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ES-301 Administrative Topics Outline Form ES-301-1 ILT46 Facility: Oconee Date of Examination: 12/08/2014 Examination Level: RO X SRO Operating Test Number: 1 Administrative Topic (see Note) Type Code* Describe activity to be performed Conduct of Operations G2.1.43 (4.1/4.3) M, R Admin-146, Manually Calculate Shutdown Margin (RO only) (25 min) Conduct of Operations KA G2.1.25 (3.9/4.2) D, R Admin-142, Determine Time for SFP to reach 180ºF (BOTH) (15 min) Equipment Control G2.2.12 (3.7/4.1) D, R Admin-249, Perform Manual RCS Leakage Calculation (RO Only) (20 min) Radiological Control G2.3.4 (3.2/3.7) D, R Admin-306, Determine the Maximum Permissible Stay Time Within Emergency Dose Limits (EDLs) (BOTH) (20 min) Emergency Plan N/A NOTE: All items (5 total) are required for SROs. RO applicants require only 4 items unless they are retaking only the administrative topics, when all 5 are required. * Type Codes & Criteria: (C)ontrol room, (S)imulator, or Class(R)oom (D)irect from bank (3 for ROs; 4 for SROs & RO retakes) (N)ew or (M)odified from bank (1) (P)revious 2 exams (1; randomly selected)

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ES-301 Administrative Topics Outline Form ES-301-1 ILT46

Facility: Oconee Date of Examination: 12/08/2014

Examination Level: RO X SRO Operating Test Number: 1

Administrative Topic (see Note)

Type Code*

Describe activity to be performed

Conduct of Operations G2.1.43 (4.1/4.3)

M, R Admin-146, Manually Calculate Shutdown Margin (RO only) (25 min)

Conduct of Operations KA G2.1.25 (3.9/4.2)

D, R Admin-142, Determine Time for SFP to reach 180ºF (BOTH) (15 min)

Equipment Control G2.2.12 (3.7/4.1)

D, R Admin-249, Perform Manual RCS Leakage Calculation (RO Only) (20 min)

Radiological Control G2.3.4 (3.2/3.7)

D, R Admin-306, Determine the Maximum Permissible Stay Time Within Emergency Dose Limits (EDLs) (BOTH) (20 min)

Emergency Plan

N/A

NOTE: All items (5 total) are required for SROs. RO applicants require only 4 items unless they are retaking only the administrative topics, when all 5 are required.

* Type Codes & Criteria: (C)ontrol room, (S)imulator, or Class(R)oom (D)irect from bank (≤ 3 for ROs; ≤ 4 for SROs & RO retakes) (N)ew or (M)odified from bank (≥ 1) (P)revious 2 exams (≤ 1; randomly selected)

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ES-301 Administrative Topics Outline Form ES-301-1 ILT46

Facility: Oconee Date of Examination: 12/08/2014

Examination Level: RO SRO X Operating Test Number: 1

Administrative Topic (see Note)

Type Code*

Describe activity to be performed

Conduct of Operations G2.1.43 (4.1/4.3) M, R

Admin-147, Manually Calculate Shutdown Margin and Determine any Required Actions (SRO only) (30 min)

Conduct of Operations KA G2.1.25 (3.9/4.2)

D, R Admin-142, Determine Time for SFP to reach 180ºF (BOTH) (15 min)

Equipment Control G2.2.40 (3.4/4.7`)

N, R Admin-246, Determine ALL Tech Spec and SLC LCO’s that are NOT met (SRO Only) (20 min)

Radiological Control G2.3.4 (3.2/3.7)

D, R Admin-306, Determine the Maximum Permissible Stay Time Within Emergency Dose Limits (EDLs) (BOTH) (20 min)

Emergency Plan G2.4.38 (2.4/4.4)

M,R Admin-431, Determine Emergency Classification and Protective Action Recommendations (SRO Only) (25 min)

NOTE: All items (5 total) are required for SROs. RO applicants require only 4 items unless they are retaking only the administrative topics, when all 5 are required.

* Type Codes & Criteria: (C)ontrol room, (S)imulator, or Class(R)oom (D)irect from bank (≤ 3 for ROs; ≤ 4 for SROs & RO retakes) (N)ew or (M)odified from bank (≥ 1) (P)revious 2 exams (≤ 1; randomly selected)

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

1

ES

-401

W

ritt

en E

xam

inat

ion

Rev

iew

Wo

rksh

eet

Fo

rm E

S-4

01-

9

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

Inst

ruct

ions

[R

efer

to S

ectio

n D

of E

S-4

01 a

nd A

ppen

dix

B fo

r a

dditi

onal

info

rmat

ion

rega

rdin

g e

ach

of t

he fo

llow

ing

conc

epts

.]

1.

Ent

er th

e le

vel o

f kn

owle

dge

(LO

K)

of e

ach

ques

tion

as e

ither

(F

)un

dam

enta

l or

(H)i

gher

cog

nitiv

e le

vel.

2.

Ent

er th

e le

vel o

f di

fficu

lty (

LO

D)

of e

ach

ques

tion

usin

g a

1 –

5 (e

asy

– d

iffic

ult)

rat

ing

scal

e (q

uest

ions

in th

e 2

– 4

rang

e ar

e ac

cept

abl

e).

3.

Che

ck th

e ap

pro

pria

te b

ox

if a

psyc

hom

etric

fla

w is

iden

tifie

d:

• T

he s

tem

lack

s su

ffic

ient

focu

s to

elic

it th

e co

rrec

t ans

we

r (e

.g.,

uncl

ear

inte

nt, m

ore

info

rmat

ion

is n

eede

d, o

r to

o m

uch

nee

dles

s in

form

atio

n).

• T

he s

tem

or

dist

ract

ors

cont

ain

cues

(i.e

., c

lues

, spe

cific

det

erm

iner

s, p

hras

ing,

leng

th, e

tc).

The

ans

we

r ch

oice

s ar

e a

colle

ctio

n of

unr

elat

ed

true

/fals

e st

atem

ents

. •

The

dis

trac

tors

are

not

cre

dibl

e; s

ingl

e im

plau

sibl

e di

stra

ctor

s sh

ould

be

repa

ired

, mor

e th

an o

ne is

una

ccep

tabl

e.

• O

ne o

r m

ore

dist

ract

ors

is (

are)

par

tially

co

rrec

t (e.

g., i

f the

app

lican

t can

mak

e un

stat

ed a

ssum

ptio

ns th

at a

re n

ot c

ontr

adic

ted

by

stem

).

4.

Che

ck th

e ap

pro

pria

te b

ox

if a

job

cont

ent e

rror

is id

entif

ied:

The

que

stio

n is

not

link

ed to

the

job

requ

irem

ent

s (i.

e., t

he q

uest

ion

has

a va

lid K

/A b

ut, a

s w

ritte

n, is

not

ope

ratio

nal

in c

onte

nt).

• T

he q

uest

ion

req

uire

s th

e re

call

of k

now

ledg

e th

at is

too

spec

ific

for

the

clos

ed r

efer

enc

e te

st m

ode

(i.e.

, it i

s no

t req

uire

d to

be

kno

wn

from

mem

ory)

. •

The

que

stio

n co

nta

ins

data

with

an

unre

alis

tic le

vel o

f acc

urac

y or

inco

nsis

tent

uni

ts (

e.g.

, pan

el m

ete

r in

per

cent

with

que

stio

n in

gal

lons

).

• T

he q

uest

ion

req

uire

s re

vers

e lo

gic

or a

pplic

atio

n co

mpa

red

to t

he jo

b re

quire

men

ts.

5.

Che

ck q

uest

ions

that

are

sam

pled

for

conf

orm

anc

e w

ith th

e ap

prov

ed K

/A a

nd th

ose

that

are

des

igna

ted

SR

O-o

nly

(K/A

and

lice

nse

leve

l mis

mat

ches

are

una

ccep

tabl

e).

6.

Ent

er q

uest

ion

sour

ce:

(B)a

nk, (

M)o

difie

d, o

r (N

)ew

. C

heck

that

(M

)odi

fied

ques

tions

mee

t crit

eria

of E

S-4

01 S

ectio

n D

.2.f.

7.

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

view

er’s

judg

men

t, is

the

que

stio

n as

writ

ten

(U)n

satis

fact

ory

(re

quir

ing

repa

ir o

r re

plac

emen

t), i

n ne

ed o

f (E

)dito

rial e

nhan

cem

ent,

or (

S)a

tisfa

ctor

y?

8.

At a

min

imum

, exp

lain

an

y “U

” ra

tings

(e.

g., h

ow

the

App

endi

x B

psy

chom

etric

attr

ibut

es a

re n

ot b

ein

g m

et).

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

2

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

1 H

2

X

X

N

N

/AN

E

K

/A 0

08A

K3.

04

1. Q

doe

s no

t mee

t K/A

sta

tem

ent.

K/A

req

uire

s so

me

kno

wle

dge

of R

CP

trip

re

quire

men

ts a

s th

ey

appl

y to

vap

or s

pace

acc

iden

ts.

You

can

del

ete

all

of th

e in

form

atio

n in

the

“gi

ven”

sec

tion

and

answ

er th

e Q

sol

ely

by

fund

amen

tal k

now

ledg

e of

R

ule

2 w

ithou

t hav

ing

to e

ven

reco

gniz

e on

e is

in a

vap

or s

pace

acc

iden

t situ

atio

n.

2. T

here

ma

y be

a r

elat

ivel

y ea

sy w

ay

to fi

x th

e Q

—pu

t som

e of

the

info

rmat

ion

in t

he Q

st

atem

ent i

n th

e co

nditi

ons

of th

e Q

as

follo

ws

to e

licit

anal

ysis

of c

ondi

tions

from

the

appl

ican

ts.

For

exa

mpl

e, g

ive

two

SC

M r

eadi

ngs

in th

e in

itial

con

ditio

ns o

f the

Q, t

hen

give

two

SC

M r

ead

ings

in th

e cu

rren

t con

ditio

ns (

the

corr

ect S

CM

wou

ld b

e re

adin

g le

ss

than

zer

o).

The

n a

sk fo

r fir

st p

art

Q w

heth

er o

r no

t al

l RC

Ps

have

to b

e se

cure

d ba

sed

on th

e gi

ven

cond

ition

s.

3. E

dito

rial:

no

apos

trop

he n

eed

ed fo

r R

CP

s, a

post

roph

e de

sign

ates

pos

sess

ion

inst

ead

of p

lura

lity.

4.

Sec

ond

part

dis

trac

tors

A(2

) an

d C

(2):

let

’s d

iscu

ss d

urin

g re

view

to

ensu

re th

ey

are

logi

cally

fals

e, if

we

tie th

e Q

into

a v

apor

spa

ce a

ccid

ent i

t’s p

roba

bly

o.k

. Q

app

ear

s U

as

subm

itted

, cou

ld b

e re

clas

sifie

d as

E b

ased

on

hope

fully

eas

e of

co

rrec

tion.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed Q

as

requ

este

d b

y th

e N

RC

, rec

lass

ified

as

an E

rat

her

than

a

U fo

r qu

ality

pur

pos

es.

Q n

ow

ap

pear

s re

ady

to b

e ad

min

iste

red

on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

2 H

2

X

N

N/A

N

E

K/A

009

EA

2.23

1.

Q d

oes

not m

eet K

/A s

tate

men

t and

has

mos

t of

the

sam

e is

sues

as

Q1

abov

e—sp

ecifi

cally

, tha

t the

giv

en c

ondi

tions

can

be

dele

ted

and

the

Q a

sked

as

a fu

ndam

enta

l kn

owle

dge

of R

ule

2, n

o an

alys

is o

f con

ditio

ns a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith S

BL

OC

As

or R

CP

op

erat

ing

para

met

ers

are

requ

ired.

2.

Lik

e in

the

abov

e Q

, w

e sh

ould

be

able

to f

ix th

e Q

by

plac

ing

requ

ired

info

rmat

ion

in

the

Q s

tem

. F

or e

xam

ple,

giv

e S

BLO

CA

con

ditio

ns

and

RC

P p

ara

met

ers

whi

ch a

re

oper

atin

g lim

its th

at h

ave

been

exc

eede

d. B

ut it

has

bee

n gr

eate

r th

an t

wo

min

utes

, so

no

w d

o yo

u tr

ip t

he R

CP

or

not?

T

hen

we’

ll pr

oba

bly

be g

ood

with

K/A

mat

ch is

sue.

Q

app

ear

s U

as

subm

itted

, cou

ld b

e re

clas

sifie

d as

E b

ased

on

hope

fully

eas

y co

rrec

tion.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed Q

as

requ

este

d b

y th

e N

RC

, Q is

rec

lass

ified

as

an E

bas

ed

on e

ase

of c

orre

ctio

n. Q

no

w a

ppe

ars

read

y to

be

adm

inis

tere

d o

n th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

3

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

3 H

2

X

Y

N/A

N

E

K/A

011

EA

2.06

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is R

O le

vel.

2. A

few

edi

toria

l rec

omm

enda

tions

: (1)

add

sec

ond

s to

tim

e un

der

initi

al c

ondi

tions

for

para

llelis

m (

Tim

e =

040

0:00

). (

2) a

dd a

dditi

onal

bu

llet u

nder

cur

rent

con

ditio

ns

“ope

rato

rs h

ave

not a

djus

ted

the

1A R

BC

U s

witc

h al

ignm

ent.”

3.

Ens

ure

Q s

tate

men

t is

clea

rly a

skin

g ab

out c

ondi

tions

at 0

402:

30, m

ayb

e so

me

thin

g lik

e: “

Bas

ed o

n th

e gi

ven

cond

ition

s, w

hich

ON

E o

f the

follo

win

g d

esc

ribes

the

light

s th

at

will

be

ILLU

MIN

AT

ED

in th

e pi

ctur

e be

low

at t

ime=

0402

:30?

” Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

ade

min

or c

hang

es a

s re

ques

ted.

Q n

ow

rea

dy

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

14/2

014

4 H

2

X

Y

N/A

B

E

K/A

015

/017

AK

1.04

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is R

O le

vel.

2. D

o w

e n

eed

to a

dd s

tate

men

t “1

A a

nd 1

B F

DW

Mas

ters

are

in H

AN

D”

to th

e gi

ven

cond

ition

s? T

his

stat

emen

t w

as a

par

t of t

he o

rigin

al p

edig

ree

Q.

Wha

t w

as th

e re

ason

to

rem

ove

it fr

om th

e su

bmitt

ed Q

? 3.

Rec

omm

end

addi

ng “

app

roxi

mat

ely”

to s

econ

d pa

rt Q

sta

tem

ent

as

follo

ws:

“…

a

MF

DW

flo

w o

f ap

prox

imat

ely

__(2

)___

10

^6 L

B/H

R…

” Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee s

tate

d th

at fe

edw

ater

mas

ters

in h

and

was

not

req

uire

d in

form

atio

n fo

r th

is Q

. Q

ap

pear

s re

ady

to a

dmin

iste

r on

this

exa

min

atio

n at

this

tim

e.

MK

M 1

1/17

/210

4

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

4

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

5 H

2

X

N

N/A

M

U

K/A

022

AK

1.01

1.

Q d

oes

not m

eet K

/A s

tate

men

t. K

/A r

equi

res

app

lican

t to

dem

onst

rate

kno

wle

dge

of

the

cons

eque

nce

s of

ther

mal

sho

ck, b

ut s

uch

know

ledg

e is

not

elic

ited

from

the

Q.

