05000313/FIN-2012005-04
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| Title | Failure to Maintain Licensed Operator Examination Integrity |
| Description | The inspectors identified a Severity Level IV traditional enforcement violation with an associated Green non-cited violation of 10 CFR 55.49, Integrity of Examinations and Tests, for the failure of the licensee to ensure the integrity of Unit 2 licensed operator biennial written examinations. During the 2012 biennial written examination cycle, the exams were administered in a classroom that lacked positive controls to ensure that no one could observe the exam material being administered. Three of the six written exams administered in this room had repeat exam questions and references compared to other weeks test, and the references used on the exam, were accessed using computer terminals whose screens were viewable if a curtain was not fully closed. Having the ability to view into the room while exam material was being displayed on the computer screens during exam administration is considered an exam integrity compromise. However, an evaluation of the written exam results and interviews with the licensed operators signed in on an exam security agreement and consistent administration of the examination. The licensee has entered this issue into the corrective action program as Condition Report CR-ANO-C-2012-01834. The failure of the licensees training staff to maintain the integrity of examinations administered to licensed operations personnel was a performance deficiency. The finding was more than minor because it adversely affected the Human Performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone objective of ensuring the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Additionally, if left uncorrected, the performance deficiency could have become more significant in that allowing licensed operators to return to the control room without valid demonstration of appropriate knowledge on the biennial written examinations could be a precursor to a more significant event. Using NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Significance Determination Process, Attachment 4, Tables 1 and 2 worksheets; and the corresponding Appendix I, Licensed Operator Requalification Significance Determination Process, the finding was determined to have very low safety significance (Green). Although the 2012 finding resulted in a compromise of the integrity of biennial written examinations, with no compensatory actions immediately taken when the compromise should have been discovered, the equitable and consistent administration of the biennial written examination was not actually affected by this compromise. In addition, the failure to meet 10 CFR 55.49 was evaluated through the traditional enforcement process, which resulted in its association with a Severity Level IV violation consistent with Sections 2.2.4 and 6.4d of the NRC Enforcement Policy. This finding has a crosscutting aspect in the area of resources associated with ensuring that procedures are adequate to ensure nuclear safety. A combination of a NRC procedure review and discussion with the licensee revealed that there were inadequate standardized criteria on site for what minimum actions have to be taken to ensure the subject room is secure prior to and during administration of licensed operator exams. |
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
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| Report | IR 05000313/2012005 Section 1R11 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2012 (2012Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.11 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Fairbanks A Sanchez C Osterholtz D Allen J Drake N Hernandez R Latta S Hedger T Buchanan T Farina W Schaup |
| CCA | H.7, Documentation |
| INPO aspect | WP.3 |
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