ML20137X693

Informs That on 950529-30,Region IV Will Host Workshop in Arlington,Tx on Test Item & Exam Development to Meet Agency Expectations of Facility licensee-developed Initial Licensing Exams.Tentative Workshop Agenda Attached

ML20137X693
Person / Time
Site:	Callaway
Issue date:	04/16/1997
From:	Howell A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Schnell D UNION ELECTRIC CO.
References
GL-95-06, GL-95-6, NUDOCS 9704220134
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OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Dear Mr. Schnell:

,- In recent weeks, after an internal audit, Region IV has recognized the need for enhanced expectations for the quality of initial licenslag examinations developed under the pilot i process of Generic Letter 95-06 or the " Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Interim Revision 8. These new expectations represent a significant increase in NRC expectations regarding initiallicensing examination quality than has been previously communicated by the Region to facility licensees. In several recent meetings

' with Region IV facility licensee representatives from operations and training organizations, regional management has presented these clarified expectations with regard to facility licensee-developed initial licensing examinations.

Additionally, chief examiners have been communicating these expectations at the staff level to individual facility licensee personnel for facility licensees that have initial' examinations schedu!ed to be administered over the next few months. The thrust of these expectations is that facility licensees will be held to a higher level of quality at the individual test item level than has been previously required. In response to these communications, facility licensee representatives have requested that the NRC provide a forum in which facility licensee personnel involved in examination development can better understand how these expectations translate into actual test items.

On May 29 and 30,1997, Region IV will host a workshop in its Arlington, Texas, office on test item and examination development to meet agency expectations of facility licensee-developed initiallicensing examinations. The workshop will start at 8:30 a.m. on May 29 and conclude by 1 p.m. on May 30. A tentative workshop agenda is attached. Comments are welcome. This workshop will be open to the public.

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You are invited and encouraged te send representatives from your organization who are likely to be directly involved in initiai licensing examination development. Our facility can '

- accommodate a large number of attendees. However, if you expect to send more than four attendees, please inform us so that we may ensure the room arrangement is appropriate. ,

Please direct comments or questions to John Pellet, Chief, Operations Branch, Division of l' Reactor Safety at (817)860-8159 or Stephen McCrory, Workshop Coordinator, Operations Branch at (817)860-8265, or via electronic ruail to jlp@nrc. gov and sim@nrc. gov, j respectively.  !

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Docket No.: 50-483 License No.: NPF-30

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Professional Nuclear Consulting, Inc.

19041 Raines Drive Derwood, Maryland 20855 Gerald Charnoff, Esq. l Thomas A. Baxter,-Esq.  ;

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge i 2300 N. Street, N.W.  ;

Washington, D.C. 20037 l H. D. Bono, Supervising Engineer  ;

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for the Environment 6267 Delmar Boulevard j University City, Missouri 63130 Lee Fritz, Presiding Commissioner Callaway County Court House 10 East Fifth Street - .

Fulton, Missouri 65151 Alan C. Passwater, Manager ,

Licensing and Fuels Union Electric Company P.O. Box 66149 St. Louis, Missouri 63166-6149 J. V. Laux, Manager

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e ENCLOSURE OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DEVELOPMENT WORKf. HOP AGENDA I

DAY 1 - MAY 29,1997 introduction (8:30-9 a.m.) I Session 1 (910 a.m.) Generic Attributes of Good Test items I

Session 2 (10:15-11:30 a.m.) Written Examination Questions Session 3 (12:30-2 p.m.) Open Reference Oral Questions (Job Performance Measure and Administrative) l Session 4 (2-3 p.m.) Administrative Job Performance Measures Session 5 (3:15-4:30) System Job Performanco Measures and Job Performance Measure Sets l Session 6 (4:30-5 p.m.) Questions and Answers j l

1 DAY 2 - MAY 30,1997 Session 7 (8:30-9:30 a.m.) Scenarios and Scenario Sets Session 8 (9:30-10:15 a.m.) Breadth, Depth, Overlap, and Examination Outlines ]

Session 9 (10:30-12 noon) Questions and An wers Closing Remarks (12-12:30 p.m.)

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