ML20132F223
| ML20132F223 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 12/11/1996 |
| From: | Gwynn T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Tira Patterson OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9612240158 | |
| Download: ML20132F223 (7) | |
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611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE. SulTE 400 AR LINGToN, TE xAS 76011-8064 DEC l l 1996 T. L. Patterson, Division Manager Nuclear Operations Omaha Public Power District Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.
P.O. Box 399, Hwy. 75 - North of Fort Calhoun Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023-0399
SUBJECT:
PILOT INITIAL EXAMINATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-285/97-01)
Dear Mr. Patterson:
In a telephone conversation on December 10, : 496, between Mr. Greg Guliani, Supervisor, Operations Training, and Ryan Lantz of my staff, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Fort Ca'haun Station during the week of April 14,1997.
Basd on this telephone conversation, we understand that your staff has agreed to participate in a voluntary pilot examination program, in which your staff will prepare the written examinations and operating tests and submit them to this office for evaluation and approval. Your staff will prepare the proposed examinations in accordance with the guidelines in Revision 7, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021," Operator Licensing Examiner Standards," Revision 5, of NUREG/BR-0122," Examiners' Handbook for Developing Operator Licensing Written Examinations," and the attachment to this letter. We will discuss with your staff any examination changes that might be necessary prior to their administration.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the proposed examination outlines by February 14,1997, and the finalized written examinations and the j
finalized operating test by March 14,1997. The NRC will review the completed and validated examinations at your f acility, the week of March 3'i,1997. Any delay in receiving approved test outlines or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete test materials, j
may result in the examinations being rescheduled.
i in order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance l
with Examiner Standard-402 and to make the simulat on facility available for the weeks noted above.
Examiner StandarJs-402s and -302, Attachment 1, contain a number of NRC policies and guidelines that wiil be in effect while the written examinations and operating tests are being administered. In accordance with Examiner Standard-302, your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures, temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the examination results are final I
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Omaha Public Power District i Your staff should submit the preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications and waiver requests at least 30 days before the first examination date so that the NRC will be able to review the applications and the medical certifications and evaluate any requested waivers. If the applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Signed applications certifyirig that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.
This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Clearance Number 3150-0101,which expires April 30,1997. 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 information and Records Management Branch, Mail Stop T-6 F33, Office of Information Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0101), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Guliani has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Ryan Lantz, at (817) 860-8158 or John Pellet, Chief, Operations Branch at (817) 860-8160.
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Enclosure:
Perry D. Robinson, Esq.
Winston & Strawn 1400 L. Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005-3502 Jack Jensen, Chairman Washington County Board of Supervisors Blair, Nebraska 68008
Omaha Public Power District Cheryl Rogers, LLRW Program Manager i
Environmental Protection Section Nebraska Department of Health 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5007 James W. Chase, Manager Fort Calhoun Station P.O. Box 399 Fort Calhoun Nebraska 68023 c
Rich Connor, Training Manager Fort Calhoun Station P.O. Box 399 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023 s.
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j PILOT EXAMINATION GUIDELINES j
l Facility licensees will prepare the written examinations and operating tests (dynamic simulator and walkthrough) in accordance with the instructions in Revision 7, 2
Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021 (" Operator Licensing Examiner Standards") and Revision 5 l
of NUREG/BR-0122(" Examiners' Handbook for Developing Operator Licensing Written 4
i Examinations"), subject to the following additional criteria-4 i
(1)
The facility licensee will prepare an integrated examination outline (written and
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operating test) and submit it to the NRC regional office for review, comment, and 3
approval at least 60 days before the scheduled examination date. The NRC chief j
examiner will work with the facility licensee to resolve any problems and to avoid j
unnecessary revision of the final examination products.
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(2)
Facility employees who are involved with developing the examinations and tests will i
sign a standard security agreement (Form ES 201-2) before they gain specific knowledge of the examinations and tests. Facility employees who played a substantial role in training the license applicants will generally not be involved in i
l developing the license examinations or tests. If the facility licensee considers such j-employees necessary for developing the examinations or tests, it will define the J
measures it will take to ensure that the integrity of the examinations is not
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compromised and submit them to the NRC regional office for approval.
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The written examinations and operating tests will satisfy the following specific j
criteris:
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A maximum of 50 percent of the written examination questic,ns may be l
taken directly from the facility question bank; up to an additional 40 percent of the questions may be taken from the f acility bank but must be l
significantly modified; and a minimum of 10 percent of the questions will be j
j newly developed. As discussed in NUREG/BR-0122,now questions should j
emphasize the applicants' understanding at the comprehension or application j
levels of knowledge because they have the greatest operational and
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discriminatory validity.
i No more than 25 percent of the questions on the examination may be repeated from previous examinations, quizzes, or tests administered to the license applicants, or from the past two NRC license examinations at the f acility. No questions may be drawn directly from the applicants' audit examination or similar testing vehicle given at the end of the training class.
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2-Each walkthrough test willinclude at least two job performance measures (JPMs) that are either new or significantly altered, and each simulator scenario set willinclude at least one new or significantly altered scenario. Other scenarios used may be drawn directly from the facility scenario bank; however, they will be altered to the degree needed to prevent the applicants from immediately recognizing the scenarios based on initial conditions or other cues.
A significant mooification, for purposes of the written questions, means a change to the conditions in the stem and at least one distractor significantly changed. Similarly, JPMs and simulator scenarios will have at least one substantive event or condition change that alters the course of action in the JPM or scenario.
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The facility licensee will submit the final written examinations and operating tests to the NRC regional office at least 30 days before the scheduled examination date. In its submittal, the facilit,' licensee will include a history (e.g., bank, revised, new, and date last used) of each test item used on the written and operating tests.
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The NRC regional office will assign a chief examiner to coordinate the review, revision (as determined necessary by the NRC), and validation of the written examinations and operating tests with the facility licensee. Additional NRC staff examiners will be assigned as necessary (typically one or two, depending on the number of applicants) to assist the chief examiner with administering and grading the operating tests in accordance with existing procedures. The facility licensee will administer and grade the written examinations; NRC examiners will review and approve the licensee's grading.
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