Fir

st

part

of t

he Q

do

es

not m

eet K

/A, s

econ

d pa

rt s

tate

men

t tea

ches

the

app

lican

t tha

t sea

l in

ject

ion

flow

is r

e-es

tabl

ishe

d sl

owly

to p

reve

nt th

erm

al s

hock

to a

com

pone

nt;

appl

ican

t the

n an

swer

s th

e Q

by

kno

win

g w

hich

com

pone

nt.

2. S

econ

d pa

rt Q

dis

trac

tors

of “

ther

mal

bar

rier”

are

non

pla

usib

le.

Q s

tate

men

t sp

ecifi

cally

ask

s ab

out r

esto

ratio

n o

f RC

P s

eal i

njec

tion;

it is

ther

efor

e ev

iden

t tha

t RC

P

seal

inje

ctio

n im

pact

s R

CP

sea

ls in

a c

ompa

rison

to

the

ther

mal

bar

rier.

Wh

y w

ould

an

appl

ican

t thi

nk th

at in

corr

ect r

esto

ratio

n of

RC

P s

eal

inje

ctio

n da

mag

es th

e th

erm

al

barr

ier

but

not

RC

P s

eals

?

3. Q

sa

ys it

is m

odifi

ed, b

ut n

o ba

sis

Q is

pro

vide

d in

the

Q w

riteu

p se

ctio

ns (

eith

er Q

S

ourc

e or

Dev

elop

men

t Ref

ere

nces

). P

leas

e pr

ovid

e Q

sou

rce

as r

efer

ence

.

Q a

ppe

ars

U a

t thi

s tim

e du

e to

not

mee

ting

the

K/A

sta

tem

ent a

nd d

ue to

mul

tiple

non

pl

ausi

ble

dist

ract

ors.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee p

ropo

sed

new

Q t

o m

eet t

his

K/A

sta

tem

ent.

Ne

w Q

was

mod

ified

sl

ight

ly in

agr

eem

ent

with

bot

h fa

cilit

y lic

ense

e an

d N

RC

. N

ew

ly m

odifi

ed Q

app

ears

re

ady

to a

dmin

iste

r on

this

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

6 F

2

Y

N

/AN

S

K

/A 0

25A

K2.

02

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

RO

leve

l. 2.

Cog

nitiv

e le

vel:

bel

ieve

this

is a

fund

amen

tal (

low

er c

og)

leve

l Q v

ice

com

preh

ens

ion

( hi

gher

cog

).

Q a

ppe

ars

S a

t thi

s tim

e.

Q a

ppe

ars

read

y to

adm

inis

ter

on t

he e

xam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

5

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

7 F

2

X

N

N/A

N

E

K/A

026

AG

2.2.

42

1. Q

doe

s no

t mee

t K/A

, w

hich

re

quire

s so

me

link

betw

een

entr

y in

to T

S a

nd a

loss

of

CC

W c

ondi

tion.

Firs

t par

t Q

elic

its in

form

atio

n co

ncer

ning

letd

ow

n te

mpe

ratu

re s

etp

oint

, se

cond

par

t Q e

licits

info

rmat

ion

conc

erni

ng P

zr le

vel.

2. S

econ

d pa

rt Q

ma

y be

min

utia

? A

re R

O a

pplic

ants

req

uire

d to

kno

w/b

e ab

le to

di

ffere

ntia

te b

etw

een

the

actu

al T

S r

equi

rem

ent s

etp

oint

s an

d th

e P

T in

stru

men

t err

or

setp

oint

ban

ds?

Ma

y no

t be

an is

sue

beca

use

I be

lieve

the

Q r

equi

res

othe

r m

odifi

catio

ns a

nyw

ay.

Q

app

ear

s U

at t

his

time

due

to n

ot m

eetin

g K

/A s

tate

men

t.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

exp

lain

ed d

urin

g re

view

tha

t at

Oco

nee

the

CC

W s

yste

m is

not

a

safe

ty-r

elat

ed S

SC

incl

uded

in T

S/S

LCs

and

that

at

Oco

nee

the

LPS

W s

yste

m w

as th

e he

at s

ink

syst

em fo

r sa

fety

rel

ate

d eq

uipm

ent s

uch

as H

PI p

umps

. C

hief

Exa

min

er

allo

wed

ext

ensi

on

of th

e K

/A m

atch

to lo

ss o

f LP

SW

bas

ed o

n th

e de

sign

of t

he O

cone

e st

atio

n. F

acili

ty li

cens

ee w

ill p

ropo

se n

ew Q

bas

ed o

n th

ese

cons

ider

atio

ns.

Initi

al

subm

itted

Q is

re

-rat

ed a

s E

rat

her

than

U b

ase

d o

n th

is d

iscu

ssio

n w

ith th

e li

cens

ee.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

sub

mitt

ed n

ew

Q to

mat

ch lo

ss o

f LP

SW

and

ent

ry-l

evel

con

ditio

ns fo

r T

S.

Ana

lysi

s an

d co

mm

ents

on

new

Q:

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

Bel

ieve

this

is a

hi

gher

cog

nitiv

e Q

bas

ed o

n an

alys

is o

f sec

ond

par

t Q.

Sec

ond

par

t Q s

tate

men

t us

es a

“(

1)”

in th

e fil

l-in-

the

blan

k, s

houl

d be

a “

(2)”

; ot

herw

ise

look

s o.

k. N

ew s

ubm

itted

Q is

re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e e

xam

inat

ion.

M

KM

12/

02/2

014

8 H

2

X

Y

N/A

M

E

K/A

027

AA

1.01

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. U

nits

: w

e’re

dea

ling

with

sat

ura

tion

tem

pera

ture

s w

here

frac

tions

of a

deg

ree

ma

tter,

re

com

men

d ch

ang

ing

four

th b

ulle

t Pre

ssur

izer

tem

pera

ture

to b

e 6

48.

0 °F

3.

Las

t tw

o bu

llets

, rec

omm

end

all c

aps

the

wo

rd “

OF

F”

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mad

e sl

ight

mod

ifica

tions

as

requ

este

d b

y N

RC

. Q

app

ear

s re

ady

to b

e ad

min

iste

red

on t

he e

xam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

6

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

9 F

2

Y

N

/AB

S

K

/A 0

29E

A1.

11

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

app

ear

s re

ady

to b

e ad

min

iste

red

on th

e e

xam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

10

H

2

Y

N/A

N

S

K/A

054

AK

1.02

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. D

elet

e ty

po in

Q s

tate

men

t ext

ra “

s” in

“G

ener

ator

s.”

Q a

ppe

ars

S a

t thi

s tim

e.

Q is

no

w r

ead

y to

adm

inis

ter

on t

he e

xam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

11

F

2

X

Y

N

/A B

E

K

/A 0

55E

K3.

02

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Q p

ara

llelis

m:

corr

ect a

nsw

er “

D”

mod

ify to

sa

y “…

if D

C p

ow

er is

lost

to th

e so

leno

id.”

Thi

s w

ill m

atch

lang

uage

of d

istr

acto

r A

3.

Dis

trac

tor

C is

non

pla

usib

le d

ue to

the

vagu

e n

atur

e of

sta

tem

ent

—w

hat t

ype

of

cool

er d

amag

e?

Dam

age

to w

hich

coo

lers

? O

rigin

al p

edig

ree

Q d

istr

acto

r C

is m

ore

plau

sibl

e in

my

opin

ion.

Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed Q

as

requ

este

d b

y th

e N

RC

. Q

as

mod

ified

is n

ow r

ead

y to

ad

min

iste

r on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

12

F

2

Y

N/A

B

S

K/A

056

AG

2.4.

18

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

is r

ead

y to

ad

min

iste

r on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

7

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

13

H

2

X

Y

N

/AB

U

K

/A 0

57A

A1.

05

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Dis

trac

tors

C,

D n

on p

laus

ible

due

to t

rain

des

igna

tions

. T

here

are

no

cros

s-tr

ain

dist

ract

ors;

ther

efo

re, g

iven

a fa

ilure

of 1

KV

IA a

nd a

noth

er T

rain

A in

stru

men

tatio

n pr

oble

m (

trou

ble

alar

m),

wh

y w

oul

d an

app

lican

t pic

k ei

ther

“C

” o

r “D

?” I

s th

ere

any

wa

y to

use

oth

er b

uses

—m

ayb

e 1K

VIC

?—to

use

as

a pa

th fo

rwar

d?

Q a

ppe

ars

U a

t thi

s tim

e du

e to

mul

tiple

non

pla

usib

le d

istr

acto

rs.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

pro

pose

d a

com

plet

ely

new

Q b

ase

d on

the

abov

e c

omm

ents

. T

he n

ew

Q

mee

ts th

e K

/A a

nd is

on

the

RO

leve

l. N

ew Q

ap

pear

s to

be

read

y to

adm

inis

ter

on

the

exam

inat

ion

as p

ropo

sed.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

14

F

2

Y

N/A

B

S

K/A

058

AK

3.01

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. Q

was

on

e of

pre

viou

sly

subm

itted

/initi

al Q

s.

Q a

ppe

ars

S a

t thi

s tim

e.

Q is

rea

dy

for

ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

15

H

2 X

Y

N

/AN

E

K

/A 0

65A

G2.

4.3

4 1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. P

hras

ing

of fi

rst p

art Q

(“M

INIM

UM

con

ditio

n(s)

….)

is s

ome

wha

t con

fusi

ng.

Typ

ical

ly

it is

bet

ter

to te

st o

nly

the

logi

cal d

iffer

ence

s in

the

ans

we

r ch

oice

s. I

f all

the

answ

er

choi

ces

cont

ain

a pi

ece

of in

form

atio

n, th

en t

hat p

iece

of i

nfor

mat

ion

mus

t be

logi

cally

a

“tru

e”

and

you

are

not

test

ing

anyt

hing

to d

o w

ith th

at p

iece

of i

nfor

mat

ion.

Rec

omm

end

ch

angi

ng th

e fir

st p

art

Q to

test

wh

ethe

r A

IA d

oes/

doe

s N

OT

sup

ply

back

up c

ontr

ol a

ir to

1H

P-3

1. (

whi

ch f

rom

a s

tric

tly lo

gica

l per

spec

tive

is a

ll th

at is

bei

ng te

sted

an

ywa

y).

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

Q a

s re

ques

ted

by

NR

C.

Q a

s m

odifi

ed is

rea

dy

to b

e ad

min

iste

red

on t

he e

xam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

.

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

8

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

16

H

2

Y

N/A

B

S

K/A

BW

E04

EK

2.2

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

is r

ead

y to

be

adm

inis

tere

d on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4.

17

H

2

Y

N/A

B

S

K/A

BW

E05

EK

2.1

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

app

ear

s re

ady

to b

e ad

min

iste

red

on th

e e

xam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

18

F

2

X

Y

N

/AN

E

K

/A B

WE

10E

A2.

2 1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. G

iven

info

rma

tion:

do

we

need

to

add

info

rmat

ion

that

all

rods

are

fully

inse

rted

to

ensu

re th

e co

rre

ct a

nsw

er

is a

ctua

lly fu

lly c

orre

ct?

Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed Q

as

requ

este

d, Q

is r

ead

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

. F

acili

ty li

cens

ee p

ropo

sed

slig

ht e

dito

rial m

odifi

catio

n ba

sed

on v

alid

atio

n, a

ccep

ted

by

the

NR

C.

Q is

stil

l rea

dy f

or a

dmin

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

12/

02/2

014

.

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

9

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

19

F

2

Y

N/A

N

S

K/A

005

AK

1.06

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. C

ogni

tive

leve

l: b

elie

ve th

is Q

is f

unda

men

tal (

low

er

cog)

vic

e hi

gher

cog

, app

lican

t on

ly n

eeds

to k

now

run

back

lim

it an

d ba

sis

from

mem

ory.

3.

Ove

rlap

with

Q4

seem

s to

be

acce

ptab

le.

Q a

ppe

ars

S a

t thi

s tim

e.

Q is

rea

dy

for

ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

.

20

F

2

X

Y

N

/AM

U

K

/A 0

32A

K2.

01

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Som

e of

the

mod

ifica

tions

to th

e ba

sis

Q a

ppe

ar to

hav

e le

ssen

ed th

e pl

ausi

bilit

y of

th

e di

stra

ctor

s. D

iscu

ssio

n is

as

follo

ws:

In

the

give

n co

nditi

ons,

we

are

told

that

th

e in

vert

er h

as lo

st n

orm

al in

put p

ow

er—

so w

hy

wou

ld w

e w

ant t

o re

alig

n to

the

inve

rte

r as

sp

ecifi

ed in

dis

trac

tor

“A?”

F

or d

istr

acto

rs “

C”

and

“D

,” a

re th

ere

an

y N

Is a

t O

cone

e th

at

have

bac

kup

pow

er

supp

lies

that

aut

omat

ical

ly t

rans

fer

base

d on

sw

itch

alig

nmen

ts?

F

inal

ly,

dist

ract

or D

non

pla

usib

le d

ue to

inte

rpla

y b

etw

een

an a

utom

atic

tran

sfer

and

a

stat

ic s

witc

h.

3. T

hese

pla

usib

ility

con

cern

s w

oul

d se

emin

gly

be f

ixed

usi

ng t

he p

edig

ree

Q f

rom

IL

T39

. Q

app

ear

s U

at t

his

time

due

to m

ultip

le n

on p

laus

ible

dis

trac

tors

. F

acili

ty li

cens

ee a

gree

d w

ith N

RC

com

men

ts a

bove

and

rep

lace

d th

e pr

opos

ed Q

with

th

e pe

digr

ee Q

fro

m IL

T 3

9.

Thi

s Q

mee

ts th

e K

/A a

nd is

on

the

RO

leve

l. Q

is r

eady

fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n o

n th

e N

RC

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4.

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

10

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

21

F

2

X

Y

N

/AN

E

K

/A 0

51A

A2.

02

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Pla

usib

le d

istr

acto

r: “

C”

is a

vac

uum

set

poin

t car

ried

to th

e on

e h

undr

edth

dec

imal

po

sitio

n. A

num

ber

used

by

the

oper

ato

rs to

mak

e a

man

ual r

eact

or tr

ip d

ecis

ion

wou

ld

not b

e st

ated

to t

hat p

reci

sion

. R

ecom

men

d us

ing

anot

her

vacu

um n

umbe

r in

the

proc

edur

e (m

ayb

e 24

” ?)

, oth

erw

ise

dist

ract

or “

C”

is n

ot p

laus

ible

. Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed th

e Q

as

requ

este

d b

y th

e N

RC

. Q

as

mo

difie

d is

rea

dy

to

adm

inis

ter

on th

e e

xam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

.

22

F

2

Y

N/A

N

S

K/A

061

AK

2.01

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

Q a

ppe

ars

S a

t thi

s tim

e.

Q is

rea

dy

for

ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

23

F

2

Y

N/A

N

S

K/A

067

AA

1.05

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n th

e R

O le

vel.

2. T

his

Q w

as o

n th

e in

itial

/firs

t ten

Q s

ubm

ittal

, N

RC

com

men

ts a

t tha

t tim

e w

ere

addr

esse

d.

Q a

ppe

ars

S a

t thi

s tim

e.

Q is

rea

dy

for

ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

.

24

F

2

Y

N/A

B

S

K/A

BW

A02

AK

3.2

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

the

RO

leve

l. Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

is r

ead

y fo

r a

dm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

11

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

25

F

3

Y

N/A

B

S

K/A

BW

A07

AK

1.3

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

the

RO

leve

l. Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

is r

ead

y fo

r a

dm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

26

H

2

Y

Y

B

U

K/A

BW

E03

EA

2.1

1. Q

=K

/A, S

eco

nd p

art

Q is

on

RO

leve

l; ho

wev

er, t

he fi

rst p

art

Q is

at t

he S

RO

-onl

y le

vel.

