ML18047A711

Notification of an NRC Biennial Licensed Operator Requalification Program Inspection and Request for Information (DRS-R.Baker)

ML18047A711
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	02/16/2018
From:	Randy Baker Operations Branch III
To:	Arnone C Entergy Nuclear Operations
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210 LISLE, ILLINOIS 60532-4352 February 16, 2018 Mr. Charles Arnone Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT:

PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANTNOTIFICATION OF AN NRC BIENNIAL LICENSED OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Arnone:

In a telephone conversation on February 14, 2018, between Mr. R. Baker, Senior Operations Engineer, the NRC lead inspector for this inspection, and Mr. D. Karnes, Licensed Operator Requalification Program Supervisor, final arrangements were made for the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to inspect the Licensed Operator Requalification Program at the Palisades Nuclear Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of March 19, 2018. The staff at your facility should prepare and conduct the requalification examinations in accordance with your NRC-approved Requalification Program.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 55.59(c), the NRC may request facility licensees to submit their biennial comprehensive requalification written examinations and annual operating tests as necessary to support the NRC's inspection program needs. In order to minimize the impact that the inspection has on the site and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for the inspection.

Please furnish the items listed in the first group of the attached enclosure, needed to support our in-office inspection activities, to the NRC by March 12, 2018. Please have the items listed in the second group of the attached enclosure available for the inspectors during the onsite portion of the inspection activities. Mr. D. Karnes has been advised of this request.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If there are any questions regarding either the inspection, or the material requested in the enclosure, please contact me at 630-829-9871, or via e-mail at Randal.Baker@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 3150-0011. 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.

C. Arnone This letter and its enclosure 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.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Randal D. Baker, Senior Operations Engineer Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20

Enclosure:

Document Request to Support Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance Inspection cc: Distribution via LISTSERV

C. Arnone Letter to Charles Arnone from Randal Baker dated February 16, 2018

SUBJECT:

PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANTNOTIFICATION OF AN NRC BIENNIAL LICENSED OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION:

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DOCUMENT REQUEST TO SUPPORT LICENSED OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM AND LICENSED OPERATOR PERFORMANCE INSPECTION Please provide the following information on a CD/DVD, or electronically if possible, by March 12, 2018.

1. One complete version of the biennial requalification written examination (RO and SRO Exams) administered during the 24-month training cycle.

2. Ten (10) job performance measures (JPMs) and four (4) simulator scenarios associated with an annual requalification operating test required by 10 CFR 55.59(a)(2). The JPMs and scenarios to be reviewed should include those that will be observed during the onsite portion of this inspection, with any remaining JPMs and scenarios selected from other weeks within the same training cycle.

3. Complete versions of the reference materials used to develop the written examinations and operating tests provided for items 1 and 2 above. (Refer to ES-201 Attachment 3, Reference Material Guidelines for Initial Licensing Examinations, for additional examples and clarification.)

4. A list (or lists) of licensee-identified issues associated with licensed operator errors or other licensed operator performance problems which have occurred in the actual plant/main control room since the last biennial requalification program, their associated corrective actions, and if these issues were incorporated into requalification training.

(These issues are likely documented in condition/problem identification reports, licensee-conducted audits and assessments, and in industry operating experience reports, etc.)

5. Spreadsheets and/or test outlines which show the usage of written examination questions, JPMs, and simulator scenarios.

6. Facility licensee procedures for licensed operator requalification training and examination, including examination security procedures.

7. A schedule of the licensees examination activities during the on-site inspection week.

Please have the following information available for NRC review on January 22, 2018.

1. Licensed operator pass/fail statistics for any NRC-required requalification examinations that has been completed (see Table 03.02-1, Examination Results).

2. An overall schedule of the facility licensees requalification program since the last biennial inspection (cycle weeks, training topics, etc.).

3. A list and descriptions of any examination security problems since the last biennial inspection (likely documented in training department condition/problem identification reports).

4. Records for licensed operator requalification training attendance, licensed operator performance in requalification, licensed operator remedial training, individual licensed operator medical records, and records for maintaining an active license and license re-activation.

5. Simulator testing, maintenance, modification, and performance records. Simulator corrective action records, including lists of open/closed simulator deficiencies, and corrective actions taken.

Enclosure