ML20043F784

Advises That Written & Oral Operator & Senior Operator Licensing Exams Scheduled for Wk of 901022.Approved Ref Matl Listed in Encl Needed to Meet Schedule

ML20043F784
Person / Time
Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	06/05/1990
From:	Wright G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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NUDOCS 9006180144
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Jw.51330 Docket No. 50-456 Docket No. 50-457 Commonwealth Edison Company ATTN: Mr. Cordell Reed Senior Vice President post Office Box 767 Chicago. IL 60690

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR AND SENIOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS in a telephone conversation between Mr. T. Reidinger, and Mr. Terry O'Orazio, arrangements were made for the administration of examinations at the Braidwood Nuclear Power Plant.

The written and oral examinations are scheduled for the week of October 22, 1990.

In order for us to meet this schedule, it will be necessary for the facility' t

to furnish the approved reference material listed in Enclosure 1, " Reference Material Requirements for Reactor / Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Examinations" at least 60 days prior to the examination date.

Any delay.in receiving approved properly bound and indexed reference material will result in a delay in. administering the examinations. Mr. D'Orazio has been advised of our reference material requirements, the number of reference material sets that are required, and the examiners' names and addresses where each set is to be mailed.

The facility management is responsible for providing adequate space'and-accommodations in order to properly conduct the written examinations.. " Requirements for Administration of. Written Examinations,"

describes our requirements for conducting these examinations.

Mr. D'_0razio has also been informed of these requirements.

j m, contains the Rules and Guidelines that will be % effect during the administration of the written examination. The facilia management is-responsible 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 " Mr. D'Orazio has been informed of

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.To.better document simulator examinations, the Chief Examiner will have the facility simulator operator record predetermined plant conditions (i.e., plant pressure, temperature, pressurizer level, etc.), for each simulator scenario.

.The applicants will be responsible for providing this information, along with any appeal of a simulator operating examination.

Therefore, the facility training staff should retain the simulator examination scenario information 9006180144 900605

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WN. 51330 until all applicants who took the examinations have either passed the operating examination,' accepted the denial of their license, or filed an appeal.

All reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications should i

be submitted at least 60 days prior to the first examination dates so that we will be able to review the training and experience of the applicants, i

process the medical certifications, and prepare final examiner assignments a

af ter applicant eligibility has been determined.

If.the applications are not received at least 30 days prior to the examination dates, it is likely that a postponement will be necessary, s

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.

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~20555; and to the Paperwork-Reduction Project (3150-0101), Office of a

Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

l Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

If you have any questions-regarding'the examination procedures and requirements, please contact T. Reidinger at 708-790-5551.

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i OMGINAl, SIGNED By Gt0f fi.[Y C. WmGtil Geoffrey C. Wright, Chief i

Operations Branch

Enclosures:

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Reference Material Requirements for, Reactor / Senior Reactor Operatar 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 i

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Distribution cc w/ enclosures:

T. J. Maiman, Vice President, PWR Operations T. Kovach, Nuclear Licensing Manager S. Hunsader, Nuclear Licensing Administrator R. E. Querio, Station Manager D. E. Cooper, Regulatory DCD/DCB(RIDS)pervisor Assurance Su Licensing Fee Management Branch Resident inspector, Rlll Braidwood Resident inspector, RIII Byron D. W. Cassel, Jr., Esq.

Richard Hubbard J. W. McCaffrey, Chief, Public Utilities Division H. S. Taylor, Quality Assurance Division E. Chan, OGC G. Berry, OGC Stephen P. Sands, NRR Robert Newmann, Office of Public Counsel, State of Illinois Center G. Vanderheyden, Plant Training Manager cc w/o enclosures:

S. P. Sands, Project Manager, NRR K. E. Perkins, Branch Chief, OLB

- B. Clayton, Section Chief, DRP

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ENCLOSURE 1 l

REFERENCE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REACTOR / SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS k

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Existing learning objectives, Job Performance Measures and lesson plans (including training manuals, plant orin. cation manual, system descriptions, reactor theory, thermodynamics, etc.)

i' A copy.of the facility Job and Task Analysis (JTA), specifying the knowledges and abilities required of an operator at the f acility.

Each particular knowledge and/or ability will include an importance rating H

correlating 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 validity 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 should include all substantive written material used.

for preparing applicants for initial R0 and SR0 licensing.

