ML17179A522

Forwards List of Ref Matls Needed for Evaluation of Requalification Program & Licensed Personnel Scheduled for Wk of 930208 at Plant

ML17179A522
Person / Time
Site:	Dresden
Issue date:	10/21/1992
From:	Wright G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
References
NUDOCS 9210270034
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Docket No. 50-237 Docket No~ 50-249 Commonwealth Edison company ATTN:. Mr. Cordel.l. Reed.

OCT 2 1 199Z

.Senior Vice President L.icensing Department - Suite 300

• Opus West III 1400 cipus ~lace.

Downers Grove, IL 60515

SUBJECT:

. REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM EVALUATION Arrangements have_ been made between Mr. Randy Weidner, Training Manager, and Mr. Hiron:ori*Peterson, Chief Examiner,. for an evaluation of the requalification program and licensed persohnel at your Presden facility.

The evaluation visit is scheduled for the week of February 8, 1993~ The requalification examinations and the subsequent evaluation of the facilj.ty requalification program-w,ill be performed in accordance with sections 601 through 604 of NUREG 1021, Operator Licensing Examiner.Standards, Revision 6.

You are. encouraged to ensure that your training staff and propcised examinees are familiar with these standards.

• For the examiners. to adequately prepare for this visit,* i~ will be necessary for the facility to furnish the approved items listed in Enclosure 1,* "Reference Material Requirements-."

Failure to supply the reference material as required by Enclosure

_ 1 may r.esul t in p.ostponement of. the examination.

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

Submittal of proposed examinations. is optional and in addition to the material requirements of Enclosure 1.

If you

• . decide tO SUbmi t a prOpOSed examination I We request that We receive the.proposed simulator scenarios at least 45 days in advance of the examination week.

• We also request that you provide*a copy of the scenarios to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissi.on, ATTN:

Chief, LOLB, Washington, D.C *. 20555.

Those personnel involved.in the development. of the proposed examination will become subject to the security restrictions described below.

Mr. Weidner has been advised *of our reference* material

• .requirements, proposed examination option, and where these. items -

are to be sent~

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Commonwealth Edison*company 2

OCT 2 1 1992 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 requirements of 10.CFR 55.53{e) or {f)) from the Dresden Operations Department.

You are encouraged. to d~signate a second employee from the training staff to be a member of the examination team.

This. employee should be an active SRO {per the requirements of 10 CFR 55.53(e) or (f)),

-but may be a facility or INPO certified instructor.

If desired and agreed to by the Chief Examiner, you may designate one additional employee from, the examination team.

In addition to the.se.* irtdi viduals, a simulator operator must *be made available for scenario preview and validation during the onsite examination**

• *prepai:_:ation week. *.In soine cases,. it ~ay be necess.ary to designate a simulator operator during the test item review.

period.

This individual will also be.subject to the examination se.cur i ty agreement.

Any *facility representatives under the security agreement shall.

. be restricted from kn9wingly communicating by any means the content. or scope J)f the examination to unauthorized persons arid*

from participating in any" facility programs such*as instruction, examination, or tutoring i.n which an identified requalif ication

• examinee{s) *will. be present.. These restrictions shall apply from the day that the facility tepresent~tive uriderstands that he or she has specialized knowledge of the examination.

The.Chief Exam_iner will determine when. facility representatives have received specialized knowled.ge concerning the examination and require execut~on of an examination security agreeinent.

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. normaily become subject to the requirements during the examination preparation and validation weelc but, in some cases,* this may occur as much as 30 days prior to the examination week to support operating test item review and revision.

.The facility shall identify to the NRC *60 days prior to the examination *administration date, the proposed operators, including crew composition, for the examination.

• This information should be provided by the facility training staff to

• • the NRC' s Chief Examiner.

The facility manageme.nt is responsible for providing adequate

-space and accommodations.to properly develop and conduct the examinations., "Administration of Requalification Examinations," describes our requirements for developing and conducting the. examinations.

Mr. Weidner has also been informed

.of these requirements.

Also, a facility operations management representative {as a minimum, first level above shift supervisor) should observe the simulation facility examination process at the site.

Commonwealth Edison Company 3

OCT 2 l 1992 contains the "NRC Rules and Guidance for Examinees"

.that will be in effect during the administration of. the written examination.

The facility management is responsible for ensuring that all opera~ors are aware of these rules.

• Please review the guidanc.e promulgated* in Revision 6 to NUREG-1021 pertaining to the conte.nt and scope of simulator examination scenarios*

The scenario examination bank.- should*

cover *the entire spectrum of Emergen_cy Operating Procedures (EOPs), including alternate decision paths within EOPs, and should incorporate a range of failures with varying degrees of severity. for the same type of event.

Each scenario should contain simultaneous events that require that.the crew prioritize*

actions.and assign.crew me~pers to.particular tasks.* Each scenario should-also require that the crew determine*when*to

• • transl ti on between EOPs and determine which actions to take within the EOPs.

This request was previously covered by Off ice of Management and Budget (OMB) Clearance Number 3150-0101 which expired May 31, 1992.

A reql,lest for a cle.arance extension has been submitted to.

OMBand is expected to be granted~ 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, copying 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, Division of Information Support Services, Off ice of Information Resources Management, u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, o.c.

• 20555;.and-to the Paperwork.Reduction Project (3150-0!0i), Office of Information and* Regµlatory Affairs, NEOB-3019, Office of

• Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

• ~hank you for your consideration in this matter.

If you have any.

question~ o~ the ev~ltiation process, please contact Mr~ Peterson*

~t (708) 790-5797.

Sincerelr, L';:i~:ilJl.L ;;,,m:t:u Di' GLFri:EY C.

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Geoffrey* C~ 'Wright, Chief Operations Branch

Enclosures:

• 1.

Reference.Material Requirements.

2.

Admjnistration of Requalification Examinations

3.

NRC Rules and Guidance for

• Examinees See Attached Distribution

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cc ~/enclosures:.

D. Galle, Vice President -

BWR operations

~. Kovach, Nuclear Licensing Manager C*. Schroeder, Station ~ana~er

• R. Radtke, Regulatory Assuran9e supervisor

.DCD/DCB (RIDS)

OC/LFDCB Resident Inspectors LaSalle,

• Dresden, Quad Cities*

.Richard Hubbard.

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• w. Mccaffrey,. Chief, Public:

Utilities Division Robert Newmann, Off ice of Public.

4 Counsel, State-6f Illinois Center State Liaison Officer R~ c. Weidner,* Train'ing Manager

... c:*c.w/o enclosures:.

'. R~ M. Gallo, Branch Chief, OLB.

B. **.Siegel,

• Proje.ct. Manag.er, NRR

• R. c. Knop, Section Chief, DRP OCT 2 1 1992 I.

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ENCLOSURE 1

.REFERENCE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS Test items to s~pport all aspects of. the requalif ication

• examination must be provided to the NRC 60 days prior to the examination date.

All test items should be developed.in accordance with the guidelines provided in sections 602 through 604 of NUREG 1021, Operator Licensing Examiner Standards, and their. respective*

attachments.

For the 'fir~t reqtialification evaluatipn at the facility, the submittal must contain-at least:

. 700test items for use in the written examination.

They should be equaily divided betweeri the two sections qf the examination and there must be at least 350 test items for*.*

use* in each section.

75 jcib performance meas~~es (~PMs) for use on tha walk-through portion of the operating.examination. *To the extent possible; ap~roximately 40% of.the ~PMs* should

• . evaluate "in plant" tasks* (system/compon~ilt. operation

. outside the. control room) * *... *.*. ".

• 15 sim'ulator scenarios 'of. appr*oximat~ly 50 'minutes each. in.

length for use on.the.simulator portion o(:the operating*

exa,mination. *for examinations administered in' one week.

For subsequent requali£ication examinations* facil~ties are

• expected, to.make submittals*reflec~ing.progress toward the.

following *targets over the next 5_ years after the initi~l evaluation visit:

A minimum of.700 test items ~6r use in the written examination equally divided between the two sections of the

• written examination_ and which qover all safe.ty related

• elements of the facility* job task analysis (JTA).

The bank shal*l be qynamic in *nature, i11 that at least_.150 questions a.

• year shall be reviewed, revised or generated~

New questions

• .that.are.developed should cover equipment and system modification,* recent industry and lidensee events and procedur~l changes.

ENCLOSURE 1 (Cont'd)

JPMs t6 evaluate each operator and senio~ operator s~fety related task identified in the facility-JTA, which meet.the criteria in ES-603.* The.JPM bank should expand at a rate of at* least 10 JPMs per year until this goal is reached. *It is estimated that 125-150 JPMs will be the final result.,

Development of the questions associated with the JPMs shall also continue, such that there is a representative sample of questions given the. knowledges associated.with* the task listed in the JTA.

A bank of at least 30 simulator scenarios which reflect.all plausible or* expected.abnormal and emergency situations 'to '

which control room operators. ar*e expected to respond or control~ At least 5 scenarios per year should be generated.

until all aspects of the emergency operating procedure~ are

• covered with sufficient variation in the type and scope of ini~iating events and level of degradation.

• For" all requ.alificatj.on examination and evaluation visits, the facility shall:..

submit an Examination Test outline/Sample Plan which.meets the requirements of. ES-601, Attachment 2; provide the.associated' examination banks (written, simulator and JPM) and associated reference material.

At a ~inimum this shall include Technical Specifications, abnormal and

'emergency operating procedures, and emergency plan procedures utilize~ in the requalification training; prov:ide additi.onal-reference material as requested by the chief E~aminer.

• ENCLOSURE 2 ADMINISTRATION OF REOUALIFICATION EXAMINATIONS

1.

.An evaluation of at least twelve facility licensed operators is required for a program evaluation.

Normal-ly the crew scheduled for requalif ication training during the period

'Selected for the program evaluation should be selected.

The sample-will include other _licensed operators who are not routinely perf'orming shift duties *or are not* maintaining an _

active license per 10 CFR.55~53(e).