Firs

t par

t Q r

equi

res

the

app

lican

t to

hav

e de

taile

d E

OP

tra

nsiti

on k

now

ledg

e (p

roce

dure

sel

ectio

n) b

eyo

nd e

ntry

co

nditi

ons.

Is

it an

RO

fun

ctio

n or

an

SR

O/p

roce

dure

rea

der

func

tion

to d

eter

min

e th

e E

OP

tabs

and

prio

ritie

s to

be

ente

red

follo

win

g S

ubse

que

nt A

ctio

ns?

For

exa

mpl

e, o

n th

e S

RO

exa

m Q

95 a

nd Q

99 a

re S

RO

on

ly b

ased

on

pro

cedu

re s

elec

tion

of E

OP

tabs

. Q

app

ear

s U

at t

his

time

due

to S

RO

onl

y kn

ow

led

ge r

equi

red

on th

e R

O e

xam

/lice

nse

le

vel m

ism

atch

. B

ased

on

faci

lity

licen

see

inpu

t, th

e fir

st tr

ansi

tion

afte

r S

ubse

quen

t A

ctio

ns is

RO

leve

l kn

owle

dge

and

all

subs

eque

nt p

roce

dura

l tra

nsiti

ons

are

SR

O le

vel k

now

ledg

e.

Q is

re

clas

sifie

d as

an

E b

ased

on

the

faci

lity

licen

see

info

rmat

ion.

Slig

htly

mod

ified

the

first

pa

rt Q

sta

tem

ent

to e

nsur

e R

O o

nly

kno

wle

dge.

Q

as

mod

ified

is r

ead

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

12

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

27

H

2

N

N/A

M

U

K/A

BW

E09

G2.

4.3

1 1.

Q is

RO

leve

l; ho

wev

er,

Q d

oes

not m

eet t

he K

/A s

tate

men

t. A

lthou

gh a

nat

ura

l circ

si

tuat

ion

is p

rovi

ded,

the

Q d

oes

not t

est

any

kno

wle

dge

rela

ted

to a

nnun

ciat

or a

larm

s,

indi

catio

ns, o

r al

arm

res

pons

e p

roce

dure

s as

req

uire

d b

y th

e K

/A.

The

firs

t par

t Q

is

know

ledg

e o

f a R

ule

7 se

tpoi

nt; t

he s

econ

d pa

rt Q

is m

ajor

act

ion

miti

gatio

n of

the

FC

D

EO

P ta

b w

hen

voi

ds a

re s

een

to b

e fo

rmed

in th

e R

x ve

ssel

hea

d.

To

mee

t the

K/A

we

need

to te

st s

ome

aspe

ct o

f ann

unc

iato

r al

arm

s or

rec

ogni

tion

of p

lant

con

ditio

ns b

ased

on

ann

unci

ator

ala

rms;

or

othe

r in

dica

tions

ass

ocia

ted

with

ann

unci

ator

s; o

r al

arm

/ann

unci

ato

r re

spon

se p

roce

dure

s.

Q a

ppe

ars

U a

t thi

s tim

e du

e to

not

mee

ting

the

K/A

. F

acili

ty li

cens

ee p

ropo

sed

a co

mpl

etel

y ne

w Q

to m

eet t

he K

/A.

New

Q is

a b

ette

r m

atch

for

the

K/A

sta

tem

ent,

and

app

ears

re

ady

to a

dmin

iste

r on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4.

28

H

2

X

Y

N

/AN

U

K

/A 0

03A

3.04

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. T

here

is e

xce

ssiv

e ov

erla

p w

ith th

is Q

and

Q4

whi

ch m

akes

mul

tiple

dis

trac

tors

non

pl

ausi

ble.

Bas

ed o

n in

form

atio

n in

Q4,

the

appl

ican

ts w

ill k

now

tha

t R

CP

trip

cau

ses

a ru

nbac

k to

eith

er 7

4% p

ow

er o

r 6

5% p

ow

er—

in e

ither

cas

e, n

ot 5

5%

. T

hat

mak

es

dist

ract

or A

non

pla

usib

le.

The

sec

ond

part

of

Q4

‘tea

ches

’ the

app

lican

ts th

at D

(2)

cann

ot b

e tr

ue;

ther

efor

e di

stra

ctor

D is

non

pla

usib

le.

Fur

ther

, th

e s

truc

ture

of

Q4

lend

s a

lot o

f cre

denc

e to

cor

rect

ans

we

r B

. Q

app

ear

s U

at t

his

time

due

to o

verla

p be

twee

n Q

4 le

adin

g to

mu

ltipl

e no

n pl

ausi

ble

dist

ract

ors.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee p

ropo

sed

new

Q b

ased

on

abov

e N

RC

com

men

ts,

Ne

w Q

mee

ts th

e K

/A a

nd is

on

the

RO

leve

l. N

ew

Q a

s w

ritte

n is

re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4.

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

13

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

29

F

2 X

Y

N

/AM

E

K

/A 0

03K

4.03

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. F

irst p

art

Q s

tate

men

t: r

ecom

men

d ch

angi

ng t

o th

e fo

llow

ing:

“1)

The

AC

oil

lift

pum

p w

ill/w

ill N

OT

aut

omat

ical

ly s

top

afte

r a

time

dela

y.”

The

Q a

s su

bmitt

ed c

an b

e lo

gica

lly r

educ

ed to

this

det

erm

ina

tion.

Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed th

e Q

as

requ

este

d b

y th

e N

RC

. Q

as

mo

difie

d is

rea

dy

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

30

H

1

X

X

Y

N/A

N

U

K/A

004

K6.

20

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

GF

ES

kno

wle

dge

and

the

inte

rpla

y be

twe

en d

istr

acto

rs A

and

D m

ake

them

non

-pl

ausi

ble.

Dis

cuss

ion:

the

SD

M c

once

pt is

GF

E k

now

ledg

e, if

con

trol

rod

s ar

e w

ithd

raw

ing,

so

that

on

a R

x tr

ip m

ore

nega

tive

reac

tivity

wou

ld b

e in

sert

ed, h

ow

wo

uld

SD

M b

e de

crea

sing

? (d

istr

acto

r D

) S

imila

r lo

gic

for

dist

ract

or A

: if

cont

rol r

ods

are

inse

rtin

g, s

o th

at o

n a

Rx

trip

less

neg

ativ

e re

activ

ity w

ould

be

inse

rted

, ho

w w

oul

d S

DM

b

y in

crea

sing

? N

ow

cho

ices

are

eith

er B

or

C,

but

I don

’t kn

ow

the

plan

t ope

ratin

g hi

stor

y ov

er th

e p

ast s

ix m

onth

s—di

d w

e ha

ve a

ref

uelin

g ou

tage

? N

ot e

noug

h in

form

atio

n to

de

term

ine/

pote

ntia

l for

mul

tiple

cor

rect

ans

we

rs.

Q a

ppe

ars

U a

t thi

s tim

e du

e to

mul

tiple

non

pla

usib

le d

istr

acto

rs.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

pro

pose

d ne

w s

econ

d pa

rt Q

and

mod

ified

the

initi

al c

ondi

tions

as

requ

este

d b

y th

e N

RC

. T

he n

ew

ly p

ropo

sed

Q a

ppe

ars

read

y fo

r a

dmin

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

31

F

2?

Y

N

/AN

S

K

/A 0

05K

2.01

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

Q a

ppe

ars

S a

t thi

s tim

e.

Q is

rea

dy

for

ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

14

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

32

H

2

Y

N/A

B

E

K/A

006

K6.

02

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

We

can

rem

ove

dou

ble

quot

es a

roun

d in

itial

“3

A”

and

“3B

.”

Q s

tate

men

t is

only

as

king

for

one

adve

rse

effe

ct (

sing

ular

) an

d its

cau

se.

Rec

omm

end

addi

ng “

desi

gn

basi

s” to

end

of

Q s

tate

men

t as

follo

ws:

“…

caus

e th

at c

ould

occ

ur d

urin

g a

desi

gn-b

asis

la

rge

brea

k L

OC

A?”

Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed Q

as

requ

este

d b

y th

e N

RC

. Q

as

mod

ified

is r

ead

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

33

H

3

Y

N/A

B

E

K/A

006

K6.

19

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Nom

encl

atur

e:

belie

ve w

e ne

ed

to a

dd ti

tle o

f pro

cedu

re E

ncl.

5.12

, als

o no

un

nam

e/de

scrip

tor

for

valv

e 1L

P-2

2?

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

sta

tes

that

val

ve n

omen

clat

ure

is n

ot r

equi

red

as lo

ng a

s th

e va

lves

are

lis

ted

as s

peci

fied

in th

e E

OP

s/A

OP

s, Q

no

w a

ppea

rs r

ead

y to

ad

min

iste

r on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

.

34

F

2

Y

N/A

N

E

K/A

007

A1.

01

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

The

re is

a lo

gica

l sub

set/

sepa

ratio

n in

the

sec

ond

part

Q b

ecau

se a

s w

ritte

n it

is a

lo

gica

l “tr

ue”

that

the

Que

nch

Tan

k P

ump

will

aut

om

atic

ally

trip

. R

eco

mm

end

re-w

ritin

g th

e se

cond

par

t Q

to te

st w

het

her

or n

ot th

e C

omp

onen

t Dra

in P

ump

will

/will

NO

T

auto

mat

ical

ly t

rip, t

his

is w

hat t

he s

econ

d pa

rt Q

is lo

gica

lly a

skin

g an

ywa

y.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

the

Q a

s re

ques

ted

by

the

NR

C.

Q a

s m

odifi

ed n

ow

app

ear

s re

ady

to b

e ad

min

iste

red

on th

e e

xam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

15

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

35

H

2

Y

N/A

M

S

K

/A 0

08A

2.08

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. T

his

Q s

ourc

e is

from

one

of t

he

prev

ious

2 N

RC

exa

ms.

Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

is r

ead

y fo

r a

dm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4.

36

F

2

Y

N/A

N

E

K/A

008

K1.

02

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

By

“RC

P s

eal c

oole

rs”

is it

mea

nt th

e sa

me

thin

g a

s “t

herm

al b

arr

ier”

(as

in Q

5)?

If

so, d

o w

e no

t ne

ed to

use

the

sam

e te

rmin

olog

y in

bot

h Q

s?

3. Q

can

logi

cally

bre

ak d

ow

n in

to a

skin

g “w

hich

ON

E o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

is N

OT

coo

led

by

CC

W?”

Chi

ef E

xam

iner

is o

k w

ith le

avin

g th

e Q

form

at a

s is

. 4.

The

re a

ppea

rs to

be

an e

xtra

spa

ce b

efor

e di

stra

ctor

D.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

the

Q a

s re

ques

ted

by

the

NR

C.

RC

P s

eal

coo

lers

and

the

ther

mal

bar

rier

cool

ers

are

diffe

rent

com

pone

nts.

Q

app

ear

s re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

37

H

2

Y

N/A

N

S

K/A

010

K3.

03

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

app

ear

s re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e e

xam

ina

tion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee p

ropo

sed

slig

ht e

dito

rial m

odifi

catio

ns to

the

seco

nd p

art

Q s

tate

me

nt,

acce

pted

by

the

NR

C.

Q a

s m

odifi

ed s

till r

eady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

2/02

/201

4

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

16

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

38

F

2

X

Y

N

/AM

E

K

/A 0

12K

5.01

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. D

o w

e n

eed

to a

dd “

Bas

ed o

n t

he g

iven

con

ditio

ns…

” to

the

Q s

tate

men

t to

ensu

re

appl

ican

ts d

o no

t get

con

fuse

d w

ith a

nsw

er c

hoic

es a

nd d

esig

n ba

ses/

purp

oses

of t

he

liste

d R

x tr

ips?

3.

Dis

trac

tor

A is

non

pla

usib

le—

wh

y w

ould

an

appl

ican

t thi

nk th

at a

n R

CP

trip

cau

ses

a hi

gh fl

ux c

ondi

tion

(esp

ecia

lly w

hen

a ru

nbac

k w

ill o

ccur

). I

s th

ere

anot

her

RC

S

para

met

er

trip

we

can

use

here

? (lo

w p

ress

ure?

) F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed th

e pr

opo

sed

Q b

ased

on

NR

C r

ecom

me

ndat

ions

abo

ve.

Ne

wly

mod

ified

Q a

ppe

ars

read

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

39

H

3

Y

N/A

N

S

K/A

13K

4.08

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

Q a

ppe

ars

S a

t thi

s tim

e.

Q a

ppe

ars

read

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

17

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

40

H

2

X

Y

N

/AN

E

K

/A 0

22A

3.01

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. L

ogic

al s

epar

atio

n of

dis

trac

tors

: firs

t pa

rt Q

res

olve

s in

to w

heth

er o

r no

t C L

PS

W

pum

p re

ceiv

ed a

sta

rt s

igna

l. S

econ

d pa

rt Q

res

olve

s in

to w

heth

er o

r no

t 1LP

SW

-16

rece

ived

an

open

sig

nal.

We

can

just

test

the

se c

once

pts

and

ther

efo

re a

void

teac

hing

in

the

Q.

3. N

omen

clat

ure

: do

we

nee

d to

add

the

noun

nam

e fo

r 1L

PS

W-1

6?

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

sta

ted

that

val

ve n

omen

clat

ure

wa

s no

t req

uire

d fo

r 1L

PS

W-1

6, m

ade

othe

r m

odifi

catio

ns a

s re

ques

ted

by

NR

C.

Q a

ppe

ars

read

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

Bas

ed o

n fin

al v

alid

atio

ns, f

acili

ty li

cens

ee p

ropo

sed

addi

ng d

iagr

am

s of

C L

PS

W p

ump

switc

h an

d 1L

PS

W-1

6 va

lve

switc

h fo

r no

men

clat

ure

con

cern

s, th

ese

edito

rial

mod

ifica

tions

we

re a

ccep

ted

by

the

NR

C.

Mo

difie

d Q

is s

till r

eady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

12/

02/2

014

41

F

2

X

Y

N

/AN

E

K

/A 0

26K

1.01

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. F

irst p

art

Q d

istr

acto

rs: u

nsur

e w

hat

is m

eant

by

“no

rmal

ly,”

we

shou

ld m

ore

spec

ifica

lly d

efin

e th

e te

rm.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

the

Q a

s re

ques

ted

by

NR

C, f

urth

er s

light

mod

ifica

tion

mad

e to

the

seco

nd p

art

Q s

tate

me

nt a

nd d

istr

acto

rs.

Q a

s m

odifi

ed a

ppea

rs r

ead

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

18

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

42

H

2

X

Y

N

/AB

E

K

/A 0

26K

3.02

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is R

O le

vel.

2. R

ecom

men

d m

odify

ing

first

pa

rt Q

sta

tem

ent

to a

sk “

one

of it

s pu

rpos

es”

inst

ead

of

“its

purp

ose”

—is

n’t t

he m

ain

purp

ose

to lo

we

r R

B p

ress

ure?

3.

C(1

) an

d D

(1)

are

clos

e to

non

pla

usib

le –

Zirc

wat

er r

eact

ion

take

s pl

ace

at s

uch

high

tem

pera

ture

s th

at w

e w

ould

pot

entia

lly b

e in

SA

MG

spa

ce,

wh

y w

ould

it b

e a

de

sign

pur

pose

of t

he s

yste

m to

lim

it H

2 pr

oduc

tion

just

for

this

rea

ctio

n? R

ecom

men

d de

letin

g th

e ph

rase

“du

e to

Zirc

wat

er r

eact

ion.

