ML102250251

2010 Dresden Nuclear Power Station Initial Examination Proposed Exam Files

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2010 DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION INITlAL EXAMINATION PROPOSED EXAM FILES

Exelon Generation Company, LLC www.exeloncorp.com Nuclear Dresden Nuclear Power Station 6500 North Dresden Road Morris, IL 60450-9765 10 CFR 55.40(b)

January 19,2010 SVPLTR: #lo-0001 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region Ill ATTN: Operator Licensing Branch 2443 Warrenville Road - Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 NRC Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249

Subject:

Submittal of Integrated Initial License Training Examination Materials Enclosed are the examination materials in support of the Initial License Examination scheduled to begin the week of March 08, 2010, at the Dresden Nuclear Power Station. These examination materials have been developed in accordance with NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 9, Supplement 1. Please note that reference materials are attached to each individual examination question or item.

Some minor modifications have been made to the integrated examination outline in order to improve balance and content. These changes improve examination quality and are consistent with guidance in NUREG-1021, Revision 9, Supplement 1.

Some modifications or adjustments to the examination material may be required due to procedural changes that occur after this submittal.

In accordance with NUREG 1021, Revision 9, Supplement 1, Section ES-201, please ensure that these materials are withheld from public disclosure until after the examinations are complete.

Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact Ms. Marri Marchionda, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (815) 416-2800. For questions concerning examination materials, please contact Frank Ferrero at (815 ) 416-2620.

Respectfully, 7 l  ? d (

Tim Hanley 1 Site Vice President Dresden Nuclear Power Station

Enclosures:

(Hand delivered Operations Branch, NRC Region Ill)

RO/SRO Composite Examination with references attached Control Room Systems and Facility Walk-Through Job Performance Measures with references attached Administrative Topic Job Performance Measures with references attached Integrated Plant Operation Scenario Guides Completed Checklists:

Administrative Topics Outline (Form ES-301-1)

Operating Test Quality Checklist (Form ES-301-3)

Simulator Scenario Quality Checklist (Form ES-301-4)

Transient and Event Checklist (Form ES-301-5)

Competencies Checklist (Form ES-301-6)

Written Exam Quality Checklist (Form ES-401-6)

Examination Security Agreements (Form ES-201-3)

Control Room / In-Plant System Outline (Form ES-301-2)

BWR Examination Outline (Form ES-401-1)

Generic Knowledge and Abilities Outline (Tier 3) (Form ES-401-3)

Record of Rejected WAS (Form ES-401-4)

Scenario Outlines (Form ES-D-1) cc (w/o Enclosures):

NRC Document Control Desk NRC Senior Resident Inspector

ES-301 Operating Test Quality Checklist Form ES-301-3 Facility: Dresden Date of Examination: 3/8/10 Operating Test Number: 201 0-301 Initials

1. GENERAL CRITERIA

a. The operating test conforms with the previously approved outline; changes are consistent with sampling requirements (e.g., 10 CFR 55.45, operational importance, safety function distribution).

b. There is no day-to-day repetition between this and other operating tests to be administered during this examination.

C. The operating test shall not duplicate items from the applicants' audit test(s)(see Section D.l .a).

d. Overlap with the written examination and between different parts of the operating test is within acceptable limits.

e. It appears that the operating test will differentiate between competent and less-than-competent applicants at the desianated license level.

2. WALK-THROUGH CRITERIA

a. Each JPM includes the following, as applicable:

initial conditions initiating cues references and tools, including associated procedures reasonable and validated time limits (average time allowed for completion) and specific designation if deemed to be time critical by the facility licensee operationally important specific performance criteria that include:

- detailed expected actions with exact criteria and nomenclature

. system response and other examiner cues

. statements describing important observations to be made by the applicant criteria for successful completion of the task identification of critical steps and their associated performance standards restrictions on the sequence of steps, if applicable

b. Ensure that any changes from the previously approved systems and administrative walk-through outlines (Forms ES-301-1 and 2) have not caused the test to deviate from any of the acceptance criteria (e.g., item distribution, bank use, repetition from the last 2 NRC examinations) specified on those forms and Form ES-201-2.

3. SIMULATOR CRITERIA The associated simulator operating tests (scenario sets) have been reviewed in accordance with Form ES-301-4 and a copy is attached.

a. Author

b. Facility Reviewer (*)

c. NRC Chief Examine

d. NRC Supervisor NOTE:

• The facility signature is not applicable for NRC-developed tests

1. Independent NRC reviewer initial items in Column "c"; chief examiner concurrence is required.

ES-301, Page 24 of 27

ES-301 Simulator Scenario Quality Checklist Form ES-301-4 11 Facility: Dresden Date of Exam: 318110 Scenario Numbers: 1 I 2 130~eratinaTest Number: 2010-301 (I QUALITATIVE ATTRIBUTES

1. The initial conditions are realistic, in that some equipment andlor instrumentation may be out of service, but it does not cue the operators into expected events.

2. The scenarios consist mostly of related events.

3. Each event description consists of the point in the scenario when it is to be initiated the malfunction(s) that are entered to initiate the event the symptomslcues that will be visible to the crew the expected operator actions (by shift position) the event termination point (if applicable)

4. No more than one non-mechanistic failure (e.g., pipe break) is incorporated into the scenario without a credible preceding incident such as a seismic event. 8

5. The events are valid with reaard to Dhvsics and thermodvnamics.

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6. Sequencing and timing of events is reasonable, and allows the examination team to obtain complete evaluation results commensurate with the scenario objectives. 9

7. If time compression techniques are used, the scenario summary clearly so indicates.

Operators have sufficient time to carry out expected activities without undue time constraints.

