ML20042G876
| ML20042G876 | |
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| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 05/04/1990 |
| From: | Munro J, Payne D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| ML20042G874 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-348-OL-90-01, 50-348-OL-90-1, NUDOCS 9005160213 | |
| Download: ML20042G876 (4) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1 G
LExamination' Report No. 50-348/0L-90-01
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~ doseph M.]Farley Nuclha Plant-t Facility Docket Nos,:
50-348 ' and ' 50-364:.
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- Requalification O retake writt'en~ 'exainin'ations and[ operating E testsF were administered at the Farley Nuclear Plant near_ Ashford,1 Alabama.-
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SUMMARY
Enaminations were administered during the week of-January 29, 1990.
j LRequalification retake written-examinations and' operating tests weretadministered d
to four Senior Reactor Operators (SR0s) and two. Reactor Operators (R0s).. Of i
'the four.SR0s tested, all passed the examination.- Of the two-R0s tested..both passed-the examination.
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. REPORT. DETAILS i
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Facility Employees Contacted During-the Examination
- D. N. Morey, General Manager.
- L. M. Stinson,-Assistant General-Manager - Support
- L.cS. Williams Training Manager
- R. Wiggins, Supervisor, Operations Training--
. B. W.' Van Landingham.. Unit Supervisor Operations:
- S.LG. Freeman, SAER Engineer
- W. H. Lee, SR Plant Instructor - Nuclear
- C. I. McLean SR Plant Instructor
'* Attended Exit Meeting 2.
Examiners
- D.iC. Payne, NRC, Region 11 M. J. Morgan,'NRC, Region II AG.- F.. Maxwell, Farley Senior Resident Inspector
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- Chief Examiner
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Examination Development The examination team reviewed the simulator and written-teststproposed by the facility for use.in this reexamination.
There was> no sample plan;
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representative it was.to the training goals ' of. the.requalification program.
Some examination weaknesses were identified as'a result:of this
- i failing and. are discussed below. : All examinations should have a sample, i
plan: associated with them which serves as the blueprint for. selecting the questions from the bank 'to be used in: the-test.' Development of the-i sample plan should reflect the relative emphasis given to each training objective, its importance, its difficulty, and its frequency of-performance during the course of the requalification cycle.
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Static Simulator Examination Each portion-of both the R0 and SR0 static exam consisted of 10 - 12"
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questions.
Question formats ranged from multiple choice to list to short answer essay.
The facility is cautioned that, for future NRC requal l
visits, questions should emphasize an objective format such as multiple.
1 choice' or matching over short answer essay for the written examination.
Revision 6 to the Examiner Standards will clarify this point.
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the questions (three or four per section) were not related to the. actual i
transient.- This was noted as permissible, and the operators were made aware of the lack of question relationship to the transient.
- However, most of these " unrelated" questions did not require-the static simulator y
as a frame of reference since unique /different initial conditions - much like those found in open reference questioning - were presented in the text of the questions.
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' static simulator.. conditions' - several did not-need the static simulator
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!as a Lframe of reference.and were procedure oriented-(1. e..' they.were in Lan open reference. format).
Still Lother questions'. were of a pure -
t memorization, ; theoretical in nature construction.
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urequired neither the static simulator nor references to answer them. The facility is ' reminded that 'the static 1 simulator portion of. the written 1,
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exam is: systems based and thus' procedural. actions / bases type, questions-i i
!are inappropriate.
Additionally, confining.all the questions to'just onel l
or; two system topicsJis.not the intent of-ES-601.- : The facility'should:
i use' their. sample planito help l develop. thel scope of each sectionlof? the 4
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J-examination.
a Time Va',idati.o._n.
A standard-time'of fromifour to six minutes was assessed:to each question-It'was noted, ho'ever, that this assignment.
of the written examination.
w of Ltime appeared L to - be rather. ~ arbitrary; and based mainly - upon the 3 6
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c perceived difficulty of the question rather than by:a true assessment of-time using plant operators / training staff.,The plant. staff -attempted ~ to -
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. validate the whole examination-by actual e'xam administration.'~While time L
- validating i the whole examination Dis acceptable, realistic;'validationj
. times-for individual questions are-necessaryvin order to design a test of-sufficient length to-meet the' examiner standards without' validating the-
> whole exam several times withisevera11different people'. ' Validation of; the. whole exam should; serve ' as 'a final L quality check on ! the7 exam t
L construction' process.-
The. validation A time for - each : individual l
question'should be representative;of the question's situational aspects.
1 For ' example, if a Steam Generator Tube 7 Rupture t(SGTR) Lis. postulated in-t the. question and~ a relatively quickj response wouldibe expected in~ real life, then a short validation time shouldlbe assigned.
Time to utilize reference ! material should only, bei accounted for.if 4said reference-material is< required to be used in order to answer the; question such as l
in a boron calculation problem. : Time to review the test and check answers against' reference material is already accounted for*in theidesign of the exam and should not be added as part of. the individual question validation time.
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Examination Changes Modifications to some of the-examination questions or Individual Simulator Critical Tasks (ISCTs) were proposed by 'the facility training staff during.and after administration of the exam.
The utility changes have been consolidated within Enclosure 3.
These changes were accepted' by the NRC.
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- At the conclusion..of the site. visit, the examiners met 'with -
representatives of the 1 plant staff ' to discuss the-results 'of the-examinations.
There.were no = generic ~ weaknesses :noted 'during the.
operating tests.
The' cooperation given to' thel examiners was. noted and -
appreciated.
The licensee' did' not identify as proprietary any material-provided to.or. reviewed by the examiners.
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