ML062840538
| ML062840538 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 10/06/2006 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Blevins M TXU Energy |
| References | |
| IR-07-301 | |
| Download: ML062840538 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000445/2007301
Text
October 6, 2006
M. R. Blevins, Senior Vice President
and Principal Nuclear Officer
TXU Energy
ATTN: Regulatory Affairs
Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station
P.O. Box 1002
Glen Rose, TX 76043
SUBJECT:
COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION - NRC INITIAL OPERATOR
LICENSING EXAMINATION REPORT 05000445/2007-301; 05000446/2007-301
Dear Mr. Blevins:
In a telephone conversation on September 6, 2007, between Messrs. Gary Casperson,
Operations Training Supervisor, and J. F. Drake, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for
the administration of licensing examinations at your Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station
during the week of April 16, 2007.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on
the guidelines in NUREG-1021 Revision 9, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for
Power Reactors." In addition, your support for onsite validation of the operating examination is
required during the week of February 26, 2007. Your support for validation of the written
examination is required during the week of March 26, 2007.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination
outlines by January 31, 2007. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting
reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 and as specified by the chief examiner
will be due by March 2, 2007. Pursuant to 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.
TXU Energy
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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.
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, 2009.
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. Gary Casperson 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. Jim Drake at 817-276-6558, or
myself at 817-860-8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Vincent Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
TXU Energy
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Dockets: 50-445; 50-446
cc:
Fred W. Madden, Director
Regulatory Affairs
TXU Power
P.O. Box 1002
Glen Rose, TX 76043
George L. Edgar, Esq.
Morgan Lewis
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Terry Parks, Chief Inspector
Texas Department of Licensing
and Regulation
Boiler Program
P.O. Box 12157
Austin, TX 78711
The Honorable Walter Maynard
Somervell County Judge
P.O. Box 851
Glen Rose, TX 76043
Richard A. Ratliff, Chief
Bureau of Radiation Control
Texas Department of Health
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756-3189
Environmental and Natural
Resources Policy Director
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711-3189
Brian Almon
Public Utility Commission
William B. Travis Building
P.O. Box 13326
Austin, TX 78711-3326
TXU Energy
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Susan M. Jablonski
Office of Permitting, Remediation
and Registration
Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality
MC-122
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
TXU Energy
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Senior Resident Inspector (DBA)
Branch Chief, DRP/A (CEJ1)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (TRF)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RLN1)
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/RA/
/RA/
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