ML083250681
| ML083250681 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 11/20/2008 |
| From: | Ryan Lantz Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Bannister D Omaha Public Power District |
| References | |
| 50-285/09-301 | |
| Download: ML083250681 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000285/2009301
Text
November 20, 2008
D. J. Bannister
Vice President and CNO
Omaha Public Power District
Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.
P.O. Box 550
Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550
SUBJECT:
FORT CALHOUN STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR
LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000285/2009301
Dear Mr. Bannister:
In a telephone conversation on November 20, 2008 between Messrs. Randy Cade, Operations
Training, and Brian Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of
licensing examinations at Fort Calhoun Station during the week of March 30, 2009.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations 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 examinations are
administered.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination
outlines by January 9, 2009. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting
reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by February 6, 2009.
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 on-site validation of the
examinations is required during the week of February 23, 2009.
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
R E GI ON I V
612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400
ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125
Omaha Public Power District
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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 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 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, 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. Cade 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. Larson at 817-860-8172, or myself
at 817-860-8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Ryan E. Lantz, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-285
License: DPR-40
Omaha Public Power District
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DISTRIBUTION:
Mr. Jeffrey A. Reinhart
Site Vice President
Omaha Public Power District
Fort Calhoun Station FC 2-4 Adm.
P.O. Box 550
Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550
Mr. Thomas C. Matthews
Manager - Nuclear Licensing
Omaha Public Power District
Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.
P.O. Box 550
Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550
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Chairman
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Ms. Julia Schmitt, Manager
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Lincoln, NE 68509-5007
Ms. Melanie Rasmussen
Radiation Control Program Officer
Bureau of Radiological Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Omaha Public Power District
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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 (John.Hanna@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (John.Kirkland@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/E (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov)
FCS Site Secretary (Berni.Madison@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (George.Replogle@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Doug.Bollock@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
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ADAMS:
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