ML20126B599

Informs That Ref Matl Listed in Encl 1 Required 60 Days Prior to Initial License Exam & Requalification Retake Exam Scheduled for Wk of 930426

ML20126B599
Person / Time
Site:	Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date:	12/14/1992
From:	Wright G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Beckman W CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
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NUDOCS 9212220144
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^T CEC 14 N Docket No. 50-155 Consumers Power Company ATTH: William L. Beckman Plant Manager Big Rock Point Nuc] ear Plant 10269 US 31 North Charlevoix, MI 49720

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR AND SENIOR OPERATOR LTCENSING EXAMINATIONS In a telephone conversation berv cn Mr. Dennis LaCroix, BRP Training Manager, and Mr Dell McNeil, NRC RIII, arrangements were made for the administration of an initial license-examination and a requalification retake examination at the Big Rock Point Nuclear Station.

The initial examination will be compiled and performed-in accordance with sections 301 through 303 and 401 through 403 of NUREG 1021, Operator Licensing Examiner Standards, Revision 6.

The requalification. retake examination will be performed in accordance with sections ~601 through 603 of NUREG 1021, Rev. 6.

The rules in these sections concerning a second retake examination will be applied to the operator's examination.

The written and operating examinations-are scheduled for-the week of April 26, 1992. In order for us to meet this schedule, it willfbe necessary for the facility 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_ substandard or incomplete material-or delay in receiving approved, properly bound and-indexed reference material;may_

result in a delay'in administering the examinations. Mr. Lacroix 1' 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.

We have also offered Mr. Lacroix'the opportunity-to provide a proposed requalitication examinatien. Submittal of the proposed examination is optional and in addition to the material requirements of Enclosure'1. If you decide to submit-a proposed examination, we request that we receive the proposed simulator scenarios at least 45 days in advance or the examinstion week.- ,

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We also request that you provide a copy of the scenarios to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Chief, LOLB, Washington, D.C. 20555. These personnel involved in the development of the proposed examination will become subject to  !

the security restrictions described below. _!

i You are requested to designate at least one employee to be a member of a joint NRC-facility examination team. The employee i shall be an active SRO (por the requirements of 10 CFR 55.53 (e) or (f)) from the Big Rock Point Operations Department. You are encouraged to designate a second employee from the training staff to be a member of the examination team. This employee should_be an active SRO (per the requirements of 10 CFR 55.53 (c) or (f)),

but may be a facility or INPO certified instructor. If desired and agreed to by the Chief Examiner, you may_ designate one additional employee for the examination-team. In addition to these individuals, a simulator operator must be made available for scenario preview and validation during the onsite examination review. .

Any facility representatives under the security agreement shall be restricted-from knowingly communicating by any means the content or scope of the examination to unauthorized persons and from participating in any facility programs such as-instruction, examination or tutoring in which an identified examinee will be present. These restrictions shall apply from the day that the facility representative understands that he or she has specialized knowledge of the examination. The NRC Chief Examiner will determine when facility representatives have received specialized knowledge concerning the_ examination and require execution of an examination security agreement. In most cases the examination team members will not be required to enter into an examination security agreement more than 60 days prior to the examination week.

The facility management is responsible for providing adequate space _and accommodations in order to properly conduct the written examinations. Enclosure 2, " Requirements for Administration of Written Examinations," describes our requirements _for conducting these examinations. Mr. Lacroix has also been informed of these requirements. ,

Enclosure 3 contains the Rules and Guidelines that will be in l effect during the administration of the written _ examination. The facility management is responsible for ensuring that all applicants are aware of these rules.

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Consumers Power Company 3 DEC il1332 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. Lacroix has been informed of-these requirements.

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 with any appeal of a simulator operating examination. Therefore, the facility training staff should retain the simulator examination scenario information until all applicants who took the examinations have either passed the operating examination, accepted the denial of their license, or filed an appeal.

Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination dates 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 at least 30 days before the examin-lion dates, it is ikely that a postponement will be necessary. Final signed applications certifying that all training has been completed shall be submitted at least 14' days before the first examination-date. If processing of a license application is not. completed in time to make a determination of applicant eligibility, the candidate shall not be permitted to sit for the examination.

Therefore, it is recommended that license applications be

! provided as soon as possible to ensure an appropriate level-of l review.

l' This request is covered by office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Clearance Number 3150-0101 which expires _May 31, 1995. This 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, copying 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 Information and Records Management l

Branch, MNBB-7714,. Division of Information Support Services, Office of Information Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear

. Regulatory Commission,' Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the L Paperwork Reduction Project-(3150-0101),- Office of Information l- and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-3019, Office of Management and l Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

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Consumers Power Compeay 4 DEC 11582 Thank you for your consideration in this matter. If you have any.

questions regarding the examination procedures;and requirements, please contact Dell McNeil'at (708) 790-5550.

Sincerely, y '.

Geoffrey C. Wright, Chief Operations Branch

Enclosures:

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

5. Examination Security Agreement cc w/ enclosures:

David P. Hoffman, Vice President Nuclear Operations DCD/DCB (RIDS)

OC/LFDCB Resident, Inspector,-RIII James-R. Padgett, Michigan Public Service Commission Michigan Department of Public Health M. K. Gamberoni, LPM,-NRR SRI, Palisades D..G. LaCroix, Plant Training Manager cc w/o enclosures:

R. J. Stransky, Jr.,' Project Manager,-NRR R. M. Gallo, Branch Chief, OLB M. P. Phillips, Section Chief, DRP RIII - RII RIII hT 6

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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 descriptions, reactor theory, thermodynamics, etc.)

A copy of the facility Job and Task Analysis (JTA),

. upecifying the knowledges and abilities required of an operator at the facility. Each particular knowledge and/or ability will include an importance rating 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 al'1 substantive written-mater.ial used for preparing applicants for initial'RO and SRO 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 WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANT OPERATIONS (E.G., VICE PRESIDENT OF NUCLEAR 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.

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.

OPERATOR LICENSING-ENCLOSURE 1 (Cont'd)

Complete and operationally useful descriptions of all safety-system interactions and, where available, BOP system interactions under emergency and abnormal conditions, including consequences of anticipated operator error, maintenance error, and equipment failure.

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

2. Complete Procedure Index (including surveillance procedures, etc.)

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

4. All integrated plant procedures (normal or general operating procedures)

5. All 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-loading procedures, (initial core-loading procedure, when appropriate)

9. All annunciator / alarm procedures

10. Radiation protection manual (radiation control manual or procedures)

11. Emergency plan implementing procedures

12. Technical Specifications (and interpretations, if available) for all units for which licenses are sought.

13. System operating procedures

14. Piping and instrumentation diagrams, electrical single-line-dia' grams , or 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

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16. Questions and answers specific to the facility training program which may be used in the written or operating examinations (voluntary by facility licensee)

17. 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 should 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 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 shall 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 major 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 discrepan' des 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 apnlicants to situations of degraded pressure control (F..R) , degraded heat removal capability (PWR and BWR) and containment challenges (PWR and BWR) may be provided (voluntary by licensee)

i. Simulator instructors manual (voluntary by licensee)

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

18. Additional material required by the examiners to develop examinations that meet the requirements of these Standards and the regulations.

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OPERATOR LICENSIllG ENCLOSURE 1 (Cont'd)

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 l 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 i

to provide complete, properly bound and indexed plant reference material could result in cancellation or rescheduling of the examinations, j i

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ERCLOSURE 2 1 .

t REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIOllS

1. A single room shall be provided for administration of the written examination. The location of this room and supporting restroom facilities shall be such as to prevent

, contact with all other facility and/or contractor personnel i durir.g the written examination. If necessary, the facility should make arrangement for the use of a suitable room at a local sch(91, motel, or other building. Obtaining this room is the res. nsibility of the licensee.

