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==SUBJECT:==
==SUBJECT:==
BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT 2 - NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION REPORT 05000412/2016301
BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT 2 - NRC INITIAL  
 
OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION REPORT 05000412/2016301


==Dear Mr. Richey:==
==Dear Mr. Richey:==
On December 14, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an examination at Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2. The enclosed examination report documents the examination results, which were discussed on February 4, 2016, with Messrs. Loehlein and Gibson, and other members of your staff.
On December 14, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an examination at Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2. The enclosed examination report documents the examination results, which were discussed on February 4, 2016, with Messrs. Loehlein and Gibson, and other members of your staff.


The examination included the evaluation of five applicants for reactor operator licenses and three applicants for instant senior reactor operator licenses. The written and operating examinations were developed using NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 10. The license examiners determined that all eight of the applicants satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55, and the appropriate license s were issued on February 4, 2016
The examination included the evaluation of five applicants for reactor operator licenses and three applicants for instant senior reactor operator licenses. The written and operating examinations were developed using NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 10. The license examiners determined that all eight of the applicants satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55, and the appropriate licenses were issued on February 4, 2016.
.
 
No findings were identified during this examination.
No findings were identified during this examination.


In accordance with Title 10 of
In accordance with Title 10 of Code of Federal Regulation (CFR), 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's  
"Code of Federal Regulation (CFR),"
"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 Agencywide Documents Access Management System (ADAMS).
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 NRC's Agencywide Document s Access Management System (ADAMS).


ADAMS is accessible from the NRC w ebsite http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).


Sincerely,
Sincerely,
/RA/ Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
/RA/  
 
Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch  
 
Division of Reactor Safety
 
ML15161A011
 
ADAMS ACCESSION NUNBER: ML16048A477


Mr. Marty Richey Site Vice President First Energy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P. O. Box 4 Shippingport, PA 15077-0004 SUBJECT: BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT 2 - NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION REPORT 05000412/2016301
SUNSI Review


==Dear Mr. Richey:==
Non-Sensitive Sensitive
On December 14, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an examination at Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2. The enclosed examination report documents the examination results, which were discussed on February 4, 2016, with Messrs. Loehlein and Gibson, and other members of your staff.
 
Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available


The examination included the evaluation of five applicants for reactor operator licenses and three applicants for instant senior reactor operator licenses. The written and operating examinations were developed using NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 10. The license examiners determined that all eight of the applicants satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55, and the appropriate licenses were issued on February 4, 2016
OFFICE RI/DRS RI/DRS
. No findings were identified during this examination.


In accordance with Title 10 of
NAME PPresby DJackson
"Code of Federal Regulation (CFR),"
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 NRC's Agencywide Documents Access Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).


Sincerely,
DATE 02/11/16 02/17/16 Docket No. 50-412 License No. NPF-73  
/RA/ Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety DISTRIBUTION: See Next Page DOCUMENT NAME:
G:\DRS\Operations Branch
\PRESBY\Exam FY16-BV2 Dec 15 (U01906)
\EXAM REPORT.docx ADAMS ACCESSION NUMBER:
ML15161A011 ADAMS ACCESSION NUNBER: ML16048A477 SUNSI Review Non-Sensitive Sensitive Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available OFFICE RI/DRS RI/DRS NAME PPresby DJackson DATE 02/11/16 02/17/16 OFFICIAL RECORD CO PY Docket No. 50-412 License No
. NPF-73  


===Enclosure:===
===Enclosure:===
Examination Report 05000 412/20 1 6 30 1 w/Attachment: Supplementary Information
Examination Report 05000412/2016301 w/Attachment: Supplementary Information  


REGION I Docket: 50-412 License: NPF-73 Report : 05000 412/20 1 6 30 1 Licensee: First Energy Nuclear Operating Company Facility: Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2 Location: Shippingport, PA 15077-0004 Dates: 12/07/2015  
REGION I==
- 12/11/2015 (Operating Test Administration)
Docket:
50-412  
 
