ML101410758
| ML101410758 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 05/20/2010 |
| From: | Mark Haire Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Flores R Luminant Generation Co |
| References | |
| 50-445/10-302, 50-446/10-302 | |
| Download: ML101410758 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000445/2010302
Text
May 20, 2010
Rafael Flores, Senior Vice President
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Luminant Generation Company, LLC
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant
P.O. Box 1002
Glen Rose, TX 76043
SUBJECT:
COMANCHE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 and 2 - NOTIFICATION OF
NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000445/2010302;
Dear Mr. Flores:
In a telephone conversation on May 11, 2010, between Messrs. Garry Struble, Operations
Training Supervisor, and Clyde Osterholtz, Acting Chief Examiner. Arrangements were made
for the validation and administration of a retake licensing examination (operating test only) at
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant during the week of July 5, 2010.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examination 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 examination is
administered.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination
outlines by June 1, 2010. The operating test and supporting reference materials identified in
Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by June 15, 2010. 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 and test 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 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.
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
R E GI ON I V
612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400
ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125
Luminant Generation Company, LLC
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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) by June 15, 2010. If the applications are
not received by June 15, 2010, a postponement may be necessary. Signed applications
certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the
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. 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. Garry Struble 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. Clyde Osterholtz at 817-860-8269,
or myself at 817-860-8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Mark S. Haire, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Dockets: 50-445; 50-446
Luminant Generation Company, LLC
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DISTRIBUTION:
Mr. Fred W. Madden, Director
Oversight and Regulatory Affairs
Luminant Generation Company LLC
P.O. Box 1002
Glen Rose, TX 76043
Timothy P. Matthews, Esq.
Morgan Lewis
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
County Judge
P.O. Box 851
Glen Rose, TX 76043
Mr. Richard A. Ratliff, Chief
Bureau of Radiation Control
Texas Department of Health
P.O. Box 149347, Mail Code 2835
Austin, TX 78714-9347
Environmental and Natural
Resources Policy Director
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711-3189
Honorable Walter Maynard
County Judge
P.O. Box 851
Glen Rose, TX 76043
Mr. Brian Almon
Public Utility Commission
William B. Travis Building
P.O. Box 13326
Austin, TX 78711-3326
Luminant Generation Company, LLC
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Ms. Susan M. Jablonski
Office of Permitting, Remediation
and Registration
Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality
MC-122
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Anthony Jones
Chief Boiler Inspector
Texas Department of Licensing
And Regulation
Boiler Division
E.O. Thompson State Office Building
P.O. Box 12157
Austin, TX 78711
Chief, Technological Hazards
Branch
FEMA Region VI
800 North Loop 288
Federal Regional Center
Denton, TX 76209
Luminant Generation Company, LLC
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