” G

rant

ing

som

e be

nef

it of

the

doub

t he

re.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

the

Q a

s re

com

men

ded

by

the

NR

C.

Q a

s m

odifi

ed a

ppea

rs

read

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4

43

H

2

Y

N/A

B

S

K/A

039

A4.

01

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

RO

leve

l. Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

app

ear

s re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e e

xam

ina

tion.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

44

H

2

Y

N/A

B

E

K/A

059

A2.

06

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Firs

t par

t Q

—w

hat

is th

e tim

ing

we

are

aski

ng h

ere

(initi

al r

espo

nse

or s

tead

y-st

ate

)?

Doe

s it

mat

ter/

do w

e n

eed

to m

ore

prec

isel

y st

ate

wh

at w

e a

re a

skin

g?

3. S

econ

d pa

rt Q

—th

ink

we

nee

d to

ask

the

first

pro

cedu

re t

o re

ope

n 1H

PE

-6,

othe

rwis

e w

e m

ay

have

mor

e th

an

one

answ

er.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

Q a

s re

ques

ted

by

NR

C.

Fur

the

r sl

ight

mod

ifica

tions

wer

e

mad

e to

the

seco

nd p

art

Q d

ealin

g w

ith O

P p

roce

dure

sel

ectio

n. F

acili

ty li

cens

ee s

tate

d th

at th

is k

now

led

ge w

as r

equi

red

of R

O o

pera

tors

and

was

not

SR

O o

nly.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

19

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

45

H

2

Y

N/A

B

S

K/A

061

A3.

03

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

app

ear

s re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e e

xam

ina

tion.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

46

F

2

Y

N/A

N

S

K/A

061

K2.

02

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

app

ear

s re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e e

xam

ina

tion.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

47

H

3

Y

N/A

B

S

K/A

062

K1.

04

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

app

ear

s re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e e

xam

ina

tion.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

48

F

2

Y

N/A

B

S

K/A

063

G2.

2.39

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

Q a

ppe

ars

S a

t thi

s tim

e.

Q a

ppe

ars

read

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

20

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

49

H

2 X

Y

N

/AN

E

K

/A 0

64K

3.02

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. R

ecom

men

d sl

ight

ly m

ore

deta

il fo

r th

ird b

ulle

t und

er 1

200—

ma

ybe

larg

e L

OC

A

occu

rs c

oinc

iden

t with

a t

otal

loss

of o

ffsite

po

wer

? A

lso

for

Q s

tate

men

t, re

com

men

d w

e ad

d so

me

kind

of “

no o

per

ato

r ac

tions

occ

ur”

stat

emen

t.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

the

Q a

s re

ques

ted

by

the

NR

C.

Q n

ow

app

ears

rea

dy

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4

50

F

2

Y

N/A

B

S

K/A

073

A4.

02

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

D

urin

g ex

am r

evie

w w

ith t

he f

acili

ty li

cens

ee,

notic

ed s

light

dis

parit

y w

ith t

he f

irst

part

an

swe

r ch

oice

s—R

IA-4

5 is

a d

igita

l rad

iatio

n m

onito

r an

d w

ould

ther

efor

e no

t re

ad

“offs

cale

hig

h.”

Q w

as fi

xed

by

chan

ging

the

first

par

t Q s

tate

men

t to

rea

d w

heth

er

or

not t

he R

IA-4

5 w

ill/w

ill N

OT

rea

d ze

ro a

fter

reac

hin

g th

e sw

itcho

ver

acce

ptan

ce c

riter

ia.

Q a

s m

odifi

ed n

ow

app

ears

rea

dy

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4.

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

21

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

51

H

2

X

Y

N

/AN

E

K

/A 0

76A

1.02

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. Q

is p

oten

tially

U d

ue to

ove

rlap

betw

een

this

Q a

nd th

e si

mul

ator

JP

M ‘a

’ whi

ch a

lso

requ

ires

a R

x tr

ip d

ue to

hig

h C

RD

M te

mpe

ratu

re.

Dis

cuss

ion

is a

s fo

llow

s: A

pplic

ants

w

ill h

ave

just

see

n th

e si

mul

ator

JP

M a

nd ju

st h

ad t

o tr

ip a

t 180

deg

rees

, the

refo

re th

e 14

0 de

gre

e di

stra

ctor

s ar

e no

n pl

ausi

ble.

Eith

er th

e JP

M o

r th

is Q

will

nee

d to

be

chan

ged.

3.

Sec

ond

part

Q is

som

ewha

t con

fusi

ng—

whi

ch R

CW

sys

tem

tem

pera

ture

s ar

e w

e as

king

abo

ut, a

nd w

hen

(tim

ing

conc

ern—

e.g

., b

efo

re o

r af

ter

the

Rx

trip

, doe

s it

mat

ter?

).

If w

e w

ant t

o ke

ep th

is Q

as

is, w

e w

ill n

eed

to b

e m

ore

spe

cific

with

wha

t w

e ar

e as

king

with

the

sec

ond

part

Q.

Q is

pot

entia

lly U

or

E b

ased

on

the

abov

e di

scus

sion

s.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

cha

nged

the

sim

ulat

or J

PM

so

that

it is

no

long

er a

n al

tern

ate

pat

h J

PM

an

d th

eref

ore

reso

lved

an

y co

ncer

ns o

ver

exce

ssiv

e ov

erla

p. F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed

the

Q p

er

num

be

r 3

abov

e as

re

que

sted

by

the

NR

C.

Q is

rat

ed a

s E

for

qual

ity

purp

oses

. Q

no

w a

ppea

rs r

ead

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n o

n th

e e

xam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

52

F

2 X

X

Y

N/A

N

E

K/A

078

G2.

1.20

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. S

light

teac

hing

in th

e Q

sta

tem

ent;

we’

re ju

st a

skin

g w

hat t

he

pro

cedu

re r

equi

res,

ca

n de

lete

“IM

As

of t

he E

OP

will

be

perf

orm

ed…

” D

iscu

ss d

urin

g re

view

tha

t Q

st

atem

ent i

s cl

ear

enou

gh t

hat i

t is

clea

r w

e ar

e as

king

exa

ctly

wh

at t

he p

roce

dure

st

ates

, not

wha

t is

goin

g to

hap

pen

(logi

cal d

iffer

entia

tion

betw

een

dis

trac

tors

).

3. I

t is

com

mon

kno

wle

dge

that

the

turb

ine

trip

s o

n a

Rx

trip

from

100

% p

ow

er.

Wh

at

spec

ific

impa

ct w

ould

inst

rum

ent a

ir h

ave

on th

e M

ain

Tur

bine

that

AP

/22

wou

ld

spec

ifica

lly d

irect

ope

rato

rs to

ma

nual

ly t

rip b

oth

the

Rx

and

the

Tur

bine

? D

istr

acto

rs B

an

d D

are

non

pla

usib

le.

Giv

ing

bene

fit o

f th

e do

ubt

her

e ba

sed

on p

resu

med

eas

e of

co

rrec

tion:

jus

t put

the

pow

er

leve

l in

the

10-1

5% r

ange

as

long

at i

t is

bel

ow th

e R

x tr

ip/T

urbi

ne t

rip in

terlo

ck.

Q is

E b

ased

on

non

plau

sibl

e di

stra

ctor

s, g

ivin

g be

nefit

of d

oubt

due

to e

ase

of

corr

ectio

n.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

Q a

s re

ques

ted

by

NR

C.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

agr

eed

that

Q w

as a

st

rong

tie

to p

roce

dura

l gui

danc

e vi

ce o

ther

act

uatio

ns.

Q a

s m

odifi

ed a

ppea

rs r

ead

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

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OCON

EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

22

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

53

H

2 X

X

Y

N/A

N

E

K/A

078

K4.

01

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Val

ve n

omen

clat

ure—

do w

e n

eed

nom

encl

atur

e fo

r 1F

DW

-316

and

1M

S-9

4?

3.

Dis

trac

tor

D is

non

pla

usib

le b

ecau

se it

doe

s no

t inc

lude

1A

SG

. R

ecom

men

d re

form

at o

f dis

tra

ctor

D to

mor

e cl

osel

y p

aral

lel d

istr

acto

r C

as

follo

ws:

“U

se 1

A S

G A

ND

fe

ed 1

B S

G w

ith T

DE

FW

P u

sing

1M

S-9

4 sp

indl

e to

thro

ttle

TD

EF

WP

spe

ed.”

4.

Q s

tate

men

t is

som

ewha

t vag

ue in

ask

ing

“how

” R

CS

tem

pera

ture

will

be

cont

rolle

d,

reco

mm

end

follo

win

g m

odi

ficat

ion:

“W

hich

ON

E o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

is th

e N

EX

T m

etho

d sp

ecifi

ed in

Enc

losu

re 5

.27

to c

ont

rol R

CS

tem

pe

ratu

re?

” Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed Q

as

requ

este

d b

y N

RC

. Q

no

w a

ppea

rs r

ead

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

54

H

2 X

X

Y

N/A

N

E

K/A

103

A2.

04

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Nee

d to

pro

vide

a c

onsi

sten

t for

mat

for

“inch

es”

or q

uota

tion

ma

rks

used

for

inch

es in

ev

ery

Q o

n th

e te

st.

Rec

omm

end

usin

g th

e w

ord

“in

ches

” fo

r co

nsis

tenc

y. T

hen

for

third

bul

let u

nder

tim

e=12

00 le

t’s s

tate

“P

ress

uriz

er le

vel =

340

inch

es s

tabl

e.”

For

firs

t bu

llet u

nder

tim

e=

1205

let’s

sta

te “

Pre

ssur

izer

leve

l = 3

22 in

ches

dec

reas

ing.

” 3.

Did

not

see

a u

nit 1

ref

ere

nce

for

AP

/26

prov

ided

. Is

it th

e sa

me

as th

e un

it 2

AP

/26?

4.

Sec

ond

part

Q s

tate

men

t: a

gai

n as

king

wha

t pr

oced

ure

“will

” b

e en

tere

d,

reco

mm

end

rest

atin

g as

follo

ws:

“__

_(2

)___

is th

e p

roce

dure

req

uire

d to

be

ente

red

FIR

ST

.”

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

pro

pose

d Q

as

requ

este

d b

y th

e N

RC

. Q

no

w a

ppea

rs r

ead

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n o

n th

e e

xam

inat

ion.

55

F

2

Y

N/A

B

E

K/A

103

A4.

01

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Slig

ht m

odifi

catio

n to

Q s

tate

men

t, re

com

men

d ad

d “a

utom

atic

ally

” be

fore

“tr

ip O

FF

.”

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Q a

ppe

ars

read

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

23

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

56

F

2 X

X

X

Y

N

/AN

U

K

/A 0

01K

5.18

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. A

s su

bmitt

ed, d

istr

acto

r D

is c

ompl

ete

ly n

on p

laus

ible

. D

o no

t be

lieve

ther

e is

a

tech

nica

lly c

orre

ct a

nsw

er

to th

e Q

as

subm

itted

, A

D-O

P-A

LL-0

203

stat

es “

oper

ato

rs

shal

l exp

ect

criti

calit

y at

all

times

dur

ing

reac

tivity

add

ition

s,”

ther

efo

re th

e E

AR

LIE

ST

tim

e op

erat

ors

sho

uld

expe

ct c

ritic

ality

is w

hen

first

with

dra

win

g an

y ro

d gr

oup.

Thi

s is

no

t a p

rovi

ded

ans

we

r ch

oice

. Q

is U

as

subm

itted

due

to n

o te

chni

cally

cor

rect

ans

we

r.

Her

e’s

a re

com

men

datio

n fo

r th

is Q

: de

lete

all

the

“giv

en”

info

rmat

ion

and

just

ask

: “I

n ac

cord

ance

with

AD

-OP

-ALL

-020

3 (R

eact

ivity

Man

agem

ent)

, w

hich

ON

E o

f the

fo

llow

ing

is th

e E

AR

LIE

ST

con

ditio

n du

ring

a re

acto

r st

artu

p w

hen

criti

calit

y sh

ould

be

expe

cted

?

Whe

n op

erat

ors

begi

n w

ithdr

aw

ing

____

____

____

____

____

___

___

. A

. C

RD

Saf

ety

Gro

ups

B

. C

RD

Re

gula

ting

Gro

ups

C.

rods

afte

r G

roup

5 r

ods

are

off

IN L

IMIT

D

. ro

ds a

fter

the

-1%

del

ta K

/K E

CP

pos

ition

is r

each

ed”

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

acc

epte

d th

e re

com

men

ded

chan

ge w

ith s

light

mod

ifica

tion

to

dist

ract

ors

B a

nd C

. Q

as

mod

ifie

d ap

pear

s re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4

Bas

ed o

n fa

cilit

y va

lidat

ions

, fac

ility

pro

pose

d fu

rthe

r sl

ight

edi

toria

l mod

ifica

tions

to

“giv

en”

ques

tion

stat

emen

t tha

t w

ere

acce

ptab

le to

NR

C.

Q a

s m

odifi

ed s

till r

ead

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

12/

02/2

014

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

24

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

57

H

2

X

Y

N

/AN

E

K

/A 0

02A

2.04

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. F

irst p

art

Q:

wha

t is

the

timef

ram

e af

ter

RX

trip

? 5

min

? 1

5 m

in?

3 h

ours

? C

oul

d af

fect

the

Q,

we

need

to b

e sp

ecifi

c.

3. S

econ

d pa

rt Q

: ne

ed t

o as

k sp

ecifi

cally

wh

at is

the

NE

XT

met

hod

req

uire

d b

y th

e pr

oced

ure,

oth

erw

ise

we

wou

ld p

oten

tially

hav

e m

ultip

le c

orre

ct a

nsw

ers.

Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee a

ccep

ted

the

reco

mm

ende

d ch

ange

s an

d se

t the

tim

e po

st R

x tr

ip a

t fiv

e m

inut

es.

Q a

s m

odifi

ed a

ppea

rs r

ead

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

58

H

2 X

Y

N

/AN

E

K

/A 0

15K

3.01

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. S

econ

d pa

rt Q

—ag

ain

we

need

to g

et a

wa

y fr

om w

hat “

will

” ha

ppen

and

ask

wh

at is

re

quire

d.

Rec

omm

end

“is/is

NO

T r

equi

red

to b

e pl

aced

in M

anua

l Byp

ass…

.”

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

the

Q a

s re

ques

ted

by

the

NR

C.

Q n

ow

app

ears

rea

dy

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4

59

H

2 X

Y

N

/AN

E

K

/A 0

16K

1.12

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. F

irst p

art

Q—

do w

e ne

ed t

o ad

d “in

itial

re

spon

se?”

to e

nsur

e w

e a

re c

lear

as

to w

hat

we

are

aski

ng.

Ma

ybe

stat

e “T

he

initi

al r

espo

nse

to th

e ab

ove

failu

re is

that

Ste

am

Gen

era

tor

leve

ls _

_(1)

__

incr

ease

.”

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mad

e th

e sl

ight

mod

ifica

tions

as

requ

este

d b

y th

e N

RC

. Q

no

w

appe

ars

read

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n o

n th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

25

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

60

H

3

N

N/A

B

U

K/A

033

A1.

01

1. Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

Q d

oes

not

mee

t K/A

. K

/A r

equi

res

som

e kn

owle

dge

of h

ow

SF

P

cool

ing

syst

em a

ffec

ts S

FP

wat

er le

vel.

