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

OPERATOR LICENSING PROGRAM Commission Meeting January 13, 2017 1

Agenda  Initial operator licensing examination process  Administration of the initial AP1000 examinations  Regional implementation of operator licensing at existing and new build plants 2 2

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 3 3

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 4

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 5

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 operating test to be administered in part on a plant-referenced simulator 6

Existing Initial Operator Licensing Framework Generic Fundamentals Exam Control Room Site-Specific and In-Plant Simulator Administrative Written Exam Systems Scenarios Walkthrough Walkthrough License Issuance or Denial 7 7

Pass-Rate Trends for ROs and SROs Continue to Increase 100 Pass-Rate (%) 90 SRO RO 80 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Fiscal Year 8

Improvements Made to Enhance Program Execution • RRPS - OL module  Licensed operator docket files • Operator digital docket • RRPS inspection module scheduling tools 9 9 9

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 1 10 10 0

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 1 11 11 1

Implementing Operating Test Improvements • Operating test construction • Simulator operating test grading 1 12 12 2

Addressing Project AIM Commitments and Stakeholder Feedback • GFE testing frequency • Informal NRC staff reviews 1 13 13 3

Next Steps • NUREG-1021, Revision 11 – publication anticipated by January 31, 2017 • Will be in use six months after publication 1 14 14 4

Successfully Administered the First AP1000 Examinations • Implemented guidance for new reactors • Successfully resolved challenges – Commission-approved simulator – Alternate methods approved to perform JPMs 1 15 15 5

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 1 16 16 6

Enhancing Guidance from Lessons Learned • Established a working group • Identifying lessons-learned from the new reactor licensing process • Modifying existing guidance documents 1 17 17 7

Meeting All Operator Licensing Goals Met operating reactor licensees ’ requests for examinations 18

Meeting New Build Operator Licensing Goals First AP1000 examinations successfully administered 19

Assuring Reliability and Capacity for the Future • Implementing lessons learned to enhance reliability • Agile resource utilization – National examination schedule 20

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 21

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 operator digital docket 2 22 22 2

Acronyms OL operator licensing ROs reactor operators RRPS Revised Reactor Program System SAT systems approach to training SROs senior reactor operators 2 23 23 3