ML050420372

Limited Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations - Peach Bottom and Limerick Plants

ML050420372
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Site:	Peach Bottom, Limerick
Issue date:	02/11/2005
From:	Conte R NRC/RGN-I/DRS/OSB
To:	Crane C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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ML042440215	List: ML050420372 ML051610278
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February 11, 2005 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and CNO Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348

SUBJECT:

LIMITED SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS -

PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION AND LIMERICK GENERATING STATION

Dear Mr. Crane:

In a telephone conversation on February 9, 2005, between Mr. John G. Caruso, Senior Operations Engineer (Chief Examiner) and Mr. Craig Fritz, Lead LSRO Exams, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Limerick Generating Station and Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station during the week of June 13, 2005.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The NRCs 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 March 30, 2005. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by April 29, 2005.

Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3) of the Code of Federal Regulations (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 should 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.

Mr. Christopher M. Crane 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.

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 OMB, under 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 20555-0001, 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 collection, 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 and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page of the NRCs public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. C. Fritz 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. John Caruso at (610) 337-5389, or me at (610) 337-5183.

Sincerely,

/RA by John W. Lubinski Acting For/

Richard J. Conte, Chief Operational Safety Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-352, 50-353 50-277, 50-278 License Nos. NPF-39, NPF-85 DPR-44, DPR-56

Mr. Christopher M. Crane cc:

Chief Operating Officer, Exelon Generation Company, LLC Site Vice President - Limerick Generating Station Plant Manager, Limerick Generating Station Regulatory Assurance Manager, Limerick Generating Station Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Operations Vice President - Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Exelon Generation Company, LLC Manager, Licensing - Limerick Generating Station Director, Training - Limerick Generating Station, Exelon Generation Company Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Exelon Generation Company Associate General Counsel, Exelon Generation Company Correspondence Control Desk J. Johnsrud, National Energy Committee Chairman, Board of Supervisors of Limerick Township R. Janati, Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety, Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection J. Bradley Fewell, Assistant General Counsel, Exelon Nuclear D. Allard, Director, Dept. of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Radiation Protection (SLO)

Site Vice President, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Plant Manager, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - Peach Bottom Vice President - Operations Support Manager, Licensing - Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Manager License Renewal D. Quinlan, Manager, Financial Control, PSEG R. McLean, Power Plant and Environmental Review Division Director, Nuclear Training R. Fletcher, Department of Environment, Radiological Health Program Public Service Commission of Maryland, Engineering Division Board of Supervisors, Peach Bottom Township B. Ruth, Council Administrator of Harford County Council Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Hiebert, Peach Bottom Alliance TMI - Alert (TMIA)

Mr. & Mrs. Kip Adams T. Snyder, Director, Air and Radiation Management Administration, Maryland Department of the Environment (SLO)

Director, Nuclear Training, Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Peach Bottom Manager, Operations Training, Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Peach Bottom

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