ML070470125
| ML070470125 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 02/15/2006 |
| From: | Marvin Sykes Operations Branch I |
| To: | Crane C AmerGen Energy Co |
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February 15, 2006 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and CEO AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348
SUBJECT:
SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR RETAKE EXAMINATION OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION
Dear Mr. Crane:
In a telephone conversation on January 22, 2007, between Mr. John G. Caruso, Senior Examiner/Inspector, and Mr. Neil Patrou, Exam Developer, arrangements were made for the administration of a retake licensing examination (i.e., the simulator scenario portion of the operating examination only) for one individual at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, during the week of April 9, 2007.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the simulator scenario examination based on the guidelines in Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The NRC regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examination is administered.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the scenario examination outlines by February 23, 2007. The examination and the supporting reference materials will be due by March 9, 2007. Pursuant to the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 55.40(b)(3)), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outline, examination, and test before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials should be complete and ready-to-use.
We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in your response be contained in a separate enclosure and marked appropriately. Any delay in receiving the required examination and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examination to be rescheduled.
In order to conduct the requested examination, 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 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 examination is being administered.
C. M. Crane 2
To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit a 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 examination date.
Because your applicant for this NRC retake examination previously passed the walk-through/Job Performance Measure portion of the operating test, and the written examination administered the weeks of October 2 and 9, 2006 respectively, you may request waivers for those portions as part of his application request. 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 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 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, writing the examination, 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 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 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. N. Patrou 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. J. Caruso at (610) 337-5389, or me at (610) 337-5046.
Sincerely,
/RA by M. Gamberoni for/
Marvin D. Sykes, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
C. M. Crane 3
Docket No.
50-219 License No.
DPR-16 cc:
Chief Operating Officer, AmerGen Site Vice President, Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, AmerGen Plant Manager, Oyster Creek Generating Station, AmerGen Regulatory Assurance Manager, Oyster Creek, AmerGen Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services, AmerGen Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Operations, AmerGen Vice President - Operations Support, AmerGen Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, AmerGen Director Licensing, AmerGen Manager Licensing - Oyster Creek, AmerGen Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, AmerGen T. ONeill, Associate General Counsel, Exelon Generation Company J. Fewell, Assistant General Counsel, Exelon Nuclear Correspondence Control Desk, AmerGen J. Matthews, Esquire, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Mayor of Lacey Township K. Tosch, Chief, Bureau of Nuclear Engineering, NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff N. Cohen, Coordinator - Unplug Salem Campaign E. Gbur, Chairwoman - Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch E. Zobian, Coordinator - Jersey Shore Anti Nuclear Alliance P. Baldauf, Assistant Director, Radiation Protection and Release Prevention, State of NJ J. Vaccaro, Director of Training - Oyster Creek, AmerGen S. Glenn, INPO (GlennSG@Inpo.org)
C. M. Crane 4
Distribution:
DRS Master Exam File (C. Bixler) (w/concurrences)
J. Caruso, Chief Examiner, DRS DRS File E-Mail Distribution:
S. Collins, RA M. Dapas, DRA A. R. Blough, DRS M. Sykes, DRS R. Bellamy, DRP S. Barber, DRP M. Ferdas, DRP, Senior Resident Inspector R. Treadway, DRP, Resident Inspector J. DeVries, DRP, Resident OA J. Lamb, RI OEDO H. Chernoff, NRR J. Lubinski, NRR E. Miller PM, NRR V. Nerses, NRR ROPreports@nrc.gov Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
A. Blough, DRS SUNSI Review Complete: JMD (Reviewers Initials)
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