ML20205J255
| ML20205J255 | |
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| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 01/23/1987 |
| From: | Andrews R OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
| To: | Johnson E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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Omaha Public Power District 1623 Harney Omaha. Nebraska 68102 2247 402/536-4000 January 23, 1987 Mr. Eric H. Jchnsor., Director Division of Reactor Sefety and Projects U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV 611 Ryan Plaza Drive. Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011 Refercoce: Docket No. 50-285
Dear Mr. Johnsor,
SUBJECT:
Fort Calhoun Station licensed Operator Requalification Program
.On December 11, 1986, the Omaha hblic Power District was notified, by tele-phone, of the results of the NRC license requalification examinations conducted the week of November 8, 1986. Of the five Company personnel who took the NRC examination and who hold SR0 licenses, four failed the NRC, examination. The three Company personnel who took the NRC examination and who hold R0 licenses passed the NRC examination. Following this notification, the following actions e
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(1)
The Company removed those who failed the NRC examination from their assigned licensed duties, in accordance with the Fort Calhoun Station licensed operator requalification program.
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The Company employed two consultants (Mr. Paul Collins,and Mr. Jerry Holman) to review the Company's requalification examination and the NPC requalification examination.
(3)
.Mr. John Pellet of your staff was dispatched to the Fort Calhoun Station to give a limited scope walk-through to six Company SR0 licensed per-sannel who normally perform operator duties and who had not recently takenian NRC examination.
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ellet and Mr. Ray Hall provided feedback for the examinations discussed in item (3) above. Of' the six Company personnel examined, five were clear passes and one was a marginal pass. This individual will be given additional training
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. I Page Two Company representatives met with you and members of.your staff on December 22, 1986. The Company presented a preliminary assessment of the cause of the exami-nation failures, an outline of a corrective action program, and justification for passing two additional Company personnel who took the NRC examination. Sub-sequent to this meeting, a member of your staff contacted the Company, indicat-ing that one additional person did pass the NRC examination.
Since our meeting on December 22, 1986, Company personnel have visited both Arkansas Power & Light and Louisiana Power & Light to investigate the operator training programs conducted at these utilities. Also, an evaluation of the fort Calhoun Station licensed operator requalification training' program has been conducted by an independent consulting group. Based on this additional information, the Company now believes the primary causes of the examination failures were the following:
0 (1)
Licensed operator requalification training failed to place adequate emphasis on Procedures and Technical Specifications.
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The Company failed to provide adequate training material to the NRC from which the requalification examination could have been prepared.
(3)
The Company's requalification examinations and weekly quizzes are not of sufficient depth and difficulty to adequately prepare Company personnel for the NRC requalification examinations.
Because these failures and their primary causes indicate a need for substantial changes in our licensed operator requalification training program, the Com-pany's corrective action plan has several elements.
The major elements of this plan are the following:
Trainino Department Orcanization (1)
The Manager - Administrative & Training Services assumed responsibility for all Nuclear Production Division training in September,1986. He will continue to increase his involvement in the daily operation of the j
Training Departments to provide improved management oversight of train-ing..
(2)
The Supervisor - Station Training has been assigned responsibility for all operator training, including both development and implementation.
i (3)
The Reactor Engineer has been temporarily assigned to the Station Train-ing Department and is responsible for requalification and initial SR0 licensed. operator training. The responsibility for initial R0 training has been assigned to another qualified individual. The Operations Train-ing Supervisor and the Licensed Operator Training Coordinator have been removed from line responsibility for licensed operator training.
Mr. Eric H. Johnson January 23. 1987 Page Three-Trainina Materials (1)
Revised SR0 training program material will be provided to the NRC before March 30, 1987.
(2)
This material will be reviewed with members of your staff during the weeks of March 2,1987, in Omaha, and April 6,1987, in Arlington.
(3)
Revised R0 training program material will be provided to the NRC at least six weeks before the next initial or requalification R0 exami-nation.
Trainino Instruction and Examination (1)
The Company's accelerated and normal licensed operator requalification programs will be revised to increase the emphasis on Procedures and Technical Specifications.
(2)
The Company's requalification examinations will be prepared and graded by an independent consultant until our licensed operator requalification program is found satisfactory. The weekly quizzes given during requali-fication training will also be made more demanding with respect to both scope and depth.
In addition to these actions to upgrade our overall operator training program, actions will be taken to prepare individuals for the June,1987 requalification examination to be administered by the NRC.
This program will include the fol-lowing elements:
(1)
Administration of an audit examination to identify weak areas.
(2)
Accelerated training in identified weak areas.
(3)
Frequent quizzes during the accelerated training to assure mastery of learning objectives.
(4)
Training on written and walk-through examination skills.
(5)
An independently prepared examination to check overall readiness for re-certification.
Licensed operator requalification examinations are currently given in November and December of each year. The Fort Calhoun Station is on eighteen month fuel cycles, with alternating spring and fall refuelings.
This results in the re-qualification examination falling during a refueling outage every third year.
To allow the Company to remedy this situation, implement the improved requali-fication training program, and better coordinate upcoming initial R0 and SR0 examinations, we request permission to delay administration of the 1987 requali-fication examinations until January and February of 1988. Subsequent annual examinations would also be given in January and February of each year.
Mr. Eric H. Johnson January 23, 1987 Page Four Based on the various changes to our requalification program and conversations with members of your staff, the following is our understanding of the NRC exami-nation schedule:
(1)
March 5. 1987 (a)
Oral and written examinations given to SR0 upgrade candidates.
(b)
Oral examinations given to two Company personnel who are currently restricted from using their valid SR0 licenses.
(2)
Week of June 1.1987 (a)
Oral and written examinations given to the three Company personnel who failed the requalification examination and two additional per-sonnel identified by Mr. Cooley.
(b)
Written examinations given to the two Company individuals who were given walk-throughs in March, 1987.
(3)
Week of January 18. 1988 (a)
Oral and written licensed operator requalification examinations.
(b)
Oral and written initial R0 examinations.
(c)
Oral and written initial SR0 examinations.
I appreciated the efforts of your staff in helping the Company understand the nature of the problem with our requalification program and their volunteering to meet with us in the future to discuss our proposed solutions. We will con-tinue to interact with your staff in the future to keep them abreast of our pro-gress.
I ccn assure you the Company is making every effort to develop a compre-hensive recovery program and will provide the n;cesse.ry resources to implement this program.
Sincerely, R. L. Andrews Division Manager Nuclear Production RLA/jmm n ce
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