ML20236B607

Comments on Written & Operating Exams Administered to Senior Reactor Operator Candidates During Wk of 870803.Exam Well Written.Most Comments Resolved During Exam Critique.Comments Encl

ML20236B607
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	08/07/1987
From:	Mangan C NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
To:	Lange D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20236B586	List: IR 05000220/1987016 ML20236B582 ML20236B607
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NMP-26727, NUDOCS 8710260261
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, ATTACHMENT 2 NMP-26727 1

NI AQ AR A MOH AWK POWER CORPORATION /301 PLAINFIELD noAD. SYnACUSC, N Y 13212/ TELEPHONE (315) 474 1511 4

August 7, 1987 Mr. Dave Lange United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, PA 19406 l

Dear Mr. Lange:

This letter concerns the NRC Hot License examinations administered to the  !

three (3) Nine Mile Point Unit I Senior Reactor Operator candidates during the week of August 3, 1987. Mr. David Lange of Region I was the lead examiner and was assisted by Mr. Alan Howe and Mr. Brian Hajek.

The written exam was administered on August 4, 1987 with the operating exams on August 5, 1987. The exit meeting tooK place on Thursday, August 6, 1987.

We felt that this exam was well written; and that, in most cases, the questions and answer key accurately reflected the training material and plant procedures cited as references. Most of our comments were resolved during the exam critique. Please see attached for our written comment submittal as required by NUREG 1021, ES-201-1 Attachmont 1, Enclosure 3.

. We appreciate the efforts of Mr. Lange, Mr. Howe and Mr. Hajek for ensuring that this examination was conducted in a very professional manner Please feel free to contact me if you need any additional information.

Very truly yours, C. V. Mangan Senior Vice President CVM/ sis Attachment cc: Mr. Brian Hajek (NETS)

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.. FORMAL COMMENT: SUBMITTAL BY FACILITY FOR SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR EXAM 5.06. .2. OP-43 states , . "If the reactor . . . . . . . , and close all - di scharge -

and discharge . bypass valves." .0P-43 does not mention the suction valves. Recommend _ accepting. OP-43 -criteria. as -full credit answer.

6.01 d.

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fails' states, open'.".The

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When exchanger flow open, the TCV fails will decrease

. heat exchanger flow will . increase. Ops Tech Chapter 29a page 7,

. discusses heat exchanger flow, when TCV opens. .' Recommend changing: answer- key to state "The- heat . exchanger' flow

. increases..."

6.02 b. Part 3. .of - the answer states, " System area temp greater than 120 F. This should be, System area _' temp greater than 170 F".

Recommend changing answer key' to accept setpoint as- 170 F, 6.04 b. If steam. pressure signal fails and indicated steam flow decreases as stated 'in the. answer key, level will initially lower. Since .feedwater control system sees more..feedflow .than steam flow, a flow error signal is generated to shut the feed control valve and thus causes level to decrease. Recommend changing' answer key to state vessel level will initially lower.

^7.01 Revision 1 of SOP-3, Alternate Control Rod Insertion has recently been issued. It now states "Any control rod is not inserted to or beyond position 02 following a reactor scram."

Recommend accepting Rev. 1 as the full credit answer.

7.05 During an undervoltage condition on PB 102 or 103 the CRD pump -

is started and the' liquid poison pump is unaf fected. Recommend accepting the liquid poison pump as part of the answer.

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ATTACHMENT 3 NRC RESOLUTION OF FACILITY COMMENTS ON THE SR0 WRITTEN EXAMINATION The following list contains the NRC resolutions of the facility comments made as a result of the current examination review policy.

Only those comments resulting in significant changes to the master answer key, or those that were "not accepted" by the NRC, are listed and explained below, '

i Comments that were minor in nature and resolved to the satisfaction of both the examiner and the licensee during the post examination review are not listed.

(i.e. typo errors, relative acceptable terms, minor set point changes.)

SR0 EXAMINATION Question Number Comment / Resolution 5.06 Comment accepted for Part 2 of answer only. Part 1 of answer requires suction and discharge valves according to procedure.

i 6.01d Plant comment accepted based on additional information provided from an I&C calibration procedure. The referenced SOP-6 and plant lesson material NMP1 Ops Tech Chapter 29a are unclear on valve positions. ,

6.02b Comment accepted. Reference material provided with comment was a revision of the material provided prior to examination.

6.04a Question changed during examination because reference material had not been updated with information that circuit had been removed.

6.04b Comment accepted. Answer key was inaccurate.

7.01 Comment accepted due to procedure revision.

7.05 Comment accepted. Answer key considered only the procedure and not the discussion in the Ops Tech manual.

7.09 E0P-1 accepted for all answers, but not required.

7.11 Adjusted point values in answer key.

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