ML20029B476
| ML20029B476 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 02/26/1991 |
| From: | Eselgroth P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Mroczka E NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9103080048 | |
| Download: ML20029B476 (9) | |
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4 FEB 2 01991 Docket No.
50-336 Northeast Nuclear Energy Company ATTN: Mr. E. J. Mroczka Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering and Operations Group P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-L.'0 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
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Arrangements have been made between Mr. M. Wilson, and Mr. K. Ihnen, Chief Examiner for an evaluation of the requalification program and licansed personne; at your Millstone Unit No. 2 facility.
The evaluation visit is scheduled for the week of June 3, 1991.
The requalification examinations and the subsequent evaluation of the facility requalification pr'; gram will 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 proposed examinees are familiar with these standards.
For the examiners to adequately prepare for this visit, it will be necessary for the facility to furnish the approved items listed in Enclosure 1, " Refer-ence Material Requirements." Failure to supply the reference material as required by Ene isure 1 may result in postponement of the examination.
The Chief Examiner may request that the facility submit a proposed examination for use during the examination week in addition to the material requirements of.
Submission of a proposed examination, even if requested, is optional.
However, if a proposed examination is submitted, those personnel participating in its development may become subject to the security restric-tions described below.
Mr. M. Wilson has been advised of our reference material requirements, whether a proposed examination is requested,. and where these items are to be sent.
You are requested to designate at least one employee to be a member of a jcint NRC-facility examination team. The employee shall be an active SRO (per the requirements of 10 CFR 55.53(e) or (f)) from the Millstone Unit No. 2, Operations Department. You are encouraged to designate 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 training staff, I
with appropriate qualifications, to be a memt.er of the examination team.
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addition to these individuals, a simulator operator must be made available for 5cenario preview and validation during the on-site examination preparation week.
In some cases, it may be necessary to designate a simulator operator during the test item review period.
This individual will also be subject to the examination security agreement.
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2 Any facility representatives, under the security agreement, shall be restricted from knowingly communicating by any means the content or scope of the exami-nation to unauthorized persons and from participating in any facility programs such as insttaction, exaniination, or tutoring in which an identified requali-ficetion examinee (s) will be present. These restrictions shall apply from the day that the facility representative signs the examination security agreement indicating that the representative understands that he or she has specialized knowledge of the examination.
The Chief Examiner will determine when facility representatives have received specialized knowledge concerning the examination and require execution of an examination security agreement.
In most cases, the examination team menibers will not be requir~1 to enter into an examination security agreement more than 60 days prior v the examination week. The simu-lator operator will normally become subject to the requirements during the examination preparation and validation week; 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 admini-stration 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 management is responsible for providing adequate space and accommo-dations to hoperly develop and conduct the examinations., "Admi-nistration of Requalification Examinations," describes our requirements for developing and conducting the examinations.
Mr. M. Wilson has also been informed of these requirements. Also, a facility operations management repre-sentative (as a minimum, first level above shift supervisor) should observe the simulation facility examination process at the site. 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 operators are aware of these rules.
This request is e v wcd by Office of Management and Budget Clearance Number 3150-0101 which u p res 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, copying and mailing the required material.
Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of cnis collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Records and Reports Management Branch, Division of Information Support Servicas, Office of Information Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0101), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NE08-3019, and Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.
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Northeast Nuclear Energy Co.
3 Thank you for your consideration in this matter, if you have any questions on the evaluation process, please contact rne at (215) 337-5211.
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Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosures:
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Reference Material Requirements 2.
Administration of Requalification Examinations 3.
NRC Rules and Guidance for Examinees cc w/ enc 1:
W. D. Romberg,.Vice President, Nuclear Operations S. E. Scace, Station Olrector, Millstone D. O. Nordquist, Director of Quality Services M. Wilson, Training Manager R. M. Kacich, Manager, Generation Facilities Licensing J. P. Stetz, Station Director, Haddam Neck Gerald Garfield, Esquire Public Document Room (PDR)
Local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector State of Connecticut bec w/ enc 1:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
Management Assistant, DRMA (w/o enc 1)
R. Bellamy,-DRSS DRP Section Chief J. Shediosky, SRI, Haddam Neck W. Raymond Sfs!, Millstone J. Caldwell, ED0 G, Vissing, PM, NRR P. Eselgroth, DRS K. Ihnen, DRS OL Facility File DRS Files (3)
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ENCLO50RE 1 REFERENCE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS Test items to support all aspects of the requalification examir,ation must be provided to the NRC 00 days prier 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 first requalification evaluation at the facility, the submittal must contain at least:
700 test items f or use in the written examination.
They should be equally divided between the two sections of the examination, and there must be at least 350 test items for use in each section.
75 job performance measures (JPMs) for use on the walk-through portion of the operating examination.
To the extent possible, approximately 40% of the JPMs should evaluate "in plant" tasks (system / component operation outside the control room).
15 simulator scenarios of approximately 50 ":inutes each in length for use on the simulator portion of the operating e, amination for examinations administered in one week.
For subsequent requalification examination facilities are expected to make submittals reflecting progress toward the following targets over the next 5 years af ter the initial evaluation visit:
A minimum of 700 test items for use in the written examination equally divided between the two sections of the written examination and which cover all safety-related elements of the facility job task analysis (JTA).