License:
NPF-73  
 
Report :
05000412/2016301
 
Licensee:
First Energy Nuclear Operating Company  
 
Facility:
Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2  
 
Location:
Shippingport, PA 15077-0004  
 
Dates:
12/07/2015 - 12/11/2015 (Operating Test Administration)
12/14/2015 (Written Examination Administration)
12/14/2015 (Written Examination Administration)
12/29/2015 (Licensee Submitted Post Exam Package)
12/29/2015 (Licensee Submitted Post Exam Package)
12/15/2015  
12/15/2015 - 02/03/2016 (NRC Examination Grading)
- 02/03/2016 (NRC Examination Grading)
02/04/2016 (Licenses Issued)
02/04/2016 (Licenses Issued)
Examiners: P. Presby, Chief Examiner, Operations Branch P. Ott, Operations Engineer T. Hedigan, Operations Engineer Approved By:
Examiners:
Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
P. Presby, Chief Examiner, Operations Branch P. Ott, Operations Engineer T. Hedigan, Operations Engineer  
 
Approved By:
Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety  
 
ii


ii SUMMARY ER 05000 412/201 6301; December 7-11, 2015 , and December 14, 2015
=SUMMARY=
; Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2; Initial Operator Licensing Examination Report
ER 05000412/2016301; December 7-11, 2015, and December 14, 2015; Beaver Valley Power  
.
 
NRC examiners evaluated the competency of five applicant s for reactor operator license s and three applicant s for instant senior reactor operator license s at Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2. The facility licensee developed the examinations using NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 10. The written examination was administered by the facility on December 14, 2015. NRC examiner s administered the operating tests on December 7-11 , 201 5. The NRC examiner s determined that all applicant s satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55, and the appropriate licenses have been issued.
Station, Unit 2; Initial Operator Licensing Examination Report.
 
NRC examiners evaluated the competency of five applicants for reactor operator licenses and three applicants for instant senior reactor operator licenses at Beaver Valley Power Station,
Unit 2. The facility licensee developed the examinations using NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 10. The written examination was administered by the facility on December 14, 2015. NRC examiners administered the operating tests on December 7-11, 2015. The NRC examiners determined that all applicants satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55, and the appropriate licenses have been issued.


No findings were identified.
No findings were identified.


Enclosure REPORT DETAILS 4. OTHER ACTIVITIES (OA)
=REPORT DETAILS=
4OA5 Other Activities (Initial Operator License Examination)
.1 License Applications a. Scope The examiners reviewed all license applications submitted by the licensee to ensure the applications reflected that each applicant satisfied relevant license eligibility requirements. The applications were submitted on NRC Form 398, "Personal Qualification Statement," and NRC Form 396, "Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee." The examiner s also audited three of the license application s in deta il to confirm that they accurately reflected the subject applicant's qualifications. This audit focused on the applicant's experience and on-the-job training, including control manipulations that provided significant reactivity changes.


b. Findings No findings were identified.
==OTHER ACTIVITIES (OA)==
{{a|4OA5}}


.2 Operator Knowledge and Performance a. Examination Scope On December 14, 2015, the licensee proctored the administration of the written examinations to all applicants. The licensee staff graded the written examinations, analyzed the results, and presented their analysis to the NRC on December 29, 2015
==4OA5 Other Activities (Initial Operator License Examination)==
. The NRC examination team administered the various portions of the operating examination to all applicants on December 7-11, 2015. The five applicants for reactor operator licenses participated in at least two dynamic simulator scenarios, in a control room and facilities walkthrough test consisting of 11 system tasks, and an administrative test consisting of four administrative tasks. The three applicants seeking an instant senior reactor operator license participated in at least two dynamic simulator scenarios, a control room and facilities walkthrough test consisting of 10 system tasks, and an administrative test consisting of five administrative tasks.
===.1 License Applications===
====a. Scope====
The examiners reviewed all license applications submitted by the licensee to ensure the applications reflected that each applicant satisfied relevant license eligibility requirements. The applications were submitted on NRC Form 398, Personal Qualification Statement, and NRC Form 396, Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee. The examiners also audited three 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 All of the applicants passed all parts of the operating test and the written examination. For the written examinations, the reactor operator applicants' average score was 84.66 percent and ranged from 80.82 to 93.15 percent, the senior operator applicants' average score was 86.73 percent and ranged from 84.69 to 88.78 percent. The overall written examination average was 85.44 percent. The written examination, the operating 2 test, and the licensee's post-examination comments may be accessed in the ADAMS system under the accession numbers noted in Attachment 1. In accordance with current NRC policy, the release of this written examination in ADAMS to the public will be delayed for 2 years. Chapter ES-403 and Form ES-403-1 of NUREG 1021 require the licensee to analyze the validity of any written examination questions that were missed by half or more of the applicants. The licensee conducted this performance analysis and submitted the analysis to the chief examiner.
====b. Findings====
No findings were identified.


