ML19347A825

Alleges Cheating on NRC OL Exams at Facility.Ltr to Hj Green Offering to Expose Cheating Encl

ML19347A825
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	08/08/1980
From:	Galen Smith AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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Chairman nuclear Regulatory Coccission 1717 H st. NW

ashington , D.C. 20055 Dear Sir;

• You will find enclosed a letter which I wrote to Mr. H. J. Green at The 2rown's Ferry nuclear Plant on Janucryy 13, 1977 and its subsequent transmittal to T. H. Cash and J. R. Calhodn. In =y letter I offer to expose cheating on URC exams that took place whild I was employed at Brown's- Ferry Nuclear Plant. I was a licensed unit operator ($;* (OP-3653-1).

When I took the exam, the Assistant operations Supervisor assigned several o f the operators some of the questions to either write down or to memorize so TVA would have a copy of the exam. I was personally assigned so=e questions. Yle also received exa=s from other plants.

I do not know of any operator who took the exam while I was there that

_= did.not know about the exam cheating. NRC excniners did not keep track of

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the examinees, so it was co=peratively easy feF to Call the control room to have someone ,look up the answers. I understooH that at one time, a man was assigned to be FSAR to look up answers to questions phoned in by examinees.

Of course, you =ay know all this, and feel that it is not dangerous. TVA of ficials are being less that candid with me' and I feel that they have done so with KRC for years.

Th nk You,

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