ML100050036

NRC Initial Operating Licensing Examination Approval 50-275/10-301; 50-323/10-301

ML100050036
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	01/04/2010
From:	Garchow S Operations Branch IV
To:	Conway J Pacific Gas & Electric Co
References
50-275/10-301, 50-323/10-301
Download: ML100050036 (4)

See also: IR 05000275/2010301

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

January 4, 2010

John T. Conway

Senior Vice President &

Chief Nuclear Officer

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

77 Beale Street, B32

San Francisco, CA 94105

SUBJECT: DIABLO CANYON, UNIT 1 AND 2 - NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING

EXAMINATION APPROVAL 05000275/2010301; 05000323/2010301

Dear Mr. Conway:

The purpose of this letter is to confirm the final arrangements for the upcoming operator

licensing examinations at Diablo Canyon, Units 1 and 2.

The NRC has completed its review of the operator license applications submitted in connection

with this examination and separately provided a list of approved applicants to Ronald Fortier,

NRC exam Lead. Note that any examination waivers and application denials have been

addressed in separate correspondence.

The NRC has approved the subject examinations and hereby authorizes you to administer the

written examination in accordance with NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination

Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 9, Supplement 1, on January 8, 2010. The NRC staff

will administer the operating tests during the week of January 11, 2010. This examination has

undergone extensive review by my staff and representatives responsible for licensed operator

training at your facility. Based on this review, I have concluded that the examination meets the

guidelines of NUREG-1021 for content, operational, and discrimination validity. By

administering this examination, you also agree that it meets NUREG-1021 guidelines, and is

appropriate for measuring the qualifications of licensed operator applicants at your facility. If

you determine that this examination is not appropriate for licensing operators at your facility, do

not administer the examination and contact me at (817) 860-8159.

Please contact your Chief Examiner, Gabriel Apger, at (817) 276-6508, if you have any

questions or identify any errors or changes in the license level (RO or SRO) or type of

examination (partial or complete written examination and/or operating test) specified for each

applicant.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Stephen M. Garchow, Acting Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Pacific Gas and Electric Company. -2-

Dockets: 50-275; 50-323

Licenses: DPR-80; DPR-82

Enclosure: ES-201-4

cc w/enclosure:

Ronald Fortier, NRC Exam Lead

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Diablo Canyon Power Plant

P.O. Box 56

Avila Beach, CA 93424

cc w/o enclosure

Sierra Club San Lucia Chapter

ATTN: Andrew Christie

P.O. Box 15755

San Luis Obispo, CA 93406

Nancy Culver

San Luis Obispo

Mothers for Peace

P.O. Box 164

Pismo Beach, CA 93448

Chairman

San Luis Obispo County

Board of Supervisors

1055 Monterey Street, Suite D430

San Luis Obispo, CA 93408

Truman Burns\Robert Kinosian

California Public Utilities Commission

505 Van Ness Ave., Rm. 4102

San Francisco, CA 94102

Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee

Attn: Robert R. Wellington, Esq.

Legal Counsel

857 Cass Street, Suite D

Monterey, CA 93940

Director, Radiological Health Branch

State Department of Health Services

P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610)

Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

City Editor

The Tribune

3825 South Higuera Street

P.O. Box 112

San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0112

Pacific Gas and Electric Company -3-

James D. Boyd, Commissioner

California Energy Commission

1516 Ninth Street (MS 31)

Sacramento, CA 95814

James R. Becker, Site Vice President

Diablo Canyon Power Plant

P.O. Box 56

Avila Beach, CA 93424

Jennifer Tang

Field Representative

United States Senator Barbara Boxer

1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 240

San Francisco, CA 94111

Chief, Technological Hazards Branch

FEMA Region IX

1111 Broadway, Suite 1200

Oakland, CA 94607-4052

Pacific Gas and Electric Company -4-

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DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov)

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