ML090401001
| ML090401001 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 02/09/2009 |
| From: | Ryan Lantz Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Muench R Wolf Creek |
| References | |
| 05000482/09-301 | |
| Download: ML090401001 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000482/2009301
Text
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
February 9, 2009
Rick A. Muench, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
P.O. Box 411
Burlington, KS 66839
SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION - NOTIFICATION OF
NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000482/2009301
Dear Mr. Muench:
In a telephone conversation on February 3, 2009, between Ms. Jane Hartley, Facility Author,
Messrs. Rick Murray, Facility Reviewer, Randy Guyer, Facility Reviewer, and Gabriel Apger,
Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at
Wolf Creek during the week of August 31, 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 June 12, 2009. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by July 17, 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 examinations 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 July 27,
2009.
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,
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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 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. Ms. Hartley 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. Apger at 817-276-6508, or myself at 817-860-
8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Ryan E. Lantz, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation -3-
Docket: 50-482
License: NPF-42
DISTRIBUTION:
Vice President Operations/Plant Manager
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
P.O. Box 411
Burlington, KS 66839
Jay Silberg, Esq.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
2300 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Supervisor Licensing
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
P.O. Box 411
Burlington, KS 66839
Chief Engineer
Utilities Division
Kansas Corporation Commission
1500 SW Arrowhead Road
Topeka, KS 66604-4027
Office of the Governor
State of Kansas
Topeka, KS 66612-1590
Attorney General
120 S.W. 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor
Topeka, KS 66612-1597
County Clerk
Coffey County Courthouse
110 South 6th Street
Burlington, KS 66839
Chief, Radiation and Asbestos
Control Section
Bureau of Air and Radiation
Kansas Department of Health and
Environment
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310
Topeka, KS 66612-1366
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation -4-
Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Chuck.Casto@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 (Chris.Long@nrc.gov)
Site Secretary (Shirley.Allen@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/B (Vincent.Gaddy@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (Rick Deese@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
Only inspection reports to the following:
OEDO RIV Coordinator, Primary (Shawn.Williams@nrc.gov)
OEDO RIV Coordinator, Backup (Eugene.Guthrie@nrc.gov)
ROPreports
File located:
SUNSI Rev Compl. Yes No ADAMS Yes No Reviewer Initials GWA
Publicly Avail Yes No Sensitive Yes No Sens. Type Initials GWA
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GWApger RELantz
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