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| number = ML13269A342
| number = ML14178B264
| issue date = 09/25/2013
| issue date = 06/27/2014
| title = Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000445/2014301; 05000446/2014301
| title = Er 05000445-14-301; 05000446-14-301; on June 9-16, 2014; the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; Initial Operator Licensing Examination Report
| author name = Gaddy V G
| author name = Gaddy V
| author affiliation = NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/OB
| author affiliation = NRC/RGN-IV/DRS
| addressee name = Flores R
| addressee name = Flores R
| addressee affiliation = Luminant Generation Co, LLC
| addressee affiliation = Luminant Generation Co, LLC
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| license number = NPF-087, NPF-089
| license number = NPF-087, NPF-089
| contact person =  
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| document report number = IR-14-301
| document report number = 50-445/14-301, 50-446/14-301
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| document type = Letter, License-Operator Examination Report
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=Text=
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{{#Wiki_filter:une 27, 2014
[[Issue date::September 25, 2013]]


Rafael Flores, Senior Vice President
==SUBJECT:==
COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NRC EXAMINATION REPORT 05000445/2014301; 05000446/2014301


and Chief Nuclear Officer
==Dear Mr. Flores:==
On June 16, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an initial operator license examination at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2. The enclosed report documents the examination results and licensing decisions. The preliminary examination results were discussed on June 12, 2014, with Mr. K. Peters, Site Vice President, and other members of your staff. A telephonic exit meeting was conducted on June 26, 2014, with Mr. Garry Struble, License Examination Manager, who was provided the NRC licensing decisions.
 
The examination included the evaluation of four applicants for reactor operator licenses and four applicants for upgrade senior reactor operator licenses. The license examiners determined that all four applicants for upgrade senior reactor operator licenses and two of the applicants for reactor operator licenses satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55 and the appropriate licenses have been issued. There was one post examination comment submitted by your staff.
 
Enclosure 1 contains details of this report and Enclosure 2 summarizes post examination comment resolution.
 
No findings were identified during this examination. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
 
Sincerely,
/RA/
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket: 50-445; 50-446 Licenses: NPF-87; NPF-89 Enclosure:
NRC Examination Report 05000445/2014301; 05000446/2014301, w/Attachments 1. Supplemental Information 2. NRC Review of CPNPP Written Post-Examination Comments
 
ML14178B264 SUNSI Review ADAMS Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:
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DATE 6/26/14 6/26/14 6/26/14 6/26/14 6/26/14 6/27/14
 
Letter to Rafael Flores from Vincent G. Gaddy, dated June 27, 2014 Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)
Acting DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
DRP Deputy Director - Vacant DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (John.Kramer@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Rayomand.Kumana@nrc.gov)
Administrative Assistant - Vacant Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Ryan.Alexander@nrc.gov)
Acting Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Theresa.Buchanan@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRP/A (Brian.Cummings@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)
Project Manager (Balwant.Singal@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)
Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)
Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)
Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)
RIV/ETA: OEDO (Yen-Chu.Jen@nrc.gov)
 
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
==REGION IV==
Dockets: 05000445, 05000446 Licenses: NPF-87, NPF-89 Report: 05000445/2014301; 05000446/2014301 Licensee: Luminant Generation Company, LLC Facility: Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 Location: FM-56, Glen Rose, Texas Dates: June 9 through June 16, 2014 Inspectors: C. Osterholtz, Senior Operations Engineer C. Steely, Senior Operations Engineer T. Farina, Operations Engineer D. Strickland, Operations Engineer Approved by: Vince Gaddy, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Enclosure 1
 
=SUMMARY OF FINDINGS=
ER05000445/2014301; 05000446/2014301; June 9-16, 2014; the Comanche Peak Nuclear
 
Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; Initial Operator Licensing Examination Report.
 
NRC examiners evaluated the competency of four applicants for reactor operator licenses and four applicants for upgrade senior reactor operator licenses at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2.
 
The licensee developed the examinations using NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 9, Supplement 1. The written examination was administered by the licensee on June 16, 2014. NRC examiners administered the operating tests the week of June 9, 2014.
 
The license examiners determined that all four applicants for upgrade senior reactor operator licenses and two of the applicants for reactor operator licenses satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55 and the appropriate licenses have been issued.
 
===NRC-Identified and Self-Revealing Findings===
 
None
 
===Licensee-Identified Violations===
 
None
 
=REPORT DETAILS=
 
==OTHER ACTIVITIES (OA)==
{{a|4OA5}}
==4OA5 Other Activities (Initial Operator License Examination)==
 
===.1 License Applications===
 
====a. Scope====
NRC examiners reviewed all license applications submitted to ensure each applicant satisfied relevant license eligibility requirements. The examiners also audited two of the license applications in detail to confirm that they accurately reflected the subject applicants qualifications. This audit focused on the applicants experience and on-the-job training, including control manipulations that provided significant reactivity changes.
 
