ML17177A401

Informs of Requalification Program Evaluation Scheduled for Wks of 920914 & 21.Supportive Ref Matl & Guidelines Encl

ML17177A401
Person / Time
Site:	Dresden
Issue date:	05/11/1992
From:	Wright G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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NUDOCS 9205190021
Download: ML17177A401 (10)

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• .Docket No. 50-237 Docket-No. 50-249 r;:.4Y *1 1 1992 Commonwealth Edison Company ATTN:

Mr. Cordell Reed Senior Vice President Opus.West III

-.1400 Opu~ Place Downers G~ove, IL -60515

SUBJECT:

REQUAl.IFICATION PROGRAM EVALUATION Arrangements hav~ beeri made between Mr~ R. Weidner~ Training sripervisor, and Mr. H. Peterson, Priricipal Examiner, for an*~

evaluation 6f the requalification program and liciensed personnel

.at youi Dresden facility.

The evaluation visit is* scheduled fot the weeks of September 14 and 21, 1992.

The requalification examinations and* the ~ubseqtient evaluation of the facility requalif icatioh program will be performed in accordance with sections 601 through 604 of NUREG 1021, Operator Licensin~

Examiner Standard~, Revision 6.

Yo~ are encouraged to ensrire that your training staff and proposed e.xamin~es are fam.il;iar with

• these.standards.

For ~he-examiners to adequately prepare for this visit, it will be necessary for the facility to furnish the approved items listed in Enc1osure l,_ "Reference Material Requirements."

Failure to supply the reference material as required by

• Enclosure 1 may result in postponement of the e~amin~tion.

We have offered Mr. Weidner the opportunity to provide a proposed requalif ication examination.

Submittal of proposed examinations is optional and in addition to the material requirements of

• Enclosure 1.

If you decide to submit a proposed examination, we r~ques~ that we receive the proposed simulator scenarios at least 45 days in advancie of the examination week.

• We also request that you provide a copy of the scenarios to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

• commission, ATTN:

chief, LOLB; Washington, D.c.

• 20555.

Those personnel involyed in the developm~nt of the proposed examination wil) become subject to the security restricti6ns described below.

Mr. Weidner has been advised of our reference material requirements, propose~ examination option, and where these items.

are --to be sent.

You are.requested to designate at least one employee*to be' a member of a joint NRC-facility, examination team.

The employee shall be an active SRO (per the r~quirementa of 10 CFR 55.53(ef or (f)) from the Dresden Nuclear Power Station Operations Department.

You are encouraged to designate a second employee

Commonwealth -Edison company

• MAY 11 1992 from the training st~ff to be a member of the examination team.

This employee should be an*.active S_RO. (per the* requirements of 10 CFR -55.53(e) or (f)), but may be a facility or INFO certified instructor.

If desired and' agreed to by the Chief Examiner, you.

may designate one additional ~mployee from the examination team..

In addition to these individuals, a simtilator op~rator must be maqe available fo-,:- scenario preview and validation during the onsite e~amination preparation week.

• In some cases, it may be necessary to designate a sim_ulator operator during the test item.

review period.

This individual will also be subject to the examination security agreement~*.

Any facility representatives under the security agreement. shall be restricted from knowingly communicating by any means the*

content or scope of the examination to tinauthorized persons and

_frbm participating in any facility programs such as instruction 1 examination, or tutoring in which an identified requalification examinee(s) will be present.

These restrictions shall apply from the day that the facility reptesentative understands that he or she has specia1ized knowledge of the examinatibn.

The Chief Examiner will determine when facility representatives have received.specialized knowledge concerning the examination and require execution of an examination security agreemerit.. In.most cases, the examination team members will not be required to enter into an examination security agreement more than 60 days prior to the examination week. *The simulator.operator will normally become subject to the requirements during the examination prepa~ation and v~lidation week but, in some dases, this may occur as much as

• 3 o days prior to th_e examination week to support -

operating test item revie~ and ievision.