The restrictions on crew composition in the simulator are described in

~S-601(C.1.b.) and ES-604.

-2.

The simulator and simulator operator.(s) _shall be proviqed

• for examination development.

T_he date ( s) and_ duration of

• time needed to develop the examinations will be agreed upon by the chief examiner and the facility.

3.

The reference material used in the simulator will be reviewed by the chief examiner.

No material will be used*

that is solely-used fo~ training.

4.

_A single room shall-be provided for completing Section B of the. written examination.

• The loc_ation of this room *and

• supporting-rest room facilities shall be such as to prevent.

contact with all 9ther*facility and/or contractor personnel*

for-the-duration* of* the examination.

5.

Minimum spacing is required to ensure exami~ation integrity and wiil be evaluated by the chief.examiner.

Minimum spacing consists of one examinee per table and a 3-:-f oot space between tables.

No wall charts, models, and/or other traini~g materials 'shall be present in the examination room.

6.

Copies of reference.material for Section B of the written_

examination shall be provided for each examinee.

The *

-. reference material' will be reviewed by the chief examiner and _will consist of Technical Specifications, operating/abnormal procedures, *administrative procedures, and Emergency Plans as available to the plant operators.

7.

The ~RC no longer require~ 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 before 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 th~ portion of the videotape under contention.

. ENCLOSURE 2 - (Cont Id) 8*

An attempt will be made to distinguish between RO and SRO

. kn6wledge and abilities to the extent that such a distinction is supported by the facility training materials~.**

. 9..

Prudent scheduling of exam week activities *is important to help alleviate undue stress on the op~rators.

Your training staff and the Chief_ Examiner should.work very* closely ln

• formulating a schedule which does not result in excessive delays i.n crews or. individuals being administered their examination.

The following are some* suggestions for structuring the exam activities *to achieve this purpose:

• Don't bring in crews or. individuals well before the.ir scheduied exam times *.

. When examining operators in groups, it is better to

• hold* the group just completing their exam vice the group that are taking.their exam *later. *,.

Following simulator. scenari,os, the facility evaluators and NRC examiners should quickly determine whether f ollow~up questioning is required, so that the crew may be released to talk among thems.elves*_ about the scenario...

Ensure that time validation of JPM~, particulaily those performeq ~n the simµlator, is conducted *accurately. A reasonable schedule should be established to prevent operators from waiting for simulator av~ilability to compiete 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 name in the blank provided on the cover sheet of the examination.

3.

Fill in the date on the cover. sheet o~ the examinat.ion,.*if necessary.*

'.4.;

5.

6;

7.

8.

9.

• 10.

11.

. Answer.each.question on the*examination.

If additional paper.is r~quired, use only the.lined paper provided by the

• examiner.

Use.abbreviations only if. they are cqmmonly used in fac*ility literature.

• The.* point value for each qq.estion is indicated in*

parentheses afterthe question and can *be. used' as a guide for the depth of answer required.

Show.all cal~ulations, methods, *or. assumptions.used* to*

obtain an an~wer*to a.mathematical problem whether asked for in th~ question or not. '

.Unless solicited, the location of r~ferences need not be sta~ed.

Proportional grading will be applied.. AnY additional wrong information that is provided may count against *you.

For

• example, if a*guestion is worth one point and asks for four responses, each of which is worth 0~2s.points, and you give

. five responses, each response will be worth 0.20 points.

If one of your five responses is incorrect, 0.20 will be*

deducted and your total credit for that question will be o.ao,* even though you may have listed the four correct responses in the answer key.

Partial credit may be given.

Therefore, ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE. QUEST*ION AND DO NOT LEAVE ANY ANSWE~S BLANK.. Partial credit will NOT be given on multiple choice questions.

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

ENCLOSURE 3 (Cont'd)

• 12.

You must sign the statement on the cover sheet that

'indicates the work on *the e~amination *is your own and.that you have not received or been given any assistance in completing the examination.. This must be signed AFTER the examination has*been completed.

. 13.

Rest rooin trips are to. be limited.and only one. examinee at a time may leave.

You must avoid all contact.with anyone outside the examinat.ion ro~m to avoid even th~* appearance or possibility* of examination compromise.

14.

Cheating on the.ex~mination.would*result in a revocation of*

your license and could restjlt in ~ore *evere penalti¢s.

• 15 *.. Each seotion 'of the examination is designed to *take approximately 90 minutes to complete.

You will be. given two*

hours. to c.omplete* each 'section to allow for thirty* minutes.

Of* review."._

16

• The examin~tio.n has been time validated by knowledgeable persons..

You should be. aware that not. every answer needs to be verified by consulting a reference, and excessive usag~

. of reference material may cause. you to*. not compJete the *.

examination inthe allotted time.

17.

Due to the existence of q~*~stions that will require. ail*

examinees to ref er to the same. indications or controls,*

particular care must be taken* to. maintain individual examination. security and avoid any possibility of conipromis.e.

or appeai::'ance of. cheatirig.

• 18.

• When you are finishe,d and have turned in *your completed

.. -examination I leave the e~aminatiOJi area o.

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