ML090721107
| ML090721107 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 03/12/2009 |
| From: | Ryan Lantz Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Minahan S Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| References | |
| IR-09-301 | |
| Download: ML090721107 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000298/2009301
Text
March 12, 2009
Stewart B. Minahan, Vice
President-Nuclear and CNO
Nebraska Public Power District
72676 648A Avenue
Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT:
COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR
LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000298/2009301
Dear Mr. Minahan:
In a telephone conversation on March 9, 2009, between Messrs. William Gilbert, Operations
Training Supervisor, and Stephen Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the
administration of licensing examinations at Cooper Nuclear Station during the week of
September 21, 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-1123, Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for
Nuclear Power Plant Operators, Revision 2, Supplement 1. The Nuclear Regulatory
Commissions (NRC) 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 29, 2009. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by August 10, 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
August 31, 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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our 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. Mr. Gilbert 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. Garchow at 817-276-4426, or myself at 817-860-
8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Bernard W. Stapleton for
Ryan E. Lantz, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Nebraska Public Power District
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Docket: 50-298
License: DPR-46
DISTRIBUTION:
Gene Mace
Nuclear Asset Manager
Nebraska Public Power District
P. O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
John C. McClure, Vice President
and General Counsel
Nebraska Public Power District
P. O. Box 499
Columbus, NE 68602-0499
David Van Der Kamp
Licensing Manager
Nebraska Public Power District
P. O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
Michael J. Linder, Director
Nebraska Department of
Environmental Quality
P. O. Box 98922
Lincoln, NE 68509-8922
Chairman
Nemaha County Board of Commissioners
Nemaha County Courthouse
1824 N Street
Auburn, NE 68305
Julia Schmitt, Manager
Radiation Control Program
Nebraska Health & Human Services
Dept. of Regulation & Licensing
Division of Public Health Assurance
301 Centennial Mall, South
P. O. Box 95007
Lincoln, NE 68509-5007
Deputy Director for Policy
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
P. O. Box 176
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176
Nebraska Public Power District
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Director, Missouri State Emergency
Management Agency
P. O. Box 116
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116
Chief, Radiation and Asbestos
Control Section
Kansas Department of Health
and Environment
Bureau of Air and Radiation
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310
Topeka, KS 66612-1366
Melanie Rasmussen, State Liaison Officer/
Radiation Control Program Director
Bureau of Radiological Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
John F. McCann, Director, Licensing
Entergy Nuclear Northeast
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601-1813
Keith G. Henke, Planner
Division of Community and Public Health
Office of Emergency Coordination
P. O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Art Zaremba
Director of Nuclear Safety Assurance
Nebraska Public Power District
P. O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
Ronald D. Asche, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Nebraska Public Power District
1414 15th Street
Columbus, NE 68601
Nebraska Public Power District
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Chief, Radiological Emergency
Preparedness Section
FEMA, Region VII
9221 Ward Parkway
Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64114-3372
Nebraska Public Power District
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