The bank shall be dynamic in nature, in tnat at least 150 questions a year shall be reviewed, revised or generated.
New questions that are developed should cover equipment and system modifications, recent industry and licensee events and procedural changes.
JPMs to evaluate each operator and senior operator safety-related task identified in the facility JTA, which meet the criteria in ES-603, The JPM bank should expand at a rate of at leas + 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,
2 A bank of at least 30 simulator scenarios which reflect all plausible or expected abnormal and emergency situations to which control room operators are expected to respond or control.
At least 5 scenarios per year should be generated until all aspects of the eme gency operating procedures are covered with suf ficient variation in the type and scope of initiating events and level of degradation.
For all requalification examination and evaluation visits, the f acility shall:
submit an Examination Test Outline / Sample Plan which meets the require-ments of ES-601, Attachment 2; provide the associated examination banks (written, simulator and JPM) and atsociated reference material. At:a minimum, this shall include Technical Specifications,-applicable plant operating,-surveillance ano administra-tive procedures, abnormal and emergency operating procedures, emergency plan procedures and training material utilized in the requalification training (including student handouts and lesson plans).
Additional refer-ence material may oe requested by the Chief Examiner.
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ENCLOSURE 2 ADMINISTRATION OF REQUALIFICATION EXAMINATIONS 1.
An evaluation of at least twelve facility licensed operators is required 4
for a program evaluation.
Normally the crew scheduled for requalification training during the period selected for the program euluation should be selected.
The sample will include other licensed operators who are noi routinely performing Shif t duties or are not maintaining an active license per 10_CFR_55.53(e).
The restrictions on crew composition in the simu-lator are described in ES-601(C.1.b) and ES-604.
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The simulator and a simulator operator s) will be provided for examination s
development.
The date(s) and duration of time needed to develop the examinations will be agreed upon by the chief examiner and the facility.
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The reference material used in the simulator will be reviewed by the chief ex6 miner, no material will be made available that is solely used for training.
4.
A single room shall be provided for completing Section B of the written examination.
The location of this room and supporting rest room facili-ties shall be such as to prevent contact with all other facility and/or contractor personnel during the duration of the examination.
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Minimum spacing is required to ensure examination integrity as determined by the chief examiner. Minimum spacing should be one candidate per table, with a three-foot pace between tables.
No wall charts, models, and/or other training materials shall be present in the examination room, 6.
Copies of-reference material for Section B of the written examination will be provided for each examinee.
The reference material will be reviewed by the chief examiner and will consist of Technical Specifications, opera-ting / abnormal procedures, administrative procedures, Emergency Plans as available to the plant operators.
7.
Video taping capabilities can be utilized.
The facility should contact the chief examiner for restrictions -related to its usage.
8.
An attempt will be made to distinguish between R0 and SRO knowledge and abilities to the extent-that such a distinction is supported by the faci-lity traini g materials, 9.
Prudent.cheduling of exam week activities is important to help alleviate undue stress on the operators.
Your training staff and the Chief Examiner should work very closely in formulating a schedule which does not result in excessive delays in 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 their scheduled exam times.
When examining operators in groups, it is better to hold the group just completing their exam vice the groups that are taking their exam
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Following simulator scenarios, the facility evaluators and NRC exami-ners should quickly determine whether follow up questioning is required, so that the crew may be released to talk among themselves about the scenario.
Ensure that time validation of JPMs, particularly those performed in the.sifnulator,Lis conducted accurately. A reasonable schedule should be established to prevent operators from waiting for simulator availability to complete _ their JPMs.
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Use black ink or dark pencil ONLY to feci11 tate legible reproductions.
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Print your name in the blank provided on the cover sheet of the examina-tion.
3.
Fill in the date on the cover sheet of the examination, if necessary.
4.
Answer each question on the examination.
if additinnal 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.
lhe point value for each question is indicated in parentheses af ter the question and can he used as a guide for the depth of answer required.
7.
Show all calculations, methods or assumptions used to obtain an answer to a mathematical problem, whether asked for in the question or not.
8.
Unless solicited, the location of references need not be stated.
9.
Proportional grading will be applied. Any additional wrong 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 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 0.80, even though you may have listed the four correct responses in the answer key.
10.
Partial credit may be given, except on multiple choice questions.
Therefore, ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION AND 00 NOT LEAVE ANY ANSWERS BLANK.
11.
If parts of the examination are not clear with respect to their intent, ask questions of the examiner only.
12.
You must sign the statement on the cover sheet that indicates _the work on the examination 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.
Restroom 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 i
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Cheating on the eramination would result in a revocation of your license and could result in more sevore penalties.
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Each section of the examination is designed to take approximately 90 minutes to complete You will be given two hours to complete each section to allow for thirty minutes of review.
16.
The examination has been time validated by knowledgeable persons. You should be aware that not every answer needs to be verified by consulting a reference and ex:essive usage of reference material may cause you to not complete the exam in the allotted time.
17.
Due to the existence of questions that will require all examinees to refer to the same indications or controit, particular care must be taken to maintain individual examination security and avoid any possibility of compromise or appearance of-chea:ing.
- 18. When you ere finished and have turned in your complet=" examination, leave the examination area.
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