OPERATOR LICENSING PROGRAM Commission Meeting January 13, 2017 1 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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OPERATOR LICENSING PROGRAM

Commission Meeting January 13, 2017

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Agenda

 Initial operator licensing examination process  Administration of the initial AP1000 examinations  Regional implementation of operator licensing at existing and new build plants

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Robust Operator Licensing Program Implementation Goals

• Consistent implementation of the

examination process

• Inter-office cooperation and agility to

execute operator licensing

• Focus on improvements to gain

efficiencies in operator licensing

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Achieving More Objective Safety-Focused Program

• Written examination scope increased

to include heat transfer, fluid flow, and thermodynamics as a TMI follow-up

• Overall written examination passing

score increased from 70% to 80% as a TMI follow-up

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Achieving More Objective Safety-Focused Program

• Knowledge and abilities catalogs

created to ensure a content-valid, performance-based examination

• Commission-approved, industry-

accredited SAT programs provide improved basis for OL process

• GFEs administered separately from the

site-specific examination

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Achieving More Objective Safety-Focused Program

• Commission oversight of the

requalification program changed from administration to inspection

• Regulations revised to allow industry to

write site-specific examinations

• Regulations revised to require
• perating test to be administered in

part on a plant-referenced simulator

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Existing Initial Operator Licensing Framework

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Generic Fundamentals Exam Site-Specific Written Exam Simulator Scenarios Control Room and In-Plant Systems Walkthrough Administrative Walkthrough License Issuance

• r Denial

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80 90 100 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Pass-Rate (%) Fiscal Year

Pass-Rate Trends for ROs and SROs Continue to Increase

SRO RO

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Improvements Made to Enhance Program Execution

• RRPS - OL module
• Licensed operator docket

files

• Operator digital docket
• RRPS inspection module

scheduling tools

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Actively Implementing Lessons Learned and Feedback

• 2014 Vogtle ASLB hearing decision
• 2014 operator licensing lessons

learned review team report

• 2015 operator licensing

implementation team report

• Public interaction
• NUREG-1021 Revision 11

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Resolving Consistency Issues and Project AIM Commitments

• Enhance consistency in the grading

process of simulator operating tests

• Implement solutions to improve

regional consistency

• Implement Project AIM commitments

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Implementing Operating Test Improvements

• Operating test construction
• Simulator operating test grading

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Addressing Project AIM Commitments and Stakeholder Feedback

• GFE testing

frequency

• Informal NRC

staff reviews

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Next Steps

• NUREG-1021, Revision 11 – publication

anticipated by January 31, 2017

• Will be in use six months after

publication

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Successfully Administered the First AP1000 Examinations

• Implemented guidance for new

reactors

• Successfully resolved challenges

– Commission-approved simulator – Alternate methods approved to perform JPMs

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Completing Actions Needed for Initial Plant Startup

• Continue to administer examinations

for Vogtle and V.C. Summer

• Complete ITAAC inspections and

verifications necessary for the licensees to establish a plant- referenced simulator

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Enhancing Guidance from Lessons Learned

• Established a working group
• Identifying lessons-learned from the

new reactor licensing process

• Modifying existing guidance

documents

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Meeting All Operator Licensing Goals

Met operating reactor licensees’ requests for examinations

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Meeting New Build Operator Licensing Goals

First AP1000 examinations successfully administered

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Assuring Reliability and Capacity for the Future

• Implementing lessons learned to

enhance reliability

• Agile resource utilization

–National examination schedule

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Robust Operator Licensing Program Implementation Goals

• Consistent implementation of the

examination process

• Inter-office cooperation and agility to

execute operator licensing

• Focus on improvements to gain

efficiencies in operator licensing

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Acronyms

ASLB Atomic Safety and Licensing Board GFEs generic fundamentals examination IM inspection module (in RRPS) ITAAC inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria JPMs job performance measures ODD

• perator digital docket

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Acronyms

OL

• perator licensing

ROs reactor operators RRPS Revised Reactor Program System SAT systems approach to training SROs senior reactor operators

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