ML18009A366
| ML18009A366 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 01/26/1990 |
| From: | Peebles T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Eury L CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9002080328 | |
| Download: ML18009A366 (7) | |
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January 26, 1990 Carolina Power and Light Company ATTN:
Mr. L.
W. Eury Executive Vice President P. 0.
Box 1551
- Raleigh, NC 27602 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
REQUALIFICATION REEXAMINATION In a telephone conversation between Mr. John
- Boska, Manager, License Training, and Mr. Bob Holbrook, Region II Operator Licensing Section, arrangements were made for reevaluation of licensed personnel who did not pass their NRC administered requalification examinations at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant.
The evaluation visit is scheduled for the week of April 16, 1990.
For this visit, the NRC examiners will administer the operatinq and written examinations.
The NRC examiners will discuss with the appropriate facility personnel and operators the schedule and the process for these examinations.
For the examiners to adequately prepare for this visit, it will be necessary for the facility to furnish any changes made to the exam bank that were submitted for the October 2 requalification examination by February 15, 1990.
Mr. Boska has been advised of our reference material requirements and where they are to be sent.
NRC reserves the right to postpone NRC administered requalification examinations if the facility generated materials are inadequate for examination preparation.
It is requested that an employee be provided to complete the examination team.
The employee shall be an active (per the requirements of 10 CFR 55.53(e) or (f)) SRO from the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant Operations Department.
If desired by the facility, and agreed to by the Chief Examiner, an additional employee from the Training Department may be a
member of the examination team.
This employee shall preferably be an active (per the requirements of 10 CFR 55.53(e) or (f))
These individuals must not be scheduled for an NRC administered examination during this visit, or participate as instructors once selected.
The facility repre-sentatives will be required to certify that they did not knowingly compromise any portion of the examination.
The facility representatives shall be restricted (1) from knowingly communicating by any means the content or scope of the exam to unauthorized persons and (2) from participating in any facility programs such as instruction, examination, or tutoring in which an identified requalification examinee(s) will be present.
These restrictions shall apply from a date to be determined by the Chief Examiner.
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Carolina Power and Light Company January 26, 1990 The facility management is responsible for providing adequate space and accommodations to properly develop and conduct the examinations.
Addition-ally, in order to ensure an efficient and effective examination, day-shift time on the facility's simulator device must be allocated for both the development and administration periods.
Enclosure 1, "Administration of Requalification Examinations,"
describes our requirements for developing and conducting the examinations.
Mr.
John Boska has also been informed of these requirements.
- Also, a facility operations management representative should observe the simulation facility examination process at the site.
Enclosure 2 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 ersuring that all operators are aware of these rules.
This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget Clearance Number 3150-0101 which expires May 31, 1992.
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 reaarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this
- burden, to the Pecords and Reports Management Branch, Division of 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 Management and
- Budget, Washington, D.
C.
20503.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter. If you have any questions on the evaluation
- process, please contact Mr. Charles A. Casto, Chief, Operator Licensing Section 2, at 404/331-5594, or Mr. Bob Holbrook at 404/331-7188.
Sincerely,
Enclosures:
1.
Administration of Requalification Examinations 2.
NRC Rules and Guidance for Examinees (original signed by T. A. Peebles)
Thomas A. Peebles, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety cc w/encls:
A.
W. Powell, Training Supervisor C. S. Hinnant, Plant Manager State of North Carolina bcc w/encls:
(See Page 3)
Carolina Power and Light Company January 26, 1990 bcc w/encls:
R. Becker, NRR H. Dance, DRP B. Holbrook, DRS R. Baldwin, DRS Shearon Harris Senior Resident Inspector Document Control Desk Michael:btm 1Pj /90 RI I Holbrook 1/45f90 1/g/9D RII eebles 1/+/90
ENCLOSURE I AOMINISTRATION OF RE(UALIFI CATION EXAMINATIONS I
Approximately twenty percent of the facility licensed operators shall be selected for evaluation.
Normally the crew currently in the requalifica-tion cycle will be selected.
A random sample without replacement will be used to preclude a satisfactory operator from beino subject to reexamina-tion by the NRC during the term of the license.
The sample will include other shift(s) made up of licensed personnel who are not routinely performing shift duties.
The simulator and a
simulator operator(s) will be provided for examination development.
The date(s) and duration of time needed to develop the examinations will be agreed upon by the Chief Examiner and the facility.
The reference material used in the simulator will be reviewed by the Chief Examiner.
No material will be used that is solely used. for traininq.
A sinqle room shall be provided for completing Section B of the written examination.
The location of this room and supportinq rest room facilities shall be such as to prevent contact with all other facility and/or contractor personnel during the duration of the examination.
Minimum spacing is required to ensure examination integrity as determined by the chief examiner.
Minimum spacinq should be one examinee per table, with a 3-foot space between tables.
No wall charts,
- models, and/or other training materials shall be present in the examination room.
Copies of reference material for Section B of the written examination will be available to each examinee.
The reference material will be reviewed by the Chief Examiner and will consist of Technical Specifications, operating/abnormal procedures, administrative procedures, Emergency Plans as available to the plant operators.
Video taping capabilities may be utilized.
The facility should contact the Chief Examiner for restrictions related to its usage.
Since common tasks and detailed systems knowledge will be probed during the walk throuqh portion of the operating test, operators will be requested not to discuss the walk through with other examinees until after the complete examination has been administered.
An attempt will be made to distinguish between RO and SRO knowledge and abilities to the extent that such a distinction is supported by the facility traininq materials.
ENCLOSURE 2
NRC RULES AND GUIDANCE FOR EXANINEES l.
Use black ink or dark pencil ONLY to facilitate, leaible 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 of the examination, if necessary.
4.
Answer each question on the examination.
If additional paper is
- required, use only the lined paper provided by the examiner.
5.
Use abbreviations only if they are commonly used in facility literature.
6.
The point value for each question is indicated in parentheses after the question and can be used as a quide for the depth of answer required.
7.
Show all calculations, methods or assumptions used to obtain an answer to a mathematical problem, whethe~
asked for in the question or not.
8.
Unless solicited, the location of references need not be stated.
9.
Partial credit may be aiven.
Therefore, ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION AND 00 NOT LEAVE ANY ANSWERS BLANK.
lO. If parts of the examination are not clear with respect to their intent, ask questions of the examiner only.
11.
You must sian the statement on the cover sheet that indicates the work on the examination is your own and that you have not received or been aiven any assistance in completina the examination.
This must be sioned AFTER the examination has been completed.
l2.
Rest room trips are to be limited and only 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.
13.
Cheating on the examination would result in a revocation of your license and could result in more severe penalties.
14.
Each section of the examination is desianed to take approximately 90 minutes to complete.
You will be aiven two hours to complete each section for a total of four hours.
Enclosure 2
15.
Oue to the existence of questions that will require all examinees to refer to the same indications or controls, particular care must be taken to maintain individual examination security and avoid any possibility of compromise or appearance of cheating.
16.
When you are finished and have turned in your completed examination, the proctor will provide quidance on leavinq the examination area.
17.
Proportional grading will be applied.
Any additional wronq information that is provided may count against you.
For example, if a question is worth one point and asks for four responses, each of which is worth 0.25
- points, and you give five responses, each of your responses 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 0.80 instead of 1.00 even thouoh you qot the four correct answers.