Q a

s su

bmitt

ed d

oes

not e

licit

any

kno

wle

dge

of

the

SF

P c

oolin

g sy

stem

or

SF

P w

ater

leve

l; in

stea

d it

refle

cts

tran

sfer

can

al le

vel

follo

win

g a

RB

pur

ge m

alfu

nctio

n.

Q a

ppe

ars

U a

t thi

s tim

e du

e to

not

mee

ting

the

K/A

sta

tem

ent.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

pro

pose

d ne

w Q

bas

ed u

pon

NR

C c

omm

ents

abo

ve.

Ne

w p

ropo

sed

Q

mee

ts K

/A o

n th

e R

O le

vel.

As

prop

osed

the

new

Q a

ppe

ars

read

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4

61

H

2

Y

N/A

M

E

K/A

041

K2.

01

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

und

o ap

ostr

oph

e on

acr

onym

“T

BV

s”

3. T

his

Q h

as b

een

mod

ified

eno

ugh

from

the

bank

ped

igre

e to

be

clas

sifie

d as

“m

odifi

ed”

vice

“ba

nk.”

Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

ade

slig

ht m

odifi

catio

ns a

s re

ques

ted

by

NR

C,

Q n

ow

app

ears

re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4

62

H

2

Y

N/A

M

E

K/A

056

G2.

4.2

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Rec

omm

end

bold

or

unde

rline

or

som

ethi

ng t

o em

phas

ize

the

wor

d “f

irst”

in fi

rst

part

Q

, w

ant

to e

nsur

e no

one

mis

ses

it.

3. D

iscu

ss ti

min

g co

ncer

ns—

bett

er to

list

fina

l giv

en p

aram

eter

at

0401

:35?

Le

t’s ta

lk

abou

t it d

urin

g re

view

. Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

ade

chan

ges

as

requ

este

d. C

han

ging

last

par

am

eter

to 0

401

:35

was

no

t req

uire

d ba

sed

on fa

cilit

y lic

ense

e fe

edba

ck r

ega

rdin

g th

e Q

co

nstr

uctio

n. Q

as

mod

ified

no

w a

ppe

ars

read

y fo

r a

dmin

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

26

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

63

F

2 X

Y

N

/AM

E

K

/A 0

71A

3.03

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. S

econ

d pa

rt Q

giv

es a

logi

cal “

true

” th

at O

P/0

18

is r

equi

red.

Re

com

men

d on

ly te

st

wh

ethe

r or

not

AP

/18

is r

equi

red,

giv

en th

e co

nditi

ons:

“2)

AP

/18

(Abn

orm

al R

elea

se o

f R

adio

activ

ity)

is/is

NO

T r

equi

red

to b

e pe

rfo

rmed

prio

r to

re

-initi

atin

g th

e re

leas

e?”

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mad

e ch

ange

s a

s re

ques

ted

by

NR

C.

Du

ring

in-o

ffic

e re

view

, NR

C

requ

este

d fu

rthe

r ed

itoria

l mod

ifica

tions

to m

ore

prec

isel

y de

fine

the

use

of th

e te

rm

“ON

LY

.”

Q a

s m

odifi

ed n

ow

app

ear

s re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4

64

F

2

X

Y

N

/AB

E

K

/A 0

72A

4.03

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. R

ecom

men

d ad

ding

logi

cal “

ON

LY

” m

odifi

ers

to d

istr

acto

rs B

and

C.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

mod

ified

the

Q a

s re

ques

ted

by

NR

C,

furt

her

mod

ifica

tions

mad

e to

dis

trac

tor

“D”

durin

g th

e in

off

ice

revi

ew w

ith f

acili

ty li

cens

ee.

65

H

2

Y

N/A

B

S

K/A

079

K4.

01

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Q w

as a

lso

on

the

2011

B R

O e

xam

Q65

. W

as it

use

d on

an

y ot

her

exa

ms?

Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

app

ear

s re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e e

xam

ina

tion.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

27

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

66

F

2

X

Y

N

/AB

U

K

/A G

2.1.

17

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Mul

tiple

dis

trac

tors

are

non

pla

usib

le.

Fir

st, t

here

are

tw

o ty

pes

of b

riefs

(cr

ew

brie

f an

d fo

cus

brie

f) a

s sp

ecifi

ed in

the

proc

edur

es/s

tand

ards

, so

“brie

f” w

ithou

t sp

ecify

ing

whi

ch o

ne is

aut

omat

ical

ly w

eak.

F

urth

erm

ore,

wh

en h

ave

BO

Ps

eve

r le

d br

iefs

of a

ny

sort

dur

ing

trai

ning

? W

hen

durin

g tr

aini

ng d

id o

pera

tors

hav

e to

3-w

ay

brie

fs?

3-w

ay

com

mun

icat

ions

are

nor

mal

ly b

etw

een

tw

o in

divi

dual

s—w

hy

wo

uld

an o

pera

tor

thin

k it

wo

uld

be r

equi

red

to 3

-wa

y be

twe

en a

n en

tire

tea

m d

urin

g a

brie

f?

Q a

ppe

ars

U a

t thi

s tim

e du

e to

mul

tiple

non

pla

usib

le d

istr

acto

rs.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

pro

pose

d ne

w Q

to

mee

t th

is K

/A b

ased

on

NR

C c

omm

ents

abo

ve.

Dur

ing

in o

ffice

rev

iew

furt

her

mo

dific

atio

ns w

ere

mad

e ba

sed

on N

RC

re

com

men

datio

ns.

Q a

s m

odifi

ed a

ppea

rs r

ead

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4.

67

H

2

Y

N/A

B

E

K/A

G 2

.1.3

1

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Sec

ond

part

Q r

ecom

me

nd b

old

or u

nde

rline

“re

quire

d,”

as p

er t

he p

edig

ree

Q.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

mad

e sl

ight

mod

ifica

tions

to t

he Q

as

requ

est

ed, Q

no

w a

ppea

rs r

ead

y fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n on

the

exam

inat

ion

at th

is ti

me.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

68

F

2

Y

N/A

B

E

K/A

G 2

.1.5

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. S

econ

d pa

rt Q

, del

ete

apos

tro

phes

for

“RO

s.”

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

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28

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

69

F

2

X

Y

N

/AM

E

K

/A G

2.2

.1

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Not

sto

ppin

g co

ntro

l rod

with

dra

wal

is w

eakl

y pl

ausi

ble,

wou

ld th

ere

be a

ny

adve

rse

cons

eque

nces

if r

od w

ithdr

aw

al is

sto

pped

? T

o en

hanc

e pl

ausi

bilit

y re

com

men

d sp

ecify

ing

with

dra

wal

of s

afet

y ro

ds v

ice

cont

rol r

ods.

Per

the

dist

ract

or a

naly

sis,

we

need

to s

peci

fy t

hat e

xtra

ope

rato

rs a

re a

vaila

ble

in th

e co

ntro

l ro

om

. R

ecom

men

d m

odify

ing

the

first

bul

let t

o st

ate:

“R

eact

or s

tart

up in

pro

gres

s w

ith e

xtra

lice

nsed

op

erat

ors

ava

ilabl

e in

the

cont

rol r

oom

.” R

ecom

me

nd m

odify

ing

the

third

bul

let t

o st

ate:

“O

pera

tors

are

with

dra

win

g C

RD

Saf

ety

Ro

ds,

wh

en 1

SA

-03/

E-7

(T

O B

earin

g H

eade

r P

ress

ure

Low

) a

ctua

tes

unex

pect

edly

.”

The

n de

lete

“co

ntro

l” fr

om “

cont

rol r

od”

in th

e fir

st p

art Q

. I

belie

ve p

laus

ibili

ty w

ill b

e en

hanc

ed w

ith th

ese

chan

ges

, Oco

nee

plea

se

eval

uate

/dis

cuss

. Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee p

ropo

sed

new

mod

ified

Q.

Ana

lysi

s as

follo

ws:

Q=

K/A

, Q is

on

RO

le

vel.

Few

edi

tori

al r

ecom

men

datio

ns to

ens

ure

we

don

’t co

nfus

e sa

fety

ro

ds w

ith

cont

rol r

ods

(als

o e

xtra

cap

italiz

atio

ns):

-thi

rd b

ulle

t can

del

ete

“man

ipul

atin

g C

ontr

ol R

ods”

so

the

stat

emen

t re

ads

“The

OA

TC

Rea

ctor

Ope

rato

r is

tra

inin

g an

indi

vidu

al o

n O

JT F

rom

Lic

ense

Cla

ss”

-f

irst p

art

Q s

tate

men

t can

und

erlin

e S

afet

y R

ods

and

del

ete

Con

trol

so

the

stat

emen

t rea

ds “

__(1

)__

with

dra

wal

(s)

of S

afet

y R

ods

is/a

re r

equi

red

to b

e a

nnou

nce

d to

the

Rea

ctiv

ity M

anag

er P

RIO

R t

o ro

d w

ithd

raw

al(s

).”

Ne

w m

odifi

ed Q

app

ears

re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

12/

02/2

014

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29

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

70

F

2

X

Y

?

B

U

K/A

G 2

.2.1

4

1. Q

=K

/A.

Q m

ay

be o

n S

RO

leve

l. N

orm

ally

Qs

invo

lvin

g “w

hat i

s m

in le

vel o

f au

thor

izat

ion

req

uire

d” a

re a

llow

ed

as S

RO

-onl

y.

2. M

ultip

le c

orre

ct a

nsw

ers

? In

an

878

mr/

hr

dose

fiel

d, it

wou

ld o

nly

take

57

seco

nds

to r

ecei

ve 1

4 m

r do

se, i

t cou

ld b

e ar

gued

that

it w

oul

d ta

ke th

at ti

me

to p

erfo

rm IV

of

a va

lve.

Als

o, O

MP

1-0

2 st

ates

tha

t “S

uper

visi

on”

can

wai

ve th

e IV

req

uire

men

ts, b

ut th

e pr

oced

ure

does

not

com

plet

ely

def

ine

the

term

“S

uper

visi

on.”

Cou

ld it

mea

n “a

ny

SR

O”

and

not j

ust t

he C

RS

? C

hanc

e fo

r m

ultip

le c

orre

ct a

nsw

ers

or

no c

orre

ct a

nsw

ers

. 3.

Bel

ieve

ther

e is

eno

ugh

info

rmat

ion

in O

MP

1-0

2 th

at c

ould

lead

to

a di

ffere

nt

appr

oach

to th

is Q

and

stil

l mee

t K/A

—kn

owle

dge

of r

adio

logi

cal c

ondi

tions

is n

ot

requ

ired

by

the

K/A

. Q

app

ear

s U

at t

his

time

due

to S

RO

-leve

l con

cern

s an

d m

ultip

le c

orre

ct a

nsw

ers

. F

acili

ty li

cens

ee in

itial

ly p

rop

osed

a n

ew

Q t

hat

wa

s de

emed

uns

atis

fact

ory

base

d u

pon

the

first

par

t Q

co

nstr

uctio

n. F

acili

ty li

cens

ee th

en p

ropo

sed

ano

the

r ve

rsio

n of

the

first

pa

rt Q

alo

ng w

ith th

e se

cond

par

t Q

from

the

sec

ond

atte

mpt

. A

naly

sis

of th

is Q

: Q

=K

/A, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

Edi

toria

l rec

omm

enda

tions

:

-for

pa

ralle

lism

with

Q69

, cha

nge

colo

n to

… fo

r th

e “in

acc

orda

nce

with

” st

atem

ent

-c

hang

e se

cond

par

t que

stio

n m

ark

to a

per

iod,

ad

d W

OO

TF

sta

tem

ent a

s fo

llow

s: “

Whi

ch O

NE

of t

he

follo

win

g co

mpl

etes

the

sta

tem

ents

ab

ove?

” F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

ade

chan

ges

as

requ

este

d ab

ove.

Thi

rd v

ersi

on o

f the

Q,

with

ch

ange

s, is

rea

dy fo

r a

dmin

istr

atio

n on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

2/02

/201

4

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EENuclearStationDecember2014ILOExam

30

Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

71

H

2

X

Y

N

/AN

U

K

/A G

2.2

.44

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is o

n R

O le

vel.

2. T

his

Q p

rovi

des

an a

nsw

er to

Q77

on

the

SR

O e

xam

; eith

er

answ

er

prov

ided

with

th

is Q

are

bel

ow

the

221

5 ps

ig p

rovi

ded

in th

at Q

; th

eref

ore

it is

obv

ious

in Q

77 th

at

1RC

-1 is

not

fun

ctio

ning

as

desi

gned

. 3.

Als

o R

CS

pre

ssur

e ch

angi

ng fi

rst i

s no

n pl

ausi

ble—

wh

y w

ould

an

oper

ato

r no

t thi

nk

that

ene

rgiz

ing

pre

ssur

izer

–he

ater

s- d

oes

not

caus

e P

zr te

mpe

ratu

res

to in

crea

se?

Q

app

ear

s U

at t

his

time

due

to o

verla

p co

ncer

ns w

ith Q

77 a

s w

ell a

s m

ultip

le n

on

plau

sibl

e di

stra

ctor

s.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

pro

pose

d ne

w v

ersi

on o

f thi

s Q

. A

naly

sis

of th

is n

ew Q

is a

s fo

llow

s:

Q=

K/A

, Q is

on

RO

leve

l. A

s an

edi

toria

l rec

omm

enda

tion

to th

e se

cond

par

t Q

, I w

ould

re

com

men

d ad

ding

a “

base

d o

n th

e gi

ven

cond

ition

s” s

tate

men

t to

ensu

re th

e ap

plic

ants

cl

early

rel

ate

this

Q to

a p

lant

alig

nmen

t w

ith R

CP

s op

erat

ing.

Ma

ybe

som

ethi

ng li

ke “

2)

Bas

ed o

n th

e gi

ven

cond

ition

s, if

Pre

ssur

izer

leve

l is

abov

e th

e lo

w le

vel c

utof

f set

poin

t an

d al

l Pre

ssur

izer

hea

ters

are

Man

ually

ene

rgiz

ed, a

n R

PS

trip

on

hig

h R

CS

pre

ssur

e __

_(2)

___

occu

r.”

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mad

e ch

ange

s a

s re

com

men

ded

by

NR

C.

Q a

s m

odifi

ed is

now

re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

2/02

/201

4.

72

F

2

X

Y

N

/AN

E

K

/A G

2.3.

12

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

RO

leve

l. 2.

Che

ck to

ens

ure

we

hav

e a

clea

rly

corr

ect a

nsw

er

to th

is Q

. If

I am

rea

ding

AP

/18

corr

ectly

, sec

tion

H d

irect

s th

e op

erat

ors

to v

erify

the

con

tain

men

t eva

cuat

ion

alar

m, a

nd

only

in th

e R

NO

col

umn

of th

at s

tep

dire

cts

the

evac

uatio

n of

non

-ess

entia

l per

sonn

el

from

the

RB

. D

o w

e n

eed

to s

tate

that

the

evac

uatio

n al

arm

did

not

sou

nd?

And

do

we

need

to s

peci

fy w

hich

“p

erso

nnel

” w

e m

ean

in th

e se

cond

par

t Q?

Let

’s d

iscu

ss d

urin

g re

view

, if

we

nee

d to

we

shou

ld b

e ab

le to

ma

ke s

ome

mod

ifica

tions

for

this

Q to

wo

rk.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e, e

dito

rial m

odifi

catio

ns m

ay

be r

equi

red

to e

nsur

e on

ly o

ne

corr

ect a

nsw

er.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

Q a

s re

ques

ted

by

NR

C.

Q n

ow

app

ears

rea

dy

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/18

/201

4

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Q

#

1.

LOK

(F

/H)

2.

