ML102080085

Voluntary Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2010-08: Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

ML102080085
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	07/26/2010
From:	Patricia Anderson Entergy Nuclear Operations
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Tel 269 764 2000 Paula Anderson Licensing Manager July 26, 2010 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Palisades Nuclear Plant Dockets 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Voluntary Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2010-08: Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

Dear Sir or Madam:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regulatory Issue Summary 2010-08, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations," requests that licensees submit, on a voluntary basis, a NRC Form 536, "Operator Licensing Examination Data." This form provides: A) Proposed Examination Preparation Schedule; 8) Initial Operator License Examinations; and, C) Proposed Generic Fundamentals Examination Schedule. The purpose of these estimates is to assist the NRC in budgeting and scheduling resources.

In response to this request, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. is providing the enclosed NRC Form 536 for the Palisades Nuclear Plant.

This letter contains no new commitments and no revisions to existing commitments.

Sincerely, I-~.~r~~

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CC Administrator, Region III, USNRC Project Manager, Palisades, USNRC Resident Inspector, Palisades, USNRC

536 NRC FORM 536 US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB NO 3150-0131 EXPIRES 10/31/2011 (10-2008) Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary information collection request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This information collection is used to plan budgets and resources for operator examinations. Send comments regarding burden estimate to the Records and FOIAIPrivacy Services Branch (T-5 F53), US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC OPERATOR LICENSING 20555-0001, or by internet email to infocollects@nrc.gov, and EXAMINATION DATA to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0131), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.

FACILITY: Palisades Nuclear Plant, 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Covert, MI 49043 NRC REGION III DOCKET 50-255 LICENSE DPR-20 A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY2011 CY2012 CY2013 CY2014 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED 0 1 0 1 EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED 0 0 0 0 EXAMINATIONS B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY2011 CY2012 CY2013 CY2014 NUMBER OF REACTOR 0 4 0 7 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0 5 0 3 OPERATORS-INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0 3 0 3 OPERATORS-UPGRADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0 0 0 0 OPERATORS-LIMITED PROPOSED DATES 6/212014 PRIMARY DATE NIA 6/25/2012 NIA 6/30/2014 ALTERNATE DATE NIA 7/23/2012 NIA C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE CY2011 CY2012 PROPOSED NUMBER March June September December March June September December ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 CANDIDATES