IR 05000445/2004301

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination (Examination Report 05000445/2004-301/05000446/2004-301)

ML043380315
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	11/18/2004
From:	Gody A Division of Reactor Safety IV
To:	Blevins M TXU Electric, TXU Energy
References
IR-04-301
Download: ML043380315 (4)

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ber 18, 2004

SUBJECT:

COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION (EXAMINATION REPORT 05000445/2004-301; 05000446/2004-301)

Dear Mr. Blevins:

In a telephone conversation on November 9, 2004, between Messrs. M. E. Murphy, Chief Examiner, and Gary Ellis, Operations Training Supervisor, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at your Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station during the week of March 28, 2005.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC staff will prepare the written examination and your staff will develop the operating examination based on the guidelines in Revision 9, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors."

The operating examination outlines should be submitted by January 10, 2005.

The supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 have already been provided to us for the written examination development effort. The draft operating examination you are developing along with any supporting material are to be provided to us by February 9, 2005. 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.

Additionally, an onsite validation of the examination material will be performed during the week of February 28, 2005. Sufficient staff resources and the simulator should be made available for the examination validation. We understand that the simulator will be available only on a backshift starting at approximately 5 PM.

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.

TXU Energy -2-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 operator license applications (Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and any waiver requests (OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first examination date, or no later than February 22, 2005. Signed applications certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date, or no later than March 11, 2005. If the applications are not received at least 14 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary.

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 the Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018, which expires on June 30, 2006.

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 20555-001, or by Internet electronic mail at 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 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.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter, its enclosures, and your response will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Record (PARS) component of the NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Gary Ellis 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 Mr. M. E. Murphy at 817-860-8152, or me at 817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Anthony T. Gody, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Dockets: 50-445; 50-446 Licenses: NPF-87; NPF-89

TXU Energy -3-cc:

Fred W. Madden Regulatory Affairs Manager TXU Generation Company LP P.O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, TX 76043 George L. Edgar, Esq.

Morgan Lewis 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Terry Parks, Chief Inspector Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Boiler Program P.O. Box 12157 Austin, TX 78711 The Honorable Walter Maynard Somervell County Judge P.O. Box 851 Glen Rose, TX 76043 Richard A. Ratliff, Chief Bureau of Radiation Control Texas Department of Health 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756-3189 Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Director Office of the Governor P.O. Box 12428 Austin, TX 78711-3189 Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78711-3326 Susan M. Jablonski Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Quality MC-122 P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087

TXU Energy -4-Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSM1)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

DRS Deputy Director (GLS)

Senior Resident Inspector (DBA)

Branch Chief, DRP/A (WDJ)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (TRF)

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RVA)

RITS Coordinator (KEG)

ADAMS: : Yes G No Initials: ______

Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive : Non-Sensitive SOE:OB OE:OB C:OB M. E. Murphy Kelly Clayton A. T. Gody

/RA/ /RA/

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