IR 05000482/2003301

Exam Report 05000482/2003-301- Wolf Creek-Generating Station - NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination Letter

ML033170012
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	11/12/2003
From:	Gody A Operations Branch IV
To:	Muench R Wolf Creek
References
50-482/03-301, NUREG-1021 50-482/03-301
Download: ML033170012 (5)

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ber 12, 2003

SUBJECT:

WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION - NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000482/2003-301

Dear Mr. Muench:

In a telephone conversation on October 21, 2003, between Messrs. T. Stetka, Chief Examiner; R. Acree, License Instructor; S. Falley, Licensing Supervising Instructor, Initial; and R. Murray, Licensing Supervising Instructor, Simulator, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at your Wolf Creek Generating Station during the week of May 10, 2004.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Draft Revision 9, 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 furnish the examination outlines by January 12, 2004. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201and as specified by the Chief Examiner will be due by March 11, 2004. Pursuant to 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. Additionally, an onsite validation of the examination material will be performed during the week of April 19, 2004. Sufficient staff resources and the simulator should be made available for the examination validation.

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.

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation -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 waiver requests (if any)(OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first examination date, or no later than April 9, 2004. 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 or no later than April 26, 2004.

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 2.790 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).

I appreciate your participation in the pilot effort for the draft Revision 9 of NUREG 1021 and look forward to your comments on its implementation. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Messrs. Acree, Falley, and Murray have 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. Tom Stetka at 817-860-8247, or myself at 817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Anthony T. Gody, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation -3-Docket: 50-482 License: NPF-42 cc:

Site Vice President Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Jay Silberg, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Supervisor Licensing Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Chief Engineer Utilities Division Kansas Corporation Commission 1500 SW Arrowhead Rd.

Topeka, KS 66604-4027 Office of the Governor State of Kansas Topeka, KS 66612 Attorney General 120 S.W. 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor Topeka, KS 66612-1597 County Clerk Coffey County Courthouse 110 South 6th Street Burlington, KS 66839-1798 Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Control Section Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation -4-Frank Moussa, Technological Hazards Administrator Department of the Adjutant General 2800 SW Topeka Blvd.

Topeka, KS 66611-1287

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation -5-Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSM1)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

Senior Resident Inspector (FLB2)

Resident Inspector (vacant)

SRI, Callaway (MSP)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (DNG)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (RAK1)

Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)

RITS Coordinator (NBH)

ADAMS: * Yes * No Initials: ______

• Publicly Available * Non-Publicly Available * Sensitive * Non-Sensitive RIV:OB\SOE C:OB TFStetka ATGody

/RA/ /RA/

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