The written material should include learning objectives and the details presented during lectures, rather than outlines. Training materials should be identified by plant and unit, bound, and indexed. FAILURE TO PROVIDE

-COMPLETE, PROPERLY BOUND AND INDEXED PLANT REFERENCE MATERIAL MAY RESULT IN THE RETURN OF.THE MATERIAL TO THE PERSON WHO IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CORPORATE MANAGEMENT 0 0 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANT OPERA'i

.S (E.G.,'llCE PRESIDENT OF NUCLEAR OPERATIONS). ACCOMPANYING THE MATERIAL WILL BE A COVER LETTER EXPLAINING THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE REFERENCE MATERIAL AND THE FACT THAT THIS WAS THE REASON THE EXAMINATIONS WERE CANCELLED OR POSTPONED. Training materials which include the following should be provided:

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' System descriptions including descriptions of all operationally.

relevant flow paths, components, controls and instrumentation, j

System training material-should draw parallels to the actuai' procedures-used for operating the applicable system.

Complete and operationally useful descriptions of all safety-system.

O interactions and, where available, B0P system interactions under emergency and abnormal conditions, including consequences of anticipated operator error, maintenance error, and equipment failure, t

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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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Alladministrativeprocedures(asapp?icabletoreactoroperation_or safety) 4 All integrated plant procedures (normal or general ~ operating procedures) 5.

Emergency procedures (emergency instructions, abnormal or special procedures) 6.

Standing orders _(important orders that are safety-related and may supersede 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-loauing procedures, (initial core-loading procedure,whenappropriate) 9.

Annunciator / alarm procedures

10. Radiation protection manual (radiation control manual or procedures) 11.- Emergency plan implementing procedures

12. Technical S)ecifications (and interpretations, if available) for a R units for wiich licenses are: sought.

13. System operating procedures

14. Piping and instrumentation diagrams, electrical single-line_ diagrams, or flow diagrams g

15. Technical Data Book, and/or plant curve information as used by operators and ft.cility precautions, limitations, and set points (plS):for the facility 1

16. ~ Questions and answers specific to the facility training program which may_

be used in the written or operating examinations (voluntary by facility:

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17. The following on the plant reference simulation facility a.

- List of all preprogramed initial conditions b.

List of all preset malfunctions with a clear identification number.

The list should include cause and effect information.

Specifically, for each malfunction a cor.cise description of the expected result, or range of results, that will occur upon implementation should be provided. Additionally, an indication of which annunciators are to be initially expected should be given, c.

A description of simulator failure capabilities for valves, breakers, indicators and alarms d.

Where the capability exists, an explanation of the ability to vary the severity of a particular malfunction should be provided, i.e.,

ability to vary the size of a given LOCA or steam leak, or the ability to cause a slow failure of a component such as a feed pump, turbine generator or ma or valve (e.g., drifting shut of a main feedwater control valve e.

An identification of modeling conditions / problems that may impact the examination f.

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 pressure control (PWR), degraded heat removal capability (PWR and BWR) and containment challenges (PWR and BWR) may be provided (voluntary by licensee) 1.

Simulator instructors manual (voluntary by licensee) j.

Description of the scenarios used for the training class (voluntary by licensee)

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18.-_ Additional.matehiaIrequiredbytheexa$inersto'developexaminatiorst

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The above reference: materia 1'should be approved, final-issues ~and should,be sa-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-avai.lable and;that agreement has been reached with the licensee forJ11miting

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- changes.before'theLadministration of the examination. 'All procedures'and:

1b reference material'should1be bound with appropriate-indices or tables of:.

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properly bound;and1 indexed plant reference material could result-in 4

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" ENCLOSURE 2-REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS 1.

A single room shall be provided for administration of the written examina-tion.1 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. Dif necessary, the facility:

should make. arrangement for the use of a suitable. room at a. local 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, j

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Suitable arrangements shall be made by the facility'if the applicants are to have lunch, coffee or 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 by 11 inch lined paper in unopened packages for each applicant's use in completing the-i examination. The examiner shall distributetthese pads to the applicants.

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Applicants may bring pens,' pencils, calbulators or. slide rules into the l

-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 steamitables for each applicant.

The examiner shall distribute the steam tables.to the applicants.

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-wall charts, models, and/or other training _ materials shall.be present in-

'the examination room.

No other equipment or. reference material'shall be i

allowed unless provided by the examiner.

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PROCEDURES FOR-THE ADMINISTRATION OF WRITTEN EXAMlHATIONS 1.

Check identification badges, i

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Pass out examinations and all handouts.

Remind applicants not to review

' examination until instructed to do so.

i READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS VERBATIM:-

D'uring the' administration of this examination the following rules apply:

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Cheating on the examination means an automatic denial!of your application-

'a'nd,could result in more severe penalties.-

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.After the examination has been completed, you must sign the statement on the cover sheet indicating that the work is your own and you have.not received or given assistance in completing the examination.

This:must-be done alter you complete the examination.