LOD

(1

-5)

3. P

sych

om

etric

Fla

ws

4. J

ob C

onte

nt F

law

s 5.

Oth

er

6.

B/M

/N

7.

U/E

/S

8.

Exp

lana

tion

S

tem

F

ocus

C

ues

T/F

C

red.

D

ist.

P

artia

l Jo

b-Li

nkM

inut

ia#/

un

itsB

ack

-w

ard

Q

=

K/A

S

RO

Onl

y

73

F

2 X

Y

N

/AB

E

K

/A G

2.3.

15

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

RO

leve

l. 2.

We

gave

rad

iatio

n m

onito

r na

me

on la

st Q

for

RIA

-47,

we

sho

uld

give

the

sam

e on

th

is Q

for

RIA

-45

. Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed Q

as

requ

este

d b

y N

RC

, fu

rthe

r m

odifi

ed th

e se

cond

par

t Q

to

ensu

re u

nit 3

wa

s th

e R

IA-4

5 un

it. Q

as

mod

ified

app

ears

re

ady

for

adm

inis

trat

ion

on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

74

F

2

Y

N/A

N

S

K/A

G2.

4.12

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

is R

O le

vel.

2. S

econ

d bu

llet s

tate

s “…

an e

vent

in p

rogr

ess…

” bu

t w

hat e

vent

? D

istr

acto

r an

alys

is

stat

es th

at d

urin

g a

LO

HT

all

but o

ne R

CP

wou

ld b

e tr

ippe

d; a

ssum

ing

ther

e a

re o

the

r “e

vent

s” w

here

all

RC

Ps

are

trip

ped.

If t

he “

even

t” w

as a

sec

urity

eve

nt,

wou

ld n

one

of

the

RC

Ps

be tr

ippe

d? S

ince

we

do

not s

peci

fy “

even

t” th

ere

are

eith

er m

ultip

le c

orre

ct

answ

ers

, or

pote

ntia

lly n

o co

rrec

t an

swe

r.

Q a

s su

bmitt

ed a

ppea

rs U

due

to m

ultip

le c

orre

ct a

nsw

ers

. B

ased

on

faci

lity

licen

see

feed

back

, eve

nt in

pro

gres

s th

at r

equi

res

SS

F A

SW

act

ivat

ion

is s

peci

fic u

nder

all

circ

umst

ance

s th

at a

ll R

CP

s w

oul

d be

sec

ured

upo

n en

try

into

A

P/2

5. T

his

alle

viat

es N

RC

con

cern

s w

ith th

e va

gue

ness

of t

he q

ues

tions

ste

m, n

o fu

rthe

r ch

ange

s to

the

Q a

re n

ece

ssar

y. Q

app

ears

rea

dy

to b

e ad

min

iste

red

on th

e

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

18/2

014

75

H

2

X

Y

N

/AM

E

K

/A G

2.4.

9

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q is

on

RO

leve

l. 2.

Sec

ond

part

dis

trac

tors

con

tain

ext

rane

ous

info

rmat

ion.

In

A(2

) a

nd B

(2)

can

del

ete

“due

to lo

ss o

f suc

tion.

” In

C(2

) a

nd D

(2)

we

can

del

ete

“is o

n th

e di

scha

rge

of h

e LP

I pu

mps

,” Q

is o

ne

of d

eter

min

ing

wh

ethe

r w

e se

cure

the

pum

ps to

pre

vent

pum

p da

mag

e or

det

erm

ine

leak

sou

rce.

Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

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SRO

Que

stio

ns

76

H

2 X

X

X

Y

Y

N

U

K

/A 0

22A

G2.

1.3

2 1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

=S

RO

-onl

y. S

ome

ben

efit-

of-t

he d

oubt

giv

en h

ere;

kn

owle

dge

of s

yste

m

limits

and

pre

caut

ions

is n

orm

ally

con

side

red

RO

-leve

l. H

owev

er,

give

n th

e ne

ed to

m

eet t

he K

/A, a

nd

beca

use

the

limit

and

prec

autio

ns r

elat

es to

an

ope

rabi

lity

dete

rmin

atio

n lin

ked

to d

etai

led

anal

ysis

of

plan

t con

ditio

ns (

an S

RO

func

tion)

, th

e pr

opos

ed Q

is c

onsi

dere

d to

mee

t th

e K

/A o

n th

e S

RO

leve

l. 2.

Firs

t par

t Q

sta

tem

ent:

ple

ase

use

all

caps

for

“OP

ER

AB

LE”

and

“IN

OP

ER

AB

LE”

thro

ugho

ut t

he e

xam

for

cons

iste

ncy,

e.g

. firs

t pa

rt Q

sta

tem

ent s

houl

d re

ad “

… m

ake

the

1HP

-12

0 T

rave

l Sto

p IN

OP

ER

AB

LE.”

3.

Sec

ond

part

Q s

tate

men

t is

conf

usin

g as

to

wha

t is

bein

g as

ked,

spe

cific

ally

the

ph

rasi

ng o

f “…

addi

tiona

l ope

rato

r ac

tions

to m

itiga

te a

n LT

OP

eve

nt a

re r

equi

red.

…”

4. S

econ

d pa

rt Q

sta

tem

ent d

istr

acto

rs o

f 25

min

ute

s ar

e no

n pl

ausi

ble.

The

pro

vide

d re

fere

nce

for

Q8

6 is

TS

3.4

.12,

whi

ch c

lear

ly s

tate

s in

LC

O 3

.4.1

2.b.

that

10

min

ute

s is

th

e co

rrec

t tim

e.

The

refo

re, t

he

corr

ect a

nsw

er

is p

rovi

ded

as a

dir

ect l

ook-

up a

nd t

he

25 m

inut

e di

stra

ctor

s ar

e no

t pl

ausi

ble.

Q

is U

due

to d

irec

t loo

k-up

of c

orre

ct a

nsw

er

in th

e pr

ovid

ed r

efe

renc

es to

ano

ther

Q,

whi

ch a

lso

mak

es

mul

tiple

dis

trac

tors

non

pla

usib

le.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

the

seco

nd p

art

Q w

ith a

ne

w q

uest

ion,

alo

ng w

ith m

odify

ing

the

first

par

t Q

. N

ew

Q a

ppea

rs r

ead

y to

adm

inis

ter

at th

is ti

me.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

B

ased

on

final

faci

lity

licen

see

valid

atio

ns, f

aci

lity

reco

mm

ende

d ed

itoria

l cha

nges

to th

e fir

st p

art Q

sta

tem

ent t

o m

ake

the

Q s

tate

men

t m

ore

clea

r. N

RC

con

curr

ed w

ith t

he

faci

lity

reco

mm

end

atio

ns.

Q a

s m

odifi

ed is

stil

l rea

dy

to a

dmin

iste

r at

this

tim

e.

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M 1

2/02

/201

4

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77

H

2

X

Y

N

N

U

K

/A 0

27A

A2.

18

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q d

oes

not m

eet t

he K

/A o

n S

RO

-onl

y le

vel.

The

firs

t pa

rt Q

can

be

dete

rmin

ed v

ia R

O-le

vel s

yste

ms

know

ledg

e (

wh

ethe

r th

e sp

ray

valv

e is

ope

ratin

g as

de

sign

ed o

r no

t).

Sec

ond

part

Q is

test

ing

know

led

ge o

f SL

base

s th

at d

oes

not r

ela

te

to th

e K

/A s

tate

men

t of d

ete

rmin

ing

oper

abili

ty o

f th

e pr

essu

rizer

pre

ssur

e co

ntro

l sy

stem

cha

nne

l. 2.

Sec

ond

part

Q d

istr

acto

rs a

re n

ot p

laus

ible

. It

is R

O le

vel k

now

ledg

e (a

bove

-the

-lin

e)

to k

now

that

the

RC

S P

ress

ure

Saf

ety

Lim

it is

app

licab

le in

MO

DE

5—

whe

the

r or

no

t R

CP

s ar

e ru

nnin

g, P

ZR

is s

olid

, etc

. If

no R

CP

s ar

e ru

nnin

g, it

is c

omm

on k

now

ledg

e th

at th

e sp

ray

valv

e w

ill b

e in

effe

ctiv

e at

miti

gatin

g an

ove

rpre

ssur

e tr

ansi

ent;

ther

efor

e,

it is

not

pla

usib

le th

at it

wou

ld b

e cr

edite

d in

des

ign-

spac

e, a

ccid

ent a

naly

sis

as th

e ba

sis

of s

afet

y lim

its in

TS

. Q

is U

due

to n

ot m

eetin

g th

e K

/A a

t SR

O le

vel,

and

due

to m

ultip

le n

on p

laus

ible

di

stra

ctor

s.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

pro

pose

d a

ne

w Q

to m

eet t

his

K/A

. N

ew

Q m

eets

K/A

on

SR

O le

vel

base

d on

sea

t lea

kage

pas

t PO

RV

con

side

red

as th

e m

alfu

nctio

n, a

nd d

eter

min

atio

n of

P

OR

V o

pera

ble

or n

ot is

con

sist

ent

with

det

erm

ina

tion

of o

pera

ble

PZ

R p

ress

ure

cont

rol

chan

nel.

Q a

s pr

opos

ed a

ppea

rs r

ead

y to

adm

inis

ter

at th

is ti

me.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

78

H

2

X

Y

N

N

U

K

/A 0

38E

A2.

10

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q d

oes

not m

eet t

he K

/A o

n th

e S

RO

-on

ly le

vel.

The

firs

t par

t Q

, w

hich

can

be

link

ed to

the

K/A

, is

answ

erab

le o

n th

e R

O le

vel b

ased

on

EO

P E

nclo

sure

5.5

. T

he

prov

ided

SR

O ju

stifi

catio

n st

atem

ent i

s lin

ked

to th

e se

cond

par

t Q

, bu

t the

sec

ond

par

t Q

sta

tem

ent i

s n

ot li

nked

to th

e K

/A, i

n th

at n

o kn

ow

ledg

e of

flo

wpa

th is

req

uire

d to

an

swe

r th

e Q

. 2.

Firs

t par

t dis

trac

tors

are

not

pla

usib

le.

With

the

reac

tor

at 9

0% p

ower

, it i

s no

t pl

ausi

ble

that

ope

rato

rs w

oul

d no

t us

e al

l ava

ilabl

e m

eans

to m

aint

ain

pres

suriz

er le

vel.

Q is

U d

ue to

not

mee

ting

the

K/A

at t

he S

RO

leve

l, an

d du

e to

mul

tiple

non

pla

usib

le

dist

ract

ors.

N

ew

K/A

pro

vide

d 03

8EA

2.17

, fac

ility

pro

vide

d ne

w Q

to m

eet

this

K/A

. N

RC

req

uest

ed

mod

ifica

tions

to th

is n

ew Q

to e

nsur

e S

RO

onl

y cr

iteria

of p

roce

dure

sel

ectio

n m

et.

Ne

w

Q n

ow

app

ears

to m

eet K

/A o

n S

RO

leve

l and

is r

ead

y to

adm

inis

ter.

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KM

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79

H

3 X

X

Y

Y

B

E

K/A

057

AG

2.2.

36

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O-o

nly

leve

l. 2.

For

the

Q s

tate

men

t und

er

“cur

rent

con

ditio

ns,”

add

a s

light

edi

toria

l mod

ifica

tion

as

follo

ws:

“1D

IC in

vert

er w

ork

is c

ompl

eted

and

it is

rea

dy

to b

e al

ign

ed to

1K

VIC

, but

no

elec

tric

al r

e-al

ignm

ents

hav

e be

en m

ade.

” 3.

We

also

nee

d to

add

a q

uest

ion

stat

emen

t as

follo

ws:

“B

ased

on

the

curr

ent

cond

ition

s, w

hich

ON

E o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

com

plet

es t

he s

tate

men

ts a

bov

e?”

4. P

leas

e ch

ange

all

answ

ers/

dis

trac

tors

to a

ll ca

ps “

OP

ER

AB

LE”/

”IN

OP

ER

AB

LE”

for

cons

iste

ncy

thro

ugho

ut th

e e

xam

. Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty m

odifi

ed Q

as

requ

este

d b

y N

RC

. Q

app

ears

rea

dy

to a

dmin

iste

r at

this

tim

e.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

80

H

2 X

Y

Y

N

E

K

/A 0

65A

G2.

4.8

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

=S

RO

-onl

y le

vel.

2. I

s th

ere

anyt

hing

spe

cial

abo

ut th

e sp

ecifi

c va

lue

1437

psi

g? C

an th

e op

erat

ors

even

di

ffere

ntia

te th

is c

lose

ly o

n th

e in

stal

led

inst

rum

enta

tion?

If n

eede

d to

ens

ure

an

auto

mat

ic E

S a

ctua

tion,

wou

ld it

be

bette

r to

just

sa

y, fo

r in

stan

ce “

140

0 ps

ig?”

3. F

irst p

art

Q s

tate

men

t, w

e n

eed

to te

st r

equi

rem

ents

and

not

wha

t som

eone

(S

RO

) “w

ill d

o.”

Rec

omm

end

chan

ging

“…

the

Pro

cedu

re D

irect

or w

ill d

irect

that

AP

/22

be

perf

orm

ed in

par

alle

l….”

to “

…th

e P

roce

dure

Dire

ctor

can

dire

ct th

at A

P/2

2 be

pe

rfor

med

in p

aral

lel …

.”

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

mod

ified

Q a

s re

ques

ted

by

NR

C.

Q a

ppea

rs r

ead

y to

adm

inis

ter

at th

is ti

me.

M

KM

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81

H

2 X

X

Y

Y

N

E

K/A

077

AA

2.03

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

=S

RO

onl

y w

ith b

ene

fit o

f dou

bt g

iven

and

cha

nges

rec

omm

ende

d be

low

. D

iscu

ssio

n is

as

follo

ws:

Kno

wle

dge

of w

hen

ma

nua

l rea

ctor

trip

is r

equi

red

is R

O-le

vel

know

ledg

e.

With

the

reco

mm

end

atio

ns b

elow

, SR

O o

nly

is b

ette

r m

et d

ue to

pro

cedu

re

sele

ctio

n. T

he b

est w

ay

to te

st p

roce

dure

sel

ectio

n is

to w

rite

the

Q s

tate

men

t suc

h th

at

the

answ

er c

hoic

es a

re th

e p

roce

dure

des

igna

tor

and

title

. 2.

Firs

t par

t Q

dis

trac

tor:

I b

elie

ve fr

om lo

okin

g at

the

gen

erat

or c

apa

bilit

y cu

rve

in

AP

/34

that

the

lead

ing

MV

AR

lim

it sh

ould

be

425,

not

475

—i.e

., 4

75 is

not

pla

usib

le.

Ben

efit

of d

oubt

giv

en h

ere

beca

use

it m

ay h

ave

bee

n a

typo

and

due

to e

ase

of

corr

ectio

n. N

eed

to c

hang

e C

(1)

and

D(1

) to

425

. 3.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

is to

re-

writ

e th

e se

cond

par

t Q

as

follo

ws:

“I

f op

erat

ion

in th

e ac

cept

able

reg

ion

of th

e G

ener

ator

Cap

abili

ty C

urve

can

not b

e m

aint

aine

d, th

e N

EX

T

requ

ired

pro

cedu

re tr

ansi

tion

is to

Initi

ate

___(

2)_

__

whi

le c

ontin

uing

with

AP

/34.

” T

hen

answ

er

choi

ce A

(2)

and

C(2

) be

com

es “

Uni

t 1 E

OP

” an

d B

(2)

and

D(2

) be

com

es “

AP

/1

(Uni

t Run

back

)”

4. O

cone

e pl

ease

che

ck to

see

if th

ese

reco

mm

enda

tions

are

acc

epta

ble

and

tech

nica

lly c

orre

ct.

