ML051610278
| ML051610278 | |
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|---|---|
| Site: | Peach Bottom, Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 06/10/2005 |
| From: | Conte R Operations Branch I |
| To: | Crane C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear |
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June 10, 2005 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and CNO Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348
SUBJECT:
OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION APPROVAL
Dear Mr. Crane:
The purpose of this letter is to confirm the final arrangements for the upcoming Limited Senior Reactor Operator (LSRO) licensing examinations at the Limerick and Peach Bottom sites and to respond to your letter of May 26, 2005, requesting approval pursuant to 10 CFR 55.46(b)(1) to use plant equipment (i.e., the refueling platform and other plant equipment or panels) in lieu of a plant referenced simulator for evaluating LSRO applicants at Limerick and Peach Bottom Stations.
With regard to the use of plant equipment, we have reviewed your request with the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) operator licensing program office and concluded, pursuant to 10 CFR 55.46(b)(2), that the proposed use of the stated plant equipment will be suitable for conducting the LSRO operating tests in accordance with 10 CFR 55.45(a) and (b).
The NRC has also completed its review of the operator license applications submitted in connection with this examination and separately provided a list of approved applicants to Mr. Joseph White, Limerick Director of Training, and Mr. Anthony Wasong, Peach Bottom Director of Training. Note that any examination waivers and application denials have been addressed in separate correspondence.
During our review of the preliminary license applications, we discovered that your three applicants may not have satisfied the requirement to complete five significant control manipulations that affect reactivity pursuant to 10 CFR 55.31(a)(5). We discussed our concerns with Mr. Joseph White, Director of Training, Mr. Carl Rich, Manager of Operations Training, during a teleconference on June 2, 2005, and subsequently reviewed your request with our NRR program office. Although we have decided to proceed with the examinations as previously scheduled (all three applicants have been granted deferral waivers regarding completion of the required significant control manipulations), the applicants who pass the examination will not be licensed until your site management notifies the NRC Region I office that a total of five significant control manipulations were performed by the applicants in order to satisfy the requirements of 10 CFR 55.31(a)(5), as follows.
Mr. Christopher M. Crane 1.
Complete five significant control manipulations involving loading or unloading fuel into, out of, or within the reactor vessel (see NUREG 1021, Revision 9, Operating Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, ES-202, D.3.a) at either Limerick or Peach Bottom, or combination thereof, under the direction of a licensed SRO or LSRO.
2.
Complete five dummy fuel transfers within the fuel pool of the other Station.
The NRC has approved the subject examinations and hereby authorizes you to administer the written examinations in accordance with Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, on or after June 16, 2005.
The NRC staff will administer the operating tests during the week of June 13, 2005.
Please contact your Chief Examiner, Mr. John G. Caruso at 610-337-5389, if you have any questions or identify any errors or changes in the license level or type of examination (partial or complete written examination and/or operating test) specified for each applicant.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Richard J. Conte, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 050-352, 353 (Limerick 1 & 2) & 050-277, 278 (Peach Bottom 2 & 3)
License Nos. NPF-39, 85 (Limerick 1 & 2) & DPR-44, 56 (Peach Bottom 2 & 3)
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 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 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Associate General Counsel, Exelon Generation Company Limerick 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)
Director, Operations Training (Limerick Generating Station)
Site Vice President, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Plant Manager, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - Peach Bottom Senior Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Operations D. Quinlan, Manager, Financial Control, PSEG R. McLean, Power Plant and Environmental Review Division Director, Nuclear Training Peach Bottoom Correspondence Control Desk R. Fletcher, Maryland Department of Environment Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (c/o R. Janati, Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety, Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection)
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)
J. Johnsrud, National Energy Committee, Sierra Club Mr. & Mrs. Kip Adams S. Glenn, INPO
Mr. Christopher M. Crane Distribution w/encl: (via e-mail)
S. Collins, RA J. Wiggins, DRA A. Blough, DRS R. Crlenjak, DRS J. Monninger, DRS R. Conte, DRS J. Caruso, Chief Examiner, DRS DRS Master Exam File (C. Bixler) (w/concurrences)
S. Lee, RI OEDO D. Roberts, NRR T. Tate, PM, NRR G. Wunder, PM, NRR (Backup)
M. Shanbaky, DRP A. Burritt, DRP S. Hansell, DRP - Senior Resident Inspector C. Colantoni, DRP - Resident Inspector T. Haverkamp - OA F. Bower, DRP, Senior Resident Inspector D. Schroeder, DRP, Resident Inspector S. Schmitt, DRP, OA DOCUMENT NAME: E:\\Filenet\\ML051610278.wpd ADAMS PKG: ML042440215 SISP Review: RJC After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.
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