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IN RESPONSE, PLEASE
REFER TO: M010928A
September 28, 2001
MEMORANDUM FOR: |
William D. Travers
Executive Director for Operations |
FROM: |
Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary /RA/ |
SUBJECT: |
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION, 9:25 A.M., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
28, 2001, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE,
MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) |
I. SECY-01-0125 - Final Rulemaking to Amend 10 CFR Part 55, "Operators'
Licenses," Regarding Operator License Eligibility and the Use of Simulation
Facilities in Operator Licensing; and Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide 1.149,
"Nuclear Power Plant Simulation Facilities for Use in Operator Training
and License Examinations"
The Commission approved a final rule which amends 10 CFR Part 55 to allow
the use of simulation facilities by applicants for operator and senior
operator licenses to fulfill a portion of the required experience prerequisites
as an alternative to manipulation of the controls of the actual plant.
Following incorporation of the changes in the attachment, the Federal
Register notice should be reviewed by the Rules Review and Directives
Branch in the Office of Administration and forwarded to the Office of
the Secretary for signature and publication.
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The staff should reassess the draft press release and Congressional letters
pertaining to the final rule to ensure these documents clearly convey
the NRC's basis for the rule change and adequately discuss the rule change
within the context of the NRC's extensive operator training and licensing
requirements. The documents should adequately reflect the significant
improvements that have occurred in simulator technology since 1987.
Attachment: Changes to the Federal Register
notice in SECY-01-0125
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Attachment
Changes to the Federal Register Notice in SECY-01-0125
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On page 3, paragraph 1, revise line 1 to read ' ... the Commission's
regulatory position was that ....'
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On page 3, last paragraph, revise line 1 to read 'Since
After 1987, simulation technology
has allowed advances in increased the
simulators' ....' Revise line 4 to read ' ... plant. Additionally,
s Simulator testing has ....' Revise line 5
to read ' ... initiated a new, improved ....' Revise line
7 to read ' ... and Examination," which that
employs a ....'
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On page 4, revise lines 5 through 8 from the top to read ' ... performance
test failures, with a schedule for corrections,
are unnecessarily burdensome for licensees. As an alternate approach,
the and can be replaced by NRC can
review of plant-referenced simulators for acceptability
and of performance test results of simulation facilities
before the simulator facility is used
for operating ....'
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On page 5, paragraph 2, revise line 2 to read ' ... technology and
14 13 years of ....'
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On page 5, last paragraph, revise line 4 to read ' ... commenters
stated recommended that the ....' Revise
line 5 to read ' ... test" be deleted because this
could ....' Revise line 6 to read ' ... reactivity manipulations to
a short time just before the operating test.' Revise line
7 to read ' ... stated that the proposed language would create
this would be a problem if a ....'
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On page 6, revise line 1 from the top to read ' ... acknowledges
the NEI's concern ....' Revise line 3
from the top to read ' ... reactivity manipulations to a short
time just before the operating test.' Revise line 8 from
the top to read ' ... sought," while deleting without
the words ....' Revise line 10 from the top to read ' ...outage, "most
recent" means the core just ....'
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On page 6, paragraph 1, revise lines 4 and 5 to read ' ... submitted
quadrennially. Currently licensed power reactor facilities have
There are licensee-certified, plant-referenced simulators
and now at all currently licensed power reactor
facilities. The the NRC staff's experience ....'
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On page 6, last paragraph, revise line 5 to read ' ... requiringements
for licensees to ....' Revise line 8 to read ' ... failures
available for NRC review, onsite, and
....'
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On page 7, 1st full paragraph, revise line 4 to read '
... national industry standard specifies ....' Revise line
6 to read ' ... simulators as-tested during initial
....' Revise the last line to read ' ... testing and quality-control
....'
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On page 8, paragraph 2, revise line 2 to read ' ... relocate the
substance provision of that sentence --
a "plant-referenced ....' Revise line 4 to read ' ... has been designed
to respond" -- to new ....'
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On page 10, revise line 1 from the top to read ' ... under "Principal
Reactor Regulatory Programs" under "Operating
Licensing Program." Additionally ....'
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On page 10, last paragraph, revise line 9 to read ' ... any requested.
Hhowever, the general ....' Revise
lines 10 and 11 to read ' ... http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/rule.html,
under " NRC Rulemaking Web Site," at "News,
Information ....'
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On page 26, insert the following as the 3rd paragraph
in Section 55.31: 'Additionally, acceptable simulator training scenarios
involving control manipulations that affect reactivity are identified
in Section 55.31(a)(5) for clarity by reference to current control
manipulations and training scenarios described in paragraph 55.59.
Consistent with previously issued regulatory guidance, the list provides
examples of acceptable control manipulations, which are a subset of
evolutions in 55.59(c)(3)(i), and affect reactivity in a controlled
manner and exclude those items on the list that are major transients
and accidents.'
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On page 28, 2nd full paragraph, revise the last 2 lines
to read ' ... a refueling outage, "most recent" means
the core just ....'
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On page 30, revise line 3 and 4 from the top to read ' ... requirements
for simulators. Which are not addressed in any
industry consensus standards. With respect to certification of a simulator,
the The ....' Revise lines 7 through 9 to read
' ... training and Examination" is prescriptive rather than
performance-based and is more appropriate for endorsement as
one acceptable means for complying with specific parts of the
requirements of ....' Revise lines 10 and 11 to read ' ... endorses
the ANSI/ANS-3.5-1998 as an acceptable method by which facility
licensees might implement specific parts of this rule and
endorses the ANSI/ANS-3.5-1998.'
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On page 32, paragraph 3, revise line 1 to read ' ... discussed above
below, the Commission ....'
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