ML20042G903
| ML20042G903 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 04/30/1990 |
| From: | Peebles T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Stewart W VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9005160254 | |
| Download: ML20042G903 (8) | |
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Virginia Electric and Power Company
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ATTN: Mr. W. L. StewartF Senior Vice President - Power 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen. VA 23060-I
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SUBJECT:
REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM EVALVATION - NORTH ANNA POWER STATION i
In a telephone conversation between Mr. Michael Crist, Training-Supervisor, and k
Mr.-Michael Morgan, License-Examiner, Regi_on II, arrangements were made for an evaluation of the requalification program and licensed personnel at the North l
Anna Power Station.-
.The evaluation visit is 1 scheduled for the weeks of August 20 and August 27,'1990.
For this visit, administer the operating and written examinations. 'the NRC examiners will The NRC examiners will discuss with the appropriate facility personnel and f
operators the-schedule and the process for these examinations.
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examiners to adequately: prepare' for this visit, it will be necessary for the facility to furnish the a'pproved items listed in-Enclosure 1, " Reference -
Material Requirements" by! June 4,.1990.-
Mr. Crist has been advised' of our i
reference material requirements and where they are to be sent.
NRC reserves the right to postpone NRC administered requalification.
examinations if - the facility generated materials are inadequate-for i
examination preparation.
It is_ requested that an employee be provided to complete.the examination team.
The employee shall be an active (per the requirements 'of 10 CFR 55.53(e) or (f)) SR0 from the North Anna Power Station Operations Department.
If desired by the facility, and agreed.to by the Chief Examiner, an additional employee from the Training Department may be a member of the examination team.
This employee shall preferably be' an active- (per the requirements of 10 CFR 55.53(e) or (f)) SRO, but may be a facility or INp0. certified instructor. /These individuals must not be scheduled for an NRC administered examination during this visit, or participate as instructors once selected.
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' The facility representatives will be required to certify that they did not knowingly compromise any portion of the examination.
The facility representatives shall be restricted (1) from knowingly 3
communicating,by-any means the content or scope of the exam to enauthorized 1
persons and (2) from ' participating in any facility programs' such as instruction, examination, or tutoring in which an identified requalification i
examinee (s) will be present.
These restrictions shall apply from a date to be l
determined by the Chief Examiner.
In addition to these two individuals, the assignment of a simulator operator is requested 28 days prior to the scheduled examination date.
The simulator operator will be under examination security restrictions similar to those above.
His/her restrictions shall apply from a date to be determined by the k
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April 30, 1990 The _ facility management is responsible-for_ providing adequate -space and-accommodations to properly develop and-conduct' the examinations.
Addition-ally, _ in order to ensure an-efficient and. effective examination, day-shift time _on the facility's simulator device must be allocated for both the -
development and administration periods., " Administration of-Requalification. Examinations," describes-our requirements for developing and conducting the examinations.
Mr. Crist has also been informed of. these requirements.
Also, a facility -operations management representative 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 covered by Office of Management and Budget' Clearance Number 315.0-0101 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 mailing the required material. _ Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect'of this collection of information, including suqqestions ' for reducing ~this-burden, to the Records and Reports Management Branch, Division of.Information Support. Services, Office of Information Resources Management, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.s20555; and to the Paperwork, Reduction-Project ' (3150-0101), Office of. Management and Budget, Washington, D. C.
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Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
If you have any questions on the evaluation process, please contact Mr. John F.- Munro, Chief, Operator Licensing Section 1, at 404/331-5544.
Sincerely, Thomas A. Peebles, Chief-Operations Branch t
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/enCls:
4 L. Edmonds, Superintendent, Nuclear Training.
G.-Kane, Station Manager Commonwealth of Virginia
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i ENCLOSURE 1 REFEREPCE MATEPIAL REColREMENTS 1.
For the written examination, the following items must be provided to the NRC'60 days prior to the namination date:
Proposed R0 and SRO requalification written examination test items.
(Aminimumof350persectionof!theexamination.)
Since the written examination is open reference, examination items must meet the following:
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Items that require only memorization or recall are not permitted.
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Items should require that the examinee comprehend, interpret, integrate, or apply available information, v-c.
Items should contain situations,. aspects, or conditions that do not
' duplicate lesson plans or references.
d.
Items should require exuinees to locate and 'use references <
The written examination will be composed 'of two sections, each designed to be completed in 1 1/2 1ours.
Each section will be separate.
Section A. " Plant Operations," will-be administered on a static simulator; Section D. " Limits and Controls," will be administereo in a classroom setting.
Section A is designed to. evaluate the operator's knowledge of
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l plant systems, integrated plant operations, and instrumentation and controls.
