ML092960620
| ML092960620 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 10/20/2009 |
| From: | Ryan Lantz Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Muench R Wolf Creek |
| References | |
| 50-482/09-302 | |
| Download: ML092960620 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000482/2009302
Text
October 20, 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 05000482/2009302
Dear Mr. Muench:
In a telephone conversation on October 14, 2009 between Messrs. Rick Murray and Gabriel
Apger, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of a retake licensing
examination at Wolf Creek during the week of December 14, 2009. This examination will consist
only of the dynamic scenario portion of the operating test.
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 scenario outlines by
November 6, 2009. The simulator scenario portion of the operating tests will be due by
December 7, 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,
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 on
December 14, 2009.
In order to conduct the requested operating tests, it will be necessary for your staff 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.
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
R E GI ON I V
612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400
ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125
Mr. R. Muench
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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. Murray 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
Docket: 50-482
License: NPF-42
DISTRIBUTION:
Mr. R. Muench
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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
Chief, Technological Hazards
Branch
FEMA, Region VII
9221 Ward Parkway
Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64114-3372
Mr. R. Muench
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