ML102580875

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000483/11-301

ML102580875
Person / Time
Site:	Callaway
Issue date:	09/15/2010
From:	Mark Haire Operations Branch IV
To:	Heflin A Union Electric Co
References
50-483/11-301
Download: ML102580875 (6)

See also: IR 05000483/2011301

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UNITED STATES

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

R E GI ON I V

612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU I TE 400

AR LI N GTON , TEXAS 76011-4125

September 15, 2010

Mr. Adam C. Heflin, Senior Vice

President and Chief Nuclear Officer

Union Electric Company

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

SUBJECT: CALLAWAY PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR

LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000483/2011301

Dear Mr. Heflin:

In a telephone conversation on September 7, 2010, between Messrs. Rick Tiefenauer, Senior

Training Supervisor, and Larry Wilhelm, Operations Supervisor, and Clyde Osterholtz, Chief

Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Callaway

during the week of February 7, 2011.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff and the staff of the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC) 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, Pressurized Water Reactors, Revision 2, Supplement 1.

The staff of the NRC will prepare the written examination. Your staff will be given the opportunity

to review the written examinations before on-site validation.

The staff of the NRC will prepare two administrative, three simulator/control room and one in-

plant job performance measures for the operating test. The staff of the NRC will also develop

one simulator scenario. Following preparation of portions of the operating tests by the NRC, the

staff of the NRC will turn