ML061180312
| ML061180312 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 04/28/2006 |
| From: | Gody A Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Edington R Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| References | |
| IR-06-301 | |
| Download: ML061180312 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000298/2006301
Text
April 28, 2006
Randall K. Edington, Vice
President-Nuclear and CNO
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT: COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING
EXAMINATION REPORT 05000298/2006-301
Dear Mr.Eddington:
In a telephone conversation on April 7, 2006, between Messrs. T. O. McKernon, Chief
Examiner, and J. Dedic, Supervisor, Operator Training, arrangements were made for the
administration of licensing examinations at your Cooper Nuclear Station during the weeks of
October 2 and 9, 2006
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the facility staff will prepare the written
examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing
Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The NRC regional office will prepare the
operating test outline and tests as agreed upon. The remainder of the operating test will be
developed by your facility staff. The NRC regional office will review and discuss with your staff
any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.
The supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 and the integrated
exam outlines should be provided to the NRC by July 19, 2006. The portions of the draft
examination you are developing along with any supporting material are to be provided to us by
August 3, 2006. 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. Additionally, an onsite validation of the examination material will be performed
during the week of September 11, 2006. Sufficient staff resources and the simulator should be
made available for the examination validation.
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.
Nebraska Public Power District -2-
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 any waiver requests (OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first
examination date, or no later than September 6, 2006. Signed applications certifying that all
training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination
date, or no later than September 18, 2006. If the applications are not received at least 14 days
before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary.
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 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 20555-001, 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 NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter, its
enclosures, and your response will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC
Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Record (PARS) component of the NRCs
document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at
http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. J. Dedic 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. Tom McKernon at 817-860-8153, or
myself at 817-860-8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/ GWJ for
Anthony T. Gody, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-298
License: DPR-46
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cc:
Gene Mace
Nuclear Asset Manager
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
John C. McClure, Vice President
and General Counsel
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 499
Columbus, NE 68602-0499
P. V. Fleming, Licensing Manager
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
Michael J. Linder, Director
Nebraska Department of
Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 98922
Lincoln, NE 68509-8922
Chairman
Nemaha County Board of Commissioners
Nemaha County Courthouse
1824 N Street
Auburn, NE 68305
Julia Schmitt, Manager
Radiation Control Program
Nebraska Health & Human Services
Dept. of Regulation & Licensing
Division of Public Health Assurance
301 Centennial Mall, South
P.O. Box 95007
Lincoln, NE 68509-5007
H. Floyd Gilzow
Deputy Director for Policy
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
P. O. Box 176
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176
Nebraska Public Power District -4-
Director, Missouri State Emergency
Management Agency
P.O. Box 116
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116
Chief, Radiation and Asbestos
Control Section
Kansas Department of Health
and Environment
Bureau of Air and Radiation
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310
Topeka, KS 66612-1366
Daniel K. McGhee
Bureau of Radiological Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Ronald D. Asche, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Nebraska Public Power District
1414 15th Street
Columbus, NE 68601
Jerry C. Roberts, Director of
Nuclear Safety Assurance
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
John F. McCann, Director, Licensing
Entergy Nuclear Northeast
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601-1813
Keith G. Henke, Planner
Division of Community and Public Health
Office of Emergency Coordination
930 Wildwood, P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
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