ML040280018
| ML040280018 | |
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| Site: | Byron  |
| Issue date: | 12/01/2003 |
| From: | Lanksbury R NRC/RGN-III/DRS/OLB |
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| 50-454/03-301, 50-455/03-301 | |
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MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE BYRON INITIAL EXAMINATION DEC 2003
Exelon Generation www.exeloncorp.com 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville. It 60555 RS-01-196 September 21 , 2001 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 Clinton Power Station, Unit I Facility Operating License No. NPF-62 NRC Docket No. 50-461 Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-I 9 and DPR-25 NRC Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249 LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-1 Iand NPF-18 NRC Docket Nos. 50-373and 50-374 Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units Iand 2 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-29 and DPR-30 NRC Docket Nos. 50-254 and 50-265
Subject:
Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2001-17, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations"
Reference:
NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2001-17, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations," dated August 22, 2001 This letter provides our voluntary response to the request for information contained in the referenced Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS). The NRC requested that a voluntary response to the RIS be submitted within 30 days of receipt of the RIS. We received RIS 2001-17 on August 22, 2001; accordingly, we are submitting our response by September 21, 2001,
September 21, 2001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 As requested, Attachment A, Completed NRC Form 536, contains a separate NRC Form 536 [August 2000], Operator Licensing Examination Data, for each of our Midwest Regional Operating Group facilities addressed by the RIS. The information provided for each facility includes: the proposed examination preparation schedule for calendar years (CYs) 2002 through 2005; the estimated number of applicants and proposed dates for each of the initial operator license examinations through CY 2005; and the estimated number of candidates that plan to take the Generic Fundamentals Examination in CYs 2002 and 2003.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this information, please contact J. A. Bauer at (630) 657-2801.
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M.A. Ainger Director - Licensing Mid-West Regional Operating Group Attachment cc: Regional Administrator - NRC Region I l l NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Braidwood Station NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Byron Station NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Clinton Power Station NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Dresden Nuclear Power Station NRC Senior Resident Inspector - LaSalle County Station NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station
NRC FORM 536 U.S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB NO 3150-0131 EXPIRES 07/3112002 (8-2000)
Estimated burden per response to p m p l with this voluntary information collection reauest: Ihour. This informationw k x t i o n is used to olan budoels and OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DATA Washington, DC 20503. .If a means used to im se an-information collecl~on does not display a currently valid OMB contrornumber. the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.
FACILITY NRC REGION Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66 Ill NRC Docket Nos. STN 50-454 and STN 50-455 I
A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 02 CY 03 CY 04 CY 05 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 0 1 0 1 LICENSEE-PREPARED EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 0 0 0 0 NRC-PREPARED EXAMINATIONS B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY 02 CY 03 CY 04 CY 05 NUMBER OF REACTOR 0 5 0 5 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-INSTANT 0 8 0 . 5 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0 2 0 2 OPERATORS-UPGRADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0 0 0 0 OPERATORS-LIMITED PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE NIA 10127103 - 11I07103 NIA 02/14/05 - 02/25/05 ALTERNATE DATE N/A 11/10/03 - 11/21/03 N/A 02/28/05 - 0311 1/05 S. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 02 CY 03 FIRST SECOND THIRD FIRST SECOND THIRD ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 0 0 17 0 0 0 CANDIDATES
February 14, 2002 Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, President Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
Dear Kingsley:
In response to your facility management letter dated September 21 , 2001 , and as augmented by discussions with Peter Narr of your staff on January 22, 2002, we have tentatively scheduled an initial licensing examination for your operator license applicants at the Byron Station during the weeks of December 1 and December 8, 2003. Validation of the examination will occur at the station during the week of November 3, 2003. 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, your staff will develop the examination. To support the examination administration date, we have tentatively scheduled the date of October 6, 2003, to begin our review of your submitted examination.
Your letter indicated you are training approximately 15 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.
David L. Pelton has been tentatively assigned as the Chief Examiner and can be reached at 630-829-9732.
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 Hironori Peterson of my staff at 630-829-9707.
