ML17158B701

Provides Suppl Info to Ltr Dtd 960613,re Administration of Licensing Exams at Plant During Wk of 961021.Exam Guidelines Encl

ML17158B701
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	06/27/1996
From:	Meyer G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Byram R PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO.
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NUDOCS 9607080066
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NO FACIL:50-387 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Unit'1, Pennsylva 50-388 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Unit 2, Pennsylva AUTH.NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION MEYERIG.W.

Region 1 (Post 820201)

RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION BYRAM,R.G.

Pennsylvania Power

& Light Co.

DOCKET 05000387 05000388

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June 27, 1996 Nr. Robert G.

Byram Senior Vice President

- Nuclear Pennsylvania Power 5 Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101

Dear Hr. Byram:

This letter is to provide supplemental information to our letter dated June 13,

1996, regarding the administration of licensing examinations at the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station the week of October 21, 1996.

Your staff has 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.

Our letter of June 13, 1996, instructed your staff to prepare the proposed examinations in accordance with the guidelines in Revision 8 (DRAFT), of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors."

Those directions are hereby revised.

Specifically, 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 enclosure to this letter.

The NRC regional office will discuss with your staff any examination changes that might be necessary prior to examination administration.

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.

Thank you for your continued cooperation in this matter.

We regret any inconvenience this may have caused you and your staff.

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Hr. Robert G.

Byram If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Hs. Walker at (610) 337-5381

( Internet address TEW8NRC.GOV) or myself at (610) 337-5211

( Internet address GWHNNRC.GOV).

Sincerely, OriEinaI Sig'J 0>:

Docket Nos.

50-387;50-388

Enclosure:

Pilot Examination Guidelines Glenn W, Meyer, Chief Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch Division of Reactor Safety cc w/encl:

G. T. Jones, Vice President Nuclear Engineering G. Kuczynski, Plant Manager J,

H. Kenny, Supervisor, Nuclear Licensing G.

D. Hiller, Manager Nuclear Engineering R.

R. Wehry, Nuclear Licensing H. H. Urioste, Nuclear Services

Manager, General Electric C.

D. Lopes, Manager Nuclear Security W. Burchill, Manager, Nuclear Safety Assessment H. D. Woodeshick, Special Office of the President J.

C. Tilton, III, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Distribution w encl:

Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

K. Gallagher, DRP D. Screnci, PAO (1)

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NRC Resident Inspector PUBLIC W. Dean, OEDO C. Poslusny, Project Manager, NRR J. Stolz, PDI-2, NRR Inspection Program

Branch, NRR (IPAS)

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ENCLOSURE PILOT EXAMINATION GUIDELINES 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 process it will take to ensure that the integrity of the examinations is not compromised and discuss the process with the NRC chief examiner.

(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.

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No more than 25 percent of the questions on the examination may be repeated from examinations,

quizzes, or tests administered to the license applicants during their license training class, 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 license training class.

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Each walkthrough test will include at least two job performance measures (JPMs) that are either new or significantly altered, and

Enclosure each simulator scenario set will include at least one new or significantly altered scenario.

Other 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 immediate1y 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, JPHs and simulator scenarios will have at least one substantive event or condition change that alters the course of action in the JPH or scenario.

(4)

The facility licensee will submit 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.

Additiona1 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 will review and approve the licensee's grading.