Cues are given.

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8. The simulator modeling is not altered.

9. The scenarios have been validated. Pursuant to 10CFR55.46(d), any open simulator performance deficiencies or deviations from the referenced plant have been evaluated to ensure that functional fidelity is maintained while running the planned scenarios. d

10. Every operator will be evaluated using at least one new or significantly modified scenario.

All other scenarios have been altered in accordance with Section D.5 of ES-301. B

11. All individual operator competencies can be evaluated, as verified using Form ES-301-6 (submit the form along with the simulator scenarios). 9

12. Each applicant will be significantly involved in the minimum number of transients and events specified on Form ES-301-5 (submit the form with the simulator scenarios). a

13. The level of difficulty is appropriate to support licensing decisions for each crew position. Ff9w.P Target

- Quantitative Attributes /Per Scenario: See Section D.5.d) I Actual Attributes -- __ __

1. Total malfunctions (5-8) 3 191 5 p & R\ALJ

2. Malfunctions after EOP entry (1-2) I 1 1 1 a 6)M(Fw

3. Abnormal events (2-4) Y 161 a v bph c 4 h

4. Major transients (1-2) PMW

5. EOPs enteredlrequiring substantive actions (1-2) d I l l d

6. EOP contingencies requiring substantive actions (0-2) I 1 1 1 I B &4q Pub

7. Critical tasks (2-3) d I 3 1 r/

ES-301, Page 25 of 27

tS-301 lransient and Event Checklist Form tS-301-5 Iacility: Dresden A

Date of Exam: 3/8/10 Operating Test Number: 2010-301 P vE Scenarios P E L N 1 2 3 4 I T I I I I yf C CREW CREW CREW CREW A T POSITION POSITION POSITION POSITION N

T RO El 4 4 2 q-j-y 0 0 2 2 5 4 4 2 y$

10 4 4 4 1 0 1 2 1.2 Instruci

1. Check the applicant level and enter the operating test number and Form ES-D-1 event numbers for each event type; TS are not applicable for RO applicants. ROs must serve in both the at-the-controls(ATC) and balance-of-plant (BOP) positions; Instant SROs must serve in both the SRO and the ATC positions, including at least two instrument or component (I/C) malfunctions and one major transient in the ATC position. If an Instant SRO additionally serves in the BOP position, one I/C malfunction can be credited toward the two I/C malfunctions required for the ATC position.

2. Reactivity manipulations may be conducted under normal or controlled abnormal conditions (refer to Section D.5.d) but must be significant per Section C.2.a of Appendix D. (*) Reactivity and normal evolutions may be replaced with additional instrument or component malfunctions on a 1-for-I basis.

3. Whenever practical, both instrument and component malfunctions should be included; only those that require verifiable actions that provide insight to the applicants competence count toward the minimum requirements specified for the applicants license level in the right-handcolumns.

ES-301, Page 26 of 27

1. Check the applicant level and enter the operating test number and Form ES-D-1 event numbers for each event type; TS are not applicable for RO applicants. ROs must serve in both the at-the-controls(ATC) and balance-of-plant (BOP) positions; Instant SROs must serve in both the SRO and the ATC positions, including at least two instrument or component (I/C) malfunctions and one major transient in the ATC position. If an Instant SRO additionally serves in the BOP position, one I/C malfunction can be credited toward the two I/C malfunctions required for the ATC position.

2. Reactivity manipulations may be conducted under normal or controlled abnormal conditions (refer to Section D.5.d) but must be significant per Section C.2.a of Appendix D. (*) Reactivity and normal evolutions may be replaced with additional instrument or component malfunctions on a 1-for-1 basis.

3. Whenever practical, both instrument and component malfunctions should be included; only those that require verifiable actions that provide insight to the applicants competence count toward the minimum requirements specified for the applicants license level in the right-hand columns.

ES-301, Page 26 of 27

Competencies Checklist Form ES-301-6 Facility: Dresden Date of Examination: 3/8/10 Operating Test No.: 2010-301 Competencies Notes:

(1) Includes Technical Specification compliance for an RO.

(2) Optional for an SRO-U.

(3) Only applicable to SROs.

Instructions:

Check the applicant's license type and enter one or more event numbers that will allow the examiners to evaluate every applicable competency for every applicant.

ES-301, Page 27 of 27

rA ES-301 Competencies Checklist Form ES-301-6 Facility: Dresden Date of Examination: 3/8/10 Operating Test No.: 2010-301 SRO-I Competencies #1 8i #4 SCENARIO Interpret/ Diagnose Events and Conditions Notes:

(1) Includes Technical Specification compliance for an RO.

(2) Optional for an SRO-U.

(3) Only applicable to SROs.

Instructions:

Check the applicant's license type and enter one or more event numbers that will allow the examiners to evaluate every applicable competency for every applicant.

ES-301,Page 27 of 27

ES-401 Written Examination Quality Checklist Form ES-401-6

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Facility: Dresden Date of Exam:3/8/10 Exam Level: RO SRO

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9. Question content conforms with specific WA statements in the previously approved examination outline and is appropriate for the Tier to which they are assigned:

deviations are justified

10. Question psychometric quality and format meet the guidelines in ES Appendix B. P&

11. The exam contains the required number of one-point, multiple choice items:

the total is correct and aqrees with value on cover sheet Printed Name I Signature Date

a. Author

b. Facility Reviewer (*)

1. Independent I NRC reviewer initial items in Column "c": chief examiner concurrence required.

ES-401, Page 29 of 33