ML20195B397
| ML20195B397 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 11/03/1998 |
| From: | Pellet J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Horn G NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9811160114 | |
| Download: ML20195B397 (4) | |
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November 3,1998 G. R. Horn, Senior Vice President of Energy Supply Nebraska Public Power District 141415th Street Columbus, Nebraska 68601
SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO YOUR POST EXAMINATION ANALYSIS
Dear Mr. Horn:
On October 27,1998, a letter addressing the response to your post examination analysis was mailed without being dated. Please replace the first page of the letter with the enclosed dated page. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused.
Sincerely, J ohn L. Pellet, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.:
50-298 License No.: DPR-46
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SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO YOUR POST EXAMINATION ANALYSIS
Dear Mr. Hom:
1 This letter is in response to Mr. Swailes' letter (NLS980171) dated October 13,1998, regarding senior operator and reactor operator initial licensing examinations, which were administered at Cooper Nuclear Station during the neriod of September 25 through October 2,1998. It is our understanding that Nebraska Publis ower District is recommending that the written o
examination administered on Septemoer 25,1998, be declared invalid. We also understand that if we agree with this conclusion, Nebraska Public Power District recommends voiding the written examination.
We are in the process of developing specific responses for each of the comments provided by Nebraska Public Power District on the initial examination which will be provided separately. On the basis of our work to date, we have confirmed some of the deficiencies identified in your post examination comments, while other comments do not appear to provide a sufficient basis to invalidate the applicable examination questions. However, we have not completed our review of each specific comment,'nor have we reached any conclusion about the overall validity of the written examination, in order for us to complete our review of this examination, we will need to obtain additional information from your staff. Accordingly, we request that your staff meet with us in the Region IV office. During this meeting, we request that you address the following topics:
The specific basis for your recommendation that the written examination may be invalid.
Please be prepared to discuss the cumulative impact of your individual comments on the overall examination sample outline, as described in " Operator Licensing Examination
. Standards for Power Reactors," NUREG-1021, ES-501, Section C.2.c.
Our position (which will be provided separately) on your specific comments, for your use in future examination development. Our preliminary analysis is that, in a number of instances, your comments do not reflect the actual knowledge required to correctly respond to the question. For example, your position on a number of questions was that a question should be invalidated because the correct answer is written in a procedure or technical specification, which is not required to be memorized. However, this position
- did not reflect whether or not the general application of specific system knowledge would have allowed an applicant to correctly answer the question.
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