BVY 10-041, Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2010-08

Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2010-08

ML102140398
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	07/27/2010
From:	Wanczyk R Entergy Nuclear Operations
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
BVY 10-041
Download: ML102140398 (3)

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Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vermont Yankee 320 Governor Hunt Road Entergy Vernon, VT 05354 Tel 802 257 7711 Robert J. Wanczyk Manager, Licensing BVY 10-041 July 27, 2010 ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555

Reference:

(1) Letter, NRC to VY, "NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2010-08, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations,"

dated June 28, 2010

Subject:

Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2010-08 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28

Dear Sir or Madam,

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 being made in this submittal.

Should you have any questions concerning this submittal, please contact me at (802) 451-3166.

Sincerely,

[RJW/JTM]

Enclosure:

NRC Form 536 (1 page) cc list: next page I 0005

BVY 10-041, Page 2 of 2 cc: Region 1 Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Mr. Samuel L. Hansell, Chief Operations Branch - Division of Reactor Safety U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Mr. James S. Kim, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0 8 C2A Washington, DC 20555 USNRC Resident Inspector Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee 320 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, Vermont 05354 Mr. David O'Brien, Commissioner VT Department of Public Service 112 StateStreet - Drawer 20 Montpelier, Vermont 05620

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NRC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131 EXPIRES: 10/31/2011 (10-2008) 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. Ifa 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 Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee 1 A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER Cy 2011 Cy 2012 Cy 2013 Cy 2014 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED 0 3 0 3 EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED 0 0 EXAMINATIONS B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2011 CY 2 0 1 2 Cy 2013 CY 20 14 NUMBER OF REACTOR 0 10 0 6 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0 6 0 7

• OPERATORS - INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - UPGRADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0 0 0 0 OPERATORS - LIMITED PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 09/24/2012 09/08/2014 ALTERNATE DATE 10/01/2012 09/15/2014 C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE CY 2011 CY 2012 PROPOSED ________________ ________ ___

NUMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 16 CANDIDATES NRC FORM 536 (10-2008) PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER