ML20198R527

Discusses Arrangements for Administration of Operator Licensing Exams at Univ of Illinois Reactor Scheduled for Week of 980302.In Order to Meet Schedule,Furnish Matl Listed in Encl 1 at Least 30 Days Prior to Exam Date

ML20198R527
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Site:	05000356, University of Illinois
Issue date:	01/20/1998
From:	Isaac P NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Bradley Jones ILLINOIS, UNIV. OF, URBANA, IL
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NUDOCS 9801230334
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\ , , , , , */g lanuary 20, 1998 Dr Barclay G. Jones, Head Department of Nuclear Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 214 Nuclear Engineering Laboratory 103 South Goodwin Avenue Urbana, Illinois 61801 2984

Dear Dr. Jones:

Mr. Patrick Isaac and Mr. Richard Holm, made arrangements for the administration of operator licensing examinations at the University of Illinois reactor. The written and operating examinations are scheduled for the week of March 02,1998.

In order to meet this schedule, please furnish the materiallisted in Enclosure 1 " Reference Materiel h t Heactor/ Senior Reactor Operator Ucensing Examinations" at least 30 days prior i to the examination date to the following address:

ATTN: Patrick Isaac Mail Stop O 118 20 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 You are responsible for providing adequate space for proper conduct of the written examination. Enclosure 2, " Administration of Written Examinations," describes our process for conducting these examinations.

Enclosure 3 contains the Rules and Guidelines that will be in effect during the administration of the written examination. Please ensure that all applicants are aware of these rules.

Your review of the written examination will be conducted in accordance with the procedures specified in Enclosure 4, ' Facility Review of Written Examinations."

Final, signed reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications certifying that all training has been completed must be submitted at least 14 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 process the applications, if our review .

cannot be completed in time to make a determination of applicar eligibility, the candidate may 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.

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Dr. Jones 2- January 20, 1998 This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Clearance Number 3150 0101, which expires April 30,2000. 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, T 6 F 33, Division of Information Support Services, Office of information Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0101), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB 10202, Office of Management and Budget. Washington, D.C. 20503.

If you have any quer,tions regarding the exarnination procedures and requirements, please contact me at (3015 4151019, or Internet e mail pxi@nrc. gov.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

Patrick Isaac, Chief Examiner Non Power Reactoro and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation No. 50151/356

Enclosures:

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

2. Administration of Written Examinations

3. Procedures for Administration of Written Examinations

4. Facility Review of Written Examinations cc w/ enclosures: Mr. Richard Holm, University of Illinois DISTRIBUTION w/onclosures: DISTRIBUTION w/o enclosures Central Files SWeiss PUBLIC AAdams,PM

\ pocket Files: } PDND R/F Facility File (SFigueroa)

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DATE 01//lf98 01/21/98 01/4198 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Dr. Jones This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Clearance Number 3150-0101, which expires April 30, 2000. T he 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, T-6 F-33, Division of Information Support Services, Office of information Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0101), Office of information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOR 10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

If you have any questions regarding the examination procedures and requirements, please contact me at (301) 4151019, or Internet e-mail pxi@nrc. gov.

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atrick Isa l Chief Examiner L Non Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation No. 50151/356

Enclosures:

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

2. Administration of Written Examinations

3. Procedures for Administration of Written Examinations

4. Facility Review of Written Examinations cc w/ enclosures: Mr. Richard Holm, University of lilinois

4-t Univeralty of Illinois Docket Nos. 50151/356 cc:

The Honorable Tod Setterthwaite Mayor of the City of Urbana P. O. Box 219

- brbana, Illinois 61803 lilinois Department of Nuclear Safety Manager, Office of Nuclear Facility Safety .

1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, Illinois 62705 Dr. Barclay G. Jones, Head Department of Nuclear Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 103 South Goodwin Avenue Urbana, Illinois 61801 2984 t

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i MEFERENCE MATERIAL. FOR REACTOR / SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR 4 UCENSING EXAMh4ATIONS (NON POWER)

1. Existing learning objectives, students handouts and lesson I.lans (including training  ;

manuals, plant orientation manual, system descriptions, reactor theory, i thermodynamics, etc.)  !

Training materials should include all substantive written material used for preparing applicants for initial RO and SRO licensing. The written material should include learning objectives if available and the details presented during lectures, rather than outlines.

Training materials should be identified, bound, and indexed. 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 drew parallels to the actual procedures used for operating and applicable system.

Complete and operationally useful descriptions of all safety system interactions, secondary Interactions under emergency and abnormal conditions, including '

consequences of anticipated operator error, maintenance error, and equipment failure.

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

2.. Complete Procedure Index (including temporary procedures).

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

4. Allintegrated plant procedures, normal or general operating procedures and procedures for experiments.

5. All emergency proceoures, emergency instructions, abnormal or special procedures.

6. Standing' orders or procedures changed by reactor supervision and important orders or changes that are safety related and may supersede the regular procedures.

7. Applicable procedures (procedures that are run frequently).

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

9. Any annunciator / alarm procedures, as applicable, e

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10. Redistbn protection manual, radiation cor' trol manuel or procedures.

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11. Emergency plan implementing procedures.

