ML071980485

10/22 & 29/2007 - Corporate Notification Letter

ML071980485
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	06/06/2007
From:	Gody A Operations Branch IV
To:	Muench R Wolf Creek
References
OMB 3150-0024, OMB 3150-0090 50-482-07-301
Download: ML071980485 (4)

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June 6, 2007 Rick A. Muench, President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT:

WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000482/2007301

Dear Mr. Muench:

In a telephone conversation on May 2, 2007, between T. O. McKernon, Chief Examiner,and R. Murray, Supervisor, Initial License Operator Training, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at your facility during the weeks of October 22 and 29, 2007.

As agreed, during the telephone conversation, the facility staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 9, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors". The NRC regional office will review and 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 June 26, 2007. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 to ES-201 will be due by August 28, 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. We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in your response be contained in a separate enclosure and appropriately marked. 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. Additionally, an onsite validation of the examination material will be performed during the week of October 8, 2007. Sufficient staff resources and simulator should be made available for the examination validation.

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.

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation 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.

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, September 25, 2007. 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, or no later than October 10, 2007.

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. D. Burns 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. Tom McKernon at 817-860-8153, or myself at 817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Anthony T. Gody, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Docket No. 50-482 License: NPF-42 cc:

Vice President Operations/Plant Manager Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Jay Silberg, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Supervisor Licensing Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Chief Engineer Utilities Division Kansas Corporation Commission 1500 SW Arrowhead Road Topeka, KS 66604-4027 Office of the Governor State of Kansas Topeka, KS 66612 Attorney General 120 S.W. 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor Topeka, KS 66612-1597 County Clerk Coffey County Courthouse 110 South 6th Street Burlington, KS 66839-1798 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

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSM1)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

DRS Deputy Director (RJC1)

Senior Resident Inspector (SDC)

SRI, Callaway (MSP)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (VGG)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (FLB2)

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (CJP)

RITS Coordinator (MSH3)

SUNSI Review Completed: _xxx_ ADAMS: / Yes G No Initials: _TOM_____

/ Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive / Non-Sensitive OB:SOE OB:C TOMcKernon ATGody

/RA/ /RA/

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