ML101320279

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000285/2010301

ML101320279
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	05/11/2010
From:	Mark Haire Operations Branch IV
To:	Bannister D Omaha Public Power District
References
50-285/10-301
Download: ML101320279 (4)

See also: IR 05000285/2010301

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UNITED STATES

NU CLE 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 ITE 400

AR LIN GTON , TEXAS 76011-4125

May 11, 2010

David J. Bannister, Vice President

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Omaha Public Power District

444 South 16th St. Mall

Omaha, NE 68102-2247

SUBJECT: FORT CALHOUN STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR

LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000285/2010301

Dear Mr. Bannister:

In a telephone conversation on May 7, 2010, between Messrs. Thomas Giebelhausen,

Manager, Operations Training and Simulator, and Brian Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements

were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Fort Calhoun Station during the

week of September 20, 2010.

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 examination

outlines by July 2, 2010. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference

materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by July 30, 2010. Pursuant to

Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations, 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 examinations to be rescheduled. In

addition, your support for on-site validation of the examinations is required during the week of

August 16, 2010.

Omaha Public Power District -2-

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 reactor

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 February 28, 2013. 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. Giebelhausen 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. Larson at 817-860-8172, or myself

at 817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark S. Haire, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-285

License: DPR-40

Omaha Public Power District -3-

DISTRIBUTION:

Jeffrey A. Reinhart

Site Vice President

Omaha Public Power District

Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

P.O. Box 550

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

Mr. Thomas C. Matthews

Manager - Nuclear Licensing

Omaha Public Power District

Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

P.O. Box 550

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

David A. Repka

Winston & Strawn

1700 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006-3817

Chairman

Washington County Board of Supervisors

P.O. Box 466

Blair, NE 68008

Ms. Julia Schmitt, Manager

Radiation Control Program

Nebraska Health & Human Services

Division of Public Health

P.O. Box 95026

Lincoln, NE 68509-5026

Ms. Melanie Rasmussen

Radiation Control Program Officer

Bureau of Radiological Health

Iowa Department of Public Health

Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor

321 East 12th Street

Des Moines, IA 50319

Chief, Technological Hazards Branch

FEMA, Region VII

9221 Ward Parkway

Suite 300

Kansas City, MO 64114-3372

Omaha Public Power District -4-

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