====b. Findings====
No findings were identified.
 
===.2 Examination Development===
 
====a. Scope====
NRC examiners reviewed integrated examination outlines and draft examinations submitted by the licensee against the requirements of NUREG-1021. The NRC examination team conducted an onsite validation of the operating tests.
 
====b. Findings====
No findings were identified.
 
NRC examiners provided outline, draft examination and post-validation comments to the licensee. The licensee satisfactorily completed comment resolution prior to examination administration.
 
NRC examiners determined that the written examinations initially submitted by the licensee were not within the range of acceptability expected for a proposed examination.


Attention: Regulatory Affairs Luminant Generation Company LLC Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, TX 76043
There were 36 questions categorized as unsatisfactory per NUREG-1021 requirements, with the two most common issues being knowledge/ability mismatch or two or more distractors that were not credible. This is of particular concern, as it is a repeat observation from the last initial examination administered in 2013. Additionally, there were 32 questions that needed editorial changes, and 32 questions that were satisfactory as originally submitted. Consistent with the corporate notification letter sent to licensees at the start of examination development for each examination, future unsatisfactory examination submittals may cause the examinations to be rescheduled or cancelled. The licensee wrote Condition Report CR-2014-007297 to address these exam development issues.


SUBJECT: COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000445/2014301; 05000446/2014301
===.3 Operator Knowledge and Performance===


==Dear Mr. Flores:==
====a. Scope====
In a telephone conversation on September 18, 2013, between Messrs. G. Struble, Licensing Exam Manager, and C. Osterholtz, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant during the week of June 9, 2014.
On June 16, 2014, the licensee proctored the administration of the written examination for all eight applicants, analyzed the results, and presented their analysis and post examination comments to the NRC on June 20, 2014.
 
The NRC examination team administered the various portions of the operating tests to all eight applicants the week of June 9, 2014.
 
====b. Findings====
No findings were identified.
 
All four applicants for upgrade senior reactor operator licenses and two of the applicants for reactor operator licenses passed the written examination and all eight passed all parts of the operating test. The final written examinations, final operating test, and post-examination analysis may be accessed in the ADAMS system under the accession numbers noted in the attachment with supplemental information, which includes one post-examination comment. The post-examination comment was accepted and the answer key was changed accordingly. See Enclosure 2 for a brief synopsis of the question, the comments, and the NRC resolution of these comments. The complete submittal with detailed information on each question can be found in the ADAMS system using accession number ML14174B412.
 
The examination team noted the following generic weaknesses:
There were fifteen questions missed by 50 percent or more of the applicants, with each question analyzed by the licensee as required by NUREG-1021. All fifteen question weaknesses were determined to be knowledge weaknesses. Condition Report CR-2014-007485 was written to address the written exam weaknesses.
 
During performance of the simulator scenarios, the applicants were inconsistent in the use of annunciator response procedures. On some occasions, the annunciator response procedures were referenced late, and in some cases they were not referenced at all. The licensee generated Condition Report CR 2014-007287 to address this issue.
 
===.4 Simulation Facility Performance===
 
====a. Scope====
The NRC examiners observed simulator performance with regard to plant fidelity during      examination validation and administration.


As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 9, Supplement 1, and NUREG-1122, "Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators," Revision 2, Supplement 1. The NRC's regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are
====b. Findings====
No findings were identified.


administered.
===.5 Examination Security===


To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outlines by March 24, 2014. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 21, 2014. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 55.40(b)(3)), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outlines, examinations, and tests before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials shall be complete and ready to use. We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in your response be contained in a separate enclosure and appropriately marked. Any delay in receiving the required examinations and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled. In addition, your support for on-site validation of the examinations is required during the week of May 12, 2014. In order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402, and to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-302, your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures, temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the examination results are final.
====a. Scope====
The NRC examiners reviewed examination security during both the onsite preparation week and examination administration week for compliance with 10 CFR 55.49 and NUREG-1021. Plans for simulator security and applicant control were reviewed and discussed with licensee personnel.


Appendix E to NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examinations and operating tests are being administered.
====b. Findings====
No findings were identified.
{{a|4OA6}}
==4OA6 Meetings, Including Exit==


To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary operator and senior operator license applications (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (if any) (OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Signed applications certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.
The chief examiner presented the preliminary examination results to Mr. Ken Peters, Site Vice President, and other members of the staff on June 12, 2014. A telephonic exit was conducted on June 26, 2014, between Messrs. Clyde Osterholtz, Chief Examiner, and Garry Struble, License Examination Manager.


