05000255/FIN-2014003-01
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| Title | Written NRC Biennial Written Examinations Did Not Meet Qualitative Standards |
| Description | The inspectors identified a finding of very low safety significance associated with 10 CFR 55.59, Requalification, based on a determination that greater than 20 percent of the biennial requalification written exam questions administered to licensed operators during weeks three and five of the 2012 examination cycle were flawed. The licensee entered this issue into their Corrective Action Program (CAP) as CR-PNP-2014-02521, Written Exam Quality, dated April 10, 2014. The inspectors determined that the finding was more than minor because it was associated with the Human Performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective of ensuring the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences (i.e., core damage). Specifically, the finding adversely affected the quality and level of difficulty of biennial written exams, which potentially impacted Palisades ability to appropriately evaluate licensed operators. The risk importance of this issue was evaluated using IMC 0609, Appendix l, Licensed Operator Requalification Significance Determination Process (SDP). The inspectors considered the number of written exam questions that did not meet the qualitative standard for written exam questions. The qualitative standards used by the inspectors are defined in NUREG-1021, Revision 9, ES-602, Attachment 1, Guidelines for Developing Open-Reference Examinations, and Appendix B, Written Examination Guidelines. Because more than 30 percent of the questions reviewed did not satisfy the guidance, Block 4 of Appendix I applied. Based on the screening criteria, the finding was characterized by the SDP as having very low safety significance (Green) because greater than 20 percent, but less than 40 percent, of the reviewed written exam questions were flawed. A review of the cross-cutting aspects was performed and no associated cross-cutting aspect was identified. |
| Site: | Palisades  |
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| Report | IR 05000255/2014003 Section 1R11 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2014 (2014Q2) |
| Type: | Finding: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.11 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Scarbeary A Schwab B Boston C Zoia E Duncan J Cassidy J Lennartz R Latta R Morris A Garmoe |
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Finding List (Palisades) @ 2014Q2
Self-Identified List (Palisades)
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