ML21166A239
| ML21166A239 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 06/16/2021 |
| From: | Nicholas Hernandez Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | Gerry Powell South Texas |
| References | |
| IR 2021004 | |
| Download: ML21166A239 (8) | |
See also: IR 05000498/2021003
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June 16, 2021
Mr. G. T. Powell, President and CEO
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX 77483
SUBJECT:
SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION -
NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION
REPORT 05000498/2021003 AND 05000499/2021003) AND
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Powell:
During the week of August 30, 2021, three inspectors from the U. S. 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 onsite 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 onsite 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. Zachary Dibbern of your licensing
organization. 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 Nicholas Hernandez, at (817) 200-1118
(nicholas.hernandez@nrc.gov).
G. Powell
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PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT
This letter contains mandatory information collections that are subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approved these information collections (approval number 3150-0011). Send comments
regarding this information collection to the Information Services Branch, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011) Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
Public Protection Notification
The NRC may not conduct nor 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 OMB control number.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (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/
Nicholas A. Hernandez, Operations Engineer
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499
License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80
Enclosure:
Biennial Requalification Inspection
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Enclosure
Initial Request for Information
Biennial Requalification Inspection
SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION
Inspection Report: 05000498/2021004 and 05000499/2021004
Inspection Dates:
August 30, 2021 - September 3, 2021
Inspection Procedure:
IP 71111.11B, Licensed Operator Requalification
Program
Lead Inspector:
Nicholas Hernandez, Operations Engineer
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
(i.e. 03.04a, 03.04b, etc.). Requested materials should be sent in an electronic format
on CD/DVD in order to arrive at the Region IV office no later than July 30, 2021.
CD/DVD to: Nicholas A. Hernandez
12311 116th Ave NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98329
General Requests:
List of licensed operators (senior reactor operator (SRO) and reactor operator (RO))
by crew (operating and staff).
Training and Operations Department organization charts (with qualified Licensed
Operator Requalification (LOR) evaluators identified).
Procedures that identify process for revising and maintaining licensed operator
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 biennial requalification (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.
Last 2 years of Curriculum Review Committee (or equivalent) meeting minutes.
A summary report of all condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the
control room.
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Any revised requalification training that was based on licensed operator performance
issue.
03.04a: Biennial Requalification Written Examinations
The current and approved biennial written examination schedule.
The current requalification cycle written examination results for both SRO & RO that
have already been administered up to the week prior to the inspection team arrival
onsite.
All written examinations that have been approved for administration up to and
including the week before the inspection team is onsite. This will need to have
adequate password protection or double envelope protection if mailed via regular
mail per NUREG-1021.
The current requalification cycle examination methodology (sample plan).
03.04b: Annual Requalification Operating Tests
The schedule for the operating tests (job performance measures (JPMs) and
scenarios) to be given the week of August 30, 2021.
The operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) (password protected and provide separately
via telephone at later date) to be given the week of August 30, 2021.
Current requalification cycle operating tests (SRO & RO) and results up to the week
prior to the inspection team arrival onsite.
All 2020 NRC required annual operating tests.
Current requalification cycle operating test methodology (sample plan).
03.04c: Administration of an Annual Requalification Operating Test
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.
03.04d: 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.
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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, technical specification
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.
03.04e: Remedial Training and Re-Examinations
List of remedial training conducted or planned since last requalification exam
(includes training provided to operators to enable passing requalification exam and
training provided to correct generic or individual weaknesses observed during
previous requalification exam cycle).
Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance
documentation).
03.04f: 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.
03.04g: Control Room Simulator
All simulator management and configuration procedures if not already provided.
Simulator discrepancy report summary list for all open discrepancy reports and
summary list for those items closed between November 18, 2019, and August 30,
2021.
Primary parameters tested in order to verify core physics parameters (such as
moderator temperature coefficient, integral rod worth). 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 not completed in the
last 2 years.
A list of simulator modification packages completed in the last 2 year window.
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B. The following information is requested in order to support the onsite inspection
activities. Requested materials should be available to the inspection team, either
electronically or hardcopy, upon site arrival on August 30, 2021.
03.03: Requalification Exam Results / 03.04a and 03.04b: Biennial Requalification Written
Exam and Annual Requalification Operating Tests Quality
All operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given in all subsequent weeks after
onsite week, if available.
All results up to the day the team leaves the site.
03.04f: 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.
03.04g: Control Room Simulator Performance
Simulator discrepancies from November 18, 2019, to August 30, 2021. This should
include all open and closed simulator discrepancy reports, 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 final safety analysis report vs design
differences in the simulator (any documentation on this).
Summary list of modifications from November 18, 2019, to August 30, 2021.
Plant modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the simulator by due
date from November 18, 2019, to August 30, 2021.
Simulator differences Lesson plan used in training (current to August 30, 2021).
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 American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard requirements.
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All test packages used to verify core physics parameters (such as moderator
temperature coefficient and integral rod worth). 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 tests, 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.
C. The South Texas Project Electric Generating Station is required to send the final
results summary (see Table 1 below) 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.
TABLE 1: EXAMINATION RESULTS
1. Total number of licensed operators.
2. Number of licensed operators administered a requalification
examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a).
3. Number of individual licensed operators who failed any portion of a
requalification examination (written, JPM, or individual simulator
scenario failures).
4. Divide line 3 by line 2 to obtain the individual requalification
examination failure rate. Line 3/Line 2.
%
5. Number of crews administered simulator scenarios as part of a
requalification examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a).
6. Number of crews who performed unsatisfactorily on the
simulator scenarios.
7. Divide line 6 by line 5 to obtain the crew simulator scenario
failure rate. Line 6/Line 5.
%