ML083250681

Er 05000285-09-301, March 30, 2009, Fort Calhoun Station - Notification of Initial Operator Licensing Examination

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

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UNITED STATES

NUC LE AR RE G UL AT O RY C O M M I S S I O N

R E GI ON I V

612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU I TE 400

AR LI N GTON , TEXAS 76011-4125

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.

Omaha 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 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 -3-

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

Winston & Strawn

Attn: David A. Repke, Esq.

1700 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006-3817

Chairman

Washington County Board of Supervisors

P.O. Box 466Blair, NE 68008

Ms. Julia Schmitt, Manager

Radiation Control Program

Nebraska Health & Human Services R & L

Public Health Assurance

301 Centennial Mall, South

P.O. Box 95007

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 -4-

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)

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RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

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