ML20133C545
| ML20133C545 | |
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| Issue date: | 05/23/1983 |
| From: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| ML20132B617 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-85-236, TASK-PII, TASK-SE SECY-83-072A, SECY-83-72A, NUDOCS 8507200525 | |
| Download: ML20133C545 (2) | |
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POLICY ISSUE (Information) l May 23, 1983 SECY-83-72A i
For:
The Commissioners From:
William J. Dircks Executive Director for Operations
Subject:
RESULTS OF OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS FOR FIRST QUARTER FY 1983
Purpose:
To inform the Commissioners of examination and licensing activities for Reactor Operators and Senior Reactor Operators for October 1,1982 through December 31, 1982.
Discussion:
The enclosed table reports licensing action results, including issuances, denials or withdrawals and pass / fail rate for each NRC licensing: examination component.
The total number of licensing actions processed in the i
first quarter FY 1983 was less than for the fourth quarter FY 1982, (SECY 83-72). The pass / fail rate remained con-sistent during the period.
Most of the failures continue I
to occur on the written portion of the examination.
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Enclosure:
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Operator Licensing Tracking System Quarterly Status Report 1st Quarter FY 1983
Contact:
8507200525 850528 D. Beckham, x24868 NTMA
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-- w m I-R-1236315 OPERATOR LICENSIN3 TRACKING SYSTEM DATE: 85/11/83 ACTIVITY STATUS REPORT 10/81/82 THROUGH 12/31/82 WRITTEN ORAL SIMULATOR TOTAL SPAS 5 9 FAIL SPASS 8 FAIL
.tf_411t 9 FAIL TAKEN INITIAL - RO 62 /
22 69 /
19 43 /
1 84 73.8% / 26.2%
87.3% / 12.7%
97.7% / 2.3%
SRO 21 /
1 22 /
O 9 /
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95.5% / 4.5%
108.8% /
3.8%
90.0% / 10.0%
REAPPLICATIONS - RD 1 /
0 2 /
1 5 /
1 7
100.0% / O.0%
66.7% / 33.3%
83.3% / 16.7%
i SRO 1 /
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1 3 /
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i 100.9% /
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50.0% / 50.0%
100.0% /
8.0%
UPGRADE - SRO 52 /
6 46 /
3 24 /
1 60 89.7% / 10.3%
93.9% / 6.1%
96.0% / 4.0%
i TOTAL - RO 63 /
22 71 /
11 48 /
2 91 74.1% / 25.9%
86.6% / 13.4%
96.8% / 4.0%
SRO 74 /
7 69 /
4 36 /
2 88 91.4% / 8.6%
94.5% / 5.5%
94.7% / 5.3%
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RO -
58 27 8
i SRO -
33 14 6
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44 14 0
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RO -
59 29 10 SRO -
78 29 7
INST CERT -
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12 1
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,f Aoril~5, 1982 SECY-82-141 POLICY ISSUE (Information)
For:.
The Commissioners From:
William J. Dircks Executive Director for Operations
Subject:
RESULTS OF OPERATOR LICEtlSING EXAMINATIONS puroose:
To inform the. Commissioners of historical and current rates of license issuance and examination failures for Reactor Operators and Senior Reactor Operators and to describe routine reports to be submitted on the status of operator licensing.
Discussion:
In 'a memorandum dated January 22, 1982, Commissioner Ahearne requested that the staff provide the number of operator license candidates who failed the examination as well as the number who passed and were issued licenses.
In a memorandum dated February 8, 1982, we indicated that an information system was being instituted in the Operator Licensing Branch to alTow automatic tracking of operator licensing actions.
The ma,ior portions of that system are now in place at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the staff is pursuing the necessary format development and hardware acquisition to fully implement the system.
Data validity checks and checks for completeness of inputs have not been comoleted.
Therefore, the number of license actions may increase as the data is completed and input to the system.
Contact:
Don H. Beckham, NRR, X24868 Hugh L. Thompson, flRR, X29595
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. This data indicates failure rates of 17% for R0 and 20% for SRO candidates during the period from July 1,1980 through February 28, 1982.
The failure rates for the period October 1,1981 through December 31,1981 were 24% for both R0.and SRO candidates.
Data for the second quarter of FY 1982 is not yet complete. Aggregated data is enclosed as Table 1.
The data from the first quarter of FY 1982 is enclosed as Table 2.
We will continue to provide quarterly information reports of this type.
We are in the process of developing report formats for the new system.
Therefore, if additional information is needed or a different report format is desired, please inform us.
William
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Executive Director 'for Operations
Enclosure:
Tables of Pass / Fail Rates m
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ENCLOSURE TABLE 1 0
Pass / Fail Rates for All Power Reactor Onerator and Senior.
