ML051400146

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination (Examination Report 05000498-05-301; 05000499-05-301)

ML051400146
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	05/18/2005
From:	Gody A Division of Reactor Safety IV
To:	Sheppard J South Texas
References
50-498/05-301, 50-499/05-301
Download: ML051400146 (5)

See also: IR 05000498/2005301

Text

May 18, 2005

James J. Sheppard, President and

Chief Executive Officer

STP Nuclear Operating Company

P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT: SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, Units 1 and 2 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION (EXAMINATION

REPORT 05000498/2005301; 05000499/2005301)

Dear Mr. Sheppard:

In a telephone conversation on May 17, 2005, between Messrs. Michael DeFrees, Initial

Licensed Operator Training Supervisor, and Michael Murphy, Chief Examiner, arrangements

were made for the administration of licensing examinations at South Texas Project, Units 1

and 2, during the week of November 14, 2005.

As agreed during the meeting on February 17, 2005, the NRC will prepare the outlines and the

written examination, and your staff will prepare the operating examinations based on the

outlines and the guidelines in 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 October 24, 2005.

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.

STP Nuclear Operating Company -2-

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 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter 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. DeFrees 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

at 817-860-8159 .

Sincerely,

/RA/

Anthony T. Gody, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Dockets: 50-498; 50-499

Licenses: NPF-76; NPF-80

cc:

E. D. Halpin

Vice President, Oversight

STP Nuclear Operating Company

P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483

STP Nuclear Operating Company -3-

S. M. Head, Manager, Licensing

STP Nuclear Operating Company

P.O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5014

Wadsworth, TX 77483

C. Kirksey/C. M. Canady

City of Austin

Electric Utility Department

721 Barton Springs Road

Austin, TX 78704

J. J. Nesrsta/R. K. Temple

City Public Service Board

P.O. Box 1771

San Antonio, TX 78296

D. G. Tees/R. L. Balcom

Texas Genco, LP

P.O. Box 1700

Houston, TX 77251

Jon C. Wood

Cox Smith Matthews

112 E. Pecan, Suite 1800

San Antonio, TX 78205

A. H. Gutterman, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20004

C. A. Johnson/R. P. Powers

AEP Texas Central Company

P.O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5022

Wadsworth, TX 77483

INPO

Records Center

700 Galleria Parkway

Atlanta, GA 30339

Director, Division of Compliance & Inspection

Bureau of Radiation Control

Texas Department of State Health Services

1100 West 49th Street

Austin, TX 78756

STP Nuclear Operating Company -4-

Brian Almon

Public Utility Commission

William B. Travis Building

P.O. Box 13326

1701 North Congress Avenue

Austin, TX 78701-3326

Environmental and Natural

Resources Policy Director

P.O. Box 12428

Austin, TX 78711-3189

Judge, Matagorda County

Matagorda County Courthouse

1700 Seventh Street

Bay City, TX 77414

Terry Parks, Chief Inspector

Texas Department of Licensing

and Regulation

Boiler Program

P.O. Box 12157

Austin, TX 78711

Susan M. Jablonski

Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

MC-122, P.O. Box 13087

Austin, TX 78711-3087

Ted Enos

4200 South Hulen

Suite 630

Fort Worth, TX 76109

STP Nuclear Operating Company -5-

Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSM1)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

DRS Deputy Director (KSW)

Senior Resident Inspector (JXC2)

Branch Chief, DRP/A (WDJ)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (TRF)

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RLN1)

RITS Coordinator (KEG)

SISP Review Completed: _Y_____ ADAMS: : Yes G No Initials: _MEM_____

Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive  : Non-Sensitive

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/RA/ /RA/

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