ML20010B057
| ML20010B057 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 08/05/1981 |
| From: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| REF-SSINS-5120 NUDOCS 8108130267 | |
| Download: ML20010B057 (2) | |
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iSSL MEM3RANDUM FOR:
Harold R. Denton, -Director
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Office of Nuclear Reac'er Regulation
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Victor' Stello,' Jr., Director Office of Inspection and Enforcement
SUBJECT:
TMI, UNIT 1 - INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED CHEATING ON F OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION i
As you know. IE thitiated an investigation of this subject after being notified that marked similarities betweea examir.ation papers submitted by two licensed operators who took both the reactor operator -(RO) and senior reactor operator (SRO) examinations in April,1981 led an exam grader to ' suspect collusion between those-two individuals.
Accordinglyy IE began its investigation on July 24, 1981, with the purpose of establishing whether or not the two individuals in question cheated on the April examinations.
'he investigation was also to determine whether there was any evidence of cheating by other operators or applicants during the examination in question.
We have essentially completed our investiga-tion and a report is in preparation.
The following information is pro-vided for your use in advance of publication of that report:
- 1) A review of the R0/SRO examination papers submitted by the two suspect individuals, both of whom were assigned to shift supervisor-i positions, l.d both my staff and me to conclude that the degree of similarity could only be a product of cheating by these individuals.
Additionally, due to the length of the examinations and the conditions under which they were adm'inistered, we concluded that such cheating could not take place without the knowledge, if no' the active involvecent, of l
both persons.
- 2) Both individuals made sworn statements acknowledging that cheating took place.
- 3) Although our investigation did not deal directly with the ic.;ue of the quality of the proctoring during the examinations, consnents rade by persons interviewed indicated that some sessions of both examir ations were essentially unproctored for extended periods of time.
On the other hand, the interviewees indicated that the sessions wherein the above-described cheating did take place received virtually 100 percent coverage -
by NRC proctors.
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- 4) 40ur ' efforts to determine whether other cheating took place consisted of interviews of eleven other persons taking the examinations, including. -
all of those who failed them,' as well as a review of all the examination papers to ' attempt to detect any other marked similarities.
None of ethese -
efforts yielded any evidence of any other cheating during the examinations in question.
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5). :Our investigative efforts -produced no evidence that, except for the -
involvement of the two operators dtcussed above, the utility either knew of the cheating prior to the' NRC becoming. aware of it, or attempted in any way to facilitate cheating' by any of its employees.
We yere informed by the utility on ' August 4,1981, that it has terminated one of the two employees.
Action on the second individual will be c' on-sidered by the' comaany at a later date.
Accordingly,. we have informed the terminated individual that he is no longer authcrized to conduct licensed activities under his license.
NRC action on the second individual' vill be determined following any company action.
We have attached a copy of GPU's letter dated August 4,1981, on this matter.
l We wbl provide you a copy of the report of investigation and any related docupentation as soon as possible.
I would anticipate that the -report will be ready. by August 14, 1981.
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Vil: tor Stellb, Jr.,
irector Office of Inspection and Enforcement
Enclosure:
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