2. 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. l

3. 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. 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.

5. The licensco shall have one set of steam tables available for each applicant. The examiner shall distribute the steam tables to the applicants if necessary. 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.

6. The facility staff shall be provided with a copy of the written examination and answer key a'fter the last candidate has handed in his written examination. The facility staff shall have five working days to provide formal written comments with supporting documentation regarding written examination questions and answers to the Chief Examiner.

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ENCLOSURE 3 PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS i

1. Check identification badges.

2. Pass out examinations and all handouts. Remind applicants f not to rev,iew examination until instructed to do so.

I READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS VERBATIM During the administration of this extmination the following rules apply:

1. Cheating on the examination means an automatic denial of your application and could result in more severe penalties.

2. Af ter the examination has been completed, you must sign tb.

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 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.

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 and each answer- >

sheet.

4. Mark your answers on the answer sheet provided. USE ONLY THE PAPER-PROVIDED AND DO NOT WRITE ON THE BACK SIDE OP THE PAGE.-

5. The point value-for each question is indicated in [ brackets)

'after the question. '

c 6. Partial credit may be given on matching l questions.

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credit will NOT be-given on multiple choice questions.

7. If-the intent _of a question is uncicar, ask questions of the -

examinor only.-

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

9. To pass the examination, you aust achieve a grade of 80% or greater.

20. There is a time lirait of four (4) hours- for completion of

-the examination.

11. When yri: are done and have turned in your examination, leave -

the examination 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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ENCLOSURE 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITY REVIEW OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS

1. At the option of the Section Chief, 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 vill always be present during the review.

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

, written notes will HOI be retained by the facility.

In addition, the facility staff reviewers will sign the security agreement after the written examination has been administered.

2. Regardless of whether the above (

• amination review option is exercised, immediately following t,", administration of the written examination, the facility e aff shall be provided a-copy of the-examination and the answ'r key. The copy of the written examination shall include n,n and ink changes made to questions during the examination administration.

If_the facility dld not rev. Law the examination prior to its-administration, 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 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 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 i delay in grading the examinations may occur.

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REQUIREME!1TS FOR FACILITY REVIEW OF WRITTEli EXAMIllATIOli (Cont'd)

3. The following format should be adhered to for submittal of upecific comments:

a. Listing of IIRC Question, answer and reference

b. Facility comment / recommendation

c. Reference (to support facility comment) llOTES: 1. 11 0 change to the examination will be made without __

submittal of a reference to support the facility comment. Any supporting documentation that was not previously supplied, should be prov3ded.

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

4. A two-isour post examination review may be held at the discretion of the Chief Examiner. If this review is held, tho' facility staff should be informed that only written comments that are properly supported will be considered in the grading of the examination.

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i EXAMll1ATIOf1 SECURITY AGREEMEllT 4

) 1. Pre-examination l

I acknowledge that I have acquired specialized knowledge concerning the referenced examination (s) as of the date of my signature and agree that I will not knowingly divulge any information concerning the examination (s) to any unauthorized persons. I understand that I am not to participate in any instruction involving those applicants, operators or senior operators scheduled to be administered the . referenced examination (s) from this dato until completion of examination administration. I further understand that violation of the  !

conditions of this agreement may result in cancellation of the

, examination (s) and/or enforcement action against myself or the facility licensee by whom I am employed or represent.

2. Post-examination I did not, to the best of my knowledge, divulge ar./

information concerning the referenced examination (s) to any unauthorized persons. I did not participate in providing any instruction to those applicants, operators and senior operators who were administered the referenced examination (s) from the date that I entered into this security agreement

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EXAM 111ATIoli SECURITY AGREEME!1T Pacility s Examination Dates

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Signature below indicates compliance with the appropriate pro or post examination agreement statement.

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