- 0. Kingsley In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRCs 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 NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at httD://www.nrc.nov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html(the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely, David E. Hills, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-454; 50-455 License Nos. NPF-37; NPF-66 cc: J. Skolds, Chief Operating Officer C. Crane, Senior Vice President, Midwest ROG J. Benjamin, Vice President Licensing H. Stanley, Vice President, Midwest ROG Operations K. Jury, Licensing Director, Midwest ROG R. Helfrich, Senior Counsel, Nuclear DCD - Licensing R. Lopriore, Site Vice President S. Kuczynski, Station Manager W. Grundmann, Regulatory Assurance Manager M. Aguilar, Assistant Attorney General Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety State Liaison Officer State Liaison Officer, State of Wisconsin Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission D. Spoerry, Training Department DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRS\BYR02-02DRS.wpd OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
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Exelon Generation www.exeloncorp.com 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 RS-02-123 July 18, 2002 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 Iand 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66 NRC Docket Nos. STN 50-454 and STN 50-455 Clinton Power Station, Unit 1 Facility Operating License No. NPF-62 NRC Docket NO. 50-461 Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-I9 and DPR-25 NRC Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249 LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 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 2002-09, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations"
Reference:
NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2002-09, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations," dated June 6, 2002 This letter provides our voluntary response to the request for information contained in the referenced Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS).
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July 18,2002 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 As requested, Attachment A, "Completed NRC Form 536," contains a separate NRC Form 536 [August 20001, "Operator Licensing Examination Data," for each of our Mid-West Regional Operating Group facilities addressed by the RIS. The information provided for each facility includes: the proposed examination preparation schedule for calendar years (CYs) 2003 through 2006; the estimated number of applicants and proposed dates for each of the initial operator license examinations through CY 2006; and the estimated number of candidates that plan to take the Generic Fundamentals Examination in CYs 2003 and 2004.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this information, please contact Mr.
Brian Sweeney at (630) 657-2836.
Respectfully, Patrick R. Simpson Manager - Licensing, Dresden and Quad Cities Nuclear Power Stations Mid-West Regional Operating Group Attachment cc: Regional Administrator - NRC Region Ill NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Braidwood Station NRC Senior Resident Inspector- Byron Station NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Clinton Power Station NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Dresden Nuclear Power Station NRC Senior Resident Inspector - LaSaile County Station NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station
NRC FORM 536 U.S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB NO 3150-0131 EXPIRES 07/31/2002
(&2000) Eslimated burden per response to compl with this voluntary infomatior collection request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This infonabon co)/ectionis used to plan budgets an(
resources for oDerator examinations. Send comments reqardinq burden estimatc OPERATOR LICENSING to the. Records Mana ement Branch r-6E6) US. Nuk[ear Regulator Commission Washlnggn DC 20555-0001 or by internet e-mail t i bjslanrc dv and to the 'Desk Officer Office of Infonabon and R ulaton EXAMINATION DATA Affairs &06-10202, (3150-0131), Office ,of Management a n d 3 u d g e Washihgton DC 20503. If a means used to im ose an inFornation collecbol does not display a currently valid OMB controf number, !he NRC may no conduct or sponsor, and a person IS not required to respond to, the informahor collection.
FACILITY NRC REGION Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66 Ill NRC Docket Nos. STN 50-454 and STN 50-455 I
A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 03 CY 04 CY CY I ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED EXAMlNATlONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 0
I 1 1 0 NRC-PREPARED EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY 03 CY p J CY CY 06 NUMBER OF REACTOR 7 0 6 0 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-INSTANT 7 0 10 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 2 0 2 0 OPERATORS-UPGRADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0 0 0 0 OPERATORS-LIMITED PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 12101/03 NIA 06/01105 N1A ALTERNATE DATE 12/08/03 N/A 06/08/05 NtA PROPOSED NUMBER I CY 03 CY @
- FIRST SECOND THIRD FIRST SECOND THIRD ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 0 0 0 16 0 0 CANDIDATES
Exelon Generation Company, LLC Byron Station www.exeloncorp.com Nucl ear 4450 North German Church Road Byron, It 61010-9794 June 6,2003 LTR: BYRON 2003-0049 File: 2.07.0200 James E. Dyer, Regional Administrator United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I l l 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66 NRC Docket Nos. 50-454 and 50-455
Subject:
Submittal of Knowledge and Abilities (WAS) that will be Suppressed from the Random Examination Generation Process It is our intent to develop the upcoming initial license exam scheduled for December 1, 2003 to December 12, 2003 in accordance with NUREG 1021, Draft Revision 9, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, as part of the established pilot program.
