ML073511883

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000298/2008301

ML073511883
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	12/17/2007
From:	Ryan Lantz Operations Branch IV
To:	Minahan S Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
References
50-298/08-301
Download: ML073511883 (6)

See also: IR 05000298/2008301

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UNITED STATES

NU CLE AR RE GU LATOR Y C O M M I S S I O N

R EGI ON I V

611 R YAN PLAZA D R IV E, SU ITE 400

AR LI N GTON , TEXAS 76011-4005

December 17, 2007

Stewart B. Minahan, Vice

President-Nuclear and CNO

Nebraska Public Power District

72676 648A Avenue

Brownville, NE 68321

SUBJECT: COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR

LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000298/2008301

Dear Mr. Minahan:

In a telephone conversation on September 25, 2007, between Messrs. Dave Werner, Training,

and Mark Haire, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing

examinations at Cooper Nuclear Station during the week of March 17, 2008.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, 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-1123, 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 January 2, 2008. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 2 to ES-201 will be due by February 1, 2008.

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. In addition, your support for onsite validation of the

examinations is required during the week of February 11, 2008.

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.

Nebraska Public Power District -2-

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. 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 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. Werner 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 Mark Haire at 817-860-8117, or myself at

817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Ryan E. Lantz, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-298

License: DPR-46

Nebraska Public Power District -3-

DISTRIBUTION:

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

David Van Der Kamp

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 -4-

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

Melanie Rasmussen, State Liaison Officer/

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

John F. McCann, Director, Licensing

Entergy Nuclear Northeast

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue

White Plains, NY 10601-1813

Keith G. Henke, Planner

Division of Community and Public Health

Office of Emergency Coordination

930 Wildwood, P.O. Box 570

Jefferson City, MO 65102

Paul V. Fleming, Director of Nuclear

Safety Assurance

Nebraska Public Power District

P.O. Box 98

Brownville, NE 68321

Ronald L. McCabe, Chief

Technological Hazards Branch

National Preparedness Division

DHS/FEMA

9221 Ward Parkway

Suite 300

Kansas City, MO 64114-3372

Nebraska Public Power District -5-

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

Ronald D. Asche, President

and Chief Executive Officer

Nebraska Public Power District

1414 15th Street

Columbus, NE 68601

Nebraska Public Power District -6-

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