05000413/FIN-2015301-01
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| Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
| Description | The following Severity Level IV violation was identified by the licensee and is a violation of NRC requirements which meets the criteria of the NRC Enforcement Policy, for being dispositioned as a Non-Cited Violation. Following the facilitys administration of the initial written examination on May 28, 2015, the licensee identified that an earlier version of the examination was inadvertently provided to the RO applicants. The licensee immediately informed the NRC. The earlier version of the examination did not include the changes that were made to resolve NRC comments provided during the preexamination review of the written examination. This earlier version of the examination had not been approved by the NRC for administration to the license applicants. 10 CRF 55.49, Integrity of examinations and tests states, in part, that facility licensees shall not engage in any activity that compromises the integrity of any test or examination required by this part. The integrity of a test or examination is considered compromised if any activity, regardless of intent, affected, or, but for detection, would have affected the equitable and consistent administration of the test or examination. Contrary to the above, on May 28, 2015, the licensee administered an unapproved RO written examination, an activity that compromised the integrity of the written examination. The RO applicants did not get the benefit of the question enhancements that occurred during the examination review. The SRO applicants experienced a higher quality exam than that of the RO applicants. This is neither equitable nor consistent. The unapproved version of the exam was subsequently reviewed by the NRC and was determined to be valid. See enclosure 3 to this report to review the analysis of the administered written exam for validity of the exam. A violation of 10 CFR 55.49 is a violation that potentially impacts the regulatory process, because the examination results are used by the NRC to make licensing decisions. An improperly administered examination has the potential to provide inaccurate information to the NRC regarding the competence of the applicants. There were no actual or potential safety consequences. This violation is being treated as a Severity Level IV non-cited violation consistent with Section 2.3.2.a. of the NRC Enforcement Policy. The violation was entered into the licensees corrective action program as Nuclear Condition report 01931989. |
| Site: | Catawba  |
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| Report | IR 05000413/2015301 Section 4OA7 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2015 (2015Q2) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | E Guthrie G Callaway J Viera P Presby |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 55.49 |
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Finding List (Catawba) @ 2015Q2
Self-Identified List (Catawba)
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