ML20137V268

Requests Encl Listed Ref Matl Necessary for Administration of Operator Exams Scheduled for Wk of 851216 by 851025.All Operator & Senior License Applications Should Be Submitted 60 Days Prior to First Scheduled Exam Date

ML20137V268
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	09/25/1985
From:	Brownlee V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Richard J MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO.
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NUDOCS 8510030437
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September 25, 1985 Mississippi Power and Light Company jATTN: Mr. J. B. Richard Senior Vice President - Nuclear P. O. Box 23054 M 4Lu Jackson, MS 39205 /. 2 ' .

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS In a telephone conversation between Mr. Gary Lhamon, Operations Training Supervisor, and Mr. John Munro, Operator Licensing Section, arrangements were made for administration of the operator examinations at the Mississippi Power and Light Company, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. The written, plant oral, and simulator examinations are scheduled for the week of December 16, 1985.

In order for us to meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for the facility to furnish the selected reference material from the approved list in Enclosure 1 by October 25, 1985. Any delay in receiving this material will result in a delay in administration of the examinations. Our examinations are scheduled far in advance with considerable planning to utilize our present limited examiner manpower and to meet the examination date requested by the various facilities.

Therefore, missing the October 25, 1985 deadline, even by a few days, will likely result in a long delay, since it would not be possible to reschedule examinations at other facilities. Mr. Lhamon has been advised of our selected 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.

This request for information was approved by the Office of Management and Budget under a blanket Clearance Number 3150-0101 which expires on June 30, 1986.

Coments on burden and duplication may be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Reports Management, Room 3208, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

The facility management is responsible for providing adequate space and facilities in order to properly conduct the written examinations. Enclosure 2. "Administra-tion of Operator Licensing Written Examinations," describes our requirements for conducting these examinations. Mr. Lhamon has also been informed of these requirements.

All operator and senior license applications should be submitted on Form NRC-398 at least 60 days prior to the first examination date so that we will be able to review the training and experience of the candidates, process the medical certi-fications, and prepare final examiner assignments after candidate eligibility has been determined.

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T Mississippi Power and Light Company 2 September 25, 1985 Thank you for your consideration in this matter. If you have any questions regarding the examination procedures and requirements, please contact Mr. Bruce A. Wilson, 404/221-5542, or Mr. John Munro, 404/221-5562.

Sincerely, (Original signed by VLBrownlee)

Virgil L. Brownlee, Chief Projects Branch No. 2 Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosures:

1. Reference Material Requirements

2. " Administration of Operator Licensing Written Examinations" Ac w/encls:

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ENCLOSURE 1

REFERENCE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REACTOR / SENIOR REACTOR l OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS i  ;

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1. Procedure Index (alphabetical by subject) j

2. All administrative procedures (as applicable to reactor operation or safety) i 3. All integrated plant procedures (normal or general operating procedures) i j 4. Emergency procedures (emergency instructions, abnonnal or special procedures)

{' 5. Standing orders (important orders that are safety-related and may supersede the regular procedures)

6. Fuel-handling and core-loading procedures (initial core-loading procedures

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j 7. Annunciator procedures (alarm procedures, including set points)

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

9. Emergency plan implementing procedures

10. Technical Specifications

) 11. Lesson plans (training manuals, plant orientation manual, system descriptions, reactor theory, thermodynamics, etc.)

12. System operating procedures

13. Piping and instrumentation diagrams, electrical single-line diagrams, or flow diagrams

14. Technical Data Book and/or plant curve information as used by operators

15. Any other material the examiner feels is necessary to adequately prepare a written examination, such as reactor traces of significant plant-evolutions -

[ 16. Questions and answers that licensee has prepared (voluntary by licensee) ,

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17. Malfunction and initial condition material for simulator (if applicable) 1 All of the above reference material should be approved, final issues and should be so marked. Uncontrolled, preliminary, or other such issues will ,

1 not be acceptable except for cold-license examinations. If a cold-license plant has not finalized some of the material, the chief examiner is respon-i sible for ensuring 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 should be bound or in the form used by the control room operators, ,

with appropriate indexes or tables of contents so that they can be used efficiently.

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r-4 ENCLOSURE 2 ADMINISTRATION OF OPERATOR LICENSING WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS NRC Requirements:

1. A single room should be provided by the facility for completing the written examination. The location of this room and supporting restroom facilities should be such as to prevent contact with all other facility / contractor personnel for the duration of the written examination. 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.

2. Minimum spacing is one candidate per 5 X 21 ft., minimum size table with 3-feet spacing between tables. No wall charts, models, and/or other training materials may be present in the examining room.

3. Suitable arrangements are to be made by the facility for the candidates to have lunch, coffee, etc. These arrangements will be reviewed by the examiner and/or proctor.

4. The facility shall arrange to have > maximum of one facility staff member per section available to review the examination questions and answer key.

This review will begin after the completion of the written examination and normally be limited to two hours per examination (RO, SR0).

5. The facility will provide sealed pads of paper for each candidate's use in completing the examination. All reference material needed to complete the examination will be furnished by the examiner. Candidates may bring calcu-lators but no other equipment or reference material to the examination room.

6. Only black ink or dark pencil should be used for writing answers to questions.

7. Candidates will be asked to provide positive identification at the start of the written examination.

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