05000458/FIN-2018301-02
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| Title | Exam Security Compromise While Administering Simulator JPM |
| Description | The team reviewed a self-revealed Green non-cited violation of 10 CFR Part 55.49, Integrity of examinations and tests, for the licensees compromise of a simulator JPM during exam administration. Specifically, on June 8, 2018, during a review of the draft exam, the NRC identified that the draft examiner guide for simulator JPM S7 contained exam material for simulator JPM S8. The licensee removed the erroneous exam material from the examiner guide, but failed to evaluate the extent of condition to ensure that the applicant handout did not also contain exam material from JPM S8. On July 26, 2018, while performing JPM S7, an applicant was reviewing his handout and found that the last page was the cue sheet for JPM S8, which was intended to be administered the following day. As an immediate compensatory measure, JPM S8 was administered to all applicants the day of the compromise, to prevent any opportunity for the compromise to spread or for applicants to specifically prepare for the JPM. This issue was entered into the licensees corrective action program as Condition Report CR-RBS-2018-04141
The compromise of initial license exam material to an applicant before the intended date of administration is a performance deficiency. The inspectors determined the performance deficiency was more than minor, and therefore a finding, because it adversely affected the Human Performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems cornerstone, the objective of which is to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems needed to respond to initiating events to prevent undesired consequences. Additionally, if left uncorrected the performance deficiency could have the potential to lead to a more significant safety concern, by causing license decisions to be made based on compromised exams which were not administered in an equitable or consistent manner. The inspectors assessed the significance of the finding using Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Significance Determination Process, Appendix I, Licensed Operator Requalification Significance Determination Process. The team determined that the finding was of very low safety significance (Green) because the finding was related to initial license exam security (block 10), but did not cause an actual negative effect on the equitable and consistent administration of the initial license exam (block 11), because the exam team took immediate compensatory action to rearrange the exam schedule and administer the compromised JPM that day, preventing any opportunity for applicants to unduly prepare for the compromised JPM, or for other applicants to learn of it. The finding was related to the cross-cutting aspect of Evaluation in the cross-cutting area of Problem Identification and Resolution because after the NRC identified that draft simulator JPM S7 erroneously contained exam material from simulator JPM S8, the licensee failed to evaluate the extent of condition of this error to ensure that other exam materials were not also affected. |
| Site: | River Bend  |
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| Report | IR 05000458/2018301 Section 4OA5 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2018 (2018Q3) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Self-revealing |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | T Farina J Kirkland C Osterholtz M Hayes N Hernandez V Gaddy |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 55.49 |
| CCA | P.2, Evaluation |
| INPO aspect | PI.2 |
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Finding List (River Bend) @ 2018Q3
Self-Identified List (River Bend)
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