IR 05000397/2007301

NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000397-07-301

ML062760638
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf, Columbia
Issue date:	10/02/2006
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Brian W Entergy Operations
References
IR-07-301
Download: ML062760638 (5)

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October 2, 2006 William R. Brian, Acting Vice President, Operations Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 SUBJECT: GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000397/2007-301 In a telephone conversation on July 24, 2006, between Messrs. Mickey Ellis, Supervisor Operations Training - Simulator, and Steve Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station during the week of March 5, 2007.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the written and operating examinations. Both these activities will be performed in accordance with the guidelines contained in Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors. The NRCs regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered. Your support for the onsite examination validation will be required during the week of February 12, 2007.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outlines by December 20, 2006. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 to ES-201 will be due by January 19, 2007.

Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 55.40(b)(3)), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outlines, examinations, and tests before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials shall be complete and ready-to-use. Any delay in receiving the required examination 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 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.

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 administere Entergy Operations, In 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 (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 June 30, 2009. 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 on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to BJS1@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

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. Ellis 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. Garchow at 817-276-4426, or myself at 817-860-815

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket: 50-416 License: NPF-29

Entergy Operations, In cc:

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway P.O. Box 651 Jackson, MS 39205 Winston & Strawn LLP 1700 K Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006-3817 Jay Barkley, Chief Energy & Transportation Branch Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Division Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 10385 Jackson, MS 39289-0385 President, District 1 Claiborne County Board of Supervisors P.O. Box 339 Port Gibson, MS 39150 General Manager Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 The Honorable Charles C. Foti, Jr.

Attorney General Department of Justice State of Louisiana P.O. Box 94005 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005

Entergy Operations, In Governor Haley Barbour Office of the Governor State of Mississippi P.O. Box 139 Jackson, MS 39205 Jim Hood, Attorney General State of Mississippi P.O. Box 220 Jackson, MS 39225 Dr. Brian W. Amy State Health Officer State Board of Health P.O. Box 1700 Jackson, MS 39215 Robert W. Goff, Program Director Division of Radiological Health Mississippi Dept. of Health P.O. Box 1700 Jackson, MS 39215-1700 Director Nuclear Safety & Licensing Entergy Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213-8298 Director, Nuclear Safety and Regulatory Affairs Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Richard Penrod, Senior Environmental Scientist Office of Environmental Services Northwestern State University Russsell Hall, Room 201 Natchitoches, LA 71497

Entergy Operations, In Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSM1)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

DRS Deputy Director (RJC1)

Senior Resident Inspector (GBM)

Branch Chief, DRP/C (KMK)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/C (WCW)

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