In addition, recognition of Technical Specification LCOs and the operator's ability to diagnose postulated events should be evaluated.
l Section B of the written examination'is designed to evaluate the ability of the operator to analyze a given set of conditions and determine the proper procedural and/or administrative guidance.
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All reference material and objectives for the proposed test items.-
For the simulation facility, the following items must be provided to the NRC 60 days prior to the examination date:
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A minimum of 15 scenarios.
The scenarios should sample areas such as LERs emergency and L
abnormal procedures, and design and procedural changes that exercise the crew's ability to use facility procedures in
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accident prevention and ' mitigation.
The-scenarios 'should evaluate' each crew member as appropriate to his/her. license, and shall exercise their' abilities in the use of Emergency.
Operating Procedures, Technical Specifications, and the Emergency Plan.
The scenario's net time.(not including time spent on briefings, setup or simulation facility problems) should average 50 minutes, based upon real. time performance.
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2-For the plant wait through examination, the following items must be provided to the NRC 60 days prior to the examination date:
a.
A list of systems and topics appropriate.to the plant walk through examination that were covered during the two-year requalification cycle and are important to setety.
All reference material required to support an examination on these topics should be provided.
b.
Seventyfive(75)jobperformancemeasures.
These performance measures should be 'both in plant and control room operator functions that are required for the safe operation of the facility. They shall include acceptable performance criteria.
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Any additional reference material required for examination preparation will be requested by the examination team.
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A sampling plan shall be provided by the facility which indicates the relative emphasis of topics which were included in the last two years of requalification training.
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All Requalification Training material shall be provided by the facility.
Emergency, abnormal, normal, administrative and surveillance procedures, to the extent that they are applicable to licensed operators, shall also be provided.
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4 ENCLOSURE 2 ADMINISTRATION OF REQUALIFICATION EXAMINATIONS 1.
Approximately twenty percent of the facility licensed operators shall be selected for evaluation.
Nonna11y the re currently in the requalifica-tion cycle will be selected. A random sany. 'e without replacement will be used 'to preclude a satisfactory operator from being subject to reexamina-tion by the NRC during the term of the license.
The sample will include other shift (s) made up of -licensed personnel who are not routinely g
performing shift duties.
simulator and a simulator' op(erator(s).will. be provided for 2.
The examination 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 siniulator will be reviewed by the Chief Examiner.
No material will be used that is solely used for training.
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A single room shall be provided for completing Section B of the written examination. The location of this room and supporting rest room facilities 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 examinee per table, with a S-foot space between tables.
No wall charts, modcls, and/or other training materials shall be present in the examination room.
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Copies of reference material for Section B of the written examination will be available to each examinee.
The reference material will be reviewed by the Chief Examiner and will consist of Technical Specifications, operatiag/ abnormal procedures, administrative procedures.
Emergency plans as available to the plant operators.
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Video taping capabilities may be utilized.
The facility should contact F
the Chief Examiner for rettrictions related to its usage.
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Since common tasks and detailed systems knowledge will be probed during the walk through portion of the operating test, operators will be requested not-to discuss the walk through with other examinees until after the complete examination hat been administered.
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An attempt will be made to distinguish between R0 and SR0 knowledge and abilities to the extent that such a distinction is supported by the facility training materials.
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ENCLOSURE 3 NRC RULES AND GUIDANCE FOR EXAMINEES f
1.
Use black ink or dark pencil DNLY to facilitate legible reproductions.
2.
Print your name in the blank provided on the cover sheet ' of. the examination.
3.
Fill in the date on the cover sheet of the examination, if necessary, 4.
Answer each question 1on the examination.
If additional paper is required, use only the lined paper provided by.the examiner.
5.
Use abbreviations only if they are commonly.used in f acility literature.
6.
.The point value for each question is indicated in parentheses after the question and can be used as a guide for the depth of answer required, i
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Show all calculations, methods or assumptions used to obtain an answer to a mathematical problem, whether asked for in the question or not.
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Unless solicited, the location of references need not be stated.
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Partial credit may be given.
Therefore, ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION AND DO NOT LEAVE ANY ANSWERS BLANK.
10.
If parts of the examination are not clear with respect to their intent, ask questions of the examiner only.
- 11. 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.
- 12. Rest room 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 compromise.
- 13. Cheating on the examination would result in a revocation of your license f
and could result in more severe penalties.
- 14. Each section of the examination is designed to take approximately 90-minutes to.. complete.
You will be given two hours to complete each section for a total of four hours.
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- 15. c Due to th'e existence of questions' that will require all. examinees to refer to the sane indications.or controls, particular care must be taken to maintain individual examination security and avoid any possibility of compromise or appearance of cheating.
- 16. When you are finished, and have turned in your -completed examination,.
the proctor will provide guidance on leaving the examination area.
- 17. Proportional' grading will be applied.
Any additional wrong information that is provided may count against you.. For example, if a question >1s 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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