ML20059D728

Requests Listed Ref Matls Needed for Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Exams Scheduled for Wk of 901112.Completed License Applications Required 30 Days Before Exam Date

ML20059D728
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	08/27/1990
From:	Eselgroth P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Mroczka E NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO.
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NUDOCS 9009070159
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.. . .A AUG 2 71990 Docket No. 50-423 Northeast Nuclear Energy Company ATTN: Mr. E. J. Mroczka Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering and Operations ~ Group P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS In a' telephone conversation between Mr. P. Bonnett and Mr. R. Stotts,

. arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Northeast Nuclear Energy Company,-Unit No. 3.

The examinations are scheduled for the week of November 12, 1990.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for you to furnish the reference material listed in Enclosure 1, " Reference Material Requirements for Reactor / Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Examinations," by September 10, 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. Stotts 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 accomodations for administration of the written examination as listed'in Enclosure 2,

" Requirements For the Administration- of Written Examinations." The facility management is responsible for ensuring that all applicants are aware of the examination rules as stated in Enclosure 3, "NRC Rules and Guidelines for Written Examinations."

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 ~ (i.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 tt ' operating examination, accepted the denial of their license, or filed an appeal.

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Northeast Nuclear Energy Co. 3 cc w/ encl:

R. Stotts, Training Manager W. D. Romberg, Vice President, Nuclear Operations L D. O. Nordquist, Director of Quality Services

-R. M. Kacich, Manager, Generation _ Facilities Licensing S. E. Scace, Station Superintendent E. A. DeBarba, Station Director, Haddam Neck Public Document Room (PDR) i Local Public Document Room'(LPDR) l Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC) s NRC Senior Resident Inspector j State of Connecticut bec w/ encl: '

Region I Docket Room (with_ concurrences)

Management Assistant, DRMA (w/o encl) '

R. Bellamy,_DRSS DRP Section Chief l P. Bonnett, DRS P. Eselgroth W. Raymond, SRI, Millstone 1, 2& 3 J. Caldwell, EDO D. Jaffe, LPM, NRR OL Facility File '

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All completed license applications should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination. dates so that we will be able to review i

' 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  ;

at least 30 days before the examination-dates, it is likely that a 1 postponement will be necessary.  ;

Mr. Stotts 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 j mailing the required' material. Send comments regarding this burden t 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, i Office of Information Resources Management, U.S. Nnclear Regulatory 1 Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction i Proj ect ' ( 3150-0101) , Office of-Management and Budget, Washington, D.C.

20503. 1 Thank you for your considerat3r<. in--this matter. If you have any j questions regarding the examination procedures and' requirements, please  !

contact me at (215) 337-5211.

Sincerely, LPeter W. Eselgroth, Chief PWR Section i

. Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety  !

Enclosures:

1. Reference Material Requirements -for Reactor / Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Examinations

2. Requirements for Administration of Written Examinatior.s

3. NRC Rules and Guidelines for Written Examinations

4. Requirements'for Facility Review of Written Examinations 0FFICIAL RECORD COPY

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-, ES-201 1 Rev 5 01/01/89 Enclosure 1 x

REFERENCE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REACTOR / SENIOR REACTOR i

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OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS I

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Existing learning objectives, Job Performance Measures and lesson plans  !

-(including training manuals, plant orientation manual, system descriptions, reactor theory, thermodynamics, etc.)

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

particular knowledge and/or ability will include: an import &nce rating correlating it to ensuring the health and the safety of the public. If a JTA is nct furnished, the Knowledges and Abilities Catalog. for Nuclear Powei Plant validity Operators, for the NUREG 1122(1123) will be used to esi.sMish content examination, j

All Job Performance Measures (JPMs) used to asc9ttain the competence of-the operators in performing tasks within the control room complex and, as

-i identified in the facility JTAs, outside of the control room, i.e., local operations.- l Training materials shall include all substantive written material used for preparing applicants for initial RO and SRO licensing. The written material shall include learning objectives .and the details presented during lectures, rather than outlines. Training materials shall be identified by plant and unit, bound, and indexed. FAILURE TO PROVIDE COMPLETE, PROPERLY BOUND AND INDEXED PLANT REFERENCE MATERIAL MAY RESU IN THE RETURN OF THE MATERIAL TO THE PERSON 9HO IS THE ti!GHE CORPORATE MANAGEMENT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANT OPERATIONS (E.G., VI PRESIDENT OF NUCLEAR OPERATIONS). ACCOMPANYING THE MATER COVER LETTER EXPLAINING THE DEFICIENCIES'IN THE REFERENC FACT THAT THIS WAS THE REASON THE EXAMINATIONS ~WERE CANCELL POSTPONED.

provided: Training materials which include the.following shall-be System descriptions including descriptions of all operationally relevant flow paths, components, controls and instrumentation.

