ML20154Q707

Forwards Exam Rept 50-354/98-03OL Conducted by NRC During Periods of 980304-12,0519-21,22-28 & 0629.All Five Reactor Operator Applicants & Four of Five Senior Reactor Applicants Passed Exams

ML20154Q707
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	10/16/1998
From:	Conte R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group
Shared Package
ML20154Q713	List: ML20154Q707 ML20154Q738
References
50-354-98-03OL, 50-354-98-3OL, NUDOCS 9810260054
Download: ML20154Q707 (3)

See also: IR 05000354/1998003

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October 16, 1998:

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Mr. Harold W. Keiser

Executive Vice President i

Nuclear Business Unit

Public Service Electric and Gas Company

. Post Office Box 236

Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 j

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SUBJECT: HOPE CREEK EXAMINATION REPORT 50-354/98-03(OL) - SECOND 1

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Dear Mr. Keiser: I

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The purpose of this letter is to document the results of our meeting of June 29,1998 in

, .. followup to our letter of June 16,1998 and to give final results on the examination

administered in February 1998 as a result of NRC review from June'through

i- . September 1998 of applicant appeals on initial grading by Region 1. l

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During the period of February 23,1998 through March 4,1998, the NRC administered

initial exams to eleven employees of your company who had applied for licenses to operate

the Hope Creek Generatirig Station. We also conducted reviews of related information

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from March 4_through March 12,1998 (in-office), May 19 through 21,1998 (onsite), and

May 22 through 28 (in-office). At the conclusion of the onsite operating portion of the

examination, the preliminary findings were discussed with Mr.'McMahon and members of

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iyour staff. : Additional discussions occurred on May 28,1998 between me and I 1

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Mr. J. Nichols of your staff, and on June 15,1998, between me and Mr.'McMahon of I

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your staff.

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senior final

reactor results of this

applicants passed examination

their are

examinations. Also, all five

a senior reactorreactor

operator operator ap

- applicant passed the retake on the written portion of the examination.' The final written

examination grades and the final results of the appeal review did not change NRC staff's

conclusions on the problems with candidate preparedness and with quality on the as-

! submitted initial examination.

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l During the meeting of June 29,1998 your representatives adequately addressed the

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problems noted in our previous report.~ Overall we feel this meeting was of mutual benefit.

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The effectiveness'of your corrective actions in the area of examination development will be

reviewed during the upcoming December 1998 examination being developed by your

organization.

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,. - In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter

j and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), Should you

l. have any questions regarding this information, please contact me at i

(610)337-5211. l

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Richard Conte, Chief '

Operator Licensing

and Human Performance Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No.: 50-354

Enclosure: Examination Report 50-354/98-03(OL)

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' J. 'McMahon, Director - Nuclear Training

-L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations

E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering

- E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support

A. F. Kirby, lil, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.

J. A. Isabella, Manager,' Joint Generation

Atlantic Electric

M. Bezilla, General Manager - Hope Creek Operations

D. Powell, Director - Licensing, Regulation and Fuels

R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs

.A. C. Tapert, Program Administrator

Jeffrey J. Keenan, Esquire

Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate

William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township

. State of New Jersey

State of Delaware

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