Operator License Actions Comoleted From Fourth Quarter 19803./
through February 28, 1982 Written $/
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Simulatori/ LicensesIssued5/
RO 687 taken 902 taken 66 taken 683 completed 570 passed 812 passed 56 passed 567 successful 117 failed 90 failed 10 failed 116 deniec 83%
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SRO 412 taken 419 taken Data.
389 completed Not 358 passed 381 passed Available 311 ' successful v.
54 failed 38 failed 78 denied 87%
91%
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TABLE 2 Pass / Fail Rates for 1st Ouarter FY 1982 Only Written Oral Simulator b/. Licenses issued R0 123 taken 151 taken 29 taken 120 completed
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85 passed 131 passed 27 passed 80 successful 38 failed' 20 failed 2 failed 40 denied 69%
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SR0 68 taken Data Not Availble 66 completed 58 passed 50 successful 10 failed 16 denied 85%
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examination criteria.
2/ Written examinations for SR0 candidates that took both R0 and
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SRO examinations at the same time are reported only'under the SP0 data.
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Oral examinations for SRO candidates that took both R0 and SRO examinations are reported in both R0 and SRO columns due to data manipulation methods. This results in some double counting.
This problem is being corrected in software development.
4/ Simulator examinations have only been required since October i.
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1981. Therefore, there are relatively few reported.
-5/ Total licensing actions completed differ from examinations aiver due to processing times, appeals of denials, and completion of
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simulator and oral examination.
Therefore, the licensing actions completed in the reported time frame will not correspond to the number of examinations given in that same time frame.
6/ Few simulator examinations were given in the first. quarter of FY 1982 because many requests for examinations had been sub-mitted and approved prior to the beginning of the fiscal year.
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November 17, 1982 POLICY ISSUE SECY-82-460 (Information)
For:
The Commissioners From:
William J. Dircks Executive Director for Operations
Subject:
RESULTS OF OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS
Purpose:
To inform the Comissioners of historical and current rates of license issuance and examination failures for Reactor Operators and Senior Reactor Operators.
Discussion:
The enclosed tables report pass / fail rates for each NRC licensing examination component (i.e., written, oral and simulator) and licensing action results (i.e., license issuances,denialsandwithdrawals). These results are reported for two periods:
third quarter FY 82 and from fourth quarter FY 80 through third quarter FY 82. The latter reporting period reflects all examination / licensing results since the implementation of the new examination criteria.
Table 2 indicates that the-most frequently failed examination component is the written. However, while written examination failures are more prevalent than oral or simulator failures, the quality of each examination component cannot be inferred from these results. The quality (or validity) of each examination component and the licensing examination as a whole will be reported after completion of the examination validation that is currently underway.
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Executive Director for Operations N '[ & D k
Contact:
l H. L. Thompson, NRR 49-29595 D. H. Beckham, NRR 49-24868 h
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Enclosures:
1.
Table 1 - Completed Licensing Actions for 3rd Quarter FY 82 and for 4th Quarter FY 80 - 3rd Quarter FY 82 2.
Table 2 Pass / Fail Rates for All Reactor Operator and Senior Operator Examinations Administered In 3rd Quarter FY 82 and 4th Quarter FY 80 -
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Issued Denied Withdrawal Total Actions R0 106 (77%)
22 (16%)
9 (7%)
137 (100%)
SRO 68 (77%)
18 (21 %),
2 (2%)
88 (100%)
Completed Licensing Actions for Fourth Quarter FY 80 - Third Quarter FY 821/
Issued Denied Withdrawal Total RO 673 (81%)
106 (13%)
57 (6%)
836 (1000)
SR0 600 (88%)
54 ( 8%)
27 (4%)
681 (100%)
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TA8LE 2 Pass / Fail Rates for All Reactor Operator and Senior Operator Examinations Administered in Third Quarter FY 82 Written Oral Simulator R0, Number of
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150 135 94 Passes 123 (82%)
121 (90%)
92 (97%)
Failures 27 (18%)
14 (10%)
2 (3%)
SR0 Number of Exams Given 108 89 90 Passes 89 (82%)
82 (92%)
84 (93%)
Failures 19 (18%)
7(8%)
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Pass / Fail Rates for All Reactor Operator and Senior Operator Examinations Administer in Fourth Quarter FY 80 - Third Quarter FY 82 Written Oral Simulator
- R_0, Number of Exams Given 1321 802 261 Passes 1067(81%)
745 (93%)
253(97%)
Failures 254 (19%)
57 (7%)
8 (3%)
SR0 Number of Exams Given 753 599 218 Passes 615(82%)
585(97%)
204(94%)
Failures 138(18%)
14 (3%)
14 (6%)