ML20034C887
| ML20034C887 | |
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| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 05/10/1990 |
| From: | Eselgroth P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Frizzle C Maine Yankee |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9005210051 | |
| Download: ML20034C887 (11) | |
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NAY 10 20 Docket No. 50-309 i
Maine Yankee' Atomic Power Company j
ATTN: Mr. Charles-D. Frizzle
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Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
REACTOR' OPERATOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR' LICENSING EXAMINATIONS In a telephone conversation between Mr. M. Evringham, Training Manager and Mr. D. Silk, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of' licensing examinations at the Maine Yankee Atomic Power. Station, The_ examinations.are scheduled-for the week of. August 27, 1990.
To meet the above schedule, it will'be:necessary for you to furnish the refer-ence material listed.in Enclosure 1, Reference Material __ Requirements forL
~ Reactor / Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Examinations," by ' June:27,1990.
Any_ delay in-receiving approved,-properly bound and indexed reference' material, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete reference material-_may result in the examination being rescheduled. Mr. Evringham.has been_ advised of our reference material requirements, and the address where each set is to be mailed.
You are responsible for providing adequate space and accomm'odations for admini-stration of the written examinations., " Requirements for Admini-stration of Written Examination," describes our' requirements _ for conducting these examinations. contains"the Rules _and Guidelines that will be in effect during the administration of the written examination. The facility management is respons-ible for ensuring that all applicants-are' aware of these rules.
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The facility staff review of the written examination will-be conducted in accordance with requirements specified in Enclosure 4, " Requirements for Facility Review of Written Examinations."
To better document simulator examinations, the Chief Examiner will have the' simulator operator record predetermined plant conditions (1.e., plant pressure, temperature, pressurizer level, etc.), for each simulator scenario.
The applicants will be responsible for providing this information, with any appeal of a simulator operating examination. Therefore, your training staff should retain the original simulator examination scenario information until'all applicants who took examinations have either passed the operating _ examination, accepted the denial of their license, or filed an appeal.
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-Maine Yankee Atomic Power. Company 2 All completed license applications should be submitted at.least 30 days before
-the first examination dates so that we will be able to review the training and-E experience of the candidates, process'the ' medical certifications, and prepare final examiner assignments af ter applicant-eligibility-has been determined. :If the applications.are not received at least. 30 days before the examination -
dates, it istlikely that a postponement will be necessary.
i Mr.LEvringham has.been-informed of the above requirements.
This request is covered by Office of-Management and-Budget-Clearance Nusber
. 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 mailingithe required material. _ Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions'for reducing this burden,.
to the-Records and Reports Management Branch, Division of Information Support-Services', 0ffice of Information Resources Management; U.S'< Nuclear' Regulatory' Commission,rWashington, 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 regarding the examination procedures and. requirements, please contact me at (215) 337-5211.
- Sincerely, Origina1 Signed Bys,
PETER W. ESELGROTH l
Peter W. Eselgroth, Chief PWR Section Operations Branch-Division of Reactor. Safety'
Enclosures:
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Reference Material Requirements for Reactor / Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Examinations 2.
Requirements for Administration of Written Examinations 3.
NRC Rules and Guidelines for Written Examinations 4.
Requirements for Facility Review of Written Examinations-OFFICIAL RECORD COPY SILK /90-DAY /5/3/90 - 0001.1.0 05/04/90
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d M. Evringham, Training Manager.
J. Randazza, Assistant Chairman of the Board 3
Ji H. Garrity, Vice President, Engineering and Licensing E.-T. Boulette, Vice President, Operations P.
L~. Anderson,-Project Manager-J. D. Firth,.Vice President, Public and Governmental Affairs
. I G. D. Whittier, Manager, Nuclear Engineering and Licensing R..W. Blackmore,fPlant Manager J. A. Ritsher, Attorney (Ropes and Gray)
Peter.Brann, Assistant Attorney General LU, Vanags, Maine State Planning Office Public Document: Room (PDR)
Local Public Document 1 Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety-Information Center (NSIC)-
NRC Resident. Inspector State of Maine, SLO Designee.
