ML20217B391
| ML20217B391 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/24/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
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| References | |
| SECY-98-043-ERR, SECY-98-043-R, SECY-98-43-ERR, SECY-98-43-R, NUDOCS 9803260056 | |
| Download: ML20217B391 (2) | |
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SECY-98-043 - ANNUAL STATUS REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF NRC'S l
REQUAllFICATION PROGRAM AND THE INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS (WITS 6800098)
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. licenses at power and non-power reactor facilities. The following table gives the power reactor initial operator licensing examination results over a period of 5 years from FY 93 through FY 97.
During FY 97, the staff administered approximately 54 site-specific initiallicensing examinations E
to RO and SRO applicants at power reactor facilities. This number includes 41 site-specific j
l, licensing examinations that had been prepared by facility hcensees in accordance with the L
NRC's revised examination guidance. The table provides separate NRC-prepared and facility-prepared examination results for FYs 96 and 97. In addition, the staff administered 328 generic L
fundamentals examinations to prospective license applicants at power reactor facilities.
l Power Reactor Ininal Examinston Resulle Percentage of Applirente Who Passed Durino Fiscal Year Eremination '
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These results show that power reactor facility operator training programs continue to produce applicants who pass the operator licensing examinations at a relatively high percentage rate, j
regardless whether the examinations were prepared by the NRC or the facility licensees (with NRC review and approval).- An analysis of the facility-prepared examination results will be provided with the proposed final rule to amend 10 CFR Part 55 to require power reactor facility 1
licensees to prepare the initial licensing examinations.
The SECY paper that forwards the proposed final rule will also discuss important issues i
associated with the revised examination process in addition to the public comments regarding the proposed rule and interim Revision 8 of NUREG 4021. The public comments included letters from the Nuclear Energy institute (NEI), five nuclear facility licensees and one utility employee, one nonpower reactor facility licensee, three NRC license examiners, one contract examiner, and the State of Illinois. The nuclear power industry's comments generally support the rulemaking but indicate a preference for continuing the revised examination process on a voluntary basis. The remaining comments generally opposed the rulemaking for a variety of reasons related to vulnerabilities of the revised process such as examination integrity, quality and consistency. Seven of the public comment letters also suggested changes to the
- implementation guidance in interim Revision 8 of NUREG-1021. The staff has received additional feedback from the industry regarding these issues since the pubih: comment period closed on October 21,1997. The most significant issues involve the restrctica on facility y
personnel who can participate in the examination development and N guidaqoe regarding j
level of examination difficulty.
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