ML20043A840
| ML20043A840 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 05/15/1990 |
| From: | Walker T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Mroczka E NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO. |
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| NUDOCS 9005230184 | |
| Download: ML20043A840 (11) | |
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MAY 151990 Docket No. 50-245 Northeast Nuclear Energy Company ATTN: Mr. E. J. Mroczka Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering and Operations P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
REACTOR OPERATOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS In a telephone conversation between Mr. H. Williams and Mr. R. Lueneburg, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Millstone Unit No. 1 Nuclear Power Station.
The examinations are scheduled for the week of August 27, 1990. Mr. Williams
-will be in touch with Mr. Lueneburg to work out the details of the examination week schedule.
1 To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary. for you to furnish the refer-ence material listed in Enclosure 1, " Reference Material Requirements for 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. Lueneburg 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 accommodations 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 effe.ct during the administration of the written examination. The facility management is respons-ible for ensuring that all applicants are aware of these rules.
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, water level, etc.), for each simulator scenario.
The applicants will be responsible for providing this information, with (
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2 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.
All completed license applications should be submitted as discussed with Mr.
Williams so that we will be able to review the training and experience of the candidates, process the medical certifications, and prepare final examiner assignments after applicant eligibility has been determined.
If the applications are not received as discussed, it is likely that a postponement will be necessa ry.
Mr. Lueneburg has been informed of the above requirements.
This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget Clearance Number 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 mailing the 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, Office of Information Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 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 the undersigned at (215) 337-5381.
Sincerely, Original Signed BY1 Tracy E. Walker, Acting Chief BWR Section Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosures:
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Reference Material Requirements for Reactor / Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Examinati.,ns 2.
Requirements for Administration of Written Examinations 3.
NRC Rules and Guidelines for. Written Examinations 4.
Requirements for Facility Review of Written Examinations i
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ENCLOSURE 1 REFERENCE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REACTOR / SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS 1.
Existing learning objectives, Job Performance Measures and lesson plans (including training manuals, plant orientation manual, system descript-ions, student handouts, etc.).
A copy of the facility Job and Task Analysis (JTA), specifying the know-ledges and abilities required of an operator at the facility.
Each parti-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 is 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 the operators in performing tasks within the control room complex and, as identified in the facility JTAs, outside of the control room, i.e., local' operations.
Training materials shall include all substantive written material used for preparing applicants for initial RO and SRO licensing.
The written mater-ial shall include learning objectives and the details presented during.
lectures, rather than outlines.. Training materials shall be identified by plant and unit, bound, tabbed, and indexed.
Training materials, which include the following, shall be provided:
System descriptions including descriptions of all operationally relevant flow paths, components, controls and instrumentation.
System training material should draw parallels to the actual-proce-dures used for operating the applicable system, i
Complete and operationally useful descriptions of all safety-system interactions and, where available. BOP system interactions under emergency and abnormal conditions, including consequences of anti-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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All administrative procedures (as applicable' to reactor. operation or safety) 4.
All integrated p'iant procedures (normal or general operating procedures) i 1
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All emergency procedures (emergency instructions, abnormal or special pro-cedures) 6.
Standing orders (important orders that are safety related and may super-sede the regular procedures) 7.
Surveillance procedures (procedures that are run frequently, i.e. Weekly or that can be run on the simulator) 8.
Fuel-handling and core-loading procedures.
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All annunciator / alarm response procedures 10.
Radiation protection manual (radiation control manual or procedures)
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Emergency plan implementing procedures
- 12. Technical Specifications (and interpretations, if available).
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System operating procedures i
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Piping and Instrumentation diagrams, electrical single-line diagrams, or l
flow diagrams
- 15. Technical Data Book, and/or Plant curve information as used by operators and facility precautions, limitations, and set points (PLS) for the facility 16.
Licensee Event Reports for the previous two years (as applicable to licensed operators).
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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 licensee).
- 18. The following on the plant' reference simulation facility a.
List of all preprogrammed initial conditions b.
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 shall be provided. Additionally, an indication of which annunciators are to be initially expected should be given, A description of simulator failure capabilities for valves, breakers, c.
indicators and alarms.
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Where the capability exists, an explanation of the ability to 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 thut of a main feed-water control valve) e.
An identification of modeling conditions / problems that may impact the examination.
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Identification of any known performance test discrepancies not yet corrected, g.
Identification of differences between the simulator and the reference plant's. control room h.
Copies of facility generated scenarios that expose the applicants to situations of degraded heat removal ~ capability and containment challenges.
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Simulator instructors manual.
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Description of the scenarios used for.the training class.
- 19. Additional material required by the examiners to develop examinations that.
meet the requirements of these standards and the regulations.
The above rnference material shall be approved, final issues and shall be so marked.
