ML20137X683

Informs That Region IV Will Host Operator Licensing Exam Development Workshop in Arlington,Tx on 970529-30

ML20137X683
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	04/16/1997
From:	Howell A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Hutchinson C ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
References
GL-95-06, GL-95-6, NUDOCS 9704220132
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C. Randy Hutchinson, Vice President Operations Arkansas Nuclear One '

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OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Dear Mr. Hutchinson:

In recent weeks, after an internal audit, Region IV has recognized the need for enhanced expectations for the quality of initial licensing examinations developed under the pilot process of Generic Letter 95-06 or the " Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Interim Revision 8. These new expectations represent a significant increase in NRC expectations regarding initiallicensing examination quality than has been previously communicated by the Region to facility licensees. In several recent meetings with Region IV facility licensee representatives from operations and training organizations, regional management has presented these clarified expecutior.s with rogard to facility licensee-developed initiallicensing examinations.

Additionally, chief examiners have been communicating these expectations at the staff level to individual facility licensee personnel for facility licensees that have initial examinations scheduled to be administered over the next few months. The thrust of these expectations is that facility licensees will be held to a higher level of quality at the individual test item level than has been previously required. In response to these communications, facility licensee representatives have requested that the NRC provide a forum in which facility licensee personnel involved in examination development can better understand how these expectations translate into actual test items.

On May 29 and 30,1997, Region IV will host a workshop in its Arlington, Texas, office on test item and examination development to meet agency expectations of facility licensee-developed initial licensing examinations. The workshop will start at 8:30 a.m. on May 29 and conclude by 1 p.m. on May 30. A tentative workshop agenda is attached. Comments ,

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accommodate a large number of attendees. However, if you expect to send more than

,four attendees, please inform us so that we may ensure the room arrangement is appropriate.

Please direct comments or questions to John Pellet, Chief, Operations Branch, Division of Reactor Safety at (8171860-8159 or Stephen McCrory, Workshop Coordinator, Operations Branch at (817)860-8265, or via electronic mail to jlp@nrc. gov and sim@nrc. gov,

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License Nos.: DPR-51; NPF-6  ;

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Y-ENCLOSURE OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP AGENDA DAY 1 - MAY 29,1997 Introduction (8:30-9 a.m.)

Session 1 (9-10 a.m.) Generic Attributes of Good Test items Session 2 (10:15-11:30 a.m.) Written Examination Questions Session 3 (12:30-2 p.m.) Open Reference Oral Questions (Job Performance Measure and Administrative)

Session 4 (2-3 p.m.) Administrative Job Performance Measures Session 5 (3:15-4:30) System Job Performance Measures and Job Performance Measure Sets Session 6 (4:30-5 p.m.) Questions and Answers DAY 2 - MAY 30,1997 Session 7 (8:30-9:30 a.m.) Scenarios and Scenario Sets Session 8 (9:30-10:15 a.m.) Breadth, Depth, Overlap, and Examination Outlines Session 9 (10:30-12 noon) Questions and Answers i i

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