ML20217L969

Forwards Operator Licensing Exam Rept 50-354/98-03OL Conducted by NRC During Wk of 980223-0304.Exam Administered to Eleven Employees & Results Currently Being Reviewed.Finds Required Significant Control Manipulations Unacceptable

ML20217L969
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	04/28/1998
From:	Conte R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group
Shared Package
ML20217L976	List: ML20217L969 ML20217M049
References
50-354-98-03OL, 50-354-98-3OL, NUDOCS 9805040372
Download: ML20217L969 (3)

See also: IR 05000354/1998003

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Mr. Harold W. Keiser

Executive Vice President

Nuclear Business Unit

Public Service Electric and Gas Company  ;

Post Office Box 236 j

Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 j

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SUBJECT: HOPE CREEK EXAMINATION REPORT 50-354/98-03(OL)

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Dear Mr. Keiser: '

During the period of February 23,1998 through March 4,1998, the NRC administered ]

initial exams to eleven employees of your company who had applied for licenses to operate

the Hope Creek Generating Station. We also conducted reviews of related information

from March 4 through March 12,1998. At the conclusion of the onsite operating portion

of the examination, the preliminary findings were discussed with Mr. McMahon and

members of your staff.

The results of the exam are still under review and will be finalized at a later date. We may

issue a revised report when the final results are available.  !

Your staff developed the initial exams and submitted the exams to NRC for approval.

However, we concluded that your submittal was inadequate to discriminate between safe

and unsafe operators. After postponement of the exam for two weeks and significant

interaction between the NRC staff and your staff, an exam of sufficient adequacy was

developed and subsequently administered to the eleven applicants. In this regard, we

would like to meet with you for your perspective and underlying causes along with

corrective actions.

Based on review of information during this exam, the NRC staff had determined that the

required five significant control manipulations were not acceptable for certain applicants

and the manipulations had to be redone before administration of the examination. We l

would like to meet with you on this problem also. j

We will contact you shortly for a meeting in Region I on these issues.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter

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have any questions regarding this information, please contact me at

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Sincerely,

Richard Conte, Chief

Operator Licensing

and Human Performance Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No.: 50-354

Enclosures: Examination Report 50-354/98-03(OL)

cc w/ encl: w/ Attachments 1-5:

J. McMahon, Director - Nuclear Training

cc w/ encl: w/o Attachments 1-5:

L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations

E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering

E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support

- A. F. Kirby, lil, External Operations - Nucler.r, Delmarva Power & Light Co.

C. Bakken, General Manager - Salem Operations

D. Powell, Director, Licensing, Regulation and Fuels

R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs

A. Tapert, Program Administrator

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J. J. Keenan, Esquire

M. J. Wetterhahn, Esquire

J. A. Isabella, Manager, Joint Generation

Atlantic Electric

Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate

William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township

Public Service Commission of Maryland

State of New Jersey

State of Delaware

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Distribution w/ encl: w/ Attachments 1-5:

DRS Master Exam File

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Distribution w/ encl: w/o Attachments 1-5:

Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

J. Wiggins, DRS

D. Florek, Chief Examiner, DRS

NRC Resident inspector

DRS OL Facility File

DRS File

l H. Miller, RA/W. Axelson, DRA

l J. Linville, DRP

S. Barber, DRP

L. Harrison, DRP

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R. Capra, NRR .

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R. Correia, NRR

F. Talbot, NRR

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