BVY 06-089, Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2006-15

Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2006-15

ML063000234
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	09/20/2006
From:	Ted Sullivan Entergy Nuclear Operations
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
BVY 06-089, RIS-06-015
Download: ML063000234 (3)

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Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vermont Yankee Entergy calply P.O. Box 0500 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500 Tel 802 257 5271 September 20, 2006 BVY 06-089 ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

Reference:

(1) NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2006-15, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations."

Subject:

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station License No. DPR-28 (Docket No. 50-271)

Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2006-15 In response to your request for information (Reference 1), Vermont Yankee submits the attached NRC Form 536. Form 536 summarizes our projected site-specific operator licensing examination schedules, as well as the estimated number of applicants planning to take operator licensing examinations and the NRC's generic fundamentals examinations.

There are no new regulatory commitments contained in this submittal.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact our Operations Training Superintendent, Mr. Michael A. Romeo at (802) 258-4197.

Sincerely, Te Af. SV 'iva* 'n Site Vice President Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station

Attachment:

NRC Form 536 cc list: (next page) n1__1_)

BVY 06-089 Docket No. 50-271 Page 2 of 2 cc: Mr. Samuel J. Collins Regional Administrator, Region 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Mr. James J. Shea, Project Manager Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-8C2A Washington, DC 20555 USNRC Resident Inspector Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC P.O. Box 157 Vernon, Vermont 05354 Mr. David O'Brien, Commissioner VT Department of Public Service 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Montpelier, Vermont 05620-2601

NRC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131 EXPIRES: 08/31/2008 (8-2005) Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary information collection request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This information collection is used to plan budgets and resources for operator examinations. Send comments regarding burden OPERATOR LICENSING estimate to the Records and FOIA/Privacy Services Branch (T-5 F53), U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by internet e-mail to infocollects@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information EXAMINATION DATA and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0131), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.

FACILITY NRC REGION Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 07 CY 08 CY 09 CY 10 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED 3 3 3 EXAMINATIONS B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY 07 CY 08 CY 09 CY 10 NUMBER OF REACTOR 8 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 6 6 3 OPERATORS - INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - UPGRADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - LIMITED PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 04/30/2007 09/01/2008 03/22/2010 ALTERNATE DATE 09/08/2008 03/29/2010 C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE CY 07 CY 08 PROPOSED NUMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 12 CANDIDATES

- - . -i NRC FORM 536 (8-2005) PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER