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Senior Reactor Operator Written Retake Examination - Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station
ML091340590
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Site: Vermont Yankee Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 05/14/2009
From: Hansell S
Operations Branch I
To: Michael Colomb
Entergy Nuclear Operations
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May 14, 2009 Mr. Michael Colomb Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station 185 Old Ferry Road P.O. Box 500 Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500

SUBJECT:

SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR WRITTEN RETAKE EXAMINATION -

VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Colomb:

In telephone conversations on April 1, 2009, between Mr. Gilbert Johnson, Chief Examiner, and Mr. Jim Paradis, Facility Reviewer, arrangements were made for the administration of the written retake licensing examinations at Vermont Yankee, on May 18, 2009.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the written examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The 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 written examination outlines by April 30, 2009. The written examination and the supporting reference materials will be due by May 11, 2009. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 10 CFR 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 should 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 examinations, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402.

Appendix E of NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examinations are being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit the preliminary senior reactor operator license application (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certification (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (if any) (OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the examination date. Because your applicant for this NRC written retake examination previously passed the operating test,

M. Colomb administered on February 9-13, 2009, you may request waivers of that portion. If the application is not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary.

A signed application 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.). The OMB, under approval number 3150-0018, which expires on June 30, 2009, approved these information collections. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-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 on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at BJS1@NRC.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 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 website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Jim Paradis has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Gilbert Johnson at (610) 337-5369, or me at (610) 337-5046.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Samuel L. Hansell, Jr., Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28

M. Colomb administered on February 9-13, 2009, you may request waivers of that portion. If the application is not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary.

A signed application 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.). The OMB, under approval number 3150-0018, which expires on June 30, 2009, approved these information collections. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-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 on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at BJS1@NRC.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 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 website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Jim Paradis has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Gilbert Johnson at (610) 337-5369, or me at (610) 337-5046.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Samuel L. Hansell, Jr., Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28 SUNSI Review Complete: SLH (Reviewer=s Initials)

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Vice President, Operations, Entergy Nuclear Operations Senior Vice President, Entergy Nuclear Operations Vice President, Oversight, Entergy Nuclear Operations Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & Licensing, Entergy Nuclear Operations Senior Vice President and COO, Entergy Nuclear Operations Assistant General Counsel, Entergy Nuclear Operations Manager, Licensing, Entergy Nuclear Operations Manager, Training and Development (Vermont Yankee)

Hon. Molly Kelly, New Hampshire Senate S. Lousteau, Treasury Department, Entergy Services, Inc.

D. O Dowd, Administrator, Radiological Health Section, DPHS, State of New Hampshire W. Irwin, Chief, CHP, Radiological Health, Vermont Department of Health Chief, Safety Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Mass.

D. Lewis, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LLP G. D. Bisbee, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, Environmental Protection Bureau J. P. Matteau, Executive Director, Windham Regional Commission D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)

R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff G. Sachs, President/Staff Person, c/o Stopthesale J. Volz, Chairman, Public Service Board, State of Vermont Chairman, Board of Selectman, Town of Vernon C. Pope, State of New Hampshire, SLO D. O'Brien, State of Vermont, SLO J. Giarrusso, SLO, MEMA, Commonwealth of Massachusetts J. Angil, II, Manager, Vermont Emergency Management Agency U. Vanags, State Nuclear Engineer, Vermont Department of Public Service J. Block, Esquire S. Shaw G. Edwards

M. Colomb E-Mail Distribution:

S. Collins, RA M. Dapas, DRA D. Roberts, DRS K. Gruss, DRS S. Hansell, DRS G. Johnson, DRS T. Fish, DRS D. Lew, DRP J. Clifford, DRP D. Jackson, DRP T. Setzer, DRP G. Newman, DRP A. Rao, DRP Stephen Campbell, RI OEDO M. Kowal, NRR R. Nelson, NRR J. Kim, PM, NRR J. Boska, Backup PM, NRR M. Marshfield, Senior Resident Inspector - VY Heather Jones, Resident Inspector - VY A. Rancourt, OA Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

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