If no

t w

e m

ay

need

to c

hang

e ou

t the

K/A

or

try

anot

her

app

roac

h to

th

e Q

. Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed Q

as

requ

este

d b

y N

RC

. Q

as

mod

ified

app

ears

rea

dy

to

adm

inis

ter

at th

is ti

me.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

82

H

3 X

X

Y

Y

B

E

K/A

003

AG

2.1.

7

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O o

nly.

2.

Rec

omm

end

slig

ht e

dito

rial m

odifi

catio

ns to

sec

ond

part

Q s

tate

men

t and

sec

ond

pa

rt d

istr

acto

rs a

s fo

llow

s, fo

r pa

ralle

lism

and

to r

edu

ce th

e du

plic

atio

n/re

adin

g bu

rden

: “2

) a

cons

eque

nce

of o

pera

ting

the

unit

unde

r th

e c

ondi

tions

des

crib

ed a

bove

is th

at

____

_(2

)___

__ c

ould

be

exce

ede

d.

A. 2

. al

low

able

The

rmal

Po

wer

lim

its o

f Tec

h S

pec

3.4.

4 (R

CS

Loo

ps M

OD

ES

1 a

nd

2)

B. 2

. Li

near

He

at R

ate

limits

C

. 2.

allo

wab

le T

herm

al P

ow

er li

mits

of T

ech

Spe

c 3.

4.4

(RC

S L

oops

MO

DE

S 1

an

d 2)

D

. 2.

Dep

art

ure

from

Nuc

leat

e B

oilin

g R

atio

(D

NB

R)

limits

” Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time

Fac

ility

Lic

ense

e pr

opos

ed n

ew

sec

ond

part

Q b

ase

d on

ove

rlap

con

cern

s w

ith R

O Q

19

on th

is e

xam

. R

e-w

orde

d se

cond

par

t Q

to e

nsur

e th

e va

lues

exa

ctly

mat

ch th

e C

OLR

in

form

atio

n th

at w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed a

s a

refe

renc

e to

this

Q.

Q n

ow

app

ears

rea

dy

to

adm

inis

ter

on th

e e

xam

. M

KM

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83

H

2 X

X

Y

Y

B

E

K/A

BW

14E

A2.

1 1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

=S

RO

onl

y.

2. I

thin

k w

e n

eed

to a

dd a

noth

er d

ata

poin

t und

er

time=

0530

to g

ive

SG

leve

ls in

the

1B S

G, b

ecau

se t

he S

GT

R ta

b (f

or

inst

ance

at s

tep

228)

re

quire

s th

e no

n-af

fect

ed S

G

to b

e ca

pabl

e of

ste

amin

g. R

ecom

men

d si

mpl

y st

atin

g so

met

hing

like

: “1B

SG

leve

l =

60 in

ches

XS

UR

sta

ble.

” O

cone

e pl

ease

ver

ify th

is is

tech

nica

lly v

alid

and

sub

stitu

te

bette

r va

lue

if ne

eded

. 3.

Firs

t par

t Q

sta

tem

ent “

… to

re

duce

1A

SG

leve

l” is

slig

ht te

achi

ng in

ste

m.

Rec

omm

end

edito

rial c

hang

es to

Q s

tate

men

ts a

nd

dist

ract

ors

as fo

llow

s:

“In

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e S

GT

R ta

b:

1) B

ased

on

the

cond

ition

s at

050

0, o

pera

tors

___

(1)_

__ r

equi

red

to p

erfo

rm E

nclo

sure

5.

22 (

SG

Blo

wdo

wn

).

2) B

ased

on

the

cond

ition

s at

053

0, o

pera

tors

are

req

uire

d to

__

_(2)

___

stea

min

g th

e

1A S

G.

Whi

ch O

NE

of t

he

follo

win

g co

mpl

etes

the

stat

eme

nts

abov

e?

A. (

1) a

re N

OT

(2)

con

tinue

B

. (1

) a

re N

OT

(2)

sto

p

C.

(1)

are

(2)

con

tinue

D

. (1

) a

re

(

2) s

top

” Q

is E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed th

e Q

as

requ

este

d b

y th

e N

RC

. Q

is n

ow

rea

dy

to a

dmin

iste

r on

the

exa

m.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

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84

H

2 X

X

X

Y

Y

N

E

K

/A 0

24A

A2.

06

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O o

nly.

2.

Cog

nitiv

e le

vel:

this

Q r

equi

res

anal

ysis

of p

lant

con

ditio

ns,

use

of g

raph

s an

d ot

her

refe

renc

e m

ater

ials

, and

app

licat

ion

of T

S.

Bel

ieve

this

is a

hig

her

cog

ques

tion,

not

m

emor

y-le

vel.

3. S

tem

focu

s ed

itoria

l cha

nges

: (1)

und

o a

ll ca

ps “

ST

AB

LE”

for

curr

ent c

ondi

tions

Rx

pow

er.

(2)

reco

mm

end

writ

e G

r 7

cont

rol r

ods

in c

urre

nt c

ondi

tions

sam

e as

in in

itial

co

nditi

ons.

(3)

all

caps

INO

PE

RA

BLE

4.

Do

we

nee

d to

add

RC

P s

tatu

s ba

sed

on C

OL

R g

raph

s? O

r, is

it im

poss

ible

to b

e at

80

% p

ow

er a

nd

stab

le w

ith 3

RC

PS

run

ning

?

5. U

nsur

e ab

out

the

logi

c of

the

Q.

If ro

ds a

re a

t 40%

with

dra

wn

at 0

500,

then

the

y cr

osse

d in

to th

e un

acce

ptab

le r

egio

n of

the

curv

es s

ome

time

ago,

and

wou

ldn’

t tha

t (u

nkno

wn

to t

he a

pplic

ant)

tim

e be

the

star

t of t

he

cloc

k of

whe

n M

OD

E 3

en

try

is

requ

ired?

6.

Mai

n pr

oble

m w

ith th

is Q

is th

at t

he 2

nd p

art o

f the

Q g

ives

aw

ay

the

1st p

art a

nsw

er,

beca

use

the

refe

renc

e is

giv

en a

nd it

is a

logi

cal “

true

” th

at y

ou a

re in

TS

3.2

.1 c

ondi

tion

B, w

hich

re

quire

s bo

ratio

n to

be

initi

ated

with

in 1

5 m

inut

es.

The

refo

re, d

istr

acto

rs C

(1)

and

D(1

) ar

e n

ot p

laus

ible

. Q

as

subm

itted

is U

due

to m

ultip

le n

on p

laus

ible

dis

trac

tors

. C

onsi

der

the

follo

win

g re

com

men

datio

n, O

cone

e p

leas

e ch

eck

if it

is te

chni

cally

val

id:

“Giv

en th

e fo

llow

ing

Uni

t 1 c

ondi

tions

: In

itial

con

ditio

ns:

-

Tim

e =

040

0

-

Rea

ctor

Po

wer

= 8

0% s

tabl

e

-

Con

trol

Rod

s G

rou

p 7

= 8

3%

with

dra

wn

-G

roup

7 R

od 3

will

not

mov

e an

d is

dec

lare

d IN

OP

ER

AB

LE

Cur

rent

con

ditio

ns:

-

Tim

e =

050

0

-

Rea

ctor

Po

wer

= 8

0% s

tabl

e

-

Con

trol

Rod

s G

rou

p 7

= 6

1%

with

dra

wn

In

acc

orda

nce

with

Tec

h S

pec

3.2

.1 (

Reg

ulat

ing

Rod

Pos

ition

Lim

its),

if th

e ab

ove

cond

ition

s do

not

cha

nge

the

reac

tor

is r

equi

red

to b

e in

MO

DE

3 n

ot l

ater

than

__

____

_.

Whi

ch O

NE

of t

he

follo

win

g co

mpl

etes

the

stat

eme

nt a

bove

?

RE

FE

RE

NC

E P

RO

VID

ED

A

. 16

00

B.

1700

C

. 18

00

D.

1900

” F

acili

ty li

cens

ee p

rovi

ded

inpu

t to

the

NR

C th

at a

llevi

ated

the

conc

ern

over

pro

vidi

ng t

he

info

rmat

ion

with

the

refe

renc

e. F

aci

lity

licen

see

also

acc

epte

d pr

opos

ed m

odifi

catio

ns

as g

iven

on

this

pag

e. Q

is n

ow

eva

luat

ed a

s an

“E

” or

enh

ance

me

nt in

stea

d of

a U

. Q

no

w a

ppea

rs r

ead

y to

adm

inis

ter

on th

e e

xam

. M

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85

H

3

Y

Y

N

S

K/A

BW

A05

G2.

4.4

6 1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

=S

RO

onl

y.

2. T

his

was

sub

mitt

ed a

s on

e of

the

initi

al/p

relim

inar

y Q

s.

Q a

ppe

ars

S a

t thi

s tim

e.

Q a

ppe

ars

read

y to

adm

inis

ter

on t

he e

xam

. M

KM

11/

17/2

014

86

H

2 X

X

X

Y

Y

M

E

K

/A 0

05A

2.02

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

=S

RO

onl

y.

2. T

his

Q h

as b

een

hea

vily

mod

ified

from

its

‘ped

igre

e’ o

f Q8

6 on

the

Mar

ch 2

008

exa

m

and

shou

ld b

e cr

edite

d as

a “

mod

ified

” qu

estio

n in

stea

d of

a “

bank

” qu

estio

n.

3. T

he p

rovi

ded

refe

renc

e gi

ves

aw

ay

too

man

y cl

ues

to th

e co

rrec

t ans

we

r to

mak

e th

e di

stra

ctor

of L

CO

3.0

.3 p

laus

ible

—fo

r e

xam

ple,

the

SR

sta

tem

ents

for

SR

3.4

.12.

3 a

nd

SR

3.4

.12.

6 es

sent

ially

tell

the

appl

ican

t tha

t pre

ssur

izer

leve

l is

one

of th

e ad

min

istr

ativ

e co

ntro

ls; t

here

fore

, en

try

into

LC

O 3

.4.1

2 C

ondi

tion

F is

an

obvi

ous

dete

rmin

atio

n.

4. I

bel

ieve

oth

er in

form

atio

n is

re

quire

d in

the

ste

m to

giv

e ap

plic

ants

a b

ette

r pi

ctu

re o

f pl

ant c

ondi

tions

—fo

r e

xam

ple,

whe

ther

or

not

ven

t pat

hs a

re o

pen,

CF

T s

tatu

s, e

tc.

5. T

he “

orig

inal

” Q

86 o

n th

e M

arch

200

8 e

xam

loo

ks li

ke a

sat

Q to

me.

Q

as

subm

itted

is U

due

to m

ultip

le n

on p

laus

ible

dis

trac

tors

bas

ed o

n th

e pr

ovid

ed

refe

renc

e m

ater

ial.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

Q b

y us

ing

the

bank

Q f

rom

the

2008

exa

m a

s re

com

men

ded

by

the

NR

C.

Th

e ne

w o

ld Q

from

the

bank

is r

ead

y to

be

adm

inis

tere

d on

the

exa

m.

Bas

ed o

n ea

se o

f cor

rect

ion

by

usin

g th

e ba

nk Q

this

Q is

now

con

side

red

to b

e an

E o

r E

nhan

cem

ent i

nst

ead

of a

U fo

r e

xam

qua

lity

purp

oses

. M

KM

11/

17/2

014

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87

H

2

X

X

Y

Y

N

U

K/A

012

A2.

05

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O o

nly.

2.

The

sec

ond

par

t Q g

ives

aw

ay

the

answ

er to

the

first

par

t Q in

the

follo

win

g m

ann

er:

it is

sta

ted

as a

logi

cal t

ruth

that

TS

3.3

.1 r

equi

res

CR

D tr

ip b

reak

ers

to b

e op

en a

t so

me

poin

t of t

ime

in th

e ‘fu

ture

.’ T

here

fore

, log

ical

ly it

is im

poss

ible

that

an

auto

mat

ic R

x tr

ip

has

occu

rred

bec

ause

TS

3.3

.1 w

ould

not

app

ly in

the

‘fut

ure.

’ T

his

mak

es A

(1)

and

B(1

) no

n pl

ausi

ble.

3.

The

pro

vide

d re

fere

nce

of T

able

3.3

.1-1

giv

es a

wa

y fa

r to

o m

uch

info

rmat

ion.

A

lthou

gh n

ot th

e m

ost d

esira

ble

optio

n, if

we

wan

t to

con

tinue

to u

se a

que

stio

n re

late

d to

this

spe

cific

atio

n w

e w

ill n

eed

to r

edac

t nea

rly

eve

ry b

it of

info

rmat

ion

on th

e T

abl

e ex

cept

line

6 a

nd th

e N

otes

(a

), (

b),

and

(c)

at t

he e

nd o

f the

Tab

le.

If th

is is

un

acce

ptab

le d

ue

to o

pera

tion

al v

alid

ity c

once

rns,

we

ma

y ne

ed to

dis

cuss

ano

ther

op

tion

to m

eet t

his

K/A

topi

c. L

et’s

dis

cuss

dur

ing

revi

ew.

Q a

s su

bmitt

ed is

U d

ue to

mul

tiple

non

pla

usib

le d

istr

acto

rs.

Con

side

r th

e fo

llow

ing

reco

mm

enda

tion,

giv

e th

e e

xact

sam

e in

form

atio

n a

bove

the

Q

stat

emen

t: “B

ased

on

the

give

n co

nditi

ons

at 0

830,

the

plan

t op

erat

ors

are

__

____

____

___

__ .

W

hich

ON

E o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

com

plet

es th

e st

atem

ent

abo

ve?

R

EF

ER

EN

CE

PR

OV

IDE

D

A.

NO

T r

equi

red

to e

nter

an

y C

ON

DIT

ION

sta

tem

ent o

f LC

O 3

.3.1

; th

e re

acto

r ha

s au

tom

atic

ally

trip

ped

and

LCO

3.3

.1 n

o lo

nger

app

lies.

B

. re

quire

d to

en

ter/

have

ent

ere

d C

ON

DIT

ION

A o

f LC

O 3

.3.1

ON

LY

.

C.

requ

ired

to e

nter

/hav

e en

tere

d C

ON

DIT

ION

s B

and

C o

f LC

O 3

.3.1

ON

LY

.

D.

requ

ired

to e

nter

/hav

e en

tere

d C

ON

DIT

ION

s A

, B, a

nd C

of L

CO

3.3

.1.”

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed th

e Q

as

reco

mm

ende

d ab

ove

by

the

NR

C a

nd w

ill p

rovi

de a

re

dact

ed v

ersi

on o

f the

tabl

e in

the

TS

in o

rde

r to

not

giv

e aw

ay

ext

rane

ous

info

rmat

ion

to o

ther

qu

estio

ns o

n th

e ex

am.

As

mod

ified

the

Q n

ow

app

ears

rea

dy

to a

dmin

iste

r on

th

e ex

am.

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/201

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88

H

2

X

X

Y

Y

N

E

K/A

013

G2.

2.22

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

=S

RO

onl

y.

2. T

here

is s

ome

over

lap

betw

een

Q87

and

this

Q b

ased

on

both

Q d

ealin

g w

ith R

B

high

pre

ssur

e ch

anne

ls a

nd th

eir

asso

ciat

ed T

S.

3. B

ased

on

the

four

ans

we

r ch

oice

s, it

is a

logi

cal “

true

” th

at e

ntry

into

CO

ND

ITIO

N A

is

req

uire

d; th

ere

fore

it is

not

nee

ded

. R

ecom

men

d th

e fo

llow

ing

slig

ht m

odifi

catio

n to

th

e se

cond

par

t Q

sta

tem

ent:

“2

) B

ased

on

the

give

n co

nditi

ons,

ope

rato

rs _

__(2

)___

req

uire

d to

ent

er T

ech

Spe

c 3.

3.5

(ES

PS

Inp

ut In

stru

men

tatio

n) C

ON

DIT

ION

B.

The

n an

swe

r ch

oic

es b

ecom

e ar

e/ar

e N

OT

.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

the

Q a

s re

ques

ted

by

the

NR

C.

Q n

ow

app

ears

rea

dy

to

adm

inis

ter

on th

e e

xam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

89

H

3

X

X

Y

Y

N

E

K/A

026

A2.

04

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O o

nly.

2.

Bel

ieve

ref

ere

nce

is r

equi

red

for

this

Q—

othe

rwis

e ar

e re

quiri

ng t

he a

pplic

ant t

o kn

ow w

heth

er

or n

ot th

e T

S h

as u

nlim

ited

actio

n st

atem

ents

from

mem

ory?

Don

’t be

lieve

this

wou

ld b

e op

erat

iona

lly v

alid

. R

efer

ence

sho

uld

be T

S 3

.6.5

. H

ow

ever

, th

is

reco

mm

enda

tion

mak

es th

e fir

st p

art Q

som

ethi

ng li

ke a

dire

ct lo

ok-u

p. L

et’s

dis

cuss

du

ring

revi

ew

to d

eter

min

e th

e b

est

pat

h fo

rwa

rd.

Ano

ther

poi

nt o

f di

scus

sion

sho

uld

be

wh

ethe

r or

not

we

shou

ld p

ut th

e Q

in U

nit 2

inst

ead

of U

nit 1

bas

ed o

n th

e N

OT

E in

the

LC

O.

3. D

elet

e th

e ph

rase

“W

hen

Tec

h S

pec

3.6.

5 LC

O is

NO

T m

et”

fro

m s

econ

d pa

rt Q

and

si

mpl

y as

k w

heth

er o

r no

t MO

DE

2 e

ntry

is a

llow

ed

give

n th

e pl

ant

cond

ition

s.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e bu

t ma

y ne

ed fu

rth

er s

ubst

antia

l mod

ifica

tion

base

d up

on

dis

cuss

ion

with

fa

cilit

y lic

en

see

. F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed th

e Q

to c

hang

e it

from

Uni

t 2 to

Uni

t 1 b

ase

d on

NR

C

reco

mm

enda

tion

. T

here

is a

NO

TE

abo

ve th

e lin

e in

TS

3.6

.5 th

at s

tate

s th

at L

CO

3.0

.4

does

not

app

ly f

or

Uni

t 2, a

nd t

he f

acili

ty c

onfir

med

tha

t thi

s kn

owle

dge

was

op

erat

iona

lly v

alid

with

out

a r

efer

ence

for

SR

Os.

Q

no

w a

ppea

rs r

ead

y to

adm

inis

ter

on

the

exam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

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90

H

4

Y

Y

N

S

K/A

103

G2.

4.50

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

=S

RO

onl

y.

2. T

his

was

sub

mitt

ed a

s on

e of

the

initi

al/p

relim

inar

y Q

s.

Q a

ppe

ars

S a

t thi

s tim

e.

Q is

rea

dy

to a

dm

inis

ter

on th

e e

xam

inat

ion.

M

KM

11/

17/2

014

91

H

2

X

X

Y

Y

N

E

K/A

015

A2.

01

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O o

nly.

2.

Firs

t par

t Q

is o

nly

aski

ng R

PS

cha

nnel

for

1NI-

3—

reco

mm

end

slig

ht m

od to

Q

stat

emen

t so

that

this

is o

nly

thin

g be

ing

aske

d (o

ther

wis

e te

achi

ng in

ste

m w

ith n

o re

al

reas

on fo

r it)

. 3.

The

re is

som

e ov

erla

p w

ith th

is Q

and

Q89

. A

lso,

let’s

eva

luat

e du

ring

revi

ew

to

ensu

re w

e do

not

nee

d a

refe

renc

e w

ith t

his

Q; i

t ma

y be

o.k

. du

e to

the

lang

uage

in t

he

1-ho

ur T

S a

ctio

n st

atem

ents

that

are

req

uire

d to

be

com

mitt

ed to

mem

ory.

Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee v

erifi

ed th

at th

e Q

is o

pera

tiona

lly v

alid

for

SR

O a

pplic

ants

to k

now

from

m

emor

y th

e m

odes

of a

pplic

abili

ty.

The

faci

lity

and

the

NR

C a

gree

d th

at th

e ov

erla

p is

sue

was

not

a c

once

rn b

ased

up

on d

iffer

ent

reas

ons

for

chan

ging

MO

DE

s—LC

O 3

.0.4

vs

. exi

ting

the

cond

ition

s of

app

licab

ility

. Q

as

mo

difie

d ap

pear

s re

ady

to a

dmin

iste

r on

th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

92

H

3

Y

Y

M

S

K/A

034

K6.

01

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O o

nly.

2.

Thi

s Q

has

un

derg

one

som

e si

gnifi

cant

mod

ifica

tions

from

the

ped

igre

e Q

, I w

ould

cl

assi

fy it

as

Mod

ified

inst

ead

of B

ank.

Q

app

ear

s S

at t

his

time.

Q

app

ear

s re

ady

to a

dmin

iste

r on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

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93

H

2

X

X

Y

N

N

U

K/A

056

G2.

1.23

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

doe

s no

t mee

t SR

O o

nly

beca

use

first

par

t Q

is R

O le

vel k

now

ledg

e a

nd

seco

nd p

art Q

do

es n

ot in

volv

e pr

oced

ure

sele

ctio

n.

2. L

ogic

al s

ubse

t is

sue—

all s

econ

d pa

rt d

istr

acto

rs a

re lo

gica

lly c

orr

ect.

Q

is U

due

to m

ulti

ple

corr

ect a

nsw

ers

/non

pla

usib

le.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

pro

pose

d en

tirel

y ne

w Q

. N

ew

Q m

eets

the

K/A

on

the

SR

O le

vel a

nd

appe

ars

read

y to

adm

inis

ter

on th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

94

F

3 X

Y

Y

N

E

K

/A G

2.1.

29

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O o

nly.

2.

Rec

omm

end

that

we

need

to s

pell

out t

he a

cron

ym “

WO

TA

” fo

r cl

arity

. Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

odifi

ed Q

bas

ed

on N

RC

re

com

men

datio

n, Q

no

w a

ppea

rs r

ead

y to

ad

min

iste

r on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

M 1

1/17

/201

4

95

H

4

X

Y

N

N

E

K

/A G

2.1.

43

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O o

nly.

2.

Sec

ond

part

Q s

tate

men

t: u

se o

f phr

ase

“low

est

RC

S te

mpe

ratu

re a

llow

ed p

rior

to

perf

orm

ing.

.” w

as

conf

usin

g. W

hy n

ot ju

st a

sk “

wha

t is

cool

dow

n pl

atea

u?”

whi

ch is

per

th

e S

GT

R ta

b no

men

clat

ure.

3.

Ope

ratio

nal v

alid

ity/m

inut

ia:

diffe

rent

iatio

n be

twee

n 24

0 an

d 45

0 d

egre

es is

bur

ied

deep

in th

e S

GT

R p

roce

dure

in a

tab

le, w

ill n

eed

a v

erifi

catio

n st

atem

ent f

rom

O

pera

tions

rep

rese

ntat

ive

that

this

is r

equi

red

know

ledg

e of

a S

RO

at O

cone

e a

nd n

ot

min

utia

, oth

erw

ise

I am

not

sur

e if

we

are

not

test

ing

a se

tpoi

nt a

t a h

ighe

r le

vel o

f di

fficu

lty th

an is

allo

wed

. Q

ma

y b

e o.

k. if

Ops

cer

tifie

s th

at th

is is

req

uire

d S

RO

kn

owle

dge

. Is

ther

e a

lear

ning

ob

ject

ive

for

this

? Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee v

erifi

ed th

at c

oold

ow

n pl

atea

u te

mpe

ratu

res

wer

e o

pera

tiona

lly v

alid

in

form

atio

n to

ask

SR

O a

pplic

ants

with

out a

ref

ere

nce,

and

men

tion

ed th

at th

ere

was

a

lear

ning

obj

ectiv

e fo

r th

is to

pic.

Fac

ility

lice

nsee

mod

ified

Q a

s re

ques

ted

abov

e, Q

now

ap

pear

s re

ady

to a

dmin

iste

r on

the

exam

inat

ion.

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96

F

2 X

Y

Y

M

E

K

/A G

2.2.

2

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O o

nly.

2.

Thi

s Q

has

be

en m

odifi

ed fr

om th

e ba

nk q

uest

ion

that

was

pro

vid

ed o

n th

e 20

10A

S

RO

exa

m, b

elie

ve th

at s

ome

info

rmat

ion

prov

ided

in th

at Q

is n

eed

ed fo

r pl

ausi

bilit

y (s

uch

as R

x po

wer

leve

l). T

here

is a

lso

som

e ov

erla

p be

twee

n th

is Q

and

Q84

, al

thou

gh I

belie

ve th

ere

is e

noug

h di

ffere

ntia

tion

for

it to

be

o.k.

3.

Rec

omm

end

mod

ifica

tions

to th

e Q

ste

m a

nd

Q s

tate

men

ts a

s fo

llow

s:

“Uni

t 1 p

lant

con

ditio

ns:

-

Rea

ctor

Po

we

r =

80

%

-

SR

O d

ete

rmin

es th

at r

ods

are

posi

tione

d in

the

Una

ccep

tabl

e re

gion

of t

he r

od

curv

es in

the

CO

LR

Tec

h S

pec

3.2.

1 (R

egul

atin

g R

od

Pos

ition

Lim

its)

base

s st

ates

that

bor

atio

n is

req

uire

d to

be

initi

ated

fro

m th

e __

_(1

)___

; an

d al

so s

tate

s th

at a

con

sequ

ence

of c

ontin

ued

oper

atio

n un

der

the

se c

ondi

tions

is th

at _

__(2

)___

.”

Ans

we

r ch

oice

s as

sub

mitt

ed.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

97

H

2

X

Y

Y

B

E

K

/A G

2.3.

12

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O o

nly.

2.

Onl

y on

e m

inor

cha

nge

requ

ired

, jus

t all

caps

“O

PE

RA

BLE

” in

dis

trac

tor

“D”

for

cont

inui

ty th

roug

hout

exa

m.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Fac

ility

mad

e m

inor

mod

ifica

tion

as r

eque

sted

. Q

app

ears

re

ady

to b

e ad

min

iste

red

on

the

exam

inat

ion.

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F

2 X

Y

Y

B

E

K

/A G

2.3.

6

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O o

nly.

2.

Ove

rall

logi

cs o

f the

Q a

re o

.k.,

rec

omm

end

defin

ing

the

“GW

D”

acro

nym

bef

ore

the

first

tim

e w

e us

e it

in th

e fir

st b

ulle

t, th

en w

e c

an u

se G

WD

thro

ugho

ut th

e re

st o

f th

e Q

, al

so r

ecom

men

d cu

tting

dow

n on

the

rea

ding

bu

rde

n fo

r th

e se

cond

par

t Q a

s fo

llow

s:

“2)

The

SLC

bas

es fo

r lim

iting

the

Cur

ie c

onte

nt o

f th

e G

WD

tank

s lim

its th

e w

hole

bod

y ex

posu

re o

f an

indi

vidu

al a

t the

nea

rest

exc

lusi

on b

ound

ary

to ≤

___

__(2

)___

__ .”

th

en fo

r yo

ur

answ

er

choi

ces

togg

le b

etw

een

the

rem

aini

ng te

xt.

Q a

ppe

ars

E a

t thi

s tim

e.

Mod

ified

the

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s to

ens

ure

para

llelis

m w

ith th

e st

ate

men

ts in

the

base

s do

cum

ents

. Q

as

mod

ified

app

ears

rea

dy

to a

dmin

iste

r on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

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99

H

3

Y

Y

N

U/E

?K

/A G

2.4

.35

1.

Q=

K/A

, Q

=S

RO

onl

y.

2. T

here

is a

lot o

f ove

rlap

betw

een

this

Q a

nd Q

83;

bot

h Q

s de

al w

ith k

now

ledg

e o

f S

GT

R t

ab p

roce

dure

re

quire

men

ts g

iven

the

cond

ition

s of

a S

GT

R in

the

1A S

G w

ith

over

fill c

once

rns.

Oth

er

Qs

that

dea

l with

pro

cedu

re r

equi

rem

ent

s of

the

SG

TR

tab

incl

ude

Q78

, Q9

5, a

nd Q

100

is a

lso

an E

-pla

n ca

ll ba

sed

in p

art o

n a

SG

TR

. O

ut o

f 25

qu

estio

ns th

is w

oul

d po

tent

ially

mak

e S

GT

R 2

5% o

f the

SR

O e

xam

. I k

now

it is

im

port

ant t

o co

rrec

tly m

itiga

te S

GT

Rs

as a

lice

nsed

SR

O b

ut t

his

seem

s ex

cess

ive.

We

will

like

ly n

eed

to r

epla

ce e

ither

this

Q o

r Q

83, I

wo

uld

reco

mm

end

repl

acin

g th

is Q

be

caus

e it

is a

Tie

r 3

Gen

eric

K/A

– th

ere

is n

o re

aso

n w

hy

we

nee

d to

spe

cific

ally

use

S

GT

R c

asua

lty a

s a

Q b

asis

.

3. Q

wo

uld

be r

ate

d an

E o

n its

ow

n m

erit,

but

I th

ink

we

shou

ld r

epla

ce th

is Q

per

the

disc

ussi

on a

bove

. Q

app

ear

s to

be

E, b

ut w

ill n

eed

to r

epla

ce th

e Q

due

to o

verla

p co

nce

rns

with

Q83

and

ot

hers

alre

ady

on

the

SR

O e

xam

. T

ier

3 G

ener

ic K

/As

can

be ti

ed to

an

y to

pic

and

do

not n

eces

saril

y n

eed

to b

e re

late

d to

SG

TR

. F

acili

ty li

cens

ee p

ropo

sed

com

ple

tely

ne

w Q

bas

ed

on th

e ab

ove

cons

ider

atio

ns.

New

Q

mee

ts K

/A,

wa

s m

odifi

ed d

ue to

NR

C in

put t

o ch

ange

sec

ond

part

dis

trac

tors

for

plau

sibi

lity

conc

ern

s. F

inal

Q a

s m

odi

fied

appe

ars

read

y to

adm

inis

ter

on th

e ex

amin

atio

n.

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100

H

2 X

Y

Y

B

E

K

/A G

2.4.

41

1. Q

=K

/A,

Q=

SR

O o

nly.

2.

Min

or e

dito

rial c

omm

ent—

we

can

rem

ove

the

dou

ble

quot

es fo

r 1A

SG

in th

e fir

st

bulle

t und

er ti

me

= 1

200

and

in th

e th

ird b

ulle

t und

er ti

me

= 1

207

for

cons

iste

ncy

thro

ugho

ut t

he e

xam

. Q

app

ear

s E

at t

his

time.

F

acili

ty li

cens

ee m

ade

min

or c

hang

e as

req

uest

ed.

Q n

ow

app

ears

rea

dy

to a

dmin

iste

r on

the

exa

min

atio

n.

MK

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/201

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