IR 05000346/1998301

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-346/98-301OL Issued on 980923.Effectiveness of C/A Will Be Reviewed Following Submittal of Root Cause Investigation Results

ML20155K212
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	11/09/1998
From:	Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Jeffery Wood CENTERIOR ENERGY
References
50-346-98-301OL, NUDOCS 9811130144
Download: ML20155K212 (2)

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Mr. John Vice President - Nuclear l' Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station -

Centerior Service Company 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-346/98301(OL))

Dear Mr. Wood:

This will acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 21,1998, in response to our letter dated September 23,1998, transmitting a Notice of Violation associated with examination development at the Davis Besse Nuclear Power Plant. The effectiveness of your corrective actions will be reviewed following submittal of your root cause investigation results.

Sincerely, Original Signed by Steven A. Reynolds (for)

John A. Grobe, Director Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-346 License No.: NPF-3

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Serial Number 1-1175 October 21, 1998 Mr. J. L. Caldwell Acting Regional Administrator, Region III United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission ___...__

801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Subject: Response to Operator Licensing Examination Report 50-346/98301(OL)

Dear Mr. Caldwell:

The Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station has received Operator Licensing Examination Report 50-346/98301 (OL), Toledo Edison Log Number 1-4010. This report documented the results of the Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) examinations administered the week of August 3,1998, and the concurrent operations inspection. This SRO written exarnination was prepared and administered in accordance with the guidelines provided in NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Interim Revision 8, dated January,1997.

After the examination was administered, seven examination questions were required to be deleted or answers changed as a result of post written examination comments. This exceeded the five petrent criteria stated in Section ES-501 C.2.c of NUREG-1021. A Potential Condition Adverse to Quality Report (PCAQR) was initiated on August 10,1998, to investigate the cause of this occurrence and determine corrective actions to improve future operator license written examinations.

The root cause investigation is in progress at this time and is considering the exam preparation process. This SRO examination was the first prepared in accordance with the guidelines of NUREG-1021, Interim Revision 8. Preparation of this examination was potentially impacted by a change of personnel responsible for reviewing and approving the examination. As documented DCT 2 3 2B 8 9 ! C 84ffCr % p-

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l Serial 1-1175 Page 2 in this examination report, a significant number of examination questions, approximately 50 percent, had to be changed after the initial review. Due to this large number of required changes, 3 the examination validation process may have been impacted. This root cause investigation is !

continuing and will be completed by Febmary 23,1999. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will then be provided the root cause and corrective actions.

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Requalification examinations are currently being administered to licensed operators. Due to the differences in the examination development and review process for the requalification exam l

versus the SRO exam just completed, the type of deficiencies encountered in the initial SRO i exam should not occur. l l

Should you have additional questions or require additional information, please contact  !

Mr. James L. Freels, Manager - Regulatory Affairs, at (419) 321-8466.

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DLM/dic cc: A. G. Hansen, NRC Project Manager

S. J. Campbell, DB-1 Senior Resident Inspector USNRC Document Control Desk Utility Radiological Safety Board

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