IR 05000461/2015302

Examination Report 05000461/2015302; 08/18/2015 - 08/21/2015; Exelon Generating Company, LLC, Clinton Power Station. Initial License Examination Report. (Drm)

ML15273A052
Person / Time
Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	09/29/2015
From:	Hironori Peterson Operations Branch III
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
References
50-461/15-302
Download: ML15273A052 (9)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUIT E 210 LISLE, IL 60532

-4352 September 29, 2015 Mr. Bryan Senior VP, Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and CNO, Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 SUBJECT: CLINTON POWER STATIO N; NRC INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION REPORT 05000 461/20 15 30 2

Dear M r. Hanson:

On August 21, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed the initial operator licensing examination process for a license applicant employed at your Clinton Power Station that failed the operating portion of the license examination administered in March 201 5. The enclosed report documents the results of th e retake operating test. Preliminary observations noted during the examination process were discussed on August 18, 2015, with Mr. C. Dunn, Clinton Power Station Training Director, and other members of your staff.

An exit meeting was conducted by telephone on August 21, 2015 , between Mr. D. Snook, Clinton Power Station Operations Training Manager, of your staff and Mr. D. McNeil, Senior Operations Engineer, to review the proposed final grading of the retake operating test for the license applicant. During the telephone conversation

, Mr. Snook confirmed there were no post examination comments for this test. Mr. McNeil administered the initial license examination operating retake test on August 18, 2015. The applicant was excused from taking the written examination and dynamic simulator operating test as he had previously passed these portions of the examination. The station provided sufficient evidence of corrective training to allow excusal from these portion s of the examination.

The results of the retake operating test were finalized on September 17, 2015. The applicant passed the retake examination and was iss ued a senior operator license. In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be 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 NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading

-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA Raymond Keith Walton Acting for/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50

-461 License No. NPF

-62 Enclosure:

1. OL Examination Report 05000 461/20 15 30 2 2. Simulation Facility Report cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV

Enclosure 1 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

Docket No:

50-461 License N o: NPF 62 Report No:

05000 461/20 15 30 2 Licensee: Exelon Generation Company, LL C Facilit y: Clinton Power Station Location: Clinton, Illinois Dates: August 18

- 21, 2015 Inspectors:

D. McNeil, Senior Operations Engineer Approved by:

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety 2

SUMMARY

Examination

Report 05000461/2015 30 2; 08/18/2015

- 08/21/2015; Exelon Generating Company, LLC, Clinton Power Station. Initial License Examination Report.

The announced initial operator licensing examination was conducted by regional Nuclear Regulatory Commission examiners in accordance with the guidance of NUREG

-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 10. Examination Summary One applicant passed all sections of their respective examinations.

One Senior Reactor Operator applicant w as issued a senior operator license. (Section 4OA5.1).

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REPORT DETAILS

4OA5 Other Activies

.1 Initial Licensing Examinations

a. Examination Scope

A U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) examiner and members of the facility licensee's staff used the guidance prescribed in NUREG

-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 10, to develop, validate, administer, and grade a retake of the applicant's operating test. The NRC examiner validated the proposed examination on August 17, 2015, with the assistance of members of the facility licensee's staff.

No license examinations were audited during the onsite validation week, as there was only one applicant and his application had been previously audited by other examiners.

The NRC examiner, with the assistance of members of the facility licensee's staff, administered the retake operating test, consisting of 15 job performance measures on August 18, 2015.

The applicant applied for, and received excusals fo r the written examination and the dynamic simulator scenario portion of the examination.

b. Findings

(1) Operating Test The NRC examiner determined that the operating test, as originally proposed by the licensee, was within the range of acceptability expected for a proposed examination.

No changes were made to the proposed operating test.

On August 21, 2015, the licensee confirmed during the exit meeting (per telecom) that there were no post

-examination comments for consideration by the NRC examiners. The retake test (ADAMS Accession Numbers ML15217A044, ML15217A045, and ML 15217 A 048), are available electronically in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's ADAMS.

(2) Examination Results One applicant at the Senior Reactor Operator level w as administered a retake operating test (job performance measure portion only). The applicant passed the retake test and w as issued a senior operating license on September 17, 2015.

.2 Examination

Security

a. Scope

The NRC examiners reviewed and observed the licensee's implementation of examination security requirements during the examination validation and administration to assure compliance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 55.49, "Integrity of Examinations and Tests.

" The examiners used the guidelines provided in NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors

," to determine acceptability of the licensee

's examination security activities.

b. Findings

No findings were identified.

4OA6 Management Meetings

.1 Debrief The chief examiner presented

his preliminary observations and findings on August 18, 2015, to Mr. C. Dunn, Clinton Power Station Training Director, and other members of the Clinton Power Station Operations and Training Department staff.

.2 Exit Meeting

The chief examiner conducted an exit meeting on August 21, 2015, with Mr. D. Snook, Clinton Power Station Operations Training Manager, by telephone. Mr. Snook confirmed during the telephone call that there were no post examination comments.

The examiners asked the licensee whether any of the material used to develop or administer the examination should be considered proprietary. No proprietary or sensitive information was identified during the examination or debrief/exit meetings.

ATTACHMENT:

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION KEY POINTS OF CONTAC

T Licensee

C. Dunn, Training Director

D. Snook, Operations Training Manager

A. Jennings, Examination Developer

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

W. Schaup, Senior Resident Inspector

E. Sanchez

-Santiago, Resident Inspector

D. McNeil, Chief Examiner

ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED

Opened, Closed, and Discussed

None LIST OF ACRONYMS USE

D ADAMS Agency-Wide Document Access and Management System

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

DRS Division of Reactor Safety

NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

SIMULATION FACILITY

FIDELITY REPORT Facility Licensee:

Clinton Power Station

Facility Docket No:

50-461 Operating Tests Administered:

August 17

- 18, 2015 The following documents observations made by the NRC examination team during the initial operator license examination. These observations do not constitute audit or inspection findings and are not, without further verification and review, indicative of non

-compliance with 10 CFR 55.45(b). These observations do not affect NRC certification or approval of the simulation facility other than to provide information which may be used in future evaluations. No licensee action is required in response to these observations.

During the conduct of the simulator portion of the operating tests, the following items were observed: ITEM DESCRIPTION

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B. Hanson -2- In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(10 CFR) 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy

of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be 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 NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading

-rm/adams.html

(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely, /RA Raymond Keith Walton Acting for/

Hironori Peterson, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50

-461 License No. NPF

-62 Enclosure:

1. OL Examination Report 05000461/2015302

2. Simulation Facility Report

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