ML20236H500
| ML20236H500 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 06/16/1998 |
| From: | Peebles T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Greenman R TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9807070238 | |
| Download: ML20236H500 (3) | |
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t June 16,1998 i
Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Mr. Robert Greenman j
Training Manager Browns Feny Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609-2000 l
SUBJECT:
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) REGION ll EXAMINATION WRITING WORKSHOP - JULY 1998
Dear Mr. Greenman:
Region 11 will conduct an Examination Writing Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia, from 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15,1998. The workshop is designed specifically to inform the facilities' management and operations and training staff of NUREG-1021 examination writing techniques for the operating test for the licensing of reactor plant operators.
I would like to extend an invitation to you, and to members of your operations and training staff, to attend this conference. Our goal for the meeting is to provide a learning and sharing experience for your staff, both for the writers and for the reviewers of your initial examination submittals.
The site for this conference will be the Richard B. Russell Federal Building Auditorium on Spring Street in downtown Atlanta. This is behind our new building across from the Five Points MARTA station.
The agenda is enclosed. Please rNv the agenda and supply comments as soon as possible to my staff or myself.
We look forward to meeting with you in July. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at (404) 562-4638.
Sincerely, (Original signed by T.A. Peebles)
Thomas A. Peebles, Chief Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch j
Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-259,50-260, and 50-296 License Nos: DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68
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OPERATING TEST WORKSHOP Richard B. Russell Auditorium July 15,1998
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8:00 Opening Remarks 8:20 Standard JPM format 8:40 JPM criticaltasks What constitutes a critical task?
The importance of measurable criteria?
- Good examples
- Bad examples Discrimination (it has to be failable!)
- Good examples
- examples
- " fixes" to those examples Use of Open and Closed Reference items as defined in ES-301, D.1.1 (p.9) which states: " closed reference items may be used to evaluate the immediate actions for emergency and other procedures, certain automatic actions, operating characteristics, interlocks, and set points.. "
- examples
- " fixes" to those examples 10:30 Administrative JPMs 11:00 Scheduling
- ways to optimize the material developed
- simulator bottle necks
- control room JPMs
- reasonable daily work loads
- candidate stress
- exam delays 11:30 Lunch 1:00 Exam predictability and exam security 1:30 Simulator scenario development
- scheduling and crew makeup
- evaluation tool
- malfunctions in relation to major event
- level of detail 3:30 Questions and Answers 4:30 Closing l
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