ML12279A090

2011 Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Initial License Examination Proposed Examination Files

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2011 QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION INITIAL EXAMINATION PROPOSED EXAM FILES

ExeloT' Generation LLC Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Nuclear 22710206'" Avenue North Cordova, IL 61242~9740 SVP-11-027 April 7, 2011 Regional Administrator, Region III U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. OPR-29 and OPR-30 NRC Docket Nos. 50-254 and 50-265

Subject:

Submittal of Integrated Initial License Training Examination Materials

References:

1) Letter from U. S. NRC (Hironori Peterson, Region III) to Michael J. Pacilio (Exelon Generation Company, LLC), "Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Confirmation of Initial License Examination," dated January 28, 2011

2) Letter from William R. Gideon (Exelon Generation Company, LLC) to

u. S. NRC (Regional Administrator, Region III), "Submittal of Initial Operator Licensing Examination Outlines," dated February 21, 2011 Enclosed are the examination materials that support the Initial License Examination scheduled for May 31, 2011 through June 13, 2011 at Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station.

This submittal includes the Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) and Reactor Operator (RO) Written Examinations, Job Performance Measures, and Integrated Plant Operation Scenario Guides.

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.

There have been no modifications to the Integrated Examination Outline with regards to the written examinations. However, as requested by Mr. Carl Moore (Chief Examiner) in a teleconference on March 18, 2011, changes have been incorporated into the Job Performance Measures portion of the SRO and RO operating examinations.

Some modifications or adjustments to the examination material may be required due to procedural changes.

In accordance with NUREG-1 021, Revision 9 (Supplement 1), Section ES-201, please ensure that these materials are withheld from public disclosure until after the examinations are complete.

April 7. 2011 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 Should you have any questions concerning this letter. please contact Mr. Wally J. Beck, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (309)-227-2800. For questions concerning examination material, please contact Raymond J. Venci at (309)-227-4033.

Respectfully, wI£)

William R. Gideon Site Vice President Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station

Enclosures:

(Hand delivered to Carl Moore, Chief Examiner, NRC Region III)

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 Administrative Topics Outline (RO) -- Form ES-301-1 Administrative Topics Outline (SRO) -- Form ES-301-1 Completed Checklists:

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 Examination Quality Checklist (Form ES-401-6)

Examination Security Agreements (Form ES-201-3)

Record of Rejected KlAs (Form ES-401-4) cc: Chief, Operations Branch - NRC Region III (wlo enclosures)

NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station (w/o enclosures)

• ES-301 Facility: Qyad Cities Operating Test Quality Checklist Date of Examination: 05/31/11

1. GENERAL CRITERIA Form ES-301-3 Operating Test Number: ILT 09-01 a

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 designated 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.

d.

NOTE:

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

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

ES-301, Page 24 of 27

ES-301 Simulator Scenario Quality Checklist Form E8-301-4 Facility: Quad Cities Date of Exam: 05/31/11 Scenario Numbers: 1/2/ 3&40perating Test Number: ILt 09-01 Initials QUALITATIVE ATTRIBUTES a b* cit 17~ im \Z

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

2. The scenarios consist mostly of related events.

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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 symptoms/cues that will be visible to the crew f4d ,yvt. ~

• 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. 11~ m.. t5Z.

5. The events are valid with regard to physics and thermodynamics. n~ ~ ;;z..

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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.

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. ~# ,w, ~

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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.

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

All other scenarios have been altered in accordance with Section 0.5 of ES-301.

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

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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).

13. The level of difficulty is appropriate to support licensing decisions for each crew position. a~ 1M... It;.

Target Quantitative Attributes (Per Scenario; See Section D.5.d) Actual Attributes -- -- --

1. Total malfunctions (5-8) 5/8 1 7 119 il;U /Vt.- .t:..

2. Malfunctions after EOP entry (1-2) 1/1/1/;' i~ M- .7Z-

3. Abnormal events (2-4) 3/3/3/3 uvJ JVV- .::rz.

4. Major transients (1-2) 1/1/1/, /I\Q me .:7Z.

5. EOPs entered/requiring substantive actions (1-2) 2/2/1/1 Iltd lit- X

6. EOP contingencies requiring substantive actions (0-2) 0/1/1/1 lW ~ .z f

7. Critical tasks (2-3) 3/2/3/3 ij~ _fVV ~

ES-301, Page 25 of 27

• ES-301 Facility: Quad Cities Competencies Checklist CREW A Date of Examination: 05/31/11 NRC Form ES-301-6 Operating Test No.: ILT 09-1 RO 1 [gJ RO Competencies SRO-I D SRO-U D Interpret! Diagnose Events and Conditions Comply With and Use Procedures Operate Control Boards Communicate

• and Interact 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-301 Competencies Checklist Form ES-301-6 CREWB Facility: Quad Cities Date of Examination: 05/31/11 NRC Operating Test No.: ILT 09-1 RO 2 [8J RO Competencies SRO-I 0 SRO-U 0 Interpret! Diagnose Events and Conditions Comply With and Use 15 Procedures 67 Operate Control 15 67 Boards (2)

Communicate and Interact 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 evety applicable competency for evety applicant.

• ES-301, Page 27 of 27

• ES-301 Facility: Quad Cities Competencies Checklist CREWC Date of Examination: 05/31/11 NRC Form ES-301-6 Operating Test No.: ILT 09-1 RO Competencies Interpret! Diagnose 23 1-10 56 Events and Conditions 7 Comply With and Use 37 1 5 89 23 67 10 1-10 56 Procedures 7 Operate Control 15 37 Boards 67 8910 Communicate 15

• and Interact 67 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 eve/}' applicable competency for eve/}' applicant.

• ES-301, Page 27 of 27

• ES-301 Facility: Quad Cities Competencies Checklist CREW 0 Date of Examination: 05/31/11 NRC Form ES-301-6 Operating Test No.: ILT 09-1 RO Competencies Interpret! Diagnose Events and Conditions Comply With and Use Procedures (1)

Operate Control Boards Communicate

• and Interact 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-301 Competencies Checklist Form ES-301-6 CREWE Facility: Quad Cities Date of Examination: 05/31/11 NRC Operating Test No.: ILT 09-1 RO 5 RO RO 0 Competencies SRO-19 SRO-110 0 SRO-U 0 Communicate and Interact Notes:

(4) Includes Technical Specification compliance for an RO.

(5) Optional for an SRO-U.

(6) 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

• I Facility: Quad Cities 1.

Date of Exam: 05/31/11 Item Description Questions and answers are technically accurate and applicable to the facility.

Exam Level: RO [gI SRO [gI a

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2. a. NRC KJAs are referenced for all questions. 'lAl .All I ~

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b. Facility leaming objectives are referenced as available.

SRO questions are appropriate in accordance with Section D.2.d of ES-401 The sampling process was random and systematic (If more than 4 RO or 2 SRO questions

]tiii Ilfll IF v- Ati£ 1/tt;,t,J were repeated from the last 2 NRC licensing exam, consult the NRR OL program office).

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5. Question duplication from the license screening/audit exam was controlled r7 fIt/:1'1 as Indicated below (check the item that applies) and appears appropriate:

t/ the audit exam was systematically and randomly developed; or l(Jf n

_ the audit exam was completed before the license exam was started; or

_ the examinations were developed independently; or

_ the licensee certifies that there is no duplication; or

_ other (explain)

6. Bank use meets limits (no more than 75 percent Bank Modified New from the bank, at least 10 percent new, and the rest new or modified); enter the actual RO / SRO-only 4317 1018 22/10 question distribution(s) at right.

7. Between 50 and 60 percent of the questions on the RO Memory CIA exam are written at the comprehension /analysis level; the SRO exam may exceed 60 percent if the randomly selected KAs support the higher cognitive levels; enter the actual RO I SRO question distribution(s) at right.

8. References/handouts provided do not give away answers or aid in the elimination of distractors.

9. Question content conforms with specific KJA 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.

11. The exam contains the required number of one-point, multiple choice items; the total is correct and agrees with value on cover sheet Printed Name I Signature Date

a. Author

b. Facility Reviewer (*) -

Note:

• The facility reviewer's initials/signature are not applicable for NAC-developed examinations.

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

• ES-401, Page 29 of 33