A. The following information is requested in order to support inspection preparation
activities. These items are listed by section as they appear in the inspection module
(ie 2.02, 2.04, etc). Requested materials 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 October 2, 2017.
- Electronically: To: Chris.Steely@nrc.gov
Cc: John.Kirkland@nrc.gov
- CD/DVD to: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV
1600 E. Lamar Blvd
Arlington, TX 76011
ATTN: Chris Steely
General Requests:
- 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 two years of simulator review committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes
- Last two years of CRC (or equivalent) meeting minutes
02.03: Biennial Requalification Written Examination Quality
- The current and approved biennial written examination schedule
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
Enclosure
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)
02.04: Annual Requalification Operating Test Quality
- The schedule for the operating tests (JPMs and scenarios) to be given the week of
October 16, 2017
- The operating tests (JPMs and scenarios) (password protected and provide
separately via telephone at later date) to be given the week of October 16, 2017
week prior to the inspection team arrival on-site (N/A if the inspection week is the
first week of testing)
- All of the previous years NRC required annual operating tests
- Current requalification cycle operating test methodology (sample plan)
- All portions of the UFSAR that identify operator response times for time critical
operator actions
02.05: Licensee Admin of Requalification Exams
- All procedures used to administer the annual operating test
- All procedures used to assess operator performance
- All procedures that describe conduct of simulator training
- All Procedures used to test, operate, and maintain the simulator
02.06: Requalification Examination Security
- 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
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
02.07: Licensee Remedial Training Program
- 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)
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02.08: 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
02.09: 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
- All Simulator Management and Configuration Procedures if not already provided for
section 02.05 above
- Simulator Discrepancy Report summary list for all open DRs. For closed DRs,
summary list for those items closed between October 2015 to October 2017
- 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 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 modification packages that are on hold, delayed, or just not completed
in the last two years
- A list of simulator modification packages completed in the last two year window
02.10: 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 October 16, 2017.
02.02: Exam Results / 02.03 and 02.04: Written Exam and Op Test Quality
- 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
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02.08: 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
02.09: Simulator Performance
- Simulator discrepancies (DRs) from October 2015 through October 2017. This
should include all open DRs and DRs that have been closed, including the
documentation/justification for closure.
- 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 October 2015 through October 2017
- Plant Modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the Simulator by due
date from October 2015 through October 2017
- Simulator Differences Lesson plan used in training (current to October 16, 2017)
- 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
02.10: Problem Identification and Resolution
- All condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the control room
C. South Texas Project Electric Generating Station 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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SUNSI Review ADAMS: Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:
By: VGaddy Yes No Publicly Available Sensitive NRC-002
OFFICE OE:OB C:OB
NAME CSteely VGaddy
SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/
DATE 9/6/17 9/6/17