This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by OMB, under approval number 3150-0018, which expires on April 30, 2016. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 50 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of these information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Records and FOIA/Privacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.
The licensee identified administrative JPMs SA2 and RA2 as containing proprietary information.


The NRC may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
JPMs SA2 and RA2 will be withheld from public disclosure. The licensee did not identify any other information or materials used during the examination as proprietary.


In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be
ATTACHMENT:


available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the electronic Reading Room page of the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
=SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION=


Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Struble has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Osterholtz at 817-200-1269, or myself at 817-200-1159.
==KEY POINTS OF CONTACT==


Sincerely,/RA/
===Licensee Personnel===
: [[contact::D. Cox]], Initial License Class Instructor
: [[contact::J. Dreyfuss]], Organizational Effectiveness Director
: [[contact::B. Moore]], Nuclear Training Director
: [[contact::C. Rice]], Initial Licensed Operator Training Supervisor
: [[contact::E. Skelton]], Operations Training Manager
: [[contact::R. Slough]], Regulatory Affairs
: [[contact::M. Smith]], Operations Director
: [[contact::M. Stakes]], Shift Operations Manager
: [[contact::G. Struble]], License Examination Manager
: [[contact::D. Whitsitt]], Initial License Class Instructor
===NRC Personnel===
: [[contact::J. Kramer]], Senior Resident Inspector


Vince Gaddy, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Dockets: 50-445; 50-446 Licenses: NPF-87; NPF-89
==ADAMS DOCUMENTS REFERENCED==


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une 27, 2014

SUBJECT:

COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NRC EXAMINATION REPORT 05000445/2014301; 05000446/2014301

Dear Mr. Flores:

On June 16, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an initial operator license examination at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2. The enclosed report documents the examination results and licensing decisions. The preliminary examination results were discussed on June 12, 2014, with Mr. K. Peters, Site Vice President, and other members of your staff. A telephonic exit meeting was conducted on June 26, 2014, with Mr. Garry Struble, License Examination Manager, who was provided the NRC licensing decisions.

The examination included the evaluation of four applicants for reactor operator licenses and four applicants for upgrade senior reactor operator licenses. The license examiners determined that all four applicants for upgrade senior reactor operator licenses and two of the applicants for reactor operator licenses satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55 and the appropriate licenses have been issued. There was one post examination comment submitted by your staff.

Enclosure 1 contains details of this report and Enclosure 2 summarizes post examination comment resolution.

No findings were identified during this examination. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket: 50-445; 50-446 Licenses: NPF-87; NPF-89 Enclosure:

NRC Examination Report 05000445/2014301; 05000446/2014301, w/Attachments 1. Supplemental Information 2. NRC Review of CPNPP Written Post-Examination Comments

ML14178B264 SUNSI Review ADAMS Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:

By: VGG Yes No Non-Publicly Available Sensitive RGN-002 OFFICE SOE:OB C:PBA SOE:OB OE:OB OE/OB C:OB NAME COsterholtz/dch WWalker CSteely TFarina DStrickland VGaddy SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ /RA/

DATE 6/26/14 6/26/14 6/26/14 6/26/14 6/26/14 6/27/14

Letter to Rafael Flores from Vincent G. Gaddy, dated June 27, 2014 Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

Acting DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director - Vacant DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (John.Kramer@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Rayomand.Kumana@nrc.gov)

Administrative Assistant - Vacant Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Ryan.Alexander@nrc.gov)

Acting Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Theresa.Buchanan@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/A (Brian.Cummings@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Balwant.Singal@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Yen-Chu.Jen@nrc.gov)

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

Dockets: 05000445, 05000446 Licenses: NPF-87, NPF-89 Report: 05000445/2014301; 05000446/2014301 Licensee: Luminant Generation Company, LLC Facility: Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 Location: FM-56, Glen Rose, Texas Dates: June 9 through June 16, 2014 Inspectors: C. Osterholtz, Senior Operations Engineer C. Steely, Senior Operations Engineer T. Farina, Operations Engineer D. Strickland, Operations Engineer Approved by: Vince Gaddy, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Enclosure 1

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

ER05000445/2014301; 05000446/2014301; June 9-16, 2014; the Comanche Peak Nuclear

Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; Initial Operator Licensing Examination Report.

NRC examiners evaluated the competency of four applicants for reactor operator licenses and four applicants for upgrade senior reactor operator licenses at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2.

The licensee developed the examinations using NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 9, Supplement 1. The written examination was administered by the licensee on June 16, 2014. NRC examiners administered the operating tests the week of June 9, 2014.

The license examiners determined that all four applicants for upgrade senior reactor operator licenses and two of the applicants for reactor operator licenses satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55 and the appropriate licenses have been issued.

NRC-Identified and Self-Revealing Findings

None

Licensee-Identified Violations

None

REPORT DETAILS

OTHER ACTIVITIES (OA)

4OA5 Other Activities (Initial Operator License Examination)

.1 License Applications

a. Scope

NRC examiners reviewed all license applications submitted to ensure each applicant satisfied relevant license eligibility requirements. The examiners also audited two of the license applications in detail to confirm that they accurately reflected the subject applicants qualifications. This audit focused on the applicants experience and on-the-job training, including control manipulations that provided significant reactivity changes.

b. Findings

No findings were identified.

.2 Examination Development

a. Scope

NRC examiners reviewed integrated examination outlines and draft examinations submitted by the licensee against the requirements of NUREG-1021. The NRC examination team conducted an onsite validation of the operating tests.

b. Findings

No findings were identified.

NRC examiners provided outline, draft examination and post-validation comments to the licensee. The licensee satisfactorily completed comment resolution prior to examination administration.

NRC examiners determined that the written examinations initially submitted by the licensee were not within the range of acceptability expected for a proposed examination.

There were 36 questions categorized as unsatisfactory per NUREG-1021 requirements, with the two most common issues being knowledge/ability mismatch or two or more distractors that were not credible. This is of particular concern, as it is a repeat observation from the last initial examination administered in 2013. Additionally, there were 32 questions that needed editorial changes, and 32 questions that were satisfactory as originally submitted. Consistent with the corporate notification letter sent to licensees at the start of examination development for each examination, future unsatisfactory examination submittals may cause the examinations to be rescheduled or cancelled. The licensee wrote Condition Report CR-2014-007297 to address these exam development issues.

.3 Operator Knowledge and Performance

a. Scope

On June 16, 2014, the licensee proctored the administration of the written examination for all eight applicants, analyzed the results, and presented their analysis and post examination comments to the NRC on June 20, 2014.

The NRC examination team administered the various portions of the operating tests to all eight applicants the week of June 9, 2014.

b. Findings

No findings were identified.

All four applicants for upgrade senior reactor operator licenses and two of the applicants for reactor operator licenses passed the written examination and all eight passed all parts of the operating test. The final written examinations, final operating test, and post-examination analysis may be accessed in the ADAMS system under the accession numbers noted in the attachment with supplemental information, which includes one post-examination comment. The post-examination comment was accepted and the answer key was changed accordingly. See Enclosure 2 for a brief synopsis of the question, the comments, and the NRC resolution of these comments. The complete submittal with detailed information on each question can be found in the ADAMS system using accession number ML14174B412.

The examination team noted the following generic weaknesses:

There were fifteen questions missed by 50 percent or more of the applicants, with each question analyzed by the licensee as required by NUREG-1021. All fifteen question weaknesses were determined to be knowledge weaknesses. Condition Report CR-2014-007485 was written to address the written exam weaknesses.

During performance of the simulator scenarios, the applicants were inconsistent in the use of annunciator response procedures. On some occasions, the annunciator response procedures were referenced late, and in some cases they were not referenced at all. The licensee generated Condition Report CR 2014-007287 to address this issue.

.4 Simulation Facility Performance

a. Scope

The NRC examiners observed simulator performance with regard to plant fidelity during examination validation and administration.

b. Findings

No findings were identified.

.5 Examination Security

a. Scope

The NRC examiners reviewed examination security during both the onsite preparation week and examination administration week for compliance with 10 CFR 55.49 and NUREG-1021. Plans for simulator security and applicant control were reviewed and discussed with licensee personnel.

b. Findings

No findings were identified.

4OA6 Meetings, Including Exit

The chief examiner presented the preliminary examination results to Mr. Ken Peters, Site Vice President, and other members of the staff on June 12, 2014. A telephonic exit was conducted on June 26, 2014, between Messrs. Clyde Osterholtz, Chief Examiner, and Garry Struble, License Examination Manager.

The licensee identified administrative JPMs SA2 and RA2 as containing proprietary information.

JPMs SA2 and RA2 will be withheld from public disclosure. The licensee did not identify any other information or materials used during the examination as proprietary.

ATTACHMENT:

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

KEY POINTS OF CONTACT

Licensee Personnel

D. Cox, Initial License Class Instructor
J. Dreyfuss, Organizational Effectiveness Director
B. Moore, Nuclear Training Director
C. Rice, Initial Licensed Operator Training Supervisor
E. Skelton, Operations Training Manager
R. Slough, Regulatory Affairs
M. Smith, Operations Director
M. Stakes, Shift Operations Manager
G. Struble, License Examination Manager
D. Whitsitt, Initial License Class Instructor

NRC Personnel

J. Kramer, Senior Resident Inspector

ADAMS DOCUMENTS REFERENCED

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