ML102110030

Senior Reactor Operating Retake Examination - Salem Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Dated July 29, 2010

ML102110030
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	07/29/2010
From:	Hansell S Operations Branch I
To:	Joyce T Public Service Enterprise Group
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UNITED Sl:ATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406*1415 July 29 ~ 2010 Mr. Thomas P. Joyce President and Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 P. O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

SENIOR REACTOR OPERATING RETAKE EXAMINATION - (SALEM GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2)

Dear Mr. Joyce:

In telephone conversations on June 23,2010, between Mr. D. Silk, Senior Operations Engineer, and Mr. G. Marshall, Salem Operations Training Manager, arrangements were made for the administration of the operating (dynamic simulator) retake licensing examinations at the Salem Generating Station, on September 24, 2010.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the dynamic simulator examinations based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021 , "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 9, Supplement 1. The NRC 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 dynamic simulator examination outlines by August 9, 2010. The scenarios and the supporting reference materials will be due by August 30, 2010. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 10 CFR 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 scenarios before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials should 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 marked appropriately. 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 dynamic simulator examinations, it will be necessary to make the simUlation facility available on the date 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 te'sts until the examination results are final Appendix E of NUREG*1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examinations are being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor 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 examination date. Because your applicants for this NRC operating retake examination previously passed all other portions of the examination administered during the period between

T. Joyce 2 received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary.

Signed applications certifying thatall 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.). The OMB, under approval number 3150-0018 approved these information collections. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-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 on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at BJS1@NRC.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150 0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

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 and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Doucments Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the electronic reading room page of the NRC's public website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading rm/adams. html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. G. Marshall has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. D. Silk at (610) 337-5372, or me at (610) 337-5046.

Sincerely, Samuel L. Hansell, Jr., Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-272; 50-311 License Nos. DPR-70; DPR-75 cc: Distribution via ListServ

T.Joyce 2 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.). The OMB, under approval number 3150-0018 approved these information collections. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-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 on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at BJS1@NRC.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150 0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

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 and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Doucments Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the electronic reading room page of the NRC's public website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. G. Marshall has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. D. Silk at (610) 337-5372, or me at (610) 337-5046.

Sincerely, IRAl Samuel L. Hansell, Jr., Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-272; 50-311 License Nos. DPR-70; DPR-75 cc: Distribution via ListServ SUNSI Review Complete: dms" (Reviewer's Initials)

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