ML16342D454
| ML16342D454 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 10/11/1996 |
| From: | Brokman K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Rueger G PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9610160206 | |
| Download: ML16342D454 (16) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON,TEXAS 76011 8064 OCT tl sm Gregory M. Rueger, Senior Vice President and General Manager Nuclear Power Generation Bus. Unit Pacific Gas and Electric Company Nuclear Power Generation, B14A 77 Beale Street, Room 1451 P.O. Box 770000 San Francisco, California 94177
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-275/97-01; 50-323/97-01
Dear Mr. Rueger:
In a telephone conversation on September 12, 1996 between Messrs. T. O. McKernon and J. Welsch, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examination at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant during the week of April 21, 1997, in conjunction with our planned licensed operator requalification program inspection.
Your staff have agreed to participate in a voluntary pilot examination program in which your staff will prepare the written examinations and operating tests and submit them to the NRC regional office for evaluation and approval.
Your staff will prepare the proposed examinations in accordance with the guidelines in Revision 7, Supplement 1, of
'NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examiner Standards,"
Revision 5 of NUREG/BR-0122, "Examiners'andbook for Developing Operator Licensing Written Examinations, and the attachment to this letter.
The NRC regional office willdiscuss with your staff any examination changes that might be necessary prior to their administration.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the proposed examination outlines by February 17, 1997.
The proposed written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials will be due by March 10, 1997.
The NRC willreview the finalized examinations and complete validation of the examinations at your facility during the week of April 21, 1997. Any delay in receiving the required reference and examination materials or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials may result in the examinations being rescheduled.
In order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402 and to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above.
To facilitate efficient scheduling and the best possible measure of applicant performance, examinations will be scheduled during normal business hours.
If you expect to need a different schedule, please inform us as soon as possible.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company ES-402, Attachment 1, and ES-302, Attachment 1, contain a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examinations and operating tests are being administered.
In accordance with ES-302, your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures, temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the examination results are final.
Your staff should submit the preliminary reactor operator license application and any waiver requests at least 30 days before the first examination date so that the NRC will be able to review the applications and the medical certifications and evaluate any requested waivers.
If the application is not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a
postponement may be necessary.
Sign'ed applications certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.
This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Clearance Number 3150-0101, which expires April 30, 1997.
The estimated average burden is 7.7 hours8.101852e-5 days <br />0.00194 hours <br />1.157407e-5 weeks <br />2.6635e-6 months <br /> per response, including gathering, xeroxing and mailing the required material.
Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch, Mail Stop T-6 F33, Office of Information Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0101), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202,Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.
Thank'ou for your cooperation in this matter.
Mr. Welsch has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter.
If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Tom McKernon at 817-860-81 53.
Sincerely, Kenneth E. Brockman, Acting Director Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.:
50-275 50-323 License Nos.:
DPR-80 DPR-82
Pacific Gas and Electric Company CC:
Dr. Richard Ferguson Energy Chair Sierra Club California 1 1 00 lith Street, Suite 31 1 Sacramento, California 95814 Ms. Nancy Culver San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace P.O. Box 164 Pismo Beach, California 93448 Chairman San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Room 370 County Government Center San Luis Obispo, California 93408 Mr. Truman Burns<Mr. Robert Kinosian California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness, Rm. 4102 San Francisco, California 94102 Robert R. Wellington, Esq.
Legal Counsel Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee 857 Cass Street, Suite D Monterey, California 93940 Mr. Steve Hsu Radiologic Health Branch State Department of Health Services P.O. Box 942732 Sacramento, California 94234 Christopher J. Warner, Esq.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 7442 San Francisco, California 94120
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company Robert P. Powers, Vice President and Plant Manager Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56 Avila Beach, California 93424
Pacific Gas and Electric Company E-Mail report to D. Nelson (DJN)
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Branch Chief (DRP/TSS)
Leah Tremper (OC/LFDCB, MS: TWFN 9E10)
Resident Inspector DRS-PSB MIS System RIV File M. Hammond (PAO, WCFO)
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L. J. Callan DRP Director Branch Chief (DRP/E, WCFO)
Senior Project Inspector (DRP/E, WCFO)
Branch Chief (DRP/TSS)
Leah Tremper (OC/LFDCB, MS: TWFN 9E10)
Resident Inspector DRS-PSB MIS System RIV File M. Hammond (PAO,'CFO)
DOCUMENT NAME: G:$ReportshDCEXLTR.TOM To receive copy of document, indicate in box: "C" = Copy without endosures "E" = Copy with endosures "N" = No copy RIV:AC:OB.
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ATTACHMENT PILOT EXAMINATIONGUIDELINES Facility licensees will prepare the written examinations and operating tests (dynamic simulator and walkthrough) in accordance with the instructions in Revision 7, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021 ("Operator Licensing Examiner Standards" ) and Revision 5 of NUREG/BR-0122 ("Examiners'andbook for Developing Operator Licensing Written Examinations" ), subject to the following additional criteria:
(1)
The facility licensee will prepare an integrated examination outline (written and operating test) and submit it to the NRC regional office for review, comment, and approval at least 60 days before the scheduled examination date.
The NRC chief examiner will work with the facility licensee to resolve any problems and to avoid unnecessary revision of the final examination products.
(2)
Facility employees who are involved with developing the examinations and tests will sign a standard security agreement (Form ES-201-2) before they gain specific knowledge of the examinations and tests.
Facility employees who played a substantial role in training the license applicants will generally not be involved in developing the license examinations or tests.
If the facility licensee considers such employees necessary for developing the examinations or tests, it will define the measures it will take to ensure that the integrity of the examinations is not compromised and submit them to the NRC regional office for approval.
(3)
The written examinations and operating tests will satisfy the following specific criteria:
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A maximum of 50 percent of the written examination questions may be taken directly from the facility question bank; up to an additional 40 percent of the questions may be taken from the facility bank but must be significantly modified; and a minimum of 10 percent of the questions will be newly developed.
As discussed in NUREG/BR-0122, new questions should emphasize the applicants'nderstanding at the comprehension or application levels of knowledge because they have the greatest operational and discriminatory validity.
No more than 25 percent of the questions on the examination may be repeated from previous examinations, quizzes, or tests administered to the license applicants, or from the past two NRC license examinations at the facility. No questions may be drawn directly from the applicants'udit examination or similar testing vehicle given at the end of the training class.
Each walkthrough test will include at least two job performance measures (JPMs) that are either new or significantly altered, and each simulator scenario set will include at least one new or significantly altered scenario.
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scenarios used may be drawn directly from the facility scenario bank; however, they will be altered to the degree needed to prevent the applicants from immediately recognizing the scenarios based on initial conditions or other cues.
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A significant modification, for purposes of the written questions, means a
change to the conditions in the stem and at least one distractor significantly changed.
Similarly, JPMs and simulator scenarios will have at least one substantive event or condition change that alters the course of action in the JPM or scenario.
(4)
The facility licensee willsubmit the final written examinations and operating tests to the NRC regional office at least 30 days before the scheduled examination date.
In its submittal, the facility licensee will include a history (e.g., bank, revised, new, and date last used) of each test item used on the written and operating tests.
(5)
The NRC regional office will assign a chief examiner to coordinate the review, revision (as determined necessary by the NRC), and validation of the written examinations and operating tests with the facility licensee.
Additional NRC staff examiners will be assigned as necessary (typically one or two, depending on the number of applicants) to assist the chief examiner with administering and grading the operating tests in accordance with existing procedures.
The facility licensee will administer and grade the written examinations; NRC examiners willreview and approve the licensee's grading.
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