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS:

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Restroom trips are to be limited and only one applicant at a-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 o' 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 examination question page or on a

'f separate sheet of paper. USE ONLY THE PAPER PROVIDED AND DO NOT WRITE 4

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If. you write your' answers on the examination question page' and'you need -

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more space to answer a specific question, use a separate sheet of the e!d paper provided and insert it directly after the specific question.

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NOT WRITE ON THE BACK-SIDE OF THE EXAMINATION QUESTION PAGE.-

r, ejp'g T.: - Print your name in the upper right hand corner of the first page of each nf' ^ ~

section-of your answer sheets whether you use the examination question pages or separate sheets of paper.

Initial each page.

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.o LICENSE EXAMINATIONS ENCLOSURE 3.(Cont'd) 1 8.

- 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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If you are using separate. sheets, number each answer as to category and number (i.e..1.04, 6.10) and skip at least 3 lines between answers to allow space for grading.

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Start each category on a new page, i

12. Write "Last Page" on the last answer sheet.

13. Use abbreviations only if they are commonly used in f acility literature, j

Avoid using symbols such as-or signs to avoid a simple transposition j

error resulting in an incorrect aiiswer. Write it out.

14. The point value for each question is indicated-in parentheses after the question. The amount of blank space on an examination question page is 4

NOT an indication of,the depth of answer required.

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Show all calculations, methods, or assumptions used to obtain an answer.

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16. Partial credit may;be given. Therefore, ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION AND 00 NOT LEAVE ANY ANSWER BLANK.

Partial credit will NOT be given on 1

multiple choice questions, j

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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 q

0.25 points, and you give'five. responses, each of your responses will be

1 worth 0.20 points.

If one of Lyour five responses is incorrect,'0.20.will 1

be deducted and your tota'l credit for that question will be 0.80 instead j

of 1.00 even though 'you-got the _four correct answers, j

18. - If the intent of'a question is unclear, ask questions of the examiner

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19. When turning in your examination, assemble the completed examination with examination questions, examination aids and answer sheets, in addition, turn in all scrap paper.

l 20.- To pass the examination, you must achieve an overall grade of 80% or greater and at lease 70% in each category.

21. There is a time limit of (6) hours for completion of the examination.

(Or some other time.-if less than the full examination is taken).

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When youLexaminationLarear(DEFINE THE AREA).. If you.are found:inithis a -l m.M 1 denied or revoked; ,) jf 5., while the examination:is still in progress, your 'licens'e may be' W v! t,0.. ~ .,n JQ# ' 23.- Ensure that all;information-you wish to have evaluated as part of your Nl$7~w . answer is on your: answer sheet. - Scrap paper will!be disposed of without-A .;r/Q f review immediately following the examination;- tu" ' M lpM.t a -f h, ' 1 / '? Q;M, ~ w 1 ) ![

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n l ~- [./ ~ t c . _, s.: ENCLOSURE 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITY REVIEW 0F WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS 1. At the option of the Section Chief, the f acility 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 will coordinate the details of the review with the facility. An NRC examiner will always be present during the review. j j Whenever this option of examination review is utilized, the facility O reviewers will sign the following statement prior to being allowed access l to tne examination. The examination or written notes will NOT be retained by the f acility. l l a.- Pre-Examination Security Agreement I agree that I will not knowingly divulge any information concerning the replacement (or initial) examination scheduled for to any unauthorized persons. I understand that I am not to participate in any instruction involving those reactor operator or senior reactor operator applicants scheduled to be administered the above replacement (or i initial) examination from now until after the examination has been-administered. I understand that violation of this security i agreement could result in the examination being voided. .l i i signature /Date In addition,'the facility staff reviewers will sign the following statement after the written examination has been administered, b. Post-Examination Security Agreement i I did not, to the best of knowledge, divulge any information concerning the written examination administered on _ _ to any unauthorized persons. I did not participate in providing any instruction to those reactor operator and senior reactor operator applicants who were administered the examination from the time that I was allowed access to the examination. f Signature /Date

v e h o i REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITY REVIEW 0F WRITTEN EXAMINATION (Cont'd)

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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 marked-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, if the facility did not review the examination prior to its administration, they will have. five (5) working days f rom 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 given to an examiner prior to his/her leaving the site at the end of the week of the written examination administration, in either case, the comments wi_11 be addressed to the responsible Regional Office by the highest onsite level of corporate management for plant operations, e.g., 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 deadline not be met, a long delay' in grading the examinations may occur. 3. The following. format should be adhered to for submittal of specific comments: a. Listing of HRC Question, answer and reference b. Facility comment / recommendation c. Reference (to support f acility comment) NOTES: 1. No change to the examination will be made without submittal of a reference to support the facility comment. Any supporting 3 documentation that was not previously supplied, should be provided. 2. Comments.made without a concise facility recommendation will not be addressed. l i}}