ML19162A062

Notification of Inspection (NRC Inspection Report 05000416/2019003) and Request for Information

ML19162A062
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	06/11/2019
From:	Greg Werner Operations Branch IV
To:	Emily Larson Entergy Operations
Werner G
References
IR 2019003
Download: ML19162A062 (8)

See also: IR 05000416/2019003

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June 11, 2019

Mr. Eric Larson, Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

P.O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT:

GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC

INSPECTION REPORT 05000416/2019003) AND REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Larson:

During the week of August 12, 2019, two inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory

Commissions (NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification

inspection at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, 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. Mark Pait of your training 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 Thomas J. Farina, at (817) 200-1117 (thomas.farina@nrc.gov).

E. Larson

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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

requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control

number.

This letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) 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/

Gregory E. Werner, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-416

License No. NPF-29

Enclosure:

Biennial Requalification Inspection

Request for Information

Enclosure

Initial Request for Information

Biennial Requalification Inspection

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

Inspection Report: 05000416/2019003

Inspection Dates:

August 12 - 16, 2019

Inspection Procedure:

IP 71111.11B, Licensed Operator Requalification

Program

Lead Inspector:

Thomas J. Farina, 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 August 1, 2019.

CD/DVD to: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV

ATTN: Thomas Farina

1600 E. Lamar Blvd

Arlington, TX 76011

General Requests:

List of all licensed operators (SRO & RO) by crew (operating & staff)

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 (August 4, 2017)

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 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

issues

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 (JPMs & scenarios) to be given the week of

August 12, 2019 (week team is onsite)

The operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) (password protected and provide separately

via telephone at later date) to be given the week of August 12, 2019

Current requalification cycle operating tests (SRO & RO) and results up to the week

prior to the inspection team arrival onsite

All 2018 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.

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.

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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 since August 4, 2017

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 two years

A list of simulator modification packages completed in the last two-year window

An index of the most recent operability test packages required by ANSI 3.5 2009

Appendix B, including performance and approval dates, and results

An index of simulator baseline data sources (ANSI 3.5 2009 5.1.1) for the transient

performance tests required by ANSI 3.5 2009 Appendix B.2.2.1

An index of Post-Event Simulator Tests conducted since August 4, 2017

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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 12, 2019.

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 since August 4, 2017. 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 since August 4, 2017

Plant modifications (both hardware and software) completed on the simulator by due

date since August 4, 2017

Simulator differences lesson plan used in training (current as of August 12, 2019)

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 (such as moderator

temperature coefficient and integral rod worth). The applicable reference graphs

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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. Grand Gulf Nuclear 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.

%

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/RA/

DATE

06/04/2019

06/11/2019