ML102110022

Requalification Program Inspection

ML102110022
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	07/29/2010
From:	Hansell S Operations Branch I
To:	Joyce T Public Service Enterprise Group
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-1415 July 29, 2010 Thomas P. Joyce President and Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC P. O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - (HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1)

Dear Mr. Joyce:

In a telephone conversation on July 14, 2010, Mr. Todd Fish, NRC Senior Operations Engineer, and Mr. Phil Balch, Requalification Program Administrator, made arrangements for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at Hope Creek. The inspection is planned for the week of September 20, 2010, which coincides with your regularly scheduled requalification examination cycle. The staff at your facility should prepare and conduct the requalification examinations in accordance with your NRC-approved requalification program.

In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59(c), the NRC may request facility licensees to submit their comprehensive requalification written examinations or annual operating tests as necessary to support the NRC's inspection program needs. In order for the NRC to adequately prepare for this inspection, please furnish: 1) an index or summary of condition reports written in the past two years in which licensed operator errors were determined to be the root or contributing cause;

2) an index or summary of condition reports written in the past two years on simulator performance problems; 3) an index or summary of simulator performance test results in the past two years; and 4) the examination schedule, sample plan, written examinations, and operating test scheduled for the week of the inspection to the NRC by September 13, 2010. Mr. Balch has been advised of this request and was provided with the name and address of the NRC lead inspector assigned to this inspection.

This letter contains information collections that are subject to the PapelWork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 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 FOIAlPrivacy Services Branch (T-5 F52),

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

T. Joyce 2 The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be II available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's document system (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html(The Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this inspection. please contact Mr. Fish at (610) 337-5369.

Samuel L Hansell, Jr., Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety .

Docket No. 50-354 License No. NPF-57 cc: Distribution via ListServ

T. Joyce 2 The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's document system (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rmladams.html(The Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Mr. Fish at (610) 337-5369.

Sincerely, .

IRAJ Samuel L Hansell, Jr., Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-354 License No. NPF-57 cc: Distribution via ListServ Distribution:

M. Dapas, Acting RA (R10RAMAIL Resource)

D. Lew, Acting DRA (R10RAMAIL Resource)

J. Clifford, DRP (R1 DRPMAIL Resource)

D. Roberts, DRS (R1DRSMaii Resource)

P. Wilson, DRS (R1DRSMail Resource)

A. Burritt, DRP L. Cline, DRP A. Turilin, DRP C. Douglas, DRP B. Welling, DRP, SRI A. Patel, DRP, RI L. Trocine, RI OEDO D. Bearde, DRS C. Bixler, DRS RidsNRRPMHopeCreek Resource ROPreportsResource@nrc.gov SUNSI Review Complete: tlf (Reviewer's Initials)

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