ML20198C426

Advises That Listed Ref Matl Required Prior to Operator & Senior Operator Licensing Exams Scheduled for Wk of 911007

ML20198C426
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	06/28/1991
From:	Wright G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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NUDOCS 9107030017
Download: ML20198C426 (11)

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d;b ; 6 ' A Docket No. 50-373 Docket No. 50-374 Commonwealth Edison Company ATTN: Mr. Cordell Reed Senior Vice President Opus West 111 1400 Opus Place Downers Grove, IL 60515

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR AND SENIOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS In a telephone conversation between Mr. T. Shaffer and Mr. H. Peterson arrangements were made for the administration of licensing exaninations at the LaSalle County Station.

The written and operating examinations for both licensing and requalification retakes are scheduled for the week of October 7,1991.

In order for us to meet this schedule, it will be necessary for the facility to furnish the approved reference material listed in Enclosure 1, " Reference Material Requirements for Reactor / Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Examinations" at least 60 days prior to the examination date. Any substandard or incomplete material or delay in receiving approved properly bound and indexed reference material may result in a delay in administering the examinations. Mr. Shaffer has been advised of our 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.

The facility nianagement is responsible for providing adequate space and accommodations in order to properly conduct the written examinations.

Enclosure 2, " Requirements for Administration of Written Examinations,"

describes our requirements for conducting these examinations. Mr. Shaffer has also been informed of these requirements.

Enclosure 3 contairs the Rules and Guidelines that will be in effect during the administration of the written examination. The f acility management is responsible for ensuring that all applicants are aware of these rules.

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Commonwealth Edison Company 2 O'9 The facility staff review of the written examination will be cc,nducted in accordance with requirements specified in Enclosure 4, "Regtuirements for Facility Review of Written Examinations." Mr. Shaffer has been informed of these requirements.

To better document simulator examinations, the Chief Examiner will have the 4 facility simulator operator record predetermined plant conditions (i.e. , plant pressure, temperature, pressurizer level, etc.), for each simulator scenario.

The applicants will be responsible for providing this information with any appeal of a simulator operating examination. Therefore, the facility training staff should retain the simulator examination scenario information until all applicants who took the examinations have either passed the operating examination, accepted the denial of their license, or filed an appeal.

Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination dates so that we will be able to review the training and experience of the candidates, process the medical certifications, and prepare final examiner assignments after applicant eligibility has been determined. If the applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination dates, it is likely that a postponement will be recessary. Final signed applications certifying that all training has been completed shall be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date. However, if processing of a license application is not completed in time to make a determination of applicant eligibility, the candidate shall not be permitted to sit for the examination. Therefore, it is

. recommended that license applications be provided as soon as possible to ensure an appropriate level of review.

This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget Clearance Number 3150-0101 which expires May 31, 1992. The estimated average burden is 7.7 hours8.101852e-5 days <br />0.00194 hours <br />1.157407e-5 weeks <br />2.6635e-6 months <br /> per response, including gathering, xeroxing and mailing the required material. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch, Division of Information Support Services, Office of Information Resources flanagement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0101),

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NE08-3019, Office of Management i

and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

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_ _ _ _ - . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ . . . _ . _ _ _ . _ __. ..m Commonwealth Edison Company 3 M 2D M Thank you for your consideration in this matter. If you have any questiens regarding the examination procedures and requirements. please contact Mr. H. Peterson at (708) 790-5797.

Sincerely, ORIG;HM. SC,NED BY CE0f ff.;Y C. Y!ENHI Geoffrey C. Wright, Chief Operations Branch i

Enclosures:

1. Reference Material Requirements for Reactor / Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Examinations

2. Requirements for Administration of Written Examinations

3. NRC Rules and Guidelines For Written Examinations

4. Requirements for facility Review of Written Examinations cc w/ enclosures:

D. Galle, Vice President - BWR Operations T. Kovach, Nuclear Licensing Manager G. J. Diederich, Station Manager DCD/DCB (RIDS)

OC/LFDCB Resident Inspectors LaSalle Dresden, Quad Citias Richard Hubbard J. W. ftcCaffrey, Chief, Public Utilities Division Patricia O'Brien, Governor's Office of Consumer Services Licensing Project Manager, NRR Robert Newmann, Office of Public

Counsel, State of IllinLis Center 4

T. Shaffer, Plant Training Manager cc w/o enclosures:

J. B. Hickman, Project Manager, NRR R. fi. Gallo, Branch Chief, OLB l B. L. Burgess, Section Chief, DRP

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S' ENCLOSURE 1 REFERENCE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REACTOR /SEl410R REACTOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS

1. Existing leatning objectives, Job Performance tieasures and lesson plans (including training manuals,. plant orientation manual, systen descriptions, reactor theory, thermodynamics, etc.)

