ML102360260

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000458-10-301

ML102360260
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	08/23/2010
From:	Mark Haire Operations Branch IV
To:	Mike Perito Entergy Operations
References
50-458/10-301
Download: ML102360260 (5)

See also: IR 05000458/2010301

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UNITED STATES

NU C LE AR RE G UL AT O RY C O M M I S S I O N

REGION IV

6 12 EAST LAMAR BL VD , S U I T E 4 0 0

A R L I N G T O N , T E X A S 7 6 0 1 1 -41 25

August 23, 2010

Michael Perito

Vice President, Operations

Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station

5485 US Highway 61N

St. Francisville, LA 70775

SUBJECT: River Bend Station - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING

EXAMINATION 05000458/2010301

Dear Mr. Perito:

In a telephone conversation on June 21, 2010 between Ms. Angie Angeron, Operations Senior

Staff Instructor and Steve Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at the River Bend Station during the weeks of

December 6 and December 13, 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 September 13, 2010. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by October 12, 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, 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 examinations and

reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the

examinations to be rescheduled. In addition, your support for onsite validation of the

examinations is required during the week of October 25, 2010.

Entergy Operations, Inc. -2-

In order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, 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.

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) 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. 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.

Entergy Operations, Inc. -3-

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Ms. Angeron 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. Garchow at 817-276-4426 or me at

817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Kelly Clayton for

Mark S. Haire, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-458

License: NPF-47

cc:

Senior Vice President and COO

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 31995

Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Vice President, Oversight

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 31995

Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & Licensing

Entergy Nuclear Operations

P. O. Box 31995

Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Manager, Licensing

Entergy Operations, Inc.

5485 US Highway 61N

St. Francisville, LA 70775

Attorney General

State of Louisiana

P. O. Box 94005

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005

Ms. H. Anne Plettinger

3456 Villa Rose Drive

Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Entergy Operations, Inc. -4-

President of West Feliciana

Police Jury

P. O. Box 1921

St. Francisville, LA 70775

Mr. Brian Almon

Public Utility Commission

William B. Travis Building

P. O. Box 13326

Austin, TX 78701-3326

Mr. Jim Calloway

Public Utility

Commission of Texas

1701 N. Congress Avenue

Austin, TX 78711-3326

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Radiological Emergency Planning and

Response Division

P. O. Box 4312

Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312

Joseph A. Aluise

Associate General Counsel - Nuclear

Entergy Services, Inc.

639 Loyola Avenue

New Orleans, LA 70113

Chief, Technological Hazards

Branch

FEMA Region VI

800 N. Loop 288

Denton, TX 76209-3606

Entergy Operations, Inc. -5-

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