ML071350063
| ML071350063 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 05/13/2007 |
| From: | Gody A Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Sheppard J South Texas |
| References | |
| IR-07-301 | |
| Download: ML071350063 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000498/2007301
Text
May 13, 2007
James J. Sheppard, President and
Chief Executive Officer
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX 77483
SUBJECT: SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 and
2 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION
05000498/2007301; 05000499/2007301
Dear Mr. Sheppard:
In a meeting on March 8, 2007, between Messrs. Michael DeFrees, Operations Training
Supervisor, and Brian Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration
of licensing examinations at South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, Units 1 and 2,
during the week of November 5, 2007.
As agreed during the meeting, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines
in Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power
Reactors," and the use of Revision 2 of NUREG-1122, Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for
Nuclear Power Plant Operators. The NRCs regional office will discuss with your staff any
changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination
outlines by August 19, 2007. The written examinations, operating tests, and reference material
identified in Attachment 2 to ES-201 will be due by September 18, 2007. Pursuant to Title 10,
Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations, an authorized representative of the
facility licensee shall approve the required examinations and tests before they are submitted to
the NRC for review and approval. All materials shall be complete and ready-to-use. We
request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in your
submittal be contained in a separate enclosure and appropriately marked. Any delay in
receiving the required examinations, tests or supporting reference materials, or the submittal of
inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled. In
addition, your support for onsite validation of the examinations is required during the week of
October 15, 2007.
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,
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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.
To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor
operator and senior reactor operator license applications and waiver requests (if any) (Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB
approval number 3150-0024) at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the
preliminary 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, 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 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 NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be
made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from
the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of 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 (the Public
Electronic Reading Room).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. DeFrees 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. Larson at 817-860-8172, or myself
at 817-860-8159 .
Sincerely,
/RA/
Anthony T. Gody, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
STP Nuclear Operating Company -3-
Dockets: 50-498; 50-499
cc:
E. D. Halpin
Site Vice President
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX 77483
Ken Coates
Plant General Manager
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX 77483
S. M. Head, Manager, Licensing
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5014
Wadsworth, TX 77483
C. T. Bowman
General Manager, Oversight
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX 77483
Marilyn Kistler
Sr. Staff Specialist, Licensing
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289, Mail Code 5014
Wadsworth, TX 77483
C. M. Canady
City of Austin
Electric Utility Department
721 Barton Springs Road
Austin, TX 78704
J. J. Nesrsta/R. K. Temple/
E. Alercon/Kevin Pollo
City Public Service Board
P.O. Box 1771
San Antonio, TX 78296
Jon C. Wood
Cox Smith Matthews
112 E. Pecan, Suite 1800
San Antonio, TX 78205
STP Nuclear Operating Company -4-
A. H. Gutterman, Esq.
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
Records Center
700 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30339
Director, Division of Compliance & Inspection
Bureau of Radiation Control
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756
Brian Almon
Public Utility Commission
William B. Travis Building
P.O. Box 13326
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701-3326
Environmental and Natural
Resources Policy Director
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711-3189
Judge, Matagorda County
Matagorda County Courthouse
1700 Seventh Street
Bay City, TX 77414
Terry Parks, Chief Inspector
Texas Department of Licensing
and Regulation
Boiler Program
P.O. Box 12157
Austin, TX 78711
Susan M. Jablonski
Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
MC-122, P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
STP Nuclear Operating Company -5-
Ted Enos
4200 South Hulen
Suite 422
Fort Worth, TX 76109
Steve Winn/Christine Jacobs/
Eddy Daniels/Marty Ryan
NRC Energy, Inc.
211 Carnegie Center
Princeton, NJ 08540
Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (BSM1)
DRP Director (ATH)
DRS Director (DDC)
DRS Deputy Director (RJC1)
Senior Resident Inspector (JLD5)
Branch Chief, DRP/A (CEJ1)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (TRF)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (FLB2)
RITS Coordinator (MSH3)
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