System training material should draw parallels to the actual.

procedures used for operating the applicable system.

Complete and operationally useful descriptions of all safety-system interactions and, where auilable, BOP systen interaction: under emergency and abnormal conditions, including consequences of e tic-ipated operator error, maintenance error, and equipment failure.

Trainirq material used to clarify and strengthen understanding of emergency operating procedures.

Comprehensive theory material that includes fundamentals in the area j

of theory of reactor operation, thermodynamics, heat transfer and i M

. ES-201-Rev 5 01/01/89 Enclosure l'(Continued) fluid flow,.as well as specific application to actual 'n plant com-ponents.

For examole, mechanical theory aterial on pumps shall include pump theory as well as descriptions of how these principles actually apply to major plant pumps and the systems in which they are L

installed (i.e., Reactor Coolant Pumps, all ECCS pumps, Recirculation -

pumps, Feedwater pumps and Emergency Feedwater pumps). Reactor-Theory material shall. include descriptions that draw explicit ties between the fundamentals and the actual operating limits fcellowed in the plant (i.e., reactor theory material shall contain explanations

, how principles relate to the actual curves used by operators to verify shutdown margin or calculate an ECP). '

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Complete Procedure Index-(including :.urveillance procedures, etc.)

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All administrative procedures (as applicable to reactor operation or safety) 4.

All integrated plant procedures;(normal or general operating procedures)'

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All emergency procedures) ' procedures (emergency instructions, abnormal or special s 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) 6.

Fuel-handling and core-loading procedures, (initial core-loading procedure, when appropriate)

9. All annunciator / alarm procedures 10.

l Radiation protection manual (radiation control manual or procedures)

11. Emergency plan implementing procedures l 12.

Technical Specifications (and'ir'.erpretations, i' available) for all units for which licenses are sought.

'13. System operating procedures 14 Piping &nd instrumentation diagrams, electrical single-line diagrams, or flow diagrams 25.

Tecnnical Data Book, and/or plant curve information as used by operators and facility facility precautions, limitations, and set points (PLS) for the 1

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Rev 5 01/01/89 i ik losure 1 (Continued) 16.

Questiens and answers specific to the facility training program which ma) be used in the written or operating examinations (voluntary by fatilitylicensee)

17. I The following on the plant reference simulation facility

a. List of all preprogrammed initial coiditions l

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l 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 provided. of results, that will occur upon implementation shall be.

Additionally, an indication of which annunciators are to be initially _xpected shall be given.

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

d. i l Where the capability exists, an explai .cion of the ability to vary l the severity of a particular malfunction shall be provided,1 e.,

l 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 major valve (e.g., drif_ ting shut of a main ,

i feedwater control valve)

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

Identification of any known performance test. discrepancies not yet corrected g.

Identification plant #

of differences between the simulator and the referen s control room

h. i 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 by licensee) of the scenarios used for the trair.ing class (voluntary

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scottionai material reou1reo by the examiners to develop examinations that  ;

meet the requirements of these Stancaros and the regulations,

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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 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, properly bound and indexed plant reference material could result in cancellation or rescheduling of the exar.inations.

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2 Enclosura 2 RE0VIREMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS 1

1. I A single room shall be provided n act: ,1stration of the written examina-tion.. The location of this room , ? .pporting restroom facilities shall  !

be such as to prevent contact with 3 . other facility and/or contractor personnel during the written exanthesion. If necessary, the facility should make arrangements for the use of a suitable room at a local school, motel, or other building. Obtaining this room is the responsibility of the licensee. i 1

2. i Minimum spacing is required to ensure examination integrity as determined by the Chief Examiner. i with a 3 foot space betweenMinimum tables, spacing shculd be one appitcant per table,  !

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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.