If a plant has not finalized some of the material, the' Chief Examiner 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 changes before the administration of the examination.
All procedures and reference material shall be bound with appropriate indices or tables of contents so that they can be used. efficiently.
Failure to provide complete, j
properly bound and indexed plant reference material could result in cancella-tion or rescheduling of the examinations.
i ENCLOSURE 2 REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF WRITTEN' EXAMINATIONS 1.
A single-room shall-be provided for administration of.the written examina--
tion. The location of this room and supporting restroom facilities shall.
he such as to prevent contact with all other facility and/or contractor personnel during the written examination.
If. necessary., the' facilityl.
should'make arrangements for the use of a suitable room at a local school, motel, or other building 0btaining this room is the responsibility of -
the licensee.
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Minimum-spacingLis required to. ensure examination.ir^agrity 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, cSffee, or other refreshments.
These arrangemrits Thall comply with-ItemL1 above-and'shal'1 be reviewed by the examiner and/or proctor.
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The facility licensee shall provide pads of 8-1/2 by;11 inch'11ned paper in unopened packages for each' applicant's use in. completing the examina-tion. The examiner l shall distribute these pads to the applicants.
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Applicants may bring pens, pencils, calculators or slide rules into' the examination room.- Only black ink or dark pencils should be,used1fori writing answers to questions.
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. The licensee shall provide one' set of steam : tables for. each applicant.
a The examiner shall distribute the steam tables to'the: applicants.
No wall charts, models,. and/or other training materials shall' be present in the examination room. No other equipment or reference' material shall be L
allowed unless provided by the examiner.
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examination until instructed to do so.
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< READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS VERBATIN:
1 During the administration.of this enamination:the'following rules apply:
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Cheat m on the examination means on automatic denial of your application
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After the examination has been completed,1you must sign the statement on the cover sheet indicating that the work is your own and you have not i
received or given assistance in completing the examination.
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Restroom trips are to be limited and only.'one applicant at'.a time may:
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. 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 the examination cover sheet.
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Fill in-the date 'on the cover sheet of the examination '(if nedessary).
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You may write your,. answers on the examination question page or on a-l separate sheet of paper.
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If you write your answers on the examination question-page;and you need l
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WRITE-ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE EXAMINATION-QUESTION-PAGE.
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Initial. each page of your answer sheets.
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error.resulting in an incorrect answer. Write'it out.
- 13. The point 1value for each question 1s indicated in parentheses after the, l
question.
The amount of blank space on an examination question page is NOT-an indication of_ the depth of answer required.
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- 14..Show all calculations, methods, or assumptions used-to obtain an answer.
I 15.. Partial credit may be given for other-than multiple choice questions.
Therefore, ANSWER ~ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION AND 00 NOT LEAVE ANY ANSWER BLANK.
Partial cre' it will NOT be awarded for questions using multiple choice 16.
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selection formatting, The correct answer must' stand on its own merit;
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Proportional grading will be applied. ~ Any additional wrong information d
that is provided may count against you. ' For example, if a question is' j
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.
- 19. 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,'exanination 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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- 22. There is a time limit of 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> for completion of the examination.
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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 examination is still in progress, your license may be denied or revoked.
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At the option of the Chief Examiner, the; facility may review the written-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 j"
will coordinate the details of-the review with the facility. An NRC. exam-iner will always be present' during the. review.
When this option of examination review is utilized,. the. facility reviewers
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examination. -The examination or written notes will not be retained by the-
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]j operator or senior reactor operator applicants = scheduled to _be admini-t 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 being voided.
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statement after the written examination has.been administered.
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did not, to the best of knowledge,. divulge any
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Regardless of whether the above examination review option is exercised, immediately following the administration of the written examination, the facility staff shall be provided a inarked up' copy of the examination and the answer key..The copy of the written examination shall include pen and ink changes made to' questions during the examination administration.1 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-examination to submit formal comments.
If the facility reviewed the examination. prior to its administration, any additional comments must be.
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i week of the written examination administration.
In either_ case, the-c.
q ts will be addressed to_the responsible Regional Office by the-hignest on site level of corporate management for plant. operations,Le.g.,
Vice President for Nuclear Operations.
A copy.of the submittal will bez forwarded to tn Chief Examiner, as appropriate. Comments not submitted 3
-within the required time frame will be considered for inclusion in the d;
grading procr' i o a case-by-case basis by the Regional Office.Section __
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Shoui. th comment submittal de' " S e not be met, a long delay in.
F grading the e w nation.may occur.
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The following format-should be adhered to for submittal of specific corrments:
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Reference (to, support. facility comment).
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No change to the' examination will be made without submittal of
'j 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 4
Chief Examiner.
If this review is held, the. facility staff should be
-informed that only written comments that are properly supported will~ be considered in the grading of the exa 9 ation, i
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