05000397/FIN-2013002-01
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| Title | Failure to Maintain Licensed Operator Examination Integrity |
| Description | The inspectors identified a non-cited violation of 10 CFR Part 55.49, Integrity of Examinations and Tests, and an associated Green finding, for the failure of the licensee to ensure the integrity of remedial tests given as part of the 2011 licensed operator annual operating test was maintained. During the 2011 annual operating test, 10 licensed operators received remedial simulator scenario tests that were comprised completely of simulator scenario test material that had been previously administered to other licensed operators in previous weeks. Allowing more than 50 percent of an operating test section to be comprised of examination material previously administered on any other test in the same examination cycle is considered an examination integrity compromise. However, an evaluation of the 2011 examination results for the affected population showed that the compromise did not have an actual effect on the equitable and consistent administration of the examination. The licensee entered the finding into the corrective action program as Action Request 274876. 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 and abilities on the annual operating test 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 2011 finding resulted in a compromise of the integrity of annual operating tests, with no compensatory actions immediately taken when the compromise should have been discovered, the equitable and consistent administration of the annual operating tests 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 (SL-IV) violation consistent with Sections 2.2.4 and 6.4d of the NRC Enforcement Policy. This finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of resources associated with ensuring that procedures are adequate to ensure nuclear safety. Review of the issue in a licensee-developed barrier analysis revealed that there were no directions or guidance provided in their licensed operator requalification program procedures to define the expectations for applying the 50 percent examination overlap industry standard on their examinations. |
| Site: | Columbia  |
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| Report | IR 05000397/2013002 Section 1R11 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2013 (2013Q1) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.11 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | G Apger J Groom J Laughlin M Hayes S Hedger T Skaggs Ryan W Walkerm Hair |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 55.49 |
| CCA | H.7, Documentation |
| INPO aspect | WP.3 |
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Finding List (Columbia) @ 2013Q1
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