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Informs That on 970529-30,Region IV Will Host Workshop in Arlington,Tx on Test Item & Exam Development to Meet Agency Expectations of Facility licensee-developed Initial Licensing Exam.Tentative Workshop Agenda Encl
ML20137X757
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Issue date: 04/16/1997
From: Howell A
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To: Horn G
NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
References
GL-95-06, GL-95-6, NUDOCS 9704220156
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APR I 61997 G. R. Horn, Senior Vice President of Energy Supply Nebraska Public Power District 141415th Street Columbus, Nebraska 68601

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Dear Mr. Horn:

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 initial licensing examination quality than has been previously communicated by the Region to facility licensees, in several recent meetings with Region IV f acility licensee representatives from operations and training organizations, l regional management has presented these clarified expectations with regard to facility licensee-developed initial licensing examinations.

l Additionally, chief examiners have been communicating these expectations at the staff  :

level to individual f acility licensee personnel for facility licensees that have initial l 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 rneet 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 are welcome. This workshop will be open to the public.

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You are invited and encouraged to send representatives from your organization who are likely to be directly involved in initial licensing examination development. Our facility can 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 (817)860-8159 or Stephen McCrory, Workshop Coordinator, Operations Branch at (8171860-8265, or via electronic mail to jlp@nrc. gov and sim@nrc. gov, respectively.

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Arthur T. Howell lli, Dimetor Division of Reactor Safety i Docket No.: 50-298 License No.: DPR-46 1

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John R. McPhail, General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 499 Columbus, Nebraska 68602-0499 P. D. Graham, Vice President of Nuclear Energy Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 08

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B. L. Houston, Nuclear Licensing and Safety Manager Nebraska Public Power District

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R. J. Singer, Manager-Nuclear Midwest Power 907 Walnut Street P.O. Box 657 Des Moines,' fowa ~ 50303 i Mr. Ron Stoddard .

Lincoln Electric System 11th and O Streets Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 Randolph Wood, Director

- Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality. . -

P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln,' Nebraske 68509-8922 Cha;rman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn, Nebraska 68305 ,

Cheryl Rogers, LLRW Program Manager Environmental Protection Section I Nebraska Department of Health 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5007 i

. Dr. Mark B. Horton, M.S.P.H.

Director Nebraska Department of Health

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

Session 1 (910 a.m.) Generic Attributes of Good Test items Session 2 (10:1511:30 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 l

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 (10:3012 noon) Questions and Answers Closing Remarks (12-12:30 p.m.)

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