ML20137X785

Forwards Tentative Agenda for Operator Licensing Exam Development Workshop in Arlington,Tx on 970529-30 Re Test Item & Exam Development to Meet Agency Expectations of Facility licensee-developed Initial Licensing Exams

ML20137X785
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	04/16/1997
From:	Howell A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Terry C TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
References
GL-95-06, GL-95-6, NUDOCS 9704220163
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APR I 61997 Mr. C. L Terry . l TU Electric Group Vice President, Nuclear j

' ATTN: Regulatory Affairs Department P.O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, Texas 76043

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP l

Dear Mr. Terry:

In recent weeks, after an internal audit, Region IV has recognized the need for enhanced

. expectations for the quality of initiallicensing 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 1 increase in NRC expectations regarding initiallicensing examination quality than has been previously communicated by the Region to facility licensees. In several recent meeting i with Region IV facility licensee representatives from operations and training organizatia'.s, I regional management has presented these clarified expectations with regard to facility i licensee-developed initial licensing examinations.

Additionally, chief examiners have been communicating these expectations at the staff level to individual facility licensee personnel for facility licensees that have initial 4 i

examinations scheduled to be administered over the next few months. The thrust of these expectations is that f acility licensees will be held to 4 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. Tha workshop wiil ctart 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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.o TU Electric 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 (817)860-8265, or via electronic mail to jlp@nrc. gov and sim@nrc. gov, respectively.

Sincerely, cubW pt Arthur T. Howell lil, Director v Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-445;50-446 License Nos.: NPF-87; NPF-89

Enclosure:

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Enclosure:

Mr. Roger D. Walker TU Electric Regulatory Affairs Manager P.O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, Texas 76043 Juanita Ellis President - CASE 1426 South Polk Street Dallas, Texas 75224 TU Electric Bethesda Licensing 3 Metro Center, Suite 610 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 George L. Edgar, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1800 M. Strcet, NW Washington, D.C. 20036

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G. R. Bynog, Program Manager /

Chief Inspector Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation Boiler Division .

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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 (10:15-11:30 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 6 (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) Quest:ons and Answers Closing Remarks (1212:30 p.m.)

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