ML051730351
| ML051730351 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 06/22/2005 |
| From: | Conte R NRC/RGN-I/DRS/OSB |
| To: | Shriver B Susquehanna |
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| Download: ML051730351 (4) | |
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June 22, 2005 Mr. Bryce L. Shriver President, PPL Generation, and Chief Nuclear Officer PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENTW15 Allentown, PA 18101-1179
SUBJECT:
SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS - SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2
Dear Mr. Shriver:
In a telephone conversation on June 2, 2005 between Mr. Gil Johnson, Examiner/Inspector and Mr. Robert Boesch, Supervisor Nuclear Training, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, during the weeks of December 12 and 17, 2005.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC will prepare the written examination and your staff will prepare the operating test 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 operating test outlines by September 21, 2005. The operating test and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by October 21, 2005. In addition, reference materials required to support the NRCs development of the written examination will be required by June 24, 2005. Specific additions/deletions from Attachment 2 of ES-201 should be coordinated through Harry Balian, written exam author. We will provide your staff the written exam by October 31, 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 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 examinations and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examination to be rescheduled.
In order to conduct the requested operating test, it will be necessary for your staff 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 test until the examination results are final.
Mr. Bryce L. Shriver 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 the preliminary senior reactor operator license application (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first examination date.
If the application is not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. A signed application 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 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 50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, 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 BJS1@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.
The NRC may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an 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 Document 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. Boesch 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 Todd Fish at (610) 337-5369, or me at (610) 337-5183.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Richard J. Conte, Chief Operational Safety Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-387, 50-388 License Nos. NPF-14, NPF-22
Mr. Bryce L. Shriver cc w/encl:
B. T. McKinney, Vice President - Nuclear Site Operations R. A. Saccone, Vice President - Nuclear Operations for PPL Susquehanna LLC A. J. Wrape, III, General Manager - Performance Improvement and Oversight T. L. Harpster, General Manager - Plant Support G. F. Ruppert, General Manager - Nuclear Engineering S. Cook, Manager - Quality Assurance R. R. Sgarro, Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs W. E. Morrissey, Supervisor - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs M. H. Crowthers, Supervising Engineer L. A. Ramos, Community Relations Manager, Susquehanna B. A. Snapp, Esquire, Associate General Counsel, PPL Services Corporation Supervisor, Document Control Services R. W. Osborne, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Board of Supervisors, Salem Township J. Johnsrud, National Energy Committee Supervisor - Document Control Services Director, Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (c/o R. Janati, Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety, Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection)
K. Roush, Manager, Nuclear Training (Susquehanna Generating Station)
S. Glenn, INPO
Mr. Bryce L. Shriver Distribution w/encl: (via e-mail)
S. Collins, RA R. Conte, DRS C. Bixler, DRS T. Fish, DRS G. Johnson, DRS M. Shanbaky, DRP A. Blamey, DRP - SRI Susquehanna J. Richmond, DRP - RI Susquehanna F. Jaxheimer, DRP - RI Susquehanna S. Farrell, DRP - Susquehanna OA S. Lee, RI OEDO R. Laufer, NRR R. Guzman, NRR Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
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