ML20216F553
| ML20216F553 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 04/13/1998 |
| From: | Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Kingsley O COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20216F557 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-254-98-303OL, 50-265-98-303OL, NUDOCS 9804170119 | |
| Download: ML20216F553 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000254/1998303
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April 13, 1998
Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley
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President, Nuclear Generation Group
Commonwealth Edison Company
ATTN.: Regulatory Services
Executive Towers West 111
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Downers Grove,IL 60515
SUBJECT:
OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION REPORTS 50-254/98303(OL);
50-265/98303(OL)
Dear Mr. Kingsley:
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On March 20,1998, the NRC completed initial operator licensing examinations at your Quad
Cities Nuclear Power Station. The license applicants' performance evaluations were finalized
on April 1,1998. The enclosed report presents the results of the examination.
Operating and written examinations were administered to three Senior Reactor Operator
license applicants. All three applicants passed all portions of their examinations. One applicant
was issued a Senior Reactor Operator (Limited to Fuel Handling) license. The remaining two
applicants were not issued operator licenses as they have not completed all control room
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experience requirements necessary to receive a license. These applicants will be issued
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operating licenses when you certify, in writing, to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that all
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Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station training program requirements are completed. Your
certification should also state that the applicants were enrolled in the station's continuing
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operator training program and their performance in that program is satisfactory.
Administration of the examination revealed one applicant performance issue needing additional
review by the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Training and Operations Departments. On
two occasions during simulator transients, license applicants reached setpoints, imposed by an
administrative procedure, that required a specified action such as a reactor scram or
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emergency depressurization. The applicants executed that action even though they had been
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informed that the transient causing the parameter to reach the setpoint was terminated and the
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plant was being adequately controlled by crew members. In both cases the applicants took
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actions to comply with the administrative procedure, disregarding the information provided to
them by crew members indicating that the action was not necessary. Although the simulated
reactor was placed in a safe condition in each of the two cases, the transient initiated on the
plant was unnecessary and could have been avoided. We feel the Training and Operations
departments should review the responses of these applicants during the simulator transients to
determine if their training in the areas of conservative decision making and procedural
compliance is providing the desired results.
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.
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We will gladly discuss any questions you have conceming this examination.
Sincerely
Original Signed by John A. Grobe
John A. Grobe, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos. 50-254; 50-265
Enclosures:
1. Inspection Reports 50-254/98303(OL); 50-265/98303(OL)
2. Simulator Fidelity Report
3. Written Examination & Answer Key (SRO)
cc w/encls 1 & 2:
M. Wallace, Senior Vice President
D. Helwig, Senior Vice President
G. Stanley, PWR Vice President
J. Perry, BWR Vice President
D. Farrar, Regulatory
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1. Johnson, Licensing Director
DCD - Licensing
D. Sager, Site Vice President
W. Pearce, Quad Cities Station Manager
C. C. Peterson, Regulatory Affairs
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Richard Hubbard
Nathan Schloss, Economist
Office of the Attorney General
State Liaison Officer
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Chairman, Illinois Commarce
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W. D. Leech, Manager of Nuclear
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