ML091690413

Confirmation of Retake Initial Operator License Examination: Kewaunee Power Station

ML091690413
Person / Time
Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	06/16/2009
From:	Hironori Peterson Operations Branch III
To:	Heacock D Dominion Energy Kewaunee
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 June 16, 2009 Mr. David A. Heacock President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.

Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

CONFIRMATION OF RETAKE INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATION:

KEWAUNEE POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Christian:

In a letter dated June 4, 2009 (09-151A), Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc., requested we schedule an initial operator license re-take examination on July 29 and July 30, 2009, or, as alternate dates, August 6 and August 7, 2009, for an operator that failed the April 2009 Initial License Examination Operating Test at the Kewaunee Power Station. We have scheduled the examination to occur on the suggested alternate dates of August 6 and August 7, 2009. On-site validation of the examination will occur on July 28, 2009. In the unlikely event that we are unable to support the examination during the scheduled week, we will inform you immediately upon discovery of such conditions and make arrangements to administer the examination at a mutually acceptable date.

We understand that your staff will prepare the operating test based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors. 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 outline and proposed operating test by July 6, 2009. The operating test, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 to ES-201 will be due on that date. 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 examination to be rescheduled.

In order to conduct the requested operating test, 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, 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 operating test is being developed and administered.

D. Heacock To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit a preliminary senior reactor operator license re-application (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 preliminary application is not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. In accordance with 10 CFR 55.35.a, Re-application, the final, signed application cannot be submitted prior to two months after the date of denial of the April 2009 operating test failed by the applicant. The final date of denial for the operators operating test was May 26, 2009.

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 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, writing the examinations, 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 to 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 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 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. If you have any questions regarding the NRCs examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. R. Keith Walton at (630) 829-9836, or me at (630) 829-9707.

Sincerely,

/RA by M. Bielby for/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-305 License No. DPR-43 See Attached Distribution

D. Heacock To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit a preliminary senior reactor operator license re-application (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 preliminary application is not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. In accordance with 10 CFR 55.35.a, Re-application, the final, signed application cannot be submitted prior to two months after the date of denial of the April 2009 operating test failed by the applicant. The final date of denial for the operators operating test was May 26, 2009.

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 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, writing the examinations, 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 to 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 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 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. If you have any questions regarding the NRCs examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. R. Keith Walton at (630) 829-9836, or me at (630) 829-9707.

Sincerely,

/RA by M. Bielby for/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-305 License No. DPR-43 DISTRIBUTION See next page DOCUMENT NAME: KEW 061609 DRS OL RETAKE EXAM.DOC Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box "C" = Copy w/o attach/encl "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII:DRS RIII:DRS NAME DMcNeil:co HPeterson MEB for DATE 06/16/09 06/16/09 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Letter to David A. Heacock from Hironori Peterson dated June 16, 2009.

SUBJECT:

CONFIRMATION OF RETAKE INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATION:

KEWAUNEE POWER STATION cc: S. Scace, Site Vice President M. Wilson, Director, Nuclear Safety and Licensing C. Funderburk, Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support T. Breene, Manager, Nuclear Licensing L. Cuoco, Senior Counsel D. Zellner, Chairman, Town of Carlton J. Kitsembel, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin P. Schmidt, State Liaison Officer

Letter to David A. Heacock from Hironori Peterson dated June 16, 2009.

SUBJECT:

CONFIRMATION OF RETAKE INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATION:

KEWAUNEE POWER STATION cc: S. Scace, Site Vice President M. Wilson, Director, Nuclear Safety and Licensing C. Funderburk, Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support T. Breene, Manager, Nuclear Licensing L. Cuoco, Senior Counsel D. Zellner, Chairman, Town of Carlton J. Kitsembel, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin P. Schmidt, State Liaison Officer DISTRIBUTION:

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