GO2-09-115, Voluntary Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2009-11

Voluntary Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2009-11

ML092380149
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	08/19/2009
From:	Oxenford W Energy Northwest
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
GO2-09-115, RIS-09-011
Download: ML092380149 (2)

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W. Scott Oxenford Columbia Generating Station ENERGY P.O. Box 968, PE08 Richland, WA 99352-0968 NORTHWEST Ph. 509.377.4300 1F. 509.377.4150.

soxenford@energy-northwest.com August 19, 2009 G02-09-115 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION, DOCKET NO. 50-397 VOLUNTARY RESPONSE TO REGULATORY ISSUE

SUMMARY

2009-11

Reference:

- NRC Regulatory issue Summary 2009-I1, lated"July 16,2009,'

-6 Preparation an*d Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examrinations"

Dear Sir or Madam:

Please find enclosed the information requested by Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2009-11 referenced above. The information is provided on NRC Form 536.

Specifically, the following information is provided: .

• The number of examinations that Energy Northwest intends to prepare and the number of examinations we will request the NRC to prepare for calendars years 2010 through 2013.

• . The number of initial license applicants to be tested and proposed and

,alternate dates of examination for calendar years 2010 through 2013.

• The estimated number of applicants who plan to take the GFE in calendar years 2010 and 2011.

No new regulatory commitments are made in this letter. If you have any questions, please contact P. M. Taylor, Manager, Operations Training, at (509) 377-8274.

K'espeJctluUly, ý.

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W. S. Oxenford Vice President, Nuclear Generation & Chief Nuclear Officer Enclosure-; NRC Form 536 CC: w/o enclosures R. E. Lantz - NRC RIV E. E. Collins, Jr. - NRC RIV

'NRC Sr. Resident Inspector- 988C N. J. DiFrancesco - NRC NRR R.N. Sheiman - BPA/i1 99 W..Wi

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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 EXAMINATION DATA e-mail to infocollects@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information 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 Energy Northwest Columbia Generating Station IV A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2010 Cy 2011 Cy 2012 Cy 2013 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED 1 1 0 EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED 0 0 0 EXAMINATIONS B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2010 CY 2011 CY 201 2 CY 2 0 13 NUMBER OF REACTOR 8 8 0 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 8 4 0 OPERATORS - INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 3 4 0 OPERATORS - UPGRADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0 OPERATORS - LIMITED PROPOSED 'DATES PRIMARY DATE 04/25/2011 11/12/2012 ALTERNATE DATE 05/09/2011 12/03/2012 C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE CY 2010 CY 2011 PROPOSED NUMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 16 CANDIDATES NRC FORM 536 (10-2008) PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER