05000313/FIN-2010004-01
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| Title | Excessive Overlap of Unit 2 Written Examinations |
| Description | The inspectors identified a noncited violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, at Unit 2. The violation was associated with the biennial written exam overlap for the weeks four, five, and six written examinations administered by the facility during the weeks of July 5-9, 2010, July 12-16, 2010, and July 19-23, 2010. The issues were documented in licensee-initiated Condition Report CR-ANO-2-2010-01460, which resulted in the licensee removing five questions from the week four exam and writing new exams for weeks five and six and administering them prior to the cycle end date of July 31, 2010. The excessive overlap of the written exam portion of the Unit 2 2010 biennial written exams was a performance deficiency in that the licensee failed to follow their established requalification procedures. Specifically, in 2010 some operators were tested using requalification written exams that repeated greater that 50 percent of the questions that had already been used in the earlier exam weeks. This finding was more than minor because if left uncorrected it could have led to a more significant safety concern, in that, licensed operations personnel could be returned to licensed duties without receiving a procedurally valid examination. The performance deficiency was associated with the Initiating Events Cornerstone. The inspectors applied Manual Chapter 0609 Significant Determination Process, Appendix I, Licensed Operator Requalification Significance Determination Process, and determined that the finding should be dispositioned as a Green noncited violation. The finding was assessed as having very low safety significance because: (1) the overlap issues were found during the biennial examinations of the operators, (2) there were no actual consequences due to the inadequate examinations, (3) the applicable crews were re-evaluated once the issues were found, (4) this issue did not exist on the last biennial written exams in 2008 and did not occur on any of the Unit 1 biennial written examinations, and (5) the performance on these new exams was satisfactory. This finding has a crosscutting aspect in the area of work practices because the licensee did not ensure that supervisory and management oversight of work activities supported nuclear safety because the 2010 Unit 2 written exam overlap issues were not caught during the supervisory review and approval prior to administration of the examinations or prior to the start of this inspection. |
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
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| Report | IR 05000313/2010004 Section 1R11 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2010 (2010Q3) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Initiating Events |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.11 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Sanchez C Graves C Osterholtz D Stearns D Strickland J Clark J Josey J Rotton K Clayton L Ricketson T Pate |
| CCA | H.12, Avoid Complacency |
| INPO aspect | QA.4 |
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