The licensee submitted post-examination comments on five questions on December 29, 2015. The NRC reviewed the facility's post-exam comment submittal package and accepted facility recommendations on two of the five question s. Two answers were accepted as correct on each of two of these questions (Q#33 and Q#41).
===.2 Operator Knowledge and Performance===
====a. Examination Scope====
On December 14, 2015, the licensee proctored the administration of the written examinations to all applicants. The licensee staff graded the written examinations, analyzed the results, and presented their analysis to the NRC on December 29, 2015.


Another two of these questions were deleted from the exam (Q#29 and Q#59). And one of these questions was determined to be valid as administered and left unchanged (Q#12).
The NRC examination team administered the various portions of the operating examination to all applicants on December 7-11, 2015. The five applicants for reactor operator licenses participated in at least two dynamic simulator scenarios, in a control room and facilities walkthrough test consisting of 11 system tasks, and an administrative test consisting of four administrative tasks. The three applicants seeking an instant senior reactor operator license participated in at least two dynamic simulator scenarios, a control room and facilities walkthrough test consisting of 10 system tasks, and an administrative test consisting of five administrative tasks.


The licensee's post-examination comments with the NRC resolution may be accessed in the ADAMS system under the accession number noted in Attachment 1.
====b. Findings====
All of the applicants passed all parts of the operating test and the written examination.


.3 Initial Licensing Examination Development a. Examination Scope The facility licensee developed the examinations in accordance with NUREG-1021, Revision 10. All licensee facility training and operations staff involved in examination preparation and validation were listed on a security agreement. The facility licensee submitted both the written and operating examination outlines on September 9, 2015. The chief examiner reviewed the outlines against the requirements of NUREG-1021 , and provided comments to the licensee. The facility licensee submitted the draft examination package on October 7, 2015. The NRC conducted an onsite validation of the operating examinations and provided comments on the written exam during the week of November 9, 2015. The licensee satisfactorily completed comment resolution on November 30, 2015
For the written examinations, the reactor operator applicants average score was 84.66 percent and ranged from 80.82 to 93.15 percent, the senior operator applicants average score was 86.73 percent and ranged from 84.69 to 88.78 percent. The overall written examination average was 85.44 percent. The written examination, the operating test, and the licensees post-examination comments may be accessed in the ADAMS system under the accession numbers noted in Attachment 1. In accordance with current NRC policy, the release of this written examination in ADAMS to the public will be delayed for 2 years. Chapter ES-403 and Form ES-403-1 of NUREG 1021 require the licensee to analyze the validity of any written examination questions that were missed by half or more of the applicants. The licensee conducted this performance analysis and submitted the analysis to the chief examiner.
. b. Findings The NRC approved the initial  
 
+examination outline and advised the licensee to proceed with the operating examination development.
The licensee submitted post-examination comments on five questions on December 29, 2015. The NRC reviewed the facilitys post-exam comment submittal package and accepted facility recommendations on two of the five questions. Two answers were accepted as correct on each of two of these questions (Q#33 and Q#41). Another two of these questions were deleted from the exam (Q#29 and Q#59). And one of these questions was determined to be valid as administered and left unchanged (Q#12). The licensees post-examination comments with the NRC resolution may be accessed in the ADAMS system under the accession number noted in Attachment 1.
 
