ML20137W263

Advises That Operator & Senior Operator Written & Oral Licensing Exams Scheduled for Wk of 860310.Ref Matl Listed in Encl 1, Ref Matl Requirements for Operator/Senior Operator Licensing Exams Requested by 860106

ML20137W263
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Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	12/05/1985
From:	Reyes L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Reed C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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NUDOCS 8512100211
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DEC 0 5 1985 Docket No. 50-254 Docket No. 50-265 Comonwealth Edison Company ATTN: Mr. Cordell Reed Vice President Post Office Box 767 Chicago, IL 60690

SUBJECT:

0PERATOR AND SENIOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS In a telephone conversation between Mr. J. Neal, Plant Training Manager, and Mr. E. Plettner, Region III Examiner, arrangements were made for the admin-istration of examinations at the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station.

The written and oral examinations are scheduled for the week of March 10, 1986.

In order. for us to meet this schedule, it will be necessary for the facility to furnish the approved reference material listed in Enclosure 1 " Reference Material Requirements for Operator / Senior Operator Licensing Examinations"

- by January 6,1986. Any delay in receiving this material will result in a delay in administering the examinations. Our examinations are scheduled far in advance with considerable planning to best utilize our limited examiner manpower and to meet the examination dates requested by the various facilities.

Therefo,re, missing the January 6, 1986 deadline, even by a few days, will likely result in a long delay since it may not be possible to reschedule examinations at other facilities. Mr. J. Neal has been advised of our reference material requirements, the number of reference material sets that are required, and the examiners' names and addresses where each set is to be ma,il ed.

The facility management is responsible for providing adequate space and facilities in order to properly conduct the written exarainations.

Enclosure 2, " Administration of Operator / Senior Operator Licensing Written Examinations," describes our requirements for conducting these examinations.

Mr. J. Neal has also been infomed of these requirements.

All operator and senior license applications should nomally be submitted at least 60 days prior to the first examination dates so that we will be able to review the training and experience of the candidates, process the medical cartifications, and prepare final examiner assignments after candidate eligibility has been determined. If the applications are not received at .

least 30 days prior to the examination dates it is likely that a postponement will be necessary.

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Connonwealth Edison Company 2 05 985 This requect for information was approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Clearance Number 3150-0101, which expires June 30, 1986.

Coments on burden and duplication may be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Reports Managerrent Rocm 3208, New Executive Office Building,

-Washington, D.C. 20503.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter. 'If you have any questions regarding the examination procedures and requirements, please contact E. Plettner at ' 312-790-5278.

Sincerely,

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Luis A. Reyes, Chief Operations Branch ,

Enclosures:

1. Reference Material Requirements for Operator / Senior Operator Licensing Examination

2. Administration of Operator ,

Licensing Written Examinations cc w/ enclosures:

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ENCLOSURE 1 Reference Material Requirements for Operator / Senior Operator Licensing Examinations Note: Required Material is indicated by an "X" opposite the item. ,

X 1. Procedor: Index (alphabetical by subject)  !

.i X 2. All administrative Procedures (as applicable to reactor operation or safety X 3. All Integrated Plant Procedures (Nonnal or General Operating '

Procedures)

X 4. Emergency Procedures (Emergency Instructions, Abnormal or Special Procedures)

X 5. Standing Orders (Important orders which are safety related and may supersede the regular procedures)

6. Fuel Handling and Core Loading Procedures, (Initial Core Loading Procedure, when appropriate)

X 1. Annunciator Procedures (alarm procedures, including set points)

8. Radiation Protection Manual (Radiation Control Manual or Procedures)

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X 9. Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures X 10. Technical Specifications X 11. Lesson Plans (Training Manuals, Plant Orientation Manual, System Descriptions,ReactorTheory, Thermodynamics,etc.)

_X_ 12. System Operating Procedures X 13. Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, electrical single line diagrams, or flow diagrams

14. Technical Data Book, and/or plant curve information as used by operators X 15. Questions and Answers that Licensee has prepared (Voluntary by

Licensee)

16. Malfunction and Initial Condition Material for Simulator (if applicable)

_X_ 17. Other: Simulator Lesson Plans for Training 1

2 All of the above reference material should be approved, final issues, and should be so marked. Uncontrolled, preliminary, or other such issues will not be acceptable except for cold license examinations. All procedures and reference material should be bound or in the form as used by the control room operators, with appropriate indexes or tables of contents so that they can be used efficiently.

If a cold-license plant has not finalized some of the material, the chief examiner is responsible for ensuring that the most complete, up-to-date material is available and that agreement has been reached with the licensee for limiting changes before the administration of the examination.

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ENCLOSURE 2 Administration of Reactor / Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Written Examinations Operator Licensing Branch requirements are:

1. A single room shall be provided for completing the written examination.

The location of this room and supporting restroom facilities shall be such as to prevent contact with all other facility and/or contractor personnel during the duration of the written examination. If necessary, the facility should make arrangements for the use of a suitable room at a local school, motel, or other building. Obtaining this room is the responsibility of the licensee.

2. Minimum spacing is required to ensure exam integrity as determined by the chief examiner. Minimum spacing should be one candidate per table, with 3 foot spacing between tables. No wall charts, models, and/or other training materials shall be present in the examination room.

3. Suitable arrangements are to be made by the facility if the candidates are to have lunch, coffee, etc. These arrangements shall comply with

, Item 1 above. These arrangements will be reviewed by the examiner and/or proctor.

4. A copy of the written examination and answer key shall be given to the utility training department after the last candidate has turned in his completed examination. The utility will then have until the end of the exam week to provide comments and supporting documentation to suggest changes or corrections to the examination and answer key. The utility may provide these coninents in writing to the Chief Examiner before he leaves the site or forward them to the Operator Licensing Section Chief in the appropriate regional office.

5. The licensee will provide pads of 8-1/2 x 11" lined paper in unopened packages for each candidate's use in completing the examination. The examiner will distribute these pads to the candidates. All reference material needed to complete the examination will be furnished by the examiner. Candidates can bring pens, pencils, calculators or slide rules into the examination room and no other equipment or reference material is allowed.

6. Only black ink or dark pencils should be used for writing answers to questions.

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