ML17312B379
| ML17312B379 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 04/16/1997 |
| From: | Howell A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | James M. Levine ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
| References | |
| GL-95-06, GL-95-6, NUDOCS 9704220054 | |
| Download: ML17312B379 (9) | |
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UNITEDSTATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 611 RYANPLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON,TEXAS 76011 6064 APR I 6 IS97 James M. Levine, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 53999 Phoenix, Arizona 85072-3999
SUBJECT:
OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONDEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
Dear Mr. Levine:
In recent weeks, after an internal audit, Region IV has recognized the need for enhanced expectations for the quality of initial licensing examinations developed under the pilot process of Generic Letter 95-06 or the "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Interim Revision 8. These new expectations represent a significant increase in NRC expectations regarding initial licensing examination quality than has been previously communicated by the Region to facility licensees.
In several recent meetings with Region IV facility licensee representatives from operations and training organizations, regional management has presented these clarified expectations with regard to facility licensee-developed initial licensing examinations.
Additionally, chief examiners have been communicating these expectations at the staff level to individual facility licensee personnel for facility licensees that have initial examinations scheduled to be administered over the next few months.
The thrust of these expectations is that facility licensees will be held to a higher level of quality at the individual test item level than has been previously required.
In response to these communications, facility licensee representatives have requested that the NRC provide a forum in which facility licensee personnel involved in examination development can better understand how these expectations translate into actual test items.
On May 29 and 30, 1997, Region IV will host a workshop in its Arlington, Texas, office on test item and examination development to meet agency expectations of facility licensee-developed initial licensing examinations.
The workshop will start at.8:30 a.m. on May 29 and conclude by 1 p.m. on May 30. A tentative workshop agenda is attached.
Comments are welcome.
This workshop will be open to the public.
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Arizona Public Service Company You are invited and encouraged to send representatives from your organization who are likely to be directly involved in initial licensing examination development.
Our facility can accommodate a large number of attendees.
However, if you expect to send more than four attendees, please inform us so that we may ensure the room arrangement is appropriate.
Please direct comments or questions to John Pellet, Chief, Operations Branch, Division of Reactor Safety at (817)860-8159 or Stephen McCrory, Workshop Coordinator, Operations Branch at (817)860-8265, or via electronic mail to jlp@nrc.gov and slm@nrc.gov, respectively.
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Arthur T. Howell III, Director Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.:
50-528; 50-529; 50-530 License Nos.:
Enclosure:
Tentative Workshop Agenda cc w/
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Mr. Steve Olea Arizona Corporation Commission 1200 W. Washington Street Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Douglas K. Porter, Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Law Department, Generation Resources P.O, Box 800
- Rosemead, California 91770 Chairman Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, Arizona 85003 Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 South 40 Street Phoenix, Arizona 85040
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Arizona Public Service Company Angela K. Krainik, Manager Nuclear Licensing Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034 John C. Horne, Vice President Power Supply El Paso Electric Company 2025 N. Third Street, Suite 220 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Terry Bassham, Esq.
General Counsel El Paso Electric Company 123 W. Mills El Paso, Texas 79901 Mr. Robert Burt Los Angeles Department of Water 5. Power Southern California Public Power Authority 111 North Hope Street, Room 1255-B Los Angeles, California 90051 Mr. David Summers Public Service Company of New Mexico 414 Silver SW, ¹0604 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102 Mr. Brian Katz Southern California Edison Company 14300 Mesa Road, Drop D41-SONGS San Clemente, California 92672 Mr, Robert Henry Salt River Project 6504 East Thomas Road Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
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Branch Chief (DRP/TSS)
WCFO File S. Richards (MS 10D22)
Resident Inspector DRS-PSB MIS System RIV File M. Hammond,(PAO, WCFO)
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ENCLOSURE OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONDEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP AGENDA DAY 1 - MAY29, 1997 Introduction (8:30-9 a.m.)
Session 1 (9-10 a.m.)
Session 2 (10:15-11:30 a.m.)
Session 3 (12:30-2 p.m.)
Session 4 (2-3 p.m.)'ession 5 (3:15-4:30)
Session 6 (4:30-5 p.m.)
Generic Attributes of Good Test items Written Examination Questions Open Reference Oral Questions (Job Performance Measure and Administrative)
Administrative Job Performance Measures System Job Performance Measures and Job Performance Measure Sets Questions and Answers DAY 2 - MAY30, 1997 Session 7 (8:30-9:30 a.m.)
Session 8 (9:30-10:15 a.m.)
Session 9 (10:30-12 noon)
Closing Remarks (12-12:30 p.m.)
Scenarios and Scenario Sets Breadth, Depth, Overlap, and Examination Outlines Questions and Answers
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