===.3 Initial Licensing Examination Development===
====a. Examination Scope====
The facility licensee developed the examinations in accordance with NUREG-1021, Revision 10. All licensee facility training and operations staff involved in examination preparation and validation were listed on a security agreement. The facility licensee submitted both the written and operating examination outlines on September 9, 2015.
 
The chief examiner reviewed the outlines against the requirements of NUREG-1021, and provided comments to the licensee. The facility licensee submitted the draft examination package on October 7, 2015. The NRC conducted an onsite validation of the operating examinations and provided comments on the written exam during the week of November 9, 2015. The licensee satisfactorily completed comment resolution on November 30, 2015.
 
====b. Findings====
The NRC approved the initial +examination outline and advised the licensee to proceed with the operating examination development.


The examiners determined that the written and operating examinations initially submitted by the licensee were within the range of acceptability expected for a proposed examination.
The examiners determined that the written and operating examinations initially submitted by the licensee were within the range of acceptability expected for a proposed examination.
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No findings were identified.
No findings were identified.


3 .4 Simulation Facility Performance a. Examination Scope The examiners observed simulator performance with regard to plant fidelity during the examination validation and administration.
===.4 Simulation Facility Performance===
====a. Examination Scope====
The examiners observed simulator performance with regard to plant fidelity during the examination validation and administration.
 
====b. Findings====
No findings were identified.
 
===.5 Examination Security===
====a. Examination Scope====
The examiners reviewed examination security for examination development and during both the onsite preparation week and examination administration week for compliance with NUREG-1021, Revision 10 requirements. Plans for simulator security and applicant control were reviewed and discussed with licensee personnel.
 
====b. Findings====
No findings were identified.
 
{{a|4OA6}}
 
==4OA6 Meetings, Including Exit==
The chief examiner presented the examination results to Mr. Eric Loehlein, Manager Site Operations, Mr. Dave Gibson, Manager Site Training, and other members of the licensee's management staff on February 4, 2016. The licensee acknowledged the findings presented.
 
The licensee did not identify any information or materials used during the examination as proprietary.
:
Supplementary Information
 
=SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION=
 
==KEY POINTS OF CONTACT==
===Licensee Personnel===
: [[contact::E. Loehlein]], Manager Site Operations
: [[contact::D. Gibson]], Manager Site Training
: [[contact::D. Ronnenberg]], Superintendent Operations Training
: [[contact::E. McFarland]], Supervisor Simulator Support
: [[contact::T. Gaydosik]], Fleet Exam Development Lead
: [[contact::D. Held]], Shift Manager - Exam Facility Representative
: [[contact::G. Pelka]], Supervisor Licensed Operator Initial Training
: [[contact::P. Eisenmann]], Staff Nuclear Operations Instructor - Exam Developer
: [[contact::M. Klingensmith]], Staff Nuclear Operations Instructor - Exam Developer
 
===NRC Personnel===
: [[contact::J. Krafty]], Senior Resident Inspector
 
==ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED==
===Opened===
NONE


b. Findings No findings were identified.
===Closed===
NONE


.5 Examination Security a. Examination Scope The examiners reviewed examination security for examination development and during both the onsite preparation week and examination administration week for compliance with NUREG-1021 , Revision 10 requirements. Plans for simulator security and applicant control were reviewed and discussed with licensee personnel
===Discussed===
. b. Findings No findings were identified.
NONE


4OA6 Meetings, Including Exit The chief examiner presented the examination results to Mr. Eric Loehlein, Manager Site Operations
==ADAMS DOCUMENTS REFERENCED==
, Mr. Dave Gibson, Manager Site Training, and other members of the licensee's management staff on February 4, 2016. The licensee acknowledged the findings presented. The licensee did not identify any information or materials used during the examination as proprietary.


