ML061280346

Generation Station - 12-2006 - Corporate Notification Letter

ML061280346
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	05/05/2006
From:	Gody A Operations Branch IV
To:	Parrish J Entergy Northwest
References
50-397/06-301
Download: ML061280346 (5)

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May 5, 2006 J. V. Parrish (Mail Drop 1023)

Chief Executive Officer Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968

SUBJECT:

COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000397/2006301 In a telephone conversation on January 12, 2006, between Messrs. Ron Hayden, Operations Training Specialist, and Steve Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Columbia Generating Station during the weeks of November 27 and December 4, 2006.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, preparing the written examination will be a shared effort between the NRC and your staff. It was further agreed that your staff will prepare the operating examination. Both these activities will be performed in accordance with the guidelines contained 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. Your support for the onsite examination validation will be required during the week of October 30, 2006.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outlines by September 16, 2006. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 to ES-201 will be due by October 13, 2006.

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 shall 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 to 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.

Energy Northwest 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 (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 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 to 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 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 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. Hayden has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRCs examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Garchow at 817-276-4426, or myself at 817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Anthony T. Gody, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket: 50-397 License: NPF-21

Energy Northwest cc:

W. Scott Oxenford (Mail Drop PE04)

Vice President, Technical Services Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Albert E. Mouncer (Mail Drop PE01)

Vice President, Corporate Services/

General Counsel/CFO Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Chairman Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council P.O. Box 43172 Olympia, WA 98504-3172 Douglas W. Coleman (Mail Drop PE20)

Manager, Regulatory Programs Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Gregory V. Cullen (Mail Drop PE20)

Supervisor, Licensing Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Chairman Benton County Board of Commissioners P.O. Box 190 Prosser, WA 99350-0190 Dale K. Atkinson (Mail Drop PE08)

Vice President, Nuclear Generation Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968

Energy Northwest Cheryl M. Whitcomb (Mail Drop PE03)

Vice President, Organizational Performance & Staffing/CKO Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 William A. Horin, Esq.

Winston & Strawn 1700 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-3817 Matt Steuerwalt Executive Policy Division Office of the Governor P.O. Box 43113 Olympia, WA 98504-3113 Lynn Albin, Radiation Physicist Washington State Department of Health P.O. Box 7827 Olympia, WA 98504-7827

Energy Northwest Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSM1)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

DRS Deputy Director (RJC1)

Senior Resident Inspector (ZKD)

Branch Chief, DRP/A (CEJ1)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (TRF)

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RLN1)

RITS Coordinator (KEG)

SUNSI Review Completed: _Y_____ ADAMS: / Yes G No Initials: __SMG__

/ Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive / Non-Sensitive OE:OB C:OB SMGarchow/lmb ATGody

/RA/ /RA/

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