IR 05000263/2018301
| ML18361A809 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 12/27/2018 |
| From: | Robert Orlikowski Operations Branch III |
| To: | Church C Northern States Power Company, Minnesota |
| Demarshall J | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17164A415 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-263/18-301 | |
| Download: ML18361A809 (10) | |
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December 27, 2018
SUBJECT:
MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT-NRC INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION REPORT 05000 263/2 018 301
Dear Mr. Church:
On November 8, 201 8, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed the initial operator licensing examination process for license applicants employed at your Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The enclosed report documents the results of those examinations. Preliminary observations noted during the examination process were discussed on November 7 , 201 8, with Mr. T. Shortell , General Manager of Training , and other members of your staff. An exit meeting was conducted by telephone on December 6, 201 8, with Mr. C. Dieckmann, Plant Manager , other members of your staff, and Mr. J. DeMarshall, Chief Operator Licensing Examiner, to review the final grading of the written examination for the license applicants.
The NRC also confirmed that the station submitted documentation noting that there were no post-examination comments for consideration during NRC grading of the examination.
The NRC examiners administered an initial license examination operating test during the week s of October 2 9, 2018, and November 5 , 201 8. The written examination was administered by Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant training department personnel on November 8, 201 8. Eight Senior Reactor Operator and six Reactor Operator (RO) applicants were administered license examinations. The results of the examinations were finalized on December 4, 201 8. Fourteen applicants passed all sections of their respective examinations
. Eight applicants were issued senior operator licenses and three applicants were issued operator licenses. Issuance of the license s for three RO applicant s has been delayed pending the receipt of additional information.
T hese RO applicant s were issued Notification Letter s providing the details associated with the need for additional information.
The administered written examination and operating test, as well as documents related to the development and review (outlines, review comments and resolution, etc.) of the examination will be withheld from public disclosure until November 8, 20 20. 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 Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding."
Sincerely,
/RA/ Robert J. Orlikowski, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22
Enclosures:
1. OL Examination Report 05000 263/201 8 301 2. Simulato r Fidelity Report
REGION III==
Docket N o: 50-263 License N o: DPR-2 2 Report N o: 05000 263/201 8 301 Licensee: Northern States Power Company Facility: Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Location: Monticello, MN Dates: October 2 9, 2018, through November 8, 201 8 Examiners:
J. DeMarshall , Senior Operations Engineer
, Chief Examiner B. Bergeon, Operations Engineer , Examiner J. Seymour , Operations Engineer
, Examiner Approved by:
R. Orlikowski, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
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SUMMARY
Examination Report 05000 263/201 8 301; 10/2 9/201 8-11/8/201 8; Northern States Power
Company , Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant; Initial License Examination Report.
The announced initial operator licensing examination was conducted by regional Nuclear Regulatory Commission examiners in accordance with the guidance of NUREG
-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 11
. Examination Summary Fourteen of fourteen applicants passed all sections of their respective examinations. Eight applicant s were issued senior operator licenses and three applicants were issued operator licenses. Three Reactor Operator applicant s were issued Notification Letter s for delayed issuance of the ir license s pending the receipt of addition al information (Section 4OA5.1).
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REPORT DETAILS
4OA5 Other Activities
.1 Initial Licensing Examinations
a. Examination Scope The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) examiners and members of the facility licensee's staff used the guidance prescribed in NUREG
-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 11, to develop, validate, administer, and grade the written examination and operating test. The written examination outlines were prepared by the NRC staff and were transmitted to the facility licensee's staff.
Members of the facility licensee's staff prepared the operating test outlines and developed the written examination and operating test.
The NRC examiners validated the proposed examination during the week of October 1, 201 8, with the assistance of members of the facility licensee's staff. During the onsite validation week, the examiners audited five license applications for accuracy. The NRC examiners, with the assistance of members of the facility licensee's staff, administered the operating test, consisting of job performance measures and dynamic simulator scenarios, during the period of October 2 9, 2018, through November 6, 201 8. The facility licensee administered the written examination on November 8, 201 8.
b. Findings
- (1) Written Examination The NRC examiners determined that the written examination, as proposed by the licensee, was within the range of acceptability expected for a proposed examination. Less than 20 percent of the proposed examination questions were determined to be unsatisfactory and required modification or replacement. During the validation of the written examination, several questions were modified or replaced. All changes made to the written examination were made in accordance with NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," and were documented on Form ES 9, "Written Examination Review Worksheet."