Attachment
: Supplementary Information A-1 Attachment SUPPLEMENTA RY INFORMATION KEY POINTS OF CONTACT Licensee Personnel E. Loehlein, Manager Site Operations D. Gibson , Manager Site Training D. Ronnenberg, Superintendent Operations Training E. McFarland , Supervisor Simulator Support T. Gaydosik, Fleet Exam Development Lead D. Held, Shift Manager
- Exam Facility Representative G. Pelka , Supervisor Licensed Operator Initial Training P. Eisenmann, Staff Nuclear Operations Instructor
- Exam Developer M. Klingensmith , Staff Nuclear Operations Instructor
- Exam Developer NRC Personnel J. Krafty, Senior Resident Inspector ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED Opened NONE Closed NONE Discussed NONE ADAMS DOCUMENTS REFERENCED Accession No. ML16034A193 FINAL-Written Exam (Note: In accordance with current NRC policy, the release of this written examination in ADAMS to the public will be delayed for 2 years.) Accession No. ML15355A238 FINAL-Operating Exam Accession No. ML16034A473 FINAL-Post Exam Comments, Resolutions, and Technical References
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February 17, 2016

SUBJECT:

BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT 2 - NRC INITIAL

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION REPORT 05000412/2016301

Dear Mr. Richey:

On December 14, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an examination at Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2. The enclosed examination report documents the examination results, which were discussed on February 4, 2016, with Messrs. Loehlein and Gibson, and other members of your staff.

The examination included the evaluation of five applicants for reactor operator licenses and three applicants for instant senior reactor operator licenses. The written and operating examinations were developed using NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 10. The license examiners determined that all eight of the applicants satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55, and the appropriate licenses were issued on February 4, 2016.

No findings were identified during this examination.

In accordance with Title 10 of Code of Federal Regulation (CFR), 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 Agencywide Documents Access Management System (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

ML15161A011

ADAMS ACCESSION NUNBER: ML16048A477

SUNSI Review

Non-Sensitive Sensitive

Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available

OFFICE RI/DRS RI/DRS

NAME PPresby DJackson

DATE 02/11/16 02/17/16 Docket No. 50-412 License No. NPF-73

Enclosure:

Examination Report 05000412/2016301 w/Attachment: Supplementary Information

REGION I==

Docket:

50-412

License:

NPF-73

Report :

05000412/2016301

Licensee:

First Energy Nuclear Operating Company

Facility:

Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 2

Location:

Shippingport, PA 15077-0004

Dates:

12/07/2015 - 12/11/2015 (Operating Test Administration)

12/14/2015 (Written Examination Administration)

12/29/2015 (Licensee Submitted Post Exam Package)

12/15/2015 - 02/03/2016 (NRC Examination Grading)

02/04/2016 (Licenses Issued)

Examiners:

P. Presby, Chief Examiner, Operations Branch P. Ott, Operations Engineer T. Hedigan, Operations Engineer

Approved By:

Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

ii

SUMMARY

ER 05000412/2016301; December 7-11, 2015, and December 14, 2015; Beaver Valley Power

Station, Unit 2; Initial Operator Licensing Examination Report.

NRC examiners evaluated the competency of five applicants for reactor operator licenses and three applicants for instant senior reactor operator licenses at Beaver Valley Power Station,

Unit 2. The facility licensee developed the examinations using NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 10. The written examination was administered by the facility on December 14, 2015. NRC examiners administered the operating tests on December 7-11, 2015. The NRC examiners determined that all applicants satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55, and the appropriate licenses have been issued.

No findings were identified.

REPORT DETAILS

OTHER ACTIVITIES (OA)

4OA5 Other Activities (Initial Operator License Examination)

.1 License Applications

a. Scope

The examiners reviewed all license applications submitted by the licensee to ensure the applications reflected that each applicant satisfied relevant license eligibility requirements. The applications were submitted on NRC Form 398, Personal Qualification Statement, and NRC Form 396, Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee. The examiners also audited three 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 Operator Knowledge and Performance

a. Examination Scope

On December 14, 2015, the licensee proctored the administration of the written examinations to all applicants. The licensee staff graded the written examinations, analyzed the results, and presented their analysis to the NRC on December 29, 2015.