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Management' Assistant, DRMA (w/o enc 1) l(
R.'Bellamy, DRSS
-J. Johnson, DRP E. McCabe, DRP i
H. Eichenholz, SRI - Vermont-Yankee J. Caldwell, NRR E. Leeds, LPM, NRR j
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P. Eselgroth, DRS' Master Exam File OL Facility File DRS Files (2) i 1
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1 ENCLOSURE 1 REFERENCE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REACTOR / SENIOR REACTOR-i OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS:
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Existing learning objectives, Job' Performance Measures and lesson plans (including training manuals, plant orientation' manual',: system descript-p lons,etc.).-
A copy of the facility Job.and Task Analysis:(JTA), specifying the know-ledges and abilities required of an operator l at the facility. : Each parti-3 cular knowledge and/or' ability will include an-importance: rating correlat-ing it to ensuring.the. health and the safety:of-the public.. If-a -JTA i s-not furnished, the.Knowledges and: Abilities Catalog for Nuclear. Power Plant. Operators, NUREG 1122'(1123)'will be used to establish' content valid-ity for the examination.
All-Job. Performance Measures ' JPMs) used to ' ascertain the competence of:
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i the operators in performing tasks within the contro1~ room complex and,"as-identified in the facility JTAs, outside of the co'ntrol_ room, i.e., local operations.
Training materials shall' include all' substantive ~ written material used-for, preparing applicants. for-initial ~ R0 and SRO licensing. The written mater-L ial shall include learning objectives and the details presented during 1ectures, rather than outlines. - Training materials-shall.be identified by plant and unit, bound, tabbed,- and indexed.
FAILURE TO PROVIDE: COMPLETE, PROPERLY BOUND AND'INDEXE0 PLANT REFERENCE ~ MATERIAL MAY' RESULTmIN:THE RETURN OF THE MATERIAL ~ TO THE PERSON WH0:IS THE HIGHEST. LEVEL OF' CORPORATE MANAGEMENT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANT OPERATIONS (E.G., VICE PRESIDENT-1 4
0F NUCLEAR OPERATIONS)'. ACCOMPANYING THE MATERIAL WILL' BE-A' COVER-LETTER 1 EXPLAINING THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE REFERENCE MATERIAL AND THE FACT'THAT THIS WAS THE REASON THE EXAMINATIONS WERE: CANCELLED OR' POSTPONED. -Train-ing materials, which include the following, shall-be provided:
L System descriptions' including descriptions-.of 'all operationally relevant flow paths, components, controis-and instrumentation.
a System training material should draw parallels--to:the actual proce-dures used for operating the applicable system.
Complete and operationally useful descriptions of all safety system
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interactions and, where available, 80P. system interactions under emergency and abnormal conditions, including consequencesiof anti-1 cipated operator error, maintenance error, and equipment _ failure.
Training material used to clarify and strengthen understanding of-emergency operating procedures.
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Complete-Procedure Index (including' surveillance procedures,.etc.).
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A11= administrative procedures (as applicable to reactor operation or safety)-
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All integrated plant procedures (normal-or general operating procedures) 5.
All emergency procedures (emergency instructions, abnormal or special pro '
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Standing orders (important orders that are safety related and may super-sede the regular procedures) 7.4
-Surveillance procedures (procedures that are run frequently, i.e. weekly -
or that'can be run on the simulator).
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Fuel-handling and core-loading procedures, (initial. core-loading'proce-dure, when appropriate) 9.
All annunciator / alarm response procedures
- 10. Radiation protection manual (radiation control manual or procedures)
- 11. Emergency plan implementing procedures i
- 12. Technical Specifications (and interpretations,. if available)' for all units for which licenses are sought.
- 13. System operating procedures
- 14. Piping and Instrumentation diagrams, electrical single-line diagrams', or flow diagrams
- 15. Technical Data Book, and/or Plant curve information a's.used by operators and facility precautions, limitations,.and set. points (PLS) for the facility i
16.- Licensee Event Reports for the previous two years (as applicable to licensed operators).
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Industrial safety material (fire protection, electrical safety, confined
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Examination. Question Bank specific to the facility training program which may'be used in the written or operating examinations.
In particular, multiple choice questions for the written examination.
(Voluntary by licenses).
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- 19. The following on the plant' reference simulation: facility a.
List of all preprogrammed initial conditions -
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List of all preset: malfunctions with a clear identification number.
The list shall include cause.and effect information.- Specifically,.
for each malfunction a concise' description of the: expected' result,:or-range of results,. that will: occur'upon implementation. shal1~ be
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be initially expected should be given.
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' A description of simulator failure capabilities-for valves, breakers',.
indicators and alarms.
