IR 05000334/2012301

Er 05000334-12-301; First Energy Nuclear Operating Company; 4/9/2012 - 4/16/2012; Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1, Initial Operator Licensing Examination Report

ML12121A019
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Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	04/27/2012
From:	Diane Jackson Division of Reactor Safety I
To:	Harden P FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

't"ffi REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406-1415 April 27, 2012 Mr. Paul Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P. O. Box 4. Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077-0004 SUBJECT: BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION UNIT 1 - NRC lNlTlAL OPERATOR LI CEN SI N G EXAM I NATI ON REPORT O5OOO3 34 I2O1 230 1

Dear Mr. Harden:

On April 16,2012, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an examination at Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 1. The enclosed report documents the examination findings, which were discussed on April25, 2012, with Mr. W. Rudolph, Manager, Operations Training, and other members of your staff.

The examination included the evaluation of two applicants for reactor operator licenses, seven applicants for instant senior operator licenses, and one applicant for an upgrade senior operator license. The written and operating examinations were developed using NUREG-1021,

"Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 9, Supplement 1.

The license examiners determined that allten of the applicants satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55, and the appropriate licenses were issued on April 25,2012.

No findings were identified during this examination.

ln 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 NRC's document system Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Donald E.

Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Mr. Paul Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P. O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 1 5077 -0004 SUBJECT: BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION UNIT 1 - NRC lNlTlAL OPERATOR LI CENS I NG EXAM I NATION REPORT O5OOO3 341201 2301

Dear Mr. Harden:

On April 16,2012, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an examination at Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 1. The enclosed report documents the examination findings, which were discussed on April 25, 2012, with Mr. W, Rudolph, Manager, Operations Training, and other members of your staff.

The examination included the evaluation of two applicants for reactor operator licenses, seven applicants for instant senior operator licenses, and one applicant for an upgrade senior operator license. The written and operating examinations were developed using NUREG-1021 ,

"Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 9, Supplement 1.

The license examiners determined that all ten of the applicants satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55, and the appropriate licenses were issued on April 25, 2012.

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 NRC's document system Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RN Donald E, Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRS\Operations Branch\SILK\Exam FY12-BV1 Apr12(U01846)BV1 EXAM REPORT.docx ADAMS PKG: ML ADAMS ACCESSION NUMBER: ML12121A019 V Non-sensitive V Publicly Available V suNstReview tr Sensitive f] Non-PubliclyAvailable OFFICE RI/DRS/OB RIiDRS/OB NAME DSiIK DJackson DATE 4t26t12 4t27t12 OFFICIAL F RECORD

Enclosure:

NRC fnitial Operator Licensing Examination Report 05000334/2012301 w/Attachment: Supplemental lnformation

REGION I==

50-334 DPR-66 05000334/2012301 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC)

Facility: Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 1 Location: Shippingport, PA 15077 Dates: 419-1212012 (Operating Test Administration)

4l16l 201 2 (Written Exa m i nation Ad m i n istration)

412012012 (Licensee Submitted Post Exam Package)

412312012 (NRC Examination Grading)

4125 12012 (Licenses lssued)

Examiners: D. Silk, Chief Examiner, Operations Branch T. Fish, Senior Operations Engineer B. Fuller, Operations Engineer M. Patel, Operations Engineer Approved By: Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Enclosure

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS ER 0500033412012301;41912012- 411612012i Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1; Initial Operator Licensing Examination Report.

NRC examiners evaluated the competency of two applicants for reactor operator licenses, seven applicants for instant senior operator licenses and one applicant for an upgrade senior operator license at Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1. The facility 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 facility on April 16,2012. NRC examiners administered the operating tests on April 9-12,2012. The license examiners determined that all ten of the applicants satisfied the requirements of 10 CFR Part 55, and the appropriate licenses have been issued.

Enclosure

REPORT DETAILS 4. OTHER ACTTVTTIES (OA)

4OA5 Other Activities (lnitial Operator License Examination)

.1 License Applications a. Examination Scope The examiners reviewed all ten 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 all of the license applications in detail to confirm that they accurately reflected the subject applicant's qualifications. This audit focused on the applicants'experience and control manipulations that provided significant reactivity changes.

b. Findinqs No findings were identified.

.2 Operator Knowledqe and Performance a. Examination Scope On April 16,2012, the licensee proctored the administration of the written examinations to all ten applicants. The licensee staff graded the written examinations, analyzed the results, and presented their analysis to the NRC on April 20, 2012'

The NRC examination team administered the various portions of the operating examination to all ten applicants on April 9-12,2012. The two applicants for reactor operator licenses participated in three 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 seven applicants seeking an instant senior operator license participated in two or three dynamic simulator scenarios, a control room and facilities walkthrough test consisting of ten system tasks, and an administrative test consisting of five administrative tasks. The one applicant for an upgrade senior operator license participated in one dynamic simulator scenario, a control room and facilities walkthrough test consisting of five system tasks, and an administrative test consisting of five administrative tasks.

Enclosure

b. Findinqs All ten of the applicants passed both the written and operating portions of the examination. For the written examinations, the reactor operator applicants' average score was 87.3 percent and ranged from 86.7 to 88.0 percent, the senior operator applicants' average score was 91.9 percent and ranged from 88.0 to 95.0 percent. The overall written examination average was 91.0 percent.

The NRC examiners completed the final grading of the written examination on April 23, 2012, and conducted a review of each missed question to determine the accuracy and validity of the examination questions. ln accordance with current NRC policy, the release of this written examination will be delayed for two years. The text of the examination questions may be accessed in the ADAMS system under the accession number noted in the attachment after the two year delay.

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 for four questions that met these criteria and submitted the analysis to the chief examiner. The licensee did not submit any post-examination question comments.

.3 Initial Licensinq Examination Development a. Examination Scope The facility licensee developed the examination in accordance with NUREG-1021, Revision 9, Supplement 1. 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 January 17, 2012. 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 February 15,2012. The chief examiner reviewed the draft examination package against the requirements of NUREG-1021, and provided comments to the licensee on the examination on February 24,2012. The NRC conducted an onsite validation of the operating examinations and provided further comments during the week of March 12,2012. The licensee satisfactorily completed comment resolution on March 28.2012.

b. Findinos The NRC approved the initial examination outlines and advised the licensee to proceed with the examination development.

Enclosure

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 Facilitv Performance a. Examination Scope The examiners observed simulator performance with regard to plant fidelity during the examination validation and administration.

b. Findinqs No findings were identified.

.5 Examination Securitv 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-1021requirements. Plans for simulator security and applicant control were reviewed and discussed with licensee personnel.

b. Findinqs No findings were identified.

During scenario development, an individual crossed the posted security barriers. There was no compromise of exam material as the individual was immediately stopped and escorted out of the simulator. The individual saw no exam material and furthermore, the simulator was in standard training configuration at the time. The individual was coached about reading posted security signs. The licensee immediately informed the chief examiner about this incident. The licensee investigated the details of this incident and recorded the findings in Condition Report CR-2012-00412. The long term corrective action was to install locks on the simulator doors as an additional barrier to prevent inadvertent entries into the simulator in the future.

4OAO Meetinqs. includinq Exit The chief examiner presented the examination results to Mr. William Rudolph, Manager, Operations Training, and other members of the licensee's staff on April 25, 2Q12. The licensee acknowledged the findings presented.

Enclosure

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

ATTACHMENTS: SUPPLEMENTAL I NFORMATION Enclosure

A-1 ATTACHMENT SUPPLEM ENTAL INFORMATION KEY POINTS OF CONTACT Licensee Personnel W. Rudolph, Manager, Operations Training T. Gaydosik, Supervisor Initial Operator Training R. Brooks, Fleet Exam Development Lead L Forbes, Exam Developer P. Eisenmann, Exam Developer ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED Opened NONE Closed NONE Discussed NONE ADAMS DOCUMENTS REFERENCED Accession No. ML12111A222 - 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 two years.)

Accession No. ML12111A239 - FINAL-Operating Exam Attachment