A copy of the facility Job and Task Analysis (JTA), specifying the knowledges and abilities required of an operator at the facility. Each

particular knowledge and/or ability will include an importance rating correlating it to ensuring the health and the safety of the public.' If a JTA is not furnished, the Knowled Power Plant Operators, NUREG-1122 1123)(ges and will be Abilities used to establish Catalog for Nuclear content validity for the examination.

All Job Performance Measures (JPMs) used to ascertain the competence of the operators in performing tasks within the control room complex and, as identified in the facility JTAs, outside of the control roomi i.e., local operations.

Training materials should include all substantive written material used for preparing applicants for initial R0 and SR0 licensing. The written material should include learning' objectives and the details presented during lectures, rather than outlines. Training materials should be identified by plant and unit, bound, and indexed. FAILURE TO PROVIDE COMPLETE, PROPERLY B0UND AND INDEXED PLANT REFERENCE ttATERIAL MAY RESULT It: THE RETURN OF THE MATERIAL TO THE PERSON WHO IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CORPORATE f1ANAGEMENT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANT OPERATIONS (E.G., VICE PRESIDENT OF NUCLEAR OPERATIONS). ACCOMPANYING THE MATERIAL WILL BE A

.- COVER LETTER EXPLAINING THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE REFERENCE flATERIAL A O

THE FACT THAT THIS WAS THE REASON THE EXAMINATIONS WERE CANCELLED OR l POSTPONED. Training materials which include the following should be

provided

System descriptions including descriptions of all operationally relevant flow paths, components, controls and instrumentation.

System training material should draw parallels to the actual '

procedures used for operating the applicable system.

Complete and operationally useful descriptions of all safety-system interections ard, where available, BOP system interactions under emergency and abnormal conditions, including consequences of anticipated operator error, maintenance error, and equipment failure.

OPERATOR LICENSING EhtLOSURE 1 (Cont'd)

Training material used to clarify and strengthen understanding.of emergency operating procedures.

2. Complete Procedure Index (including surveillance procedures, etc.)

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

4. All integrated plant procedures (normal or general operating procedures)

5. All emergency procedures (emergency instructions, abnormal or special procedures)

6. Standing orders-(important orders that-are safety-related and may

. supersede the regular procedures)

7. Surveillance procedures (procedures that are run- frequently, -i.e. , weekly or that can be run on the simulator)

8. Fuel-handling and core-loading _ procedures, (initial core-loading procedure, when appropriate)

9. All annunciator / alarm procedures l 10. Radiation protection manual (radiation control manual or procedures)

11. Emergency plan implementing procedures-l l

12. Technical Specifications (and interpretations, if available) for cil units for which licenses are sought.

l l 13. System operating procedures

14. Piping and instrumentation diagrams, electrical single-line diagrams,

-or flow diagrams

15. Technical Data Book, and/or plant curve informatica as used by operators and facility precautions, li;aitations, and set points (PLS) for the -

facility

16. Questions and answers specific to the facility training program which may be used in the written-or operating examinations (voluntary by facility -

licensee)

17. The following on the plant reference simulation facility

a. List of all preprogrammed initial conditions

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b. List of all preset malfunctions with a clear identification number.

The list should include cause and effect information Specifically, for each malfunction a concise description of the expected result, or range of results, that will occur upon implementation should he provided. Additionally, an indication cf which annunciators are to be-initially expected should be given.

c. A description of simulator _ failure capabilities for valves, breakers, indicators and alarms

d. Where the capability exists, an explanation of the ability to vary the severity of a particular malfunction shall be provided, i.e.,

ability to vary the size of a given LOCA or steam leak, or the ability to cause a slow failure of a component such as a feed pump, turbine generator or major valve (e.g., drifting shut of a main feedwater control valve)

e. An identification of mouling conditions / problems that may impact the examination

f. Identification of any known performance test discrepancies not yet corrected g._ Identification of differences between the simulator ar* the reference plant's control room

h. Copies of facility generated scenarios that expose the applicants to situations of degraded pressure control (PWR), degraded heat removal capability (PWR and BWR) and containment challenges (PWR and BWR) may be provided (voluntary by licensee)

i. Simulator instructors manual (voluntary by licensee)

j. Description of the scenarios used for the training class (voluntary by licensee) l 18. Additional material required by the examiners to develop examinations l that meet the requirements of these Standards and the regulations.

The above reference material shall be approved, final issues and shall be so i~

marked. If a plant has not finalized some of the material, the Chief Examiner shall verify with the facility that the most complete, up-to-date material is available and that agreement ,1as been reached with the liccasee for limiting i changes before the admini n rition of the examinction. All procedures and l_ reference' material shall be bound with appropriate indices or tables of l contents so that they can be used efficiently. Failure to provide complete,

< properly bound and indexed plant reference material could result in

! cancellation or rescheduling of the examinations.

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l ENCLOSURE 2 P,E0VIREttENTS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS

1. A single room shall be provided for administration of the written examina-tion. The location of this roer and supporting restroom facilities shall be such as to prevent contact with all other f acility and/or contractor personnel during the written examination. If necessary, the facility should make arrangenent 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 spacing is required to ensure examination integrity as determined by the Chief Examiner. Minimum spacing should be one applicant per table, with a three-foot space between tables.

3. Suitable arrangements shall be made by the facility if the applicants are to have lunch, coffee or other refreshments. These arrangements shall comply with Item 1 above and shall be reviewed by the examiner and/or proctor.

4 The facility licensee shall provide pads of 8-1/2 by 11 inch lined paper in unopened packages for each applicant's use in completing the examination. The examiner shall distribute these pads to the applicants as needed.

5. Applicants may bring pens, pencils, calculators or slide rules into the examination room. Only black ink or dark pencils should be used for writing answers to questions.

6. The licensee shall provide one set of steau tables for each applicant.

The examiner shall distribute the steam tables to the applicants. No -

wall charts, models, and/or other training materials shall be present in the examination room. No other equipment or reference material shall be allcwed unless provided by the examiner.

7. The f acility staff shall be provided with a copy of the written examination and answer key after the last candidate has handed in his written examination. The facility staff shall have five working days to provide formal written comments with supporting documentation regarding written examination questions and answers to the Chief Examiner.

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. ENCLOSURE 3 PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRA110N OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS

1. Check identification badges.

2. Pass out examinations and all handouts. Remind applicants not to review examination until instructed to do so.

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS VERBATIM:

During the administration of this examination the following rules apply:

1. Cheating on the examination means an automatic denial of your application and could result in more severe penalties.

2. After the examination has been completed, you must sign the statement on the cover sheet indicating that the work is your own and you have not received or given assistance in completing the examination. This must be done after you complete the examination.

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Restroom trips are to be limited and only one applicant at a time may leave. You must avoid all contacts with anyone_ outside the examination room to avoid even the appearance or possibility of cheating.

2. Use black ink or dark pencil only to-facilitate legible reproductions. l

3. Print your name in the blank provided in the upper right-hand corner of the examination cover sheet and each answer sheet.  !

4. Mark your answers on the answer sheet provided. USE ONLY THE PAPER PROVIDED AND DO NOT WRITE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE PAGE. i

5. Before you turn in your examination, consecutively number each answer sheet.  ;

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LICENSE EXAMINATIONS ENCLOSURE 3 (Cont'd)  !

l t 6. Use abbreviations only if they are commonly used in facility literature.

Avoid using symbols such as < or > signs to avoid a simple transposition error resulting in an incorrect answer. Write it out.

7. The point value for each question is indicated in [brackett) after the question.

8. Show all calculations, methods, or assumptions used to obtain an answer to any short answer questions.

9. Partial credit may be given. Therefore, ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION AND 00 NOT LEAVE ANY ANSWER BLANK. Partial credit will NOT be given on

. multiple choice questions.

10. Proportional-grading will be applied. Any additions.1 wrong information that is provided nay count against you. For example, if a question is worth.one point and asks for four responses, each of which is worth 0.25 points, and you give five responses, each of your responses will be worth 0.20 points. If one of your five responses is incorrect, 0.20 will be deducted and your total credit for that question will be 0.80 instead of 1.00 even though you got the four correct answers.

11. If the intent of a question is unclear, ask questions of the examiner only.

12. When turning in your examination, assemble the completed examination with examination questions, examination aids and answer sheets. In addition, turn in all scrap paper, i 13. Ensure all information you wish to have evaluated as part of your answer

, is on your answer sheet. Scrap paper will be disposed of immediately l- following the examination.

14. To pass the examination, you must achieve a grade of 80% r greater.

15. There is a time limit of four (4) hours for completion of the examination.

16. When you are done and have turned in your examination, leave the examination area (DEFINE THE AREA). If you are fcund in this area while the examination is still in progress, your license may be denied or revoked.

ENCLOSURE 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITY REVIEW 0F WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS i 1. At the option of the Section Chief, the facility may review the written examination up to two weeks prior to its administration. This review may take place at the facility or in the Regional office. The Chief Examiner will coordinate the details of the review with the facility. An NRC examiner will always be present during the review.

Whenever this option of examination review is utilized, the facility reviewers will sign the following statemtnt prior to being allowed eccess to the examination. The examination or nritten notes will NOT be retained by the f acility,

a. Pre-Examination Security Agreement I acknowledge that I have acquirec specialized knowledge concerning the examination scheduled for at cs of the date of ny signature below. I agree that I will not know:ngly divulge any information concerning this exarination to any unauthorized persons. I understand that I am not to participate in any instruction involving those applicants scheduled to be administered the above examination from this date until after the examination has been administered. I further understand that violation of the conditions of this agreement nay result in the examination being cancelled and/or enforcement action against myself or the facility licensee by whom I am employed or represent.

3Ignature/Date In addition, the facility staff reviewers wili sign the following statement after the written examination has been administered.

b. Post-Examination Security Agreement I cid not, to the best of my knowledge, divulge any information concerning the exaninations administered during the week of at to dny unauthorized persons. I did not participate in providing any instruction to those applicants who were administered the examinction from the date I entered into this security agreement until the conpletion of examination administration.

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REQUIREMENTS'FOR FACILITY REVIEW 0F WRITTEN EXAMINATION (Cont'd)

2. Regardless of whether the above examination review option is exercised, immediately following the administration of the written examination, the f acility staff shall be provided a marked-up copy of the examination and the answer key. The copy of the written examination shall include pen and ink changes made to questions during the examination administration. i l

If the facility did not review the_ examination prior to its administration, l they will have five (5) working days from the day of the written l examination to submit formal comments. If the facility reviewed the -i examination prior to its administration, any additional comments must be  !

given to an examiner prior to his/her leaving the site at the end of the week of the written examination administration. - In either case, the connents will be addressed to the responsible Regional Office by the highest onsite level of corporate managenent for plant operations, e.g.,

! Vice President for Nuclear Operations. A copy of the submittal will be forwarded to the Chief Examiner, as appropriate. Concents not submitted within the required time frame will be considered for inclusion in the grading process on a case-by-case basis by the Regional Office Section Chief. Should the comment subnittal deadline not be net, a long delay in grading the examinations may occur.

_ 3. The following format should be adhered to for submittal of specific comments:

a. Listing of NRC Question, answer and reference l b. Facility comment / recommendation

c. Reference (to support facility comment)

NOTES

1. No change to the examination will be made without scbmittal of i a reference to support the facility conment. Any supporting l documentation that was not previously supplied, should be L provided.

2. Conments made without a concise facility reconnenoation will not be addressed.

4. A two-hour post examination review m6y be held at the discretion of tLe Chief Examiner. If this review is held, the facility staff should be informed that only written consents that are properly supported will be considered in the grading of the examination.

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