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Where the capability exists, an-explanation of the ability t'o vary the severity of a particular malfunction shall be provided,_i.e.,
ability to vary the size of-a given LOCA or steam leak, or the abil-ity to cause.a slow failure of a~ component such as a feed ~ pump, tur-bine generator or major valve.
(e.g... drifting shut of:a main _ feed-water contro1' valve)
.An identification of modeling conditions / problems,that may impact-'_the=
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examination.
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Identification of any known performance test discrepancies not yet-corrected.
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Identification of differences between the simulator and the reference plant's control room h.
Copies of facility generated scenarios that expose the applicants:to.
j situations of degraded pressure control:(PWR), degraded heat. removal.
t capability (PWR and BWR) and containment challenges (PWR and BWR).
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Simulator instructors manual., (Voluntary by licensee).
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Description of the scenarios used'for the training class.
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- 20. Additional material required by the examiners to develop-examinations that
- meet the requirements of:these standards and the regulations.
L The above reference material shall be approved, final issues and shall be so marked.
If a plant has not finalized some-of the material, the Chief. Examiner i
shall verify with the facility that the most complete, up-to-date material is-available and that agreement has been reached.with the licensee for limiting ~
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changes before.the administration of the examination. All. procedures and-reference material shall be bound withiappropriate indices or tables of.
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contents so that they can be used efficiently.
Failure to-provide complete, properly bound and indexed plant reference material could result _in cancella-tion or rescheduling of the examinations.
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4 ENCLOSURE 2 REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS -
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A single room shall' be providedLfor administration of the written examina-tion. ;The location ~of this room and supporting'restroom facilities shall be such as to prevent contact with all other facility _ and/or contractor' personnel during the written examination.
If necessary, the facility should make arrangements for _the use of a suitable room at.aflocal school,:
motel,- or other-building. Obtaining this room.is_the responsibility of-the licensee.
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Minimum spacing-is required to-ensure: examination integrity _as determined by the Chief Examiner. - Minimum spacing'should be one applicant per. table, with a three foot space between tables.
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Suitable arrangements shall be made by-the : facility if the applicants are to have lunch, coffee, nr other-refreshments. :These arrangements shall-comply with Item 1 above and shall'be reviewed by the examiner.and/or proctor.
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The facility licensee shall provide pads of 8-1/2 th;11 inch lined paper-
'in unopened packages for each--applicant's.usetin completing'the examina-tion.- The' examiner shall distribute these pads.to the applicants.
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Applicants may bring pens,_ pencils, calculators or slide rules tinto the examination room.- Only black ink or dark pencils should be 'used'for writing answers to questions.
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The licensee shall provide one set of steam tables for,each applicant.
The examiner shall distribute.the-steam _ tables to the app ~11 cants. No~ wall charts, models, and/or other training materials shall be:present in the-examination room. No other equipment or reference materia 1J shall be -
allowed unless provided by the examiner.
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5 ENCLOSURE 3 NRC RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS t
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. Check identification. badges.
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Pass out examinations and all handouts.
Remind applicants not to review examination until Instructed'to-do so.
READ THE FOLLOWING' INSTRUCTIONS VERBATIM:
t During the administration of this examination the following. rules apply:
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Cheating on the'_ examination means an automatic' denial of your application:
I and could result..in more severe penalties.
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After the examination has been completed, you must sign the statement on
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READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS:
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Restroom trips are to be limited and only-.one applicant atla' time may-leave. You must avoid all contacts with anyone outside the examination room to avoid even the _ appearance or possibility of cheating.
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Use black ink or dark pencil only to facilitate legible _ reproductions.
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Print your name in the blank provided in the upper right-hand corner of i
the examination cover sheet.
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Fill in the date on the cover sheet of the examination (if necessary).
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You may write your answers on the e~xamination question-page or on a separate sheet of paper.
USE ONLY THE PAPER PROVIDED AND 00 NOT WRITE ON t
THE BACK SIDE OF THE PAGE.
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If you write your answers on the examination question page and you need more space to answer a specific question, use a separate sheet of_the.
paper provided and' insert it directly after the specific question. DO NOT WRITE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE EXAMINATION QUESTION PAGE.
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Initial each page of your answer sheets.
- 10. Before you turn in your examination, consecutively number each answer sheet, including any additional pages inserted when writing your answers on the examination question page.
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11.- Write "Last Page" on the last answercsheet.
- 12. _ Use abbreviations only if they are commonly used Lin facility. literature..
Avoid using symbols. such as- < or > signs to avoid a simple transposition.
error resulting'in an4 incorrect answer.' Write ~it out.