The facility shall identify to the NRC 60 days prior to the examination administration date, the proposed operato~s, including crew c:::omposition, for the examination.

This information should be provided by the facility training staff to the NRC's Chief Examiner.

The facility.. management is responsible for providing adequate space and accommodations to properly develop and conduct the e~aminations.. Enclosure 2, "Administration of Requalificati6n

• Examinations,"*describes our requirements for developing and conducting the examinations~

Mr~ Weidn~r has also been infor~e~

o~ these requirements~ Also, a facility operations management representative (as a mihimum, first level above shift supervisor) should observe the simulation facilit~ examinatioh process at the site.

• contains the "NRC Rules and Guidance for Examinees" that will be in effect during the administration of the written examination.

The facility management is res~onsible for ensuring that a11 operators are aware of these rules.

Commqnwealth Edison Company_.

3 MAY.11 1992 Pl~ase review the guidance promulgated in Revision 6 to NUREG~l021 pertainirig t6 the content and sc6pe of simulator

• exa~inatiori ~cenarios.

The scenario examination bank should cover the entire*spectrU:in of Emergency Operating Procedures

{EOPs}, including alternate decision p~ths within EOPs, and should incorporate a range of failures with varying degrees of severity for the same* ty'pe of event.

Each scenario should contain simultaneous events that require that the cr~w prioritize actions and assign ere~ members to particular tasks.

Each

• scenario should also require _that the crew determine when to transition between EOPs and determine which.actions to take within the EOPs.

This request is covered by Off ice of Manageme~t and Budget Clearance Number 3150-0101 which expires May 31, 1992.

The estimated average btirden is 7.7 hours8.101852e-5 days <br />0.00194 hours <br />1.157407e-5 weeks <br />2.6635e-6 months <br /> per response, iricluding gathering, copying and mailing fhe required material.. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection.of information, including suggestions for.

reducin~ this burden, to the Iriformation and Records Management Branch, Division ~f* Information Support Services, 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-3019, Office of Management and Budget, Washirigton, D.C.. 20503.

Th~nk you for jour consideration in.this matter.

If you ~ave any que~tions on the evaluation process, please contact Mr. H. Peterson at (708) 790-5797.

Sincerely,

.ORlCiitlAL.Sl.G11ED SY G£0::FREY C.

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Geoffrey c. Wright, Chief Operations Branch

Enclosures:

1.

Reference Material Requirements

2.

Administration of Requalification Examinations J.

NRC Rules and Guidance* for Examinees*

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D. Galle, Vice President.- BWR

• o~er~tions T. Kovach, Nuclear Licensing Manager

c. *schroeder, station Manager R. Radtke,* Regulatory Assurance Supervisor

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Resident Inspectors LaSalle, Dresden,.Quad.cities*

• RichardHubbard J. w. Mccaffrey, Chief, -Pµblid

_*Utilities Division.

4 Robert Newmann, Office of Public

.Counsel, state of Illinois Center State Liaison Officer R. Weidner, Training Manager cc w/o enclosures:

R. M. Gallo, Branch Chief, OLB B.

• Siegel, Proj*ect Manager, NRR R. C.-Knop, Section Chief, DRP MAY 111~

ENCLOSuRE 1 REFERENCE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS Test items to support all aspects of the r~qualificatiori

• examination-must be provided to the NRC 60 days-prior to the

- examination date.

All test item~ should-be developed in accordande with the guidelines provided-in sections 602 through 604-of NUB.EG 1021, Operator Licensing Exa~iner Standards, and their respective attachments.

For the fir~t requalificatioh evaluation at the facility, the submittal must contain at least_: -

700 test items for use in the written ~xamination.

They should be equally divided between the two sections of-the examination and there must be at least 350 test items for use in each section.

75 job performance measures (JPMs) for use on the --

walk-through portion of the operating examination.

To -the extent pdssible, ap~roximateiy 40% ot the JPMs should evaluate "in plant" tasks (system/component operation outside the con~r61 room)~

15_ si~ulator scenarios of approximately 50 minutes each in length_ for use on the simulator-portion of the operating examination for examinations administered in one week.

• _ For subsequent requaiif ic~tio~ ~xaminations facilities are expected to make submittals reflecting ~regress toward the following ~argets over the next 5 years after the initial evaluation visit:

A minimum of 700 test items for use in the written examination equally divided between the two sections of the written examination and which cover all safety related elements of the facility job task analysis (JTA).

The bank shall be dynamic in natuie, in that at least 150 questions a year shall be_reviewed, revised or geneiated.

New questions that are developed should cover equipment and system modification, reC:ent industry and-licensee events and procedural changes~

ENCLOSURE 1 (Cont'd}

JPMs to evaluate each operator and senior operator safety related fask identified in the facility JTA, which meet the criteria in ES-603.

The JPM bank should expand at a rate of at l~ast 10 JPMs ~er year until this goa~ is rea6hed.

It is estiinated that 125-150 JPMs will be the final result.

D~velopment of the questions associated with the JPMs shall also cohtinue, such that there is a representative* sample of questions given the knowledges. associated with the task

.listed in the JTA.

A b~nk ot at least ~o simulator scenarios which ~eflect all plausible 6r expected abnormal and ~mergency situations to

~hich control ~oom operators are expected to respond or.*

control.

At least 5 scenarios per year should be generated until ~11 aspects 6f the em~~gency op~rating procedure~ are covered with sufficient ~ariation in the ~ype and sc6pe 6f initiating events and level of detjradation.

For all requalification examination and evaluation visits, the facility shall:

submi~ an E~amination Test Outline/Sample Plan which meets the requirements of ES-601,. Attachment 2;

• pr6vide the associated examination banks (writte~, ~imulator and JPM} and associated reference material. *At a minimum this shall include Technical* Spe_cifications, abnormal and.

emergency.operating pr6cedrires, arid einergency plan

_procedures utilized in the requalification trairiing; provide additional reference material as requested by the Chief Examiner.

-ENCLOSURE 2 ADMINISTRATION OF REQUALIFICATION EXAMINATIONS.

1. -

An evaluation of at least twelve facility licensed* operators is required for a program evaluation~ Normally the crew scheduled for ~equali_f ication training during the period selected for the program evaluation

• sh.ould be selected.

The sample will include other licensed operators who are not routinely performing shift duties or are*not maintainin~ an active license per 10 CFR 55.53(e).

The restrictions on crew composition in the.simulato:r*are described in ES~601(C.1.b.) and ES-60~ *.

• 2.

The simulator and simulator operator (s) ~hall be provided for examination developmerit.

The date ( s-) and duration* of time needed to develop the examinations will be agreed upon by the chief examiner and the fa6ility~

3.

The reference material used in the s'imulator will be

• reviewed by the chief examiner.

No material will be used that is solely used for training.

4.

A single room shall be provided for completing SectionB of*

.. the written examination. *The location of this room and supporting rest room facilities shall be such as to prevent

• contact.with all other facility and/or contractor* personnel for the duration of the examina~ion.

5~

Minimum spacing is requi~ed to.ensure examination integrity and wili be evaluated by the chief examiner.

Minimum spacing consists of bne examine~ per table and a 3-foot space bet~een tables.

No wall charts, models, and/or other training materials shall be present in the examination room.

6.

Copies of reference material for Section B of the written

• examinatiori shall be provided for each examinee.

The reference material*will be reviewed by the chief examiner and will consist of Technical Specificatioris, operating/abnormal procedures, administrative pro6edures, and Emer~ency Plan~ as available to the plant operators.

7.

The NRC no longer requires the facility licensee to videotape dynamic simulator examinations.

If the facility licensee requests to videotape the examination, *any use of the tape must be completed ~efore the NRC leaves the site at the end of the examination.

If a disagreement over the grading of a licensee. still exists-at the end of the examination week, the facility licensee may retain the tape for the sole purpose of submitting it to support a request for regrade by the NRC.

