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Forwards Exam Repts 50-456/98-305 & 50-457/98-305 on 980914, Telephoned Exam Results 981020.No Violations Noted
	ML20155E766
Person / Time
Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	10/29/1998
From:	Leach M; NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Kingsley O; COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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ML20155E739	List: IR 05000456/1998305; ML20155E736; ML20155E766;
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	50-456-98-305, 50-457-98-305, NUDOCS 9811050174
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              Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley
              President, Nuclear Generation Group
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              Commonwealth Edison Company                                                                          i
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              Executive Towers West lll                                                                            '
              1400 Opus Place, Suite 500
              Downers Grove,IL 60515                                                                               ;
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              SUBJECT:        OPERATOR LICENSING RETAKE EXAMINATION REPORTS                                        i
                              50-456/98305(OL); 50-457/98305(OL)
            ' Dear Mr. Kingsley :
              On September 14,1998, the NRC completed an initial operator license written retake
              examination for one applicant. The Braidwood written retake examination was conducted                !

l simultaneously with the initial operator examination at your Byron Nuclear Generating Stttion. L

             At the conclusion of the examination process at the Byron Station, preliminary findings were
              discussed with those members of your training staff identified in the enclosed report during an      l
            ' Exit meeting at Byron Station on September 22,1998. The license applicant's performance
              evaluation was finalized and members of your staff were informed of the examination results on
              October 20,1998.
              The retake exami'ution was administered to one Reactor Operator license applicant who failed

l the written portion of his initial examination administered in October 1997. The applicant l passed the retake examination and was issued a Reactor Operator's license.

             This was a retake examination for one Braidwood applicant, but the overall examination was
              developed in conjunction with the Byron initial license examination. The written retake              <
            . examination was the same examination that was given to the RO applicants at the Byron
              Station, with site specific differences updat9d on the Braidwood exam. Although no specific
              assessment was conducted on Braiowood's Training Department, the issues pertaining to the
              written examination development, quality assurance, and subsequent failure rate were

l documented in the Byron Station examination report. l' l On October 21,1998, members of your Braidwood training department staff attended the Byron l manage.nent meeting held at the Region lli office to discuss the root cause concerning the l Byron iritial examination high failure rate. It is our expectation that the Braidwood training

              departrnent instructors also refer to the Byron Examination Report 50-454/455-98301(OL) and

l l use the applicant weaknesses outlined in the Byron report as feedback to improve the operator /

              license training program in accordance with your Systematic Approach to Training (SAT)
              program.                                                                                           /

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of this letter and the
enclosures to this letter will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely,
Original /s/ Melvyn Icach
Melvyn Leach, Chief
Operator Licensing Branch
Docket No.: 50-456;50-457
License No.: DPR-29; DPR-30
Enclosures: 1. Operator Licensing Examination Report 50-456/98305(OL);
50-457/98305(OL)
2. Facility Post Written Examination Comments and NRC Resolution
3. Examination and Answer Key (RO)
cc w/encls 1 & 2: D. Helwig, Senior Vice President
H. Stanley, PWR t1ce President
C. Crane, BWR Vice President
R. Krich, Regulatory Services Manager
D. Greene, Licensing Director 1
DCD - Licensing
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T. Tulon, Site Vice President
K. Schwartz, Station Manager
T. Simpkin, Regulatory Assurance Su,oervisor
R. Hubbard, MHB Technical Associates
M. Aguilar, Assistant Attorney General
State Liaison Officer
Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
oc w/encis 1,2 & 3: J. Walker, Manager, Nuclear Training
DOCUMENT NAME:G:\DRS\ BRA 98305.WPD
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DATE 1007/98 W 10/14/98 '/ 10ht/98
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