ML20211P144

Confirms Scheduling of Plant Operator Written & Oral Exams During Wk of 860902.Ref Matl Listed in Encl 1 Required by 860714

ML20211P144
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	06/27/1986
From:	Brownlee V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Tucker H DUKE POWER CO.
References
NUDOCS 8607230016
Download: ML20211P144 (5)

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%//no June 27, 1986 Duke P r Company ATTN:

r. H. B. Tucker, Vice President Nuclear Production Department 422 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28242 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR AND SENIOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS In a telephone conversation between Mr. W. Barron, Nuclear Training Supervisor, and Mr. T. Rogers, Operator Licensing Section, arrangements were made for administration of the operator and senior operator licensing examinations at the Catawba Nuclear Plant.

The written and plant oral examinations are scheduled for the week of September 2,1986.

In order for us to meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for the facility to furnish the selected reference material from the approved list in Enclosure 1 by July 14, 1986.

Any delay in receiving this material will result in a delay in aoministration of the examinations.

Our examinations are scheduled far in advance with considerable planning to utilize our present limited examiner mtnpower and to meet the examination date requested by the various facilities.

Therefore, missing the July 14, 1986, deadline, even by a few days, will likely result in a long delay, since it would not be possible to reschedule examinations at other facilities.

Mr. Barron has been advised of our selected 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.

This request for information was approved by the Office of Management and Budget undrr a blanket morance Number 3150-0101 which expires on May 31, 1989.

Cec,iients on burden and duplication may be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Reports Management, Room 3208, New Executive Office Buildien; Washington, DC 20503, i

The facility management is responsible for providing adequate space and facilities

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in order to properly conduct the written examinations. Enclosure 2, "Administra-tion of Operator Licensing Written Examinations," describes our requirements for conducting these examinations.

Mr. Barron has also been informed of these requirements.

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June 27, 1986 All operator and senior license applications should be submitted on Form NRC-398 at least 60 days prior to the first examination date so that we will be able to review the training and experience of the candidates, process the medical certi-fications, and prepare final examiner assignments after candidate eligibility has been determined.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

If you have any questions regarding the examination procedures and requirements, please contact Mr. John F. Munro at 404/331-5544, or Mr. Rogers at 404/331-4179.

Sincerely, (Original signed by MSinkule for)

Virgil L. Brownlee, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosures:

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Reference Material Requirements 2.

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i ENCLOSURE 1 REFERENCE MATERIAL REQUIREMEN7S FOR REACTOR / SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS 1.

Procedure Index (alphabetical by subject) 2.

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

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

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

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

Fuel-handling and core-loading procedures (initial core-loading procedures -

whenappropriate) 7.

Annunciator procedures (alarm procedures, including set points) 8.

Radiation protection manual (radiation control manual or procedures) 9.

Emergency plan implementing procedures

10. Technical Specifications

11. Lesson plans (training manuals, plant orientation manual, system descriptions, reactor theory, thermodynamics, etc.)

12. System operating procedures

13. Piping and instrumentation diagrams, electrical single-line diagrams, or flow diagrams

14. Technical Data Book and/or plant curve irformation as used by operators

15. Any other material the examiner feels is necessary to adequately prepare a written examination, such as reactor traces of significant plant evolutions I

16. Questions and answers that licensee has prepared (voluntary by licensee)

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17. Malfunction and initial condition material for simulator (if applicable)

All of the above reference material should be approved, final issues and should be so marked.

Uncontrolled, preliminary, or other such issues will not be acceptable except for cold-license examination:.

If a cold-license plant has not finalized some of the material, the chief examiner is respon-sible for ensuring that the most complete, up-to-date material is available and that agreement has been reached with the licensee for limiting changes before the administration of the examination.

All procedures and reference material should be bound or in the form used by the control room operators, with appropriate indexes or tables of contents so that they can be used efficiently.

ENCLOSURE 2 ADMINISTRATION OF OPERATOR LICENSING WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS NRC Requirements:

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A single room should be provided by the facility for completing the written examination. The location of this room and supporting restroom facilities should be such as to prevent contact with all other facility / contractor personnel for the duration of the written examination. If necessary, the facility should make arrangements 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 one candidate per 5 X 21 ft., minimum size table with 3-feet spacing between tables.

No wall charts, models, and/or other training materials may be present in the examining room.

3.

Suitable arrangements are to be made by the facility for the candidates to have lunch, coffee, etc. These arrangements will be reviewed by the examiner and/or proctor.

4.

The facility shall arrange to review the examination questions and answer key. This review will begin after the completion of the written examination and written comments will normally be presented to the Chief Examiner prior to his departure from the site.

5.

The facility will provide sealed pads of paper for each candidate's use in completing the examination.

All reference material needed to complete the examination will be furnished by the examiner. Candidates may bring calcu-lators but no other equipment or reference material to the examination room.

6.

Only black ink or dark pencil should be used for writing answers to questions.

7.

Candidates will be asked to provide positive identification at the start of the written examination.

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