ML20138Q557

Advises That Reactor Operator & Senior Reactor Operator Exams Scheduled for Wk of 850310.All Applications Must Be Received by NRC at Least 60 Days Prior to Exam

ML20138Q557
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Site:	Mcguire, McGuire
Issue date:	12/19/1985
From:	Brownlee V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Tucker H DUKE POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 8512270295
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o' 0)lA e 0 December 19, 1985 Duke Power Company y ATTN: Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President Nuclear Production Department 422 South Church Street-Charlotte, NC 28242 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR AND SENIOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS In a telephone conversation between Mr. B. Travis, Superintendent of Operations, and Mr. T. Rogers,- Operator Licensing Section, arrangements were made for administration of the replacement examinations at the McGuire Nuclear Station.

-The written, plant oral, and simulator examinations are scheduled for the week of March 10, 1986.

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 January 10, 1986. 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 January 10, 1986 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. Travis 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.

Comments 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

" Administration of Operator Licensing Written Examinations," describes our requirements for conducting these examinations. Mr. Travis 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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Duke Power Company 2 December 19, 1985'

.Thank you ' for your consideration -in this netter.

If you have any questions regarding the examination procedures and requirements, please contact Mr. Bruce

.A. Wilson,- 404/331-5542, or Mr. Thomas Rogers, 404/331-4179.

- Sincerely,.

-(Original signed by VLBrownlee)

Virgil'L. Brownlee, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 2

~ Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosures:

1. Reference. Material Requirements

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

Frye,- Director of Training

. C. McConnell,-Station Manager bcc w/encls:

vsenior Resident Inspector Document Control Desk State of North Carolina

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ENCLOSURE 1 REFERENCE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REACTOR / SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS

1. Proceduie Index (alphabetical by subject)

2. All administrative procedures (as applicable to reactor operation or safety)

3. All integrated plant procr.dures (normal or general operating procedures)

4. Emergen y procedures (energency instructions, abnormal or special pro-cedures

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 whenappropriate)

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 descrip-tions, 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)

17. Routine operations surveillance procedures (daily, semi-daily, heat balance, EDG, shutdown margin, etc.)

Enclosure 1 2 December 19, 1985 1

-18. _ Malfunction and initial condition material for simulator (if applicable)

All of the above reference material should be approved, final issues and should ,

be so marked. Uncontrolled, preliminary, or other such issues will not be j acceptable. 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. l t

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Tr ENCLOSURE 2 ADMINISTRATION OF OPERATOR LICENSING WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS h -

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 spa:ing is one candidate per 5 X 21 ft., minimum size table with i 3-feet spacing between tables. No wall charts, models, and/or other  :

training materials may be present in the examining room. j i

3. Suitable arrangements are to be made by the facility for the candidates to r

. have lunch, coffee, etc. These arrangements will be reviewed by the examiner and/or proctor.  ;

4. The facility shall arrange to review the examination questions and answer key. This review will begin after the completion of the written examination and written comments will normally be presented to the Chief Examiner prior j to his departure from the site.  !

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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