05000400/FIN-2016001-01
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| Title | 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 written examination questions administered to licensed operators during the 2014 biennial written examination were flawed. The licensee entered this issue into their Corrective Action Program (CAP) as Action Request (AR) 01940942, Inspection Procedure (IP) 71111.11B NRC Biennial LOCT Inspection Feedback, dated August 6, 2015. 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. Specifically, the finding adversely affected the quality and level of difficulty of biennial written examinations, which potentially impacted the facilitys 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 qualitative standards used by the inspectors were defined in TPP-306, Licensed Operator Continuing Training Program, and TRN-NGGC-0441, Licensed Operator Requalification Annual/Biennial Exam Development, and further described within NUREG-1021, Revision 9, ES-602, Attachment 1, Guidelines for Developing Open-Reference Examinations, and Appendix B, Written Examination Guidelines. Because more than 20 percent, but less than 40 percent, of the questions reviewed were flawed, Blocks 4 and 5 of Appendix I characterized the finding as having very low safety significance (Green). A review of the cross-cutting aspects was performed and no associated cross-cutting aspect was identified. |
| Site: | Harris  |
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| Report | IR 05000400/2016001 Section 1R11 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2016 (2016Q1) |
| Type: | Finding: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.11 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | G Hopper J Austin M Bates M Riches |
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Finding List (Harris) @ 2016Q1
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