During the regrade, the NRC will review only the portion 6f the videotape under contention.

ENCLOSURE 2. (Cont Id)

8.

An attempt ~ili.be made to ~istinguish between RO and SRO knowledge and abilities to the extent tnat such a distinction is supported by fhe facility training materials.

9.

Prudent scheduling of exam week activities i~ important to help allevi~te undue stress on the 6perators.

Your training staff and the Chief Examiher should work very closely in formulating a schedule which.does not result iri excessive delays in crews or individuals being administered their exa~inatiori.

The following are some sugge~tions for structuring the exam activities to achieve this purpose:

Don't bring in crews or indivlduals w~ll before their schedul~d exam-times..

When examining operators in groups, it.is better to hold the group just completing their exam vice the gro~p that are taking their exam later..

Following simulator s6enarios, the-facility evaluators

.and NRC examiners should q~ickly.determine whether follow-up questioning is required, so that the crew may be rel.eased to talk among themselves about *the scenario.

• • Ensure.that time validation of JPMs, particularly those performed in the simulator, is conducted accurately.

A reasonable schedule should be established to prevent operato~s from waiting for simulator availability to.

complete their JPMs.

ENCLOSURE 3 NRC RULES -- AND GUIDANCE FOR EXAMINEES

1.

• use black ink or dark pencil ONLY to facilitate legible reproductions.

2.

Print your' na_me in the blank provided.on the cover sheet of

• t~e examination.

3.

Fill in the date on the cover sheet of the examination~ if.

necessary.

_ -4.

Answer each question on the examination.

If *additional paper-is required, ~se only the _lined paper provided by th~

examiner.*

5.

Use abbreviations only if they are commonly used in facility literature.

6. _

The point value for each question isindicafed in

. parenthe~es after ~he-question and ~an be used as a guide for the depth of answer required. -

7.

Show_ all calculations, method~, or assumptioris u~ed to obtain an-answer to a m~thematical problem whether a~ked for in the que~tion or not.

8.

Unless solicited, the location of references need not b~

stated.

_9.

Proportional grading-will be ~pplied.

An~ additional wrong_

information that i~ provi~ed may count against you.

For example, if a question is worth one point and asks for four responses, each of which is woith 0.25 points, and you ~ive five responses, each response will b~ worth 0.20 point~. If on~ bf your five responses is incorrect, 0.20 will be

• deducted and your total credit for that question will 'be 0.80, even though you may have listed the four 6orrect response~ in the answer key.

10.

Partial credit may be given~

Therefore~ ANSWER-ALL PARTS OF

-_THE QUESTION AND DO NOT LEAVE ANY ANSWERS BLANK.

Partial credit will ~OT be given on multiple choice questions.

il.

If parts of the examination are not clear with respect to their intent, ask questions of the examiner only.

ENCLOSURE 3 (Cont'd)

12.

You must sign the statement on the cover sheet that

. indicates the work on the examination is your own and that you have not received ~r been given any assistance in completing the.examination.

This must be signed AFTER the

~xamination has been completed.

13.

Rest room trips are to be limited and 6hly one examinee at a time may leave.

You must avoid all contact with anyone outside the examination room to avoid even the *appearance or possibility of examination compromise..

14..

• Cheati~g 6n the examination would result in a revocation of your license and could tesult. in moie severe penalties..

15~

Each section of the *examination is designed to take approximately 90 minutes to complet~.

You will be given two

• hours to complete each section to allow for_* thirty minutes of review.

16.

The examination has ~een time validated. by k~owledgeable persons.

You should be aware that no-t every.answer needs to be verified by tonsulting a refer~nce~ and excessive usage of reference material may cause you to not complete the examin~tion in the allotted time.

17.

oue to the existence of questions that will require all examinees to ref er to the same ind*ications.or. controls, particular care must be taken to maintain individual examination security and avoid ~ny possibility of compromise or appearance of cheating.

1~.. When yo~ are finished.and have turned in your completed examination, leave the examination area.*