C.1 Short-Answer Test Item Examples cont'd

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APPENDIX C

TEST ITEM EXAMPLES

Satisfactory:

Test item:

Procedure AOP-2-1909, 'Inability to Shut Down with Control Rods,' states that when

certain conditions are present, the shift supervisor is required to use the standby

liquid control system to shut down the reactor.

List the four conditions identified in Procedure AOP-2-1909 that must be considered

by the shift supervisor in determining the need to shut down the reactor using the

standby liquid control system. (4 points)

Answer:

(a)

Five (5) or more adjacent control rods are not inserted past the 06 position.

(b)

Thirty (30) or more total control rods are not inserted past the 06 position.

(c)

Reactor pressure vessel level cannot be maintained.

Suppression pool water temperature cannot be maintained below 110EF.

(d)

Unsatisfactory:

Test item:

Procedure AOP-2-1909, 'Inability to Shut down with Control Rods,' states that '...if at

any time, either condition

b(1)

b(2)

exists, and cannot be shut down and,

either

(a.1)

(a.2) , and if it is obvious that within the reactor, in the judgment

of the shift supervisor (or in his absence, a licensed operator), a hazard exists to the

environs, personnel or the plant, use the standby liquid control system per

AOP-2-1400....' (4 points)

(a) List conditions (a.1) and (a.2).

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