General Course Description:
The course is intended to provide the student with the required knowledge and skills to properly identify and categorize defects at a nuclear power plant and to manage those defects to closure. Towards that end, the course illustrates the knowledge, skills, and interrelationships of the following five processes:
| > | Identification and classification of defects/Conditions Adverse to Quality |
| > | Corrective Action |
| > | Maintenance |
| > | Immediately Ensuring Public Health and Safety |
| > | Operability/Interim Operation |
The course specifically illustrates the conduct of Operability Determinations as described in RIS 2005-20/Generic Letter 91-18 and contrasts that activity with the goals of the Corrective Action process.
This course includes the revised content contained in
Regulatory Issue Summary 2005-20. This includes the distinction between
Operability and Functionality, revised guidance on the use of
alternative analytical methods, and other similar topics.
The course typically includes an examination, as successful course completion may be used for qualifying personnel to perform Operability Determinations.
Recommended Student Population:
This is a valuable course for a wide range of nuclear power plant personnel. Anyone involved in the identification of problems, operability determinations, corrective actions, or maintenance would find value. As such, personnel from operations, engineering, quality assurance, licensing, maintenance, and work planning are likely students.
Course Length:
The course is two days in length.
Method of Instruction:
The class addresses each of the five processes discussed above in sequence. For each process, the regulations and associated guidance is covered. Subsequently, every learning objective is illustrated with one of five examples.
There are five examples that have been fully integrated into the class. The examples act as "stories" that unfold as each process is covered. These examples are realistic and are supported by licensing basis material from a variety of sites.
Degree of Site-Specific Customization,
if developed for a single site:
The class is intended to be customized for a specific site. After each of the five processes are discussed, marked-up copies of the applicable site-specific procedures are reviewed. This review highlights the procedural location of each of the learning objectives.
All Instructional Material required to deliver the class, including lesson plans, exam banks, presentation files, posters, etc, is available.
Special Course Features or Prerequisites:
As described above, this course is appropriate for a wide variety of disciplines. There is no formal prerequisite, although 10 CFR 50.59 qualification is desirable.
Major Course Goals Extracted from the Presentation:
The student shall Define and Identify:
| 1. | Conditions Adverse to Quality (CATQ) in Accordance with Industry Standards |
| 2. | The Elements of a Corrective Action Program as described in RIS 2005-20/Generic Letter 91-18 and Industry Standards |
| 3. | Inoperable versus Operable SSCs in Accordance with RIS 2005-20/Generic Letter 91-18 and Industry Guidance |
| 4. | The Assessment and Management of Risk Increases Associated with Maintenance Activities in Accordance with Regulatory Guide 1.182 and 10 CFR 50.65 |
| 5. | The Interrelationships of the Processes Defined Above with the Overall Goal of Protecting the Public Health and Safety |
| 6. | The Use of XXX’s Procedures to Implement these Processes |
Additional information (file is a PowerPoint slide show)
is available here: CATQOverview.pps
