ML20249B474
| ML20249B474 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 06/16/1998 |
| From: | Conte R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20249B475 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-354-98-03OL, 50-354-98-3OL, NUDOCS 9806230193 | |
| Download: ML20249B474 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000354/1998003
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June-16, 1998
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Mr. Harold W. Keiser
Executive Vice President
Nuclear Business Unit
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
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SUBJECT: HOPE CREEK EXAMINATION REPORT 50-354/98-03(OL) - SUPPLEMENT
Dear Mr. Keiser:
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During the period of February 23,1998 through March 4,1998, the NRC administered
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initial exams to eleven employees of your company who had applied for licenses to operate
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the Hope Creek Generating Station. We also conducted reviews of related information
from March 4 through March 12,1998 (in-office), May 19 through 21,1998 (onsite), and
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May 22 through 28 (in-office). At the conclusion of the onsite operating portion of the
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examination, the preliminary findings were discussed with Mr. McMahon and members of
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your staff. Additional discussions occurred on May 28,1998 between me and
Mr. J. Nichols of your staff, and on June 15,1998, between me and Mr. McMahon of
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your staff.
The results of this examination were made available to your staff on May 28,1998. Four
of five reactor operator applicants and three of five senior reactor applicants passed the
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exams. Also, a senior reactor operator applicant failed a retake on the written portion of
the examination. These results indicate individual poor preparedness for the examination
and a potential programmatic problem in readying applicants for an NRC examination.
Also, our previous letter pointed out inadequacies or weaknesses in the following areas:
the development of the initial examination; performance of significant control
manipulations; and quality of the retake application by a senior reactor operator candidate.
Enciosed we have identified additional inadequacies or weaknesses in the following areas:
poor readiness of applicants for the examination (four of eleven failures on at least one
portion of the examination); and, clarity of guidance for applicant time on shift and the
definition of " direct supervision."
Accordingly, your staff has agreed to meeting with us in the Region I office on
June 29,1998 to discuss the following problems with your licensing operator initial
training (LOIT) program along with corrective actions: (1) root cause for the poor quality of
submitted examination in February 1998;(2) reasons for the poor performance of certain
applicants on portions of examination conducted in February of 1998 and implication on
your LOIT program; (3) LOIT program / procedure adequacy on the conduct of significant
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control manipulations (SCMs); (4) related to SCMs, the adequacy of corrective actions
from Salem related issue and information notice 97-67; (5) LOIT program / procedure
adequacy on how applicants spend time on shift (3 months) and minimum of 520 hours0.00602 days <br />0.144 hours <br />8.597884e-4 weeks <br />1.9786e-4 months <br />
including the meaning of direct supervision; and (6) attention to detail in the completion of
NRC Form 398, Licensed Operator Applications.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter
and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR). Should you
have any questions regarding this information, please contact me at
(610)337-5211.
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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:
L. Storz, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations
E. Simpson, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering
E. Salowitz, Director - Nuclear Business Support
A. F. Kirby, Ill, External Operations - Nuclear, 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
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:
Region 1 Docket Room (with concurrences)
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Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
J. Wiggins, DRS
D. Florek, Chief Examiner, DRS
NRC Resident inspector
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H. Miller, RA/W. Axelson, DRA
J. Linville, DRP
S. Barber, DRP
L. Harrison, DRP
C. O'Daniell, DRP
G. Kelly, DRS
N. Della Greca, DRS
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B. McCabe, OEDO
R. Capra, NRR
M. Callahan, OCA
Inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)
R. Correia, NRR
F. Talbot, NRR
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