ML20136G206
| ML20136G206 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/19/1985 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Owen W NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (FORMERLY NUCLEAR MGMT & |
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| NUDOCS 8508010123 | |
| Download: ML20136G206 (2) | |
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UNITED sT ATESMISSION NUCLE AR REGULATORY COM W A$mNGT ON. D, C. 20555
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t and Mr. Warren H. Owen Nuclear Utilities ManagemenHuman Resources Co P. O. Box 3318928242 Charlotte, NC i ination of concurrent written 1985, commented on NRR':, el mSenior O
Dear Mr. Owen:
You requested reinstatement o Your letter of January 22, Operator and examination-written examination d proposed changes to improvewith utility reviews of Reactor examinations and answer keys.
inations administered by thefunction in ea concurrent review policy anshare your concern appearance of the loss Since examination integrit We and are monitoring the examof the operator licensingtion integrity security.
rocess,we find it confidence in the licensing pi w until after riding concern.
However, the loss of examinaof integrity rem annual review olicy of no examination rev e Utility review following the ea or to basic to maintaining public necessary to continue our pcompletion of the evidence that fit of concurrent review over a i
corrective We have notherwise in provides opportunity for not been demonstrated.ritten examin revise answer keys. The bene I
administration review has 2
any candidate has failed the wbeen an increase in i n review, we will review policy.
prejudiced, nor has thereresults, as a result of t more thorough post examinat okey to i
written eek itten examination and answer i n of the il the end of the exam In the interest of providing a diately after the administrat o ted rting documentation for sugge provide a copy of the wr The comments The utility will be given unt training department ime site, or they may the examination.
written comments with suppo ppropriate regiona h
answer key or to questions on f Examiner before he leav examination.
iners to provide changes to the may be provided to the Chiemailed to i
An " Examin the be may be held if requested by improve our examinations. to lly constructing office.
ides procedures for systematica We are continuing to work.toHandbook for l and should be publicly avai a has been completed and prov inations.
rtunity to review the content-valid licensing exam Question Bank is now operationaThe industry will h sumer 1985.
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- Mr. Warren H. Owen These efforts along with examination question bank and provide comments.
rigorous implementation of Examiner Standard (ES-107) " Quality Assuranc Program for Review of Written Examinations" are intended to assure high quality NRC examinations.
In light of operator and utility concerns expressed in your letter, we will continue to monitor for any adverse impact of our examination review policy We appreciate your and will closely monitor the quality of NRC examinations. co excmples of any adverse impact from our examination review pol quality NRC examinations. development of regulatory policy related to opera Sincerely.
N Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc:
P. Mcdonald J. Miller H. Tucker O
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