In accordance with NUREG 1021, Draft Revision 9, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Byron is submitting for your review the list of WA statements that will be suppressed from the random exam generation process in support of our December 11,2003 license exam.
If there are any questions or comments regarding this matter, please contact W. Grundmann, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (815) 406-2800.
R x pectf u I I y ,
Site Vice President Byron Nuclear Generating Station RPUDD/dlcw
Enclosure:
Braidwood and Byron Suppressed WAS cc: Dell McNeil, Lead Examiner - NRC Region I l l (with attachments)
Chief, NRC Operator Licensing Branch (without attachments)
NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Byron Station (without attachments)
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Exelon Generation Byron Generating Station www.exeloncorp.com Nuclear 4450 North German Church Road Byron, IL 61010-9794 Tel815-234-5441 August 18,2003 LTR: BYRON 2003-0063 File: 1.06.5110 Mr. James E. Dyer Regional Administrator U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region Ill 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 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
Subject:
Submittal of Initial Operator Licensing Examination Outline Enclosed are the examination outlines, supporting the initial operator license examination scheduled for the weeks of December 1, 2003, through December 12, 2003, at Byron Station.
This submittal includes all appropriate examination standard forms and outlines in accordance with NUREG-I 021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards, Draft Revision 9.
In accordance with NUREG 1021, Draft Revision 9, Section ES-201, Initial Operator Licensing Examination Process, 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 W. Grundmann, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (815) 406-2800. For questions concerning examination outlines, please contact Tim Foss at (815) 406-3224 or (815) 406-31 11.
Respectfully, Stepheh E. Kuczyngki Site Vice President Byron Nuclear Generating Station SEWDD/rah
August 18,2003 Mr. James E. Dyer Page 2
Enclosures:
(Hand delivered to Dell McNeil, Chief Examiner, NRC Region 111)
Examination Security Agreements (Form ES-201-3)
Administrative Topics Outline (Form ES-301-1)
Control Room/ln-Plant Systems Outline (Form ES-301-2)
PWR Examination Outline (Tier 1 and 2) (Forms ES-401-2 and 401-1)
Generic Knowledge and Abilities Outline (Tier 3) (Form ES-401-3)
Scenario Outline (Form ES-D-1)
Record of Rejected WAS (Form ES-401-4)
Completed Checklists:
Examination Outline Quality Checklist (Form ES-201-2)
Transient and Event Checklist (Form ES-301-5) cc: (without attachments)
Chief, NRC Operator Licensing Branch NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Byron Station
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION Ill 801 WARRENVILLE ROAD LISLE, ILLINOIS 60532-4351 August 22, 2003 Mr. John L. Skolds, President Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
Dear Mr. Skolds:
In a conversation on August 7, 2003, between Mr. Gary L. Wolfe, Training Instructor, and Mr. Dell R. McNeil, Reactor Inspector, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Byron Station the week(s) of December 1 and December 8, 2003.
In addition, the NRC will make an examination validation visit to your facility the week of November 2, 2003.
As agreed during the conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Draft Revision 9, of NUREG-I 021, "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 was necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outlines by August 18, 2003. Your staff has already provided the outlines. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by October 14, 2003. 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 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.
J. Skolds 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 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 BJSl@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-I 0202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503-0001.
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 OM6 control number.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Wolfe 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. Dell McNeil at 630-829-9737, or me at 630-829-9631.