4 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 examination. The examiner 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 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 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 allowed unless provided by the examiner, e

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Enclosure 3 PROCEDURF' FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS

1. Check identificatien 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:

During the administration of this examination the followinq rules apply:

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Cheating on the examination means an automatic denial of your application and 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 after you complete the examination.

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS 1.

Restroom leave. trips are to be limited and only one applicant at a time may You must avoid all contacts with anyone outside the examination room to avoid even the appearance or possibility of cheating.

2.

Use black ink or dark pencil only to facilitate legible reproductions.

3.

Print your name in the blank provided in the upper right-hand corner of the examination cover sheet.

4.

Fill in the date on the cover sheet of the examination (if necessary).

5.

You may write separate sheetyour answers on the examination question page or on a of paper.

THE BACK $1DE OF THE PAGE.USE ONLY THE PAPER PROVIDED AND 6.

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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Print your name in the upper right hand corner of the first page of each section of your answer sheets whether you use the examination question pages or separate sheets of paper. Initial each page.

8.

Before you turn in your examination, consecutively number each answer sheet, including any additional pa on the examination question page. ges inserted when writing your answers

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f 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.

10. Write "End of Category

" at the end of your answers to a category.

11. Start each category on a new page.

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

13.

Use abbreviations only if they are commonly used in facility _ literature.

Avoid using symbols such as < or > signs to avoid a simple transposition error resulting in an incorrect answer. Write it out.

14 The point value for each question is indicated in parentheses after the cuestion.

NOT an indication of the depth of answer required.The amount of blan 15.

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

16. Partial credit may be given. Therefore, ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION AND 00choice NOT ouestions, LEAVE ANY ANSWER BLANK.' Partial credit will NOT be given on

, multiple

17. 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 0.25 points, 0.20 and you give five responses, each of your responses will be worth 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.

18. If the intent

f a question is unclear, ask questions of the examiner only.

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.

20.

To pass the examination, you must achieve an overall grade of 80% or greater and at least 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 you are done anc have turned in your examination, leave the examinati:n a t i:E:INE ThE AREA). If y:u are f0und in this area wnile the examination is sti.i in progress, your license may ce cenied or revoted.

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Ensure is on yourthat all information answer sheet. you wish to have evaluated as part of your answer immediately following the examination. Scrap paper will be disposed of without review

, ES-231 4 Rev 5 01/01/89 Enclosure 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITY REVIEW OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS 1.

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 will coordinate the details of the review with the facility. An NRC examiner will always be present during the review.

Whenever this option of examination review is utilized, the facility reviewers to will sign the following statement prior to being allowed access the examination.

by the facility. The examination or written notes will not by retained

a. Pre-Examination Security Agreement I

information concerning the replacement (or initial) examinationagree tha scheduled for to any unauthorized persocO 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 initial) examination administered. from now until after the examination has been could result in the examination being voided,I understand that violation s

Tignature/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_

divulge any information concerning the written examinationdid not, to the be administered on to any unauthorized persons.

did not participate in providing any instruction to those reactor I operator and senior reactor operator applicants who were administered the examination from the time that I was allowed access to the examination, Signature /Date

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Regardless of whether the above examination review option is exercised, immediately following the administration of the written examination, the facility the staffkey.

answer shall be provided a marked up copy of the examination and ink changes made to questions during the examination adminis If the facility did not review the examination prior to its administration, they will have five written examination to submit formal (comments.5) If theworking facility. days from the day of the 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 will be addressed to the responsible Regional Office by the highest on site level of corporate mana Vice President for Nuclear Operations. gement for plant operations, e.g.,

forwarded to the Chief Examiner, as appropriate.A copy of the submittal will be 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.

grading the examinations may occur.Should the comment submittal deadlin 3.

j The following ramments: format should be adhered to for submittal of specific a.

Listing of NRC Question, answer and reference

b. Facility comment / recommendation c.

Reference (to support facility comment) i NOTES: 1.

No change to the examination will be made without submittal of a reference to support the facility comment.

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provided. ion that was not previously supplied, should beAny supporting 2.

Comments be addressed.made without a concise facility recommendation will not 4

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Chief hour post examination review may be held at the discretion of the If this review is held, the facility staff should be informed that only written comments that are properly supported will be considered in the cradino of the eramination.

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