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Discusses 980226 Telcon Between J Dills & T Meadows Re Arrangements for Administration of Licensing Exam 50-298/98-301 During Wk of 980817.Requests Exam Outlines by 980406 & Written Exams & Supporting Ref Matls by 980629

ML20203L767
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	03/04/1998
From:	Pellet J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Horn G NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
References
50-298-98-301, NUDOCS 9803060215
Download: ML20203L767 (6)

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• • • • • March 4,1998 G. R. Hom, Senior Vice President of Energy Supply Nebraska Public Power District 141415th Street Columbus, Nebraska 68601 SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-298/98-301 Dear Mr. Hom in a telephone conversation on February 26,1998, between Mr. J. Dills and Mr. T. Meadows,

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arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Cooper Nuclear Station during the week of August 17,1998.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 8, of NUREG-1021," Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The NRC regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to fumish the examination outlines by April 6,1998, the written examinations and supporting reference materials by May 4, 1998, and the operating tests and the supporting reference materials by June 29,1998. The supporting reference material requests were discussed with your staff and are identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201. Any delay in receiving the required examinations and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled.

In order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, it will be necessary for your sta4 to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402 and to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above, In accordance with ES 302, your staff shou'd retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures, temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the examination results are final.

Appendix E of NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examinations and operating tests are being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024),

and waiver requests (if any) (OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination 9803060215 980304 B PDR ADOCK 05000298 h hlMllll$f[

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a Nebraska Public Power District -2-I date, a postponement may be necessary, Signed applications certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.

This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwonk Reduction Act of 4 1995 (44 U.S.C,3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of -

Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0101, which expires on April 30,2000.

The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> l per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data

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needed, writing the examinations, and completing and review',ng the collection of information.

Send comments on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Managemcnt Branch (T-6 F33),

U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Intemet electronic mail at BJS1@NRC. GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0101), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number,-

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. J. Dills has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter, if you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Tom Meadows at 817-860-8156 or me.

Sincerely, q

John L. Pellet, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safaty Docket No.: 50-298 License No.: DRP-46 cc:

John R. McPhail, General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 499 Columbus, Nebraska 68602-0499 J. H, Swailes, Vice President of Nuclear Energy-Nebraska Public Power District P.O.- Box 98 ,

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