12. Safett Analysis Report,-Technical Specifications and interpretations, if available.

13. System operating procedures, including experiments. l I

14. Piping and instrumentation diagrams, electrical single-line diagrams, or flow diagrams, as applicable, j

15. Technical Data Book, and/or plant curve information as used by operators and f acility precautions, limitations, and set points for the facility.  :

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

17. Additional material as requested by the examiners to develop examinations that meet the requirements of the Non power Pleactor Examiner Standards and Regulations.  !

The above reference material should be approved finalissues and so marked. If a facility has not finallred sorne of the material, the Chief Examiner should verify with the facility that the most complete, up-to-date materialis available and that agreemant has been reached with the licenses for limiting changes before the administration of the examination.

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ADMINISTRATION OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIO.N_1

1. A single room must be provided for administration of the written examination. The location of this room and supporting restroom facilities should be such as to prevent contact with all other facility personnel during the written examination.

2. Minimum spacing is necessary to ensure examination integrity as determined by the Chief Examiner (i.e., one applicant por table, with a three foot space between tables).

3. Acceptable arrangements should 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 must be reviewed by the examinor and/or procton j l

4. Ties face..ty licensee provides pads of 81/2 by 11 inch lined paper in unopened  ;

packages for each applicant's use in completing the examination._ The examiner 'l I

- distributes these pads to the applicants as needed.

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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. l

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6. No well charts, models, and/or other training materials can be present in the examination room. No other equipment or reference material will be allowed unless  :

provided by the examiner.

7. The facility staff is provided with a cor, of the written examination and answer key after the last candidate has handed in his written examination. The facility staff will i

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then have five (5) working days to provide formal written comments with supporting documentation regarding written examination questions and answers to the Chief 4 Examiner.

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4 PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS.

-1. Verify candidate identity. -

2.1 Pass out examinations and all handouts. Remind applicants not to review examination

- until instructed to do so.

READ THE FOU.OWING INSTRUCTIONS VER3ATIM:

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 indiceting 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 contact with aryone 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.

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.

ti. . Before you tum in your examination, consecutively number each answer sheet.

6.- The point value for each question is indicated in Ibrackets) after the question.

. 7. llf the intent of a question is unclear, ask questions of the examiner only.

8._ When tuming in your examination, assemble the completed examination with-

. examination questions, examination sids and answer sheets, in addition, turn in all scrap paper.

' 9 ' Ensure all information you wish to have evaluated as pad of your answer is on your answer sheet.- Scrap paper will be disposed of immediately following the examination.

10. To pass the examination, you must' achieve a grade of 70 percent or greater la each category 11; There is a time limit of three (3) hours fcr completion of the examination.

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12. When you have completed and turned in your examination, leave the examination area (DEFINE THE AREA). If you are observed in this area while the examination is stillin progress, your license rosy be denied or revoked.

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e FACILITY REVIEW OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS 1 At the option of the Director, Non Power Reactor and Decommissioning Project Doctorate (PDND), the facility may review the written examination up 'o two weeks prior to its administration. This review may take plat,e at the facility or at an NRC officts. The Chief Examiner will coordinate the details of the review with the facility.

An NRC examiner will always be present during the review. The examination or written notes will NOT be retained by the facility.

Whenever this option of examination review is utilized, the facility reviewers will sign the following statement prior to Ming allowed access to the examination,

a. Pre-Examination Security Agreement I acknowledge that I have acquired specialized knowledge concerning the examination scheduled for at as of the date of my signature below. I agree that i will not knowingly divulge any information concerning this examination to any unauthorized persons. I understand that I am not to participate in any instruction involving those applicants scheduled to be administared the above examination from this date until after the examination has been administered. I further 1

understand that violation of the conditions of this agreement may result in the cxaminations being canceled and/or enforcement action against myself or the facility licensee by whom I am employad or represent.

Tignature/Date in addition, the facility staff reviewers will sign the following staiement after the written examination has been administered,

b. Post-Examination Security Agreem6nt I did not, to the best of my knowledge, divulge any information concerning the examinations administered during the week of at or any instruction to those applicants who were administered the examination from the date I entered into this security agreement until the completion of examination administration.

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2. Regardless of whether the above examination review option is exercised, immediately folloiving the administration of the written examination, the facility staff is provided a marked up copy of the examination r. d the answer key. The copy of the written examination includes pen and ink ct anges made to questions during the examination administration.

If the facility did not review the examination prior to its administration, they w!ll have five (5) working days from the day of the written examination to submit formal comme,nts, if the facility reviewed the examination prior to its , administration, any additional comments must be given to an examiner prior to his/her leaving the f acility.

These comments will be addressed to the Chief Examiner by the Reactor Supervisor.

Comments isot submitted within the required time frame will be considered for inclusion in the grading process on a case-by case basis. This may cause delays in grading the examinations.

3. The following format should be used for submittal of specific comments:

a. Listing of NRC question, caswer and reference

b. Facility comment / recommendation

c. Reference (to support facility comment)

NOTES: 1. No change to the examination will be made without submittal of a reference to support the facility comment. Any supporting documentation that was not previously supplied, should be provided.

2. Comments made without a concise facility recommendation will not be addressed.

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

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