ML032940220

LTR 05000285-04-301 - Fort Calhoun Station - Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination

ML032940220
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	10/20/2003
From:	Gody A Division of Nuclear Materials Safety IV
To:	Ridenoure R Omaha Public Power District
References
50-285/04-301
Download: ML032940220 (4)

See also: IR 05000285/2004301

Text

October 20, 2003

R. T. Ridenoure

Division Manager - Nuclear Operations

Omaha Public Power District

Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

P.O. Box 550

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

SUBJECT: FORT CALHOUN STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR

LICENSING EXAMINATION (EXAMINATION REPORT 05000285/2004-301

In a telephone conversation on October 17, 2003, between Messrs. David Weaver, Supervisor,

Operations Training and Michael Murphy, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at Fort Calhoun Station during the week of March 15,

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." Your support for onsite validation of the examinations is required during the

week of February 9, 2004.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to submit the examination

outlines by November 16, 2003. The draft written examinations, operating tests, and the

supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 and as specified by the chief

examiner will be due by January 21, 2004. Any delay in receiving the 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

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(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 the Office of

Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0101, 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 20555-0001, 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, 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

enclosure(s), and your response will be made available electronically for public inspection in the

NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of

NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Weaver 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. Murphy at 817-860-8152, or

myself 817-860-8159 .

Sincerely,

/RA/ GMG for

A.T. Gody, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-285

License: DPR-40

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cc:

John B. Herman, Manager

Nuclear Licensing

Omaha Public Power District

Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

P.O. Box 550

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

Richard P. Clemens, Division Manager

Nuclear Assessments

Fort Calhoun Station

P.O. Box 550

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

David J. Bannister, Manager - Fort Calhoun Station

Omaha Public Power District

Fort Calhoun Station FC-1-1 Plant

P.O. Box 550

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

James R. Curtiss

Winston & Strawn

1400 L. Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3502

Chairman

Washington County Board of Supervisors

P.O. Box 466

Blair, NE 68008

Sue Semerena, Section Administrator

Nebraska Health and Human Services System

Division of Public Health Assurance

Consumer Services Section

301 Centennial Mall, South

P.O. Box 95007

Lincoln, NE 68509-5007

Daniel K. McGhee

Bureau of Radiological Health

Iowa Department of Public Health

401 SW 7th Street, Suite D

Des Moines, IA 50309

Omaha Public Power District -4-

Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSM1)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

Senior Resident Inspector (JGK)

Branch Chief, DRP/C (KMK)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/C (WCW)

Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)

RITS Coordinator (NBH)

Jim Isom, Pilot Plant Program (JAI)

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ADAMS: * Yes * No Initials: ______

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M. E. Murphy A. T. Gody

/RA/ /RA/ PCG

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