The NRC examination team administered the various portions of the operating examination to all applicants on December 7-11, 2015. The five applicants for reactor operator licenses participated in at least two dynamic simulator scenarios, in a control room and facilities walkthrough test consisting of 11 system tasks, and an administrative test consisting of four administrative tasks. The three applicants seeking an instant senior reactor operator license participated in at least two dynamic simulator scenarios, a control room and facilities walkthrough test consisting of 10 system tasks, and an administrative test consisting of five administrative tasks.

b. Findings

All of the applicants passed all parts of the operating test and the written examination.

For the written examinations, the reactor operator applicants average score was 84.66 percent and ranged from 80.82 to 93.15 percent, the senior operator applicants average score was 86.73 percent and ranged from 84.69 to 88.78 percent. The overall written examination average was 85.44 percent. The written examination, the operating test, and the licensees post-examination comments may be accessed in the ADAMS system under the accession numbers noted in Attachment 1. In accordance with current NRC policy, the release of this written examination in ADAMS to the public will be delayed for 2 years. Chapter ES-403 and Form ES-403-1 of NUREG 1021 require the licensee to analyze the validity of any written examination questions that were missed by half or more of the applicants. The licensee conducted this performance analysis and submitted the analysis to the chief examiner.

The licensee submitted post-examination comments on five questions on December 29, 2015. The NRC reviewed the facilitys post-exam comment submittal package and accepted facility recommendations on two of the five questions. Two answers were accepted as correct on each of two of these questions (Q#33 and Q#41). Another two of these questions were deleted from the exam (Q#29 and Q#59). And one of these questions was determined to be valid as administered and left unchanged (Q#12). The licensees post-examination comments with the NRC resolution may be accessed in the ADAMS system under the accession number noted in Attachment 1.

.3 Initial Licensing Examination Development

a. Examination Scope

The facility licensee developed the examinations in accordance with NUREG-1021, Revision 10. All licensee facility training and operations staff involved in examination preparation and validation were listed on a security agreement. The facility licensee submitted both the written and operating examination outlines on September 9, 2015.

The chief examiner reviewed the outlines against the requirements of NUREG-1021, and provided comments to the licensee. The facility licensee submitted the draft examination package on October 7, 2015. The NRC conducted an onsite validation of the operating examinations and provided comments on the written exam during the week of November 9, 2015. The licensee satisfactorily completed comment resolution on November 30, 2015.

b. Findings

The NRC approved the initial +examination outline and advised the licensee to proceed with the operating examination development.

The examiners determined that the written and operating examinations initially submitted by the licensee were within the range of acceptability expected for a proposed examination.

No findings were identified.

.4 Simulation Facility Performance

a. Examination Scope

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

b. Findings

No findings were identified.

.5 Examination Security

a. Examination Scope

The examiners reviewed examination security for examination development and during both the onsite preparation week and examination administration week for compliance with NUREG-1021, Revision 10 requirements. 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 examination results to Mr. Eric Loehlein, Manager Site Operations, Mr. Dave Gibson, Manager Site Training, and other members of the licensee's management staff on February 4, 2016. The licensee acknowledged the findings presented.

The licensee did not identify any information or materials used during the examination as proprietary.

Supplementary Information

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

KEY POINTS OF CONTACT

Licensee Personnel

E. Loehlein, Manager Site Operations
D. Gibson, Manager Site Training
D. Ronnenberg, Superintendent Operations Training
E. McFarland, Supervisor Simulator Support
T. Gaydosik, Fleet Exam Development Lead
D. Held, Shift Manager - Exam Facility Representative
G. Pelka, Supervisor Licensed Operator Initial Training
P. Eisenmann, Staff Nuclear Operations Instructor - Exam Developer
M. Klingensmith, Staff Nuclear Operations Instructor - Exam Developer

NRC Personnel

J. Krafty, Senior Resident Inspector

ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED

Opened

NONE

Closed

NONE

Discussed

NONE

ADAMS DOCUMENTS REFERENCED

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