ML063620561
| ML063620561 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 12/28/2006 |
| From: | Nease R Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Edington R Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| References | |
| IR-07-301 | |
| Download: ML063620561 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000298/2007301
Text
December 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
RETAKE EXAMINATION 05000298/2007301
In a telephone conversation on December 18, 2006, between Messrs. Dave Tune, Operations
Training Superintendent and Steve Garchow, NRC Chief Examiner, arrangements were made
for the administration of a retake licensing examination at the Cooper Nuclear Station during
the week of January 29, 2007. This retake examination will consist of the simulator scenario
portion of the operating examination for one reactor operator candidate.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examination. This
activity 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 January 29, 2006.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outline
by January 12, 2007. The examination, and any supporting reference materials will be due by
January 22, 2007. 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 operating test, 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 operating test is being administered.
Nebraska Public Power District
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To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should resubmit the reactor operator
license application (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090),
medical certification (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (OMB approval
number 3150-0090) at least 7 days before the examination date. If the signed application
certifying that all training has been completed is not received at least 7 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 OMB, under
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 20555-0001, 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. Tune 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/
Rebecca L. Nease, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-298
License: DPR-46
Nebraska Public Power District
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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
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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, State Liaison Officer
Bureau of Radiological Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Don Flater, Radiation Control
Program Director
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
Nebraska Public Power District
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Keith G. Henke, Planner
Division of Community and Public Health
Office of Emergency Coordination
930 Wildwood, P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Nebraska Public Power District
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Senior Project Engineer, DRP/C (WCW)
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