ML080100390
| ML080100390 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 01/09/2008 |
| From: | Ryan Lantz Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Keenan J Pacific Gas & Electric Co |
| References | |
| 50-275/08-301, 50-323/08-301 | |
| Download: ML080100390 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000275/2008301
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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
January 9, 2008
John S. Keenan
Senior Vice President - Generation
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
P.O. Box 770000
Mail Code B32
San Francisco, CA 94177-0001
SUBJECT: DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC
INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION (EXAMINATION
REPORTS 05000275/2008301 AND 05000323/2008301)
Dear Mr. Keenan:
In a telephone conversation on December 31, 2007, between Messrs. David Burns, Training,
and Steve Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of
licensing examinations at Diablo Canyon Power Plant during the week of June 16, 2008.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on
the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, 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 April 2, 2008. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 2 to ES-201 will be due by May 2, 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
May 19, 2008.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company -2-
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.
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.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company -3-
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. 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 Steve Garchow at 817-860-8117, or myself at
817-860-8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Ryan E. Lantz, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Dockets: 50-275; 50-323
DISTRIBUTION:
Sierra Club San Lucia Chapter
ATTN: Andrew Christie
P.O. Box 15755
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
Nancy Culver
San Luis Obispo
Mothers for Peace
P.O. Box 164
Pismo Beach, CA 93448
Chairman
San Luis Obispo County Board of
Supervisors
County Government Building
1055 Monterey Street, Suite D430
San Luis Obispo, CA 93408
Truman Burns\Robert Kinosian
California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Ave., Rm. 4102
San Francisco, CA 94102-3298
Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee
Robert R. Wellington, Esq.
Legal Counsel
857 Cass Street, Suite D
Monterey, CA 93940
Director, Radiological Health Branch
State Department of Health Services
P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610)
Sacramento, CA 95899-7414
Pacific Gas and Electric Company -4-
Jennifer Post, Esq.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
P.O. Box 7442
San Francisco, CA 94120
City Editor
The Tribune
3825 South Higuera Street
P.O. Box 112
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0112
James D. Boyd, Commissioner
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street (MS 34)
Sacramento, CA 95814
James R. Becker, Vice President
Diablo Canyon Operations and
Station Director, Pacific Gas and
Electric Company
Diablo Canyon Power Plant
P.O. Box 56
Avila Beach, CA 93424
Jennifer Tang
Field Representative
United States Senator Barbara Boxer
1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 240
San Francisco, CA 94111
John T. Conway
Site Vice President
Diablo Canyon Power Plant
P.O. Box 56
Avila Beach, CA 93424
Chief, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section
National Preparedness Directorate
Technological Hazards Division
Department of Homeland Security
1111 Broadway, Suite 1200
Oakland, CA 94607-4052
Pacific Gas and Electric Company -5-
Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (EEC)
DRP Director (ATH)
DRS Director (DDC)
DRS Deputy Director (RJC1)
Senior Resident Inspector (MSP)
Branch Chief, DRP/B (VGG)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (RWD)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (CJP)
RITS Coordinator (MSH3)
Only inspection reports to the following:
V. Dricks, PAO (VLD)
A. Powell, OCA Region IV Coordinator (AXP10)
D. Pelton, OEDO RIV Coordinator (DLP)
ROPreports
DC Site Secretary (AWC1)
SUNSI Review Completed: ____y__ADAMS: Yes No Initials: __SMG____
Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive
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/RA/ /RA/
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