In accordance with IO 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.nov/readina-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely,
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Roger D. Lanksbury, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No: 50-454 Docket No: 50-455 See Attached Distribution
J. Skolds cc w/encl: Site Vice President - Byron Byron Station Plant Manager Regulatory Assurance Manager - Byron Chief Operating Officer Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Senior Vice President - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Vice President - Mid-West Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Licensing - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Manager Licensing - Braidwood and Byron Senior Counsel, Nuclear, Mid-West Regional Operating Group Document Control Desk - Licensing M. Aguilar, Assistant Attorney General Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety State Liaison Officer State Liaison Officer, State of Wisconsin Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission R. J. Kolo, Training Department F. S. Tsakeres, Training Director, Midwest ROP
J. Skolds 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 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 BJSI@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-I 0202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503-0001.
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. Wolfe 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. Dell McNeil at 630-829-9737, or me at 630-829-9631.
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.sov/readinq-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely, Roger D. Lanksbury, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No: 50-454 Docket No: 50-455 See Attached Distribution OFFICE Rlll Id Rlll I Rlll I Rlll I NAME DMcNeil:tr , RLanksbury DATE 08/11/03 08/2/03 081-10 3 08/-/0 3
J. Skolds cc w/encl: Site Vice President - Byron Byron Station Plant Manager Regulatory Assurance Manager - Byron Chief Operating Officer Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Senior Vice President - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Vice President - Mid-West Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Licensing - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Manager Licensing - Braidwood and Byron Senior Counsel, Nuclear, Mid-West Regional Operating Group Document Control Desk - Licensing M. Aguilar, Assistant Attorney General Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety State Liaison Officer State Liaison Officer, State of Wisconsin Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission R. J. Kolo, Training Department F. S. Tsakeres, Training Director, Midwest ROP ADAMS Distribution:
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t - 4 Exelon Generatior Company LLC www exeloncorp com ExeI n Byron Station Nuclear 4450 North German Church Road Byron It 61010-9794 October 14,2003 LTR: BYRON 2003-0081 File: 1.10.0101 Mr. James E, Dyer Regional Administrator United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region Ill 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37and NPF-66 NRC Docket Nos. STN 50-454 and STN 50-455
Subject:
Submittal of Integrated Initial License Training Examination Materials Enclosed are the examination materials we are submitting in support of the Initial License Examination scheduled for the weeks of December 1, 2003, through December 12, 2003, at Byron Station. 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-I 021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards, Draft Revision 9. 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 with regards to the operational scenarios in order to improve balance and content. These changes improve examination quality and are in compliance with NUREG-1021, Draft Revision 9. Some additional modifications or adjustments to the examination material may be required due to pending procedural changes.
In accordance with NUREG 1021, Draft Revision 9, Section ES-201, please ensure that these materials are withheld from public disclosure until after the examinations are complete.
October 14,2003 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact W. Grundmann, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (815) 406-2800. For questions concerning examination materials, please contact T. Foss at (815) 406-31 11.
Respectfully, Stephen E. Kuczynski Site Vice President Byron Nuclear Generating Station S K/DD/rah
Enclosures:
(Hand delivered to Dell McNeil, Chief Examiner, NRC Region 111)
RO/SRO Composite Examination (with references attached)
Control Room Systems and Facility Walk-Through Job Performance Measures (with refere nces attached)
Administrative Topic Job Performance Measures (with references attached)
Integrated Plant Operation Scenario Guides Completed Checklists:
Operating Test Quality Checklist (Form ES-301-3)
Simulator Scenario Quality Checklist (Form ES-301-4)
Transient and Event Checklist (Form ES-301-5)
Competencies Checklist (Form ES-301-6)
Written Exam Quality Checklist (Form ES-401-7)
Examination Security Agreements (Form ES-201-3)
Record of Rejected WAS (Form ES-401-10) cc: Chief, NRC Operator Licensing Branch (without attachments)
NRC Senior Resident inspector - Byron Station (without attachments)
NRC Project Manager - NRR - Byron Station (without attachments)