05000443/FIN-2017004-01
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| Title | Licensed Operator Examination IntegrityNot Ensured |
| Description | The inspectors identified a Green non-cited violation (NCV) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 55.49, Integrity of Examinations and Tests, for the failure of the licensee to ensure that the integrity of the written examinations administered to licensed operators was maintained. During the planning of the biennial written examinations, two written examinations would have exceeded the 50 percent overlap criteria limit of questions administered in the previous four weeks of this examination cycle. This failure resulted in a compromise of examination integrity because it exceeded the NextEra Fleet Procedure TR-AA-220-1004, Licensed Operator Continuing Training Annual Operating and Biennial Written Exams, Revision 2, requirement to repeat less than or equal to 50 percent of the questions used during the exam cycle. However, this compromise did not lead to an actual effect on the equitable and consistent administration of the examination because of detection of this issue by the NRC prior to examination administration. This issue was entered into NextEras Corrective Action Program (CAP) as AR 2239906.The failure of NextEras training staff to maintain the integrity of examinations administered to licensed operations personnel was a performance deficiency. The performance deficiency was more than minor, and therefore a finding, because 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 examinations could be a precursor to a more significant event. Using IMC 0609, Significance Determination Process, and the corresponding Appendix I, Licensed Operator Requalification Significance Determination Process, the finding was determined to have very low safety significance (Green) because although the finding resulted in a compromise of the integrity of written examination, the equitable and consistent administration of the test was not actually impacted by this compromise. This finding had a cross-cutting aspect in the area of Human Performance, Resources, in that leaders ensure procedures are available and adequate to support nuclear safety. Specifically, NextEra established and implemented a procedure that contained instructions to licensed operator biennial exam writers that were unclear regarding regulatory guidance to limit written examination questions overlap. [H.1] |
| Site: | Seabrook  |
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| Report | IR 05000443/2017004 Section 1R11 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2017 (2017Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.11 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | P Cataldo T Daun P Meier N Perry B Dionne B Cook N Floyd A Buford D Silk F Bower |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 55, OPERATORS' LICENSES 10 CFR 55.49 |
| CCA | H.1, Resources |
| INPO aspect | LA.1 |
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Finding List (Seabrook) @ 2017Q4
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