ML022200466

Miscellaneous Correspondence for the Dresden Initial Examination - June 2002

ML022200466
Person / Time
Site:	Dresden
Issue date:	03/29/2002
From:	Swafford P Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
To:	NRC/RGN-III
References
50-237/02-301, 50-249/02-301
Download: ML022200466 (10)

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MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE DRESDEN INITIAL EXAMINATION - JUNE 2002

Exeloni Exelon Generation Company, LLC www.exeloncorp.com Nuclear Dresden Nuclear Power Station 6500 North Dresden Road Morris, IL 60450-9765 10 CFR 55.40 March 29, 2002 PSLTR: #02-0020 Regional Administrator U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Dresden Nuclear Power Station Units 2 and 3 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-1 9 and DPR-25 Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249

Subject:

Submittal of Integrated Initial License Training Examination Materials

Reference:

Letter from P. Swafford (Exelon Generation Company, LLC) to USNRC, "Initial License Examination Integrated Examination Outline," dated January 7, 2002 Enclosed are the examination materials that are being submitted by the Dresden Nuclear Power Station (DNPS) in support of the Initial License Examination scheduled for the weeks of June 3 and June 10, 2002, at DNPS.

This submittal includes the Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Written Examinations, Job Performance Measures, and Integrated Plant Operation Scenario Guides.

These examination materials have been developed in accordance with NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards," Revision 8 Supplement 1. Please note that reference materials are attached to each individual examination question or item.

Some minor modifications have been made to the Integrated Examination Outline transmitted in the referenced letter with regards to the written examinations, administrative walkthroughs, job performance measures and operational scenarios in order to improve balance and content, and to ensure exam security. These changes improve examination quality and are in compliance with Revision 8 Supplement 1 of NUREG-1021.

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March 29, 2002 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 Some modifications or adjustments to the examination material may be required prior to examination administration due to plant procedure changes that occur after this submittal.

In accordance with NUREG 1021, Revision 8 Supplement 1, Section ES-201, please ensure that these materials are withheld from public disclosure until after the examinations are complete.

Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact B. Rybak, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (815) 416 - 2800.

Respectfully, Presto wafford 44#

Site V' e President

>Dres Yen Nuclear Power Station

Enclosures:

Updated RO Written Exam Sample Plan Updated SRO Written Exam Sample Plan Updated Operational Scenarios Sample Plan Updated Administrative Walkthrough Job Performance Measures Sample Plan Updated Job Performance Measure Sample Plan RO/SRO Composite Examination with references attached Job Performance Measures with references attached Administrative Walkthrough Job Performance Measures/

Questions with references attached Integrated Plant Operation Scenario Guides Completed Checklists:

ES-301-3 ES-301-4 ES-301-5 ES-301-6 ES-401-7 Record of Rejected K/As (ES-401-10)

Examination Security Agreements (ES-201-3)

Listing of Submitted Sample Plan Changes cc:

NRC Document Control Desk - w/o enclosures NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Dresden Nuclear Power Station - w/o enclosures

January 23, 2002 Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, President Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

In a telephone conversation on January 17, 2002, between Mr. D. Murphy, ILT Group Lead and Mr. D. McNeil, Reactor Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Dresden Nuclear Power Station during the time period between May 28, 2002, and June 14, 2002. In addition, the NRC will make an examination validation visit to your facility the week of April 29, 2002.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 8, Supplement 1, 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.

Your staff furnished the examination outlines on January 14, 2002. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by April 1, 2002. 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.

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 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 ffl/- OC 3 0 o,

0. Kingsley 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 the Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018, which expires on April 30, 2003.

The public reporting burden for this collection 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, D.C. 20555-0001, 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, D.C. 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. Murphy 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 D. McNeil at 630-829-9737, or me at 630-829-9733.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's 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).