The Form ES-401-9, the written examination outlines (ES 1 and ES-401-3), and both the proposed and final written examinations, will be available electronically in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)on November 8 , 20 20 (ADAMS Accession Numbers ML17164A416 , ML17164A425 , ML17164A427, and ML17164A417 , respectively
). On November 28, 201 8, the licensee submitted documentation noting that there were no post-examination comment s for consideration by the NRC examiners when grading the written examination.
The NRC examiners graded the written examination on November 2 9, 201 8, and conducted a review of each missed question to determine the accuracy and validity of the examination questions.
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- (2) Operating Test The NRC examiners determined that the operating test, as originally proposed by the licensee, was within the range of acceptability expected for a proposed examination.
Following the review and validation of the operating test, minor modifications were made to several j ob performance measure s, and some minor modifications were made to the dynamic simulator scenarios. All changes made to the operating test were made in accordance with NUREG
-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," and were documented on Form ES 7, "Operating Test Review Worksheet." The Form ES-301-7, the operating test outlines (ES-301-1, ES-301-2, and ES-D-1s), and both the proposed and final operating tests, will be available electronically in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's ADAMS on November 8, 20 20 , (ADAMS Accession Numbers ML17164A416 , ML17164A425, ML17164A427, and ML17164A417, respectively
). The NRC examiners completed operating test grading on December 3, 201 8.
- (3) Examination Results Eight applicants at the Senior Reactor Operator level and six applicants at the Reactor Operato r level were administered written examinations and operating tests.
Fourteen applicants passed all portions of their examinations. Eleven applicants were issued their respective operating licenses on December 4, 201 8. Three Reactor Operator applicant s were issued Notification Letter s for delayed issuance of the ir license s pending the receipt of additional information pertaining to the completion of deferred items.
.2 Examination Security
a. Scope
The NRC examiners reviewed and observed the licensee's implementation of examination security requirements during the examination validation and administration to assure compliance with Title10 of the Code of Federal Regulations , Part 55.49, "Integrity of Examinations and Tests." The examiners used the guidelines provided in NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," to determine acceptability of the licensee's examination security activities.
b. Findings
None.
4OA6 Management Meetings
.1 Debrief The chief examiner presented the examination team's preliminary observations and findings on November 7, 201 8 , to Mr. T. Shortell , General Manager of Training, and other members of the
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant staff.
.2 Exit Meeting
The chief examiner conducted an exit meeting on December 6, 201 8, with Mr. C. Dieckmann, Plant Manager
, and other members of the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant staff , by telephone. The chief examiner asked the licensee whether any of the material used to develop or administer the examination should be considered proprietary. No proprietary or sensitive information was identified during the examination or debrief/exit meetings.
ATTACHMENT:
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
KEY POINTS OF CONTACT
Licensee
- C. Dieckmann, Plant Manager
- M. Antony, Operations Manager
- T. Shortell, General Manager of Training
(Monticello and Prairie Island)
- P. Albares, Training Manager
- C. Griest, Operations Training Supervisor
- R. Becker, NRC Exam Developer
- A. Ward, Regulatory Affairs Manager (Monticello and Prairie Island)
- G. Hernandez, Site Regulatory Affairs Manager
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- P. Zurawski, Senior Resident Inspector
- D. Krause, Resident Inspector
- J. DeMarshall, Senior Operations Engineer , Chief Examiner
- B. Bergeon, Operations Engineer
- J. Seymour, Operations Engineer
ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED Opened, Closed, and Discussed
None LIST OF ACRONYMS USED
ADAMS Agencywide Document Access and Management System
NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RO Reactor Operator
SIMULATOR FIDELITY REPORT Enclosure 2
Facility Licensee:
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Facility Docket No:
50-263 Operating Tests Administered:
October 2 9, 2018, through November 6, 201 8 The following documents observations made by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
examination team during the initial operator license examination. These observations do
not constitute audit or inspection findings and are not, without further verification and review, indicative of no
n-compliance with Title
of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 55.45(b). These observations do not affect U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
certification or approval of the simulation facility other than to provide information which may be used in future evaluations. No licensee action is required in response to these observations.
During the conduct of the simulator portion of the operating tests, the following items were observed: ITEM DESCRIPTION
AO-2379 CLOSE Stroke Time
During administration
of a scenario event, the As-Found CLOSE stroke time (14 seconds) for AO
-2379, "Reactor Building
to Torus Vacuum Relief Damper," was found to be outside of the acceptable band (7.8 to 13 seconds), but within the Tech Spec Limiting Stroke Time
value of 15.6 seconds, specified in Test 0141, "Reactor Building
to Torus Vacuum Breaker Operability Check
."