- 13. The' point value for each question is indicated in parentheses'after the question.- The amount cf blank space on an examination question page;is j
c NOT an-indication'of the depth of: answer required..
- 14. Show'a11' calculations, methods, or assumptions used to obtain an answer.
- 15. Partial credit may be given for other than multiple choice ~ questions.-
Therefore,' ANSWER ALL' PARTS OF THE QUESTION AND DO NOT LEAVE ANY ANSWER-BLANK.
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Partial' credit will NOT be awarded for questions.using multiple choice selection formatting.
The correct answer must. stand on its own merit.
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Proportional grading will be applied. Any additional wrong information that is provided may count against you. LFor 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 though you got the four correct answers.
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If the intent of a question is unclear, ask questions of the. examiner only.
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Ensure that all information you wish to have evaluated as_ part of your
. answer is on your answer sheet.
Scrap paper will be disposed of_immedi-ately following the examination without reviews.
- 20. When turning in your examination, assemble the completed examination with examination questions, examination aids and answer sheets; In addition, turn.in all scrap paper.
- 21. To pass.the examination, you must achieve an overall grade of 80% or greater.
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There.is a time limit of 4.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br /> for completion.of the examination (or some other. time if less than the full examination is taken).
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- 23. When you are done and have turned in your examination, leave: the examina-tion. area (DEFINE THE AREA).
If you are found in this area while the i
examination is still in progress, your license may be denied or revoked.
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ENCLOSURE 4-REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITY REVIEW 0F WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS
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At'theoptionoftheCh'ieffExaminer,thefacilitymayreviewthewritten examination up to two weeks prior to its administration. :This review may take place at the ' facility or in _the= Regional-office. The Chief-Examiner, i
'will coordinate the_ details of the review with the-facility. 'An NRC exam -
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t When this option of examination review;is utilized,nthe facility reviewersL will sign the,following. statement prior ~to being allowed access to the
. examination.- The examinstion or written notes will not be retained by the
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Pre-Examination Security Agreement i
I agree that I.will:not. knowingly divulge any'informa-t tion concerning the replacement (oriinitial) examination: scheduled -
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__ toLany unauthorized persons.. I understand that-f I am not to participate ~in any instruction involving those= reactor-operator.or senior reactor operator applicants scheduled to be admini-stered the above replacement (or' initial)~ examination from now until after the examination has-been administered.
ILunderstand that< viola-tion of this security agreement could ' result in' the examination beir.g voided.
Signature /Date In addition, the facility staff reviewers _will sign the following
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statement after the written examination has been1 administered.
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Post-Examination Security Agreement I
did not, to the best of knowledge, divulge.any information concerning the written examination administered on-t to any unauthorized persons.
I did not participate in providing any instruction to those. reactor operator and eenior' reactor operator applicants who were administered the examination' from the time that I was allowed access to the examination.
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Regardless of whether the above examination review option is exercised, i
immediately following the administration of. the written examination, the facility staff shal1~be provided a marked up copy of the examination and1 _
l the answer key. The copy of the written examination _shall include pen and Link changes made to questions during the examination administration.
If the facility did not review the examination prior to its administra-tion, they will have five (5) working days-from the day of the written-l examination to submit formal comments.
If the facility reviewed the-t examination prior to its administration, any additional comments must be' given to an examiner. prior to his/her leaving the site at:the end of the l
week of the written examination administration. 'In either case,'the comments will be addressed to the-responsible Regional Office by the highest on site level of corporate. management for. plant operations,-e.g.,
L Vice President for Nuclear: Operations. A copy of the submittal will-be forwarded to the Chief Examiner, as. appropriate.
Comments not submitted within the required time frame will be considered for. inclusion in the grading process on a case-by-case basis by the. Regional Office _ Section Chief.
Should the comment submittal 2 deadline not be~. met, a long delay in grading the= examination may occur.
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The following format should be adhered to for submittal of.-specific comments:
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Listing of NRC_ Question, answer and reference-j l
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Facility comment / recommendation 1
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Reference (to support facility comment) j NOTES:
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No change to the examination will be made without submittal of of a reference to support the facility comment. Any. supporting documentation that was not previously. supplied, should be provided.
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Comments made without a concise facility recommendation will not be addressed.
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A two hour post examination review may be held at the discretion of the-Chief Examiner.
If this review is held, the facility staff should be informed that only written comments that are properly supported will be I
considered in the grading of the examination.
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