Sincerely, David E. Hills, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-237; 50-249 License Nos. DPR-19; DPR-25 See Attached Distribution DOCUMENT NAME: G:DRS\\DreO1_02drs.wpd To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" =Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII RIII NAME DMcNeil:sd DEHilIs DATE 01/FI/02 01//-z-32 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

0. Kingsley cc:

W. Bohlke, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Services C. Crane, Senior Vice President - Mid-West Regional J. Cotton, Senior Vice President - Operations Support J. Benjamin, Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs R. Hovey, Operations Vice President J. Skolds, Chief Operating Officer K. Ainger, Director - Licensing R. Helfrich, Senior Counsel, Nuclear DCD - Licensing P. Swafford, Site Vice President R. Fisher, Station Manager D. Ambler, Regulatory Assurance Manager M. Aguilar, Assistant Attorney General Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety State Liaison Officer Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission F. Cerovac, Training Department ADAMS Distribution:

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April 2, 2001 Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, President Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 1400 Opus Place, Suite 500 Downers Grove, IL 60515

Dear Mr. Kingsley:

In response to your facility letter dated October 6, 2000, we have tentatively scheduled an initial licensing examination for your operator license applicants at the Dresden Nuclear Power Station during the weeks of May 27, June 3, and June 10, 2002. Validation of the examination will occur at the station during the week of April 29, 2002. In the unlikely event that we are unable to support the examination during the scheduled weeks, we will inform you immediately upon discovery of such conditions and make arrangements to administer the examination at a mutually acceptable date.

As stated in your letter and confirmed in a telephone conversation between V. Castle, Dresden, and A. M. Stone, NRC, on March 6, 2001, your staff will develop the examination. To support the examination administration date, we have tentatively scheduled the date of March 25, 2002, to begin our review of your submitted examination.

Your letter indicated you are training approximately 17 candidates for the examination. Please inform us if the number of candidates declines below 10 as this will impact the examination schedule. Please also inform us at your earliest opportunity if you discover you are unable to support the examination on the scheduled dates.

Once your staff has determined a schedule for examination development, please have them contact the Chief Examiner to arrange for a suitable examination outline submittal date for NRC review. The intent is for the examination outline to be submitted early in the examination development process. This is to preclude the need to make significant changes to developed examination material as a result of the NRC review of the outline. Mr. Dell R. McNeil has been tentatively assigned as the Chief Examiner and can be reached at 630-829-9737.

A supplementary letter will be sent to the training department approximately 120 days prior to the examination outlining examination security expectations, listing the materials required by the NRC to conduct the examination, reconfirming the examination dates, and reconfirming the number of candidates you have in the training program. If you have any questions concerning this information, please contact Mrs. Ann Marie Stone of my staff at 630-829-9729.

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10 CFR 50.4 CornEd RS-00-96 October 6, 2000 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 NRC Docket Nos. STN 50-456 and STN 50-457 Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66 NRC Docket Nos. STN 50-454 and STN 50-455 Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 NRC Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249 LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-1 1 and NPF-1 8 NRC Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374 Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-29 and DPR-30 NRC Docket Nos. 50-254 and 50-265

Subject:

Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2000-14, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations"

Reference:

NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2000-14, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations," dated September 6, 2000 This letter provides our voluntary response to the request for information contained in the referenced Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS). The NRC requested a voluntary response to the RIS be submitted within 30 days of receipt of the RIS. We received RIS 2000-14 on September 6, 2000. Accordingly, this response is due to be submitted by October 6, 2000.

OCT 11 2000 A Unicorn Company

NRC FCYRM 536 U.S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB NO 3150-0131 EXPIRES 07/31/2002 (8-2000)

Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary information collection request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This information collection is used to plan budgets and resources for operator examinations. Send comments regarding burden estimate OPERATOR LICENSING to the Records Management Branch (T-6 E6) US. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001 or by intemet e-mail to EXAMINATION DATA bjsl@nrcgov, and to the Desk Officer Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0131),

6ffice of Management and Budget Washington, DC 20503.

If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid 0MB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.

FACILITY NRC REGION Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 NRC Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249 A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 01 CY 02 CY 03 CY 04 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 1

1 1

LICENSEE-PREPARED EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 0

0 0

0 NRC-PREPARED EXAMINATIONS B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY 01 CY 02 CY 03 CY 04 NUMBER OF REACTOR 8

5 5

OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 8

8 1

2 OPERATORS-INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 1

4 3

OPERATORS-UPGRADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0

0 0

OPERATORS-LIMITED PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 05/27/02 - 06/07/02 06/02/03 - 06/13/03 06/07/04 - 06/18/04 ALTERNATE DATE 06/03/02 - 06/14/02 06/09/03 - 06/20/03 06/14/04 - 06/25/04 C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 01 CY 02 FIRST SECOND FIRST SECOND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 0

22 0

10 CANDIDATES Already scheduled in NRC letter dated September 6, 1999.