ML20133C564

Forwards Results of Operator Licensing Exams,Including Quarterly Rept of Exams Administered by Facility,Summary of Quarterly Activities by Budget Unit & Summary of Fiscal Yr to Date Activities

ML20133C564
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Issue date:	07/29/1983
From:	Spessard R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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James G. Keppler, Regional' Administrator, Region'III FROM:

R. L. Spessard, Director, Division of Engineering

SUBJECT:

RESULTS OF OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS As requested in your memo of June 28, 1983, attached is the first report of the Operator Licensing Section activities.

The report is divided into three sections:

Section A:

Quarterly report of examinations administered by facility.

Section B:

Summary of quarterly activities by budget unit.

Section C:

Summary of fiscal year to ddte activities by budget unit.

By way of historical information, the pre-TMI passing rate for all types of examinations nationwide was approximately 90%. For the ten month period after May 1980, when the criteria for passing the NRC examination was changed, the passing rate fell to approximately 70%.

In January of 1982, the NRC changed the format of the written examinations. The new reactor operator written exam contained five sections instead of the former eight parts and the new senior examination would also contain five parte instead of six sections.

In addition, the point distribution among the sections was changed so that Sections 1 and 6 were to be 15% of the exam; Sections 2 and 7 were 10% and each of the other sections were 25% each.

Because of the passing criteria, i.e., 80% overall and not less than 70% in any one section, Sections 1, 2, 6, and 7 were contributing somewhat more to the failure rates than was warrented. This did account for some of the higher than usual failure rates during the past year. The exam format was changed again in May 1983 to four sections in each exam and with each section worth 25%.

Since that time, the passing rate nationwide has increased to about 80%.

You will note unusually low passing rates for D. C. Cook, Palisades, Quad Cities, Byron, LaSalle, and Point Beach. In some cases, i.e., Point Beach and Quad Cities, the sample size is too small to be a meaningful indication of the quality of the training program. In other cases, i.e., Palisades and LaSalle, changes were made in the training organizations during the past year that may have had an effect on the exam results. We have discussed the results of the exams with personnel from these facilities as well as the others with low passing rates in order to assist them in taking action to improve their training programs.

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July 29, 1983 We have included in Sections'B and C of the report the number of renewal applications received and the renewal licenses issued. This is not a decision unit in the budget but does represent an administrative burden since all information associated with these applications must be entered in the Operator Licensing Tracking System (OLTS).

W-Y R. L. Spessard, Director Division of Engineering Attachments: As stated e

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Section A SRO and RO Examination Report 3rd Quarter FY 83 TYPE OF NO.

NO.

FACILITY EXAM EXAMS PASSED PASSED Duane Arnold RO 6

6 100%

SRO 2

2 100%

Donald C. Cook R0 15 6

40%

SRO 6

5 83%

Palisades RO 5

3 60%

SRO 5

3 60%

Zion RO 4

4 100%

SRO 8

7 87%

Quad Cities SRO 3

1

.33%

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La Crosse RO 5

5 100%

SRO 5

5 100%

Byron RO 25 11 44%

SRO 34 14 41%

Monticello SRO 4

3 75%

LaSalle RO 4

3 75%

SRO 7

4 57%

Dresden RO 4

3 75%

SRO 2

2 100%

Point Beach SRO 2

1 50%

Requal 2

2 100%

Davis-Besse SRO 4

4 100%

Fermi RO 8

7 87%

SRO 15 15 100%

University of Illinois R0 2

2 100%

G. E. Training Center Instructors 6

6 100%

Westinghouse Training Center Instructors 6

6 100%

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s Section B Sununary of Examinations Administered 3rd Quarter FY 83 SRO RO TYPE OF EXAM NO.

PASSED

. PASSED NO.

PASSED PASSED Initial 49 29 59%

33 18 54%

R: placement 48 37 77%

43 30 69%

R: qualification 2

2 100%

Instructor Certification 12

'12 100%

N/A N/A 2

2 100%

Nonpower Renewals

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TYPE OF EXAM NO.

PASSED PASSED NO.

PASSED PASSED Initial 49

<14-dI 7 28%

33 tt/7 57%

i Replacement 104 75 72%

90 58 64%

R: qualification 2

2 100%

In tructor Certification 21 17 80%

N/A N/A Nonpower 3

2 66%

2 2

100%

R:newals*

114 133 61 58 k

CRenewals are not a budget unit and numbers represent applications received and licenses issued.