IR 05000313/2013301
| ML120480234 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 02/16/2012 |
| From: | Mark Haire Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Schwartz C Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| 50-313/13-301 | |
| Download: ML120480234 (7) | |
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February 16, 2012
SUBJECT:
ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000313/2013301
Dear Mr. Schwartz:
In a telephone conversation on February 14, 2012, between Messrs. R. Martin, Operations Training Superintendent, and C. Osterholtz, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1, during the week of February 25, 2013.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will prepare the written examinations based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 9, Supplement 1, and NUREG-1122, Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators, Revision 2, Supplement 1. Your staff will be given the opportunity to review the written examinations during the week of September 17, 2012. In addition, your staff will prepare the operating examinations in accordance with NUREG-1021 and NUREG-1122. The NRCs 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 furnish the supporting reference materials, identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 and enclosed with this letter, by March 5, 2012. We request that any personal, Proprietary, Sensitive Unclassified, or Safeguards information in your response be contained in a separate enclosure and appropriately marked. Any delay in receiving the required reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled. In addition, your support for on-site validation of the examinations is required during the week of January 28, 2013.
In order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, it will be necessary for your staff 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 should 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.
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION RE G IO N I V 1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4511 Appendix E to 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 operator and senior 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 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 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by OMB, under approval number 3150-0018, which expires on February 28, 2013. 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 /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, writing the examinations, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of these information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Records and FOIA/Privacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.
The NRC may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the electronic Reading Room page of the NRCs public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. R. Martin has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRCs examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. C. Osterholtz, Chief Examiner, at 817-200-1269, or myself at 817-200-1159.
Sincerely,
/RA/ Steve Garchow for
Mark S. Haire, Chief Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-313 License: DPR-51 Enclosure:
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