ML083181204
| ML083181204 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 11/12/2008 |
| From: | Ryan Lantz Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Mitchell T Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| Download: ML083181204 (5) | |
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UNITE D S TATES NUC LEAR RE GULATOR Y C OMMIS SI ON R EG I O N I V 612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU ITE 400 AR L IN GTON , TEXAS 7 6 011 - 4125 November 12, 2008 Timothy G. Mitchell, Vice President, Operations Entergy Operations, Inc.
Arkansas Nuclear One 1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AR 72802
SUBJECT:
ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 1- NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING RETAKE EXAMINATION 05000313/2009301
Dear Mr. Mitchell:
In a telephone conversation on November 6, 2008 between Messrs. Randall Martin, Initial License Training Supervisor and Tom McKernon, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of a licensing retake written examination at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1, on January 28, 2009.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examination based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 9, Supplement 1, and NUREG-1122, Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators, Revision 2, Supplement 1. The NRCs 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 examination outlines and the draft written retake examination by November 17, 2008. The written examination shall include supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201.
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, examination, and quality checklists 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 order to conduct the requested written retake examination, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402. Appendix E to NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written retake examination is being administered.
Entergy Operations, Inc. To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit the preliminary senior operator license application (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) by December 18, 2008. If the application is not received at least by the above 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, no later than January 14, 2009.
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 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 examinations, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of these information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Records and FOIA/Privacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.
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. Martin 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/
Ryan E. Lantz, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Dockets: 50-313 Licenses: DPR-51
Entergy Operations, Inc. DISTRIBUTION:
Senior Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Senior Vice President
& Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Vice President, Oversight Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Manager, Licensing Entergy Operations, Inc.
Arkansas Nuclear One 1448 SR 333 Russellville, AR 72802 Associate General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & Licensing Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Section Chief, Division of Health Radiation Control Section Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services 4815 West Markham Street, Slot 30 Little Rock, AR 72205-3867 Section Chief, Division of Health Emergency Management Section Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markham Street, Slot 30 Little Rock, AR 72205-3867
Entergy Operations, Inc. Pope County Judge Pope County Courthouse 100 West Main Street Russellville, AR 72801
Entergy Operations, Inc. Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)
DRP Director (Dwight.Chamberlain@nrc.gov)
DRP Deputy Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Alfred.Sanchez@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Jeffrey.Josey@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/E (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (George.Replogle@nrc.gov)
ANO Site Secretary (Vicki.High@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
K. S. Fuller, RC OEMail Resource Senior Enforcement Specialist (Mark.Haire@nrc.gov)
SUNSI Review Completed: TOM ADAMS: Yes No Initials: TOM Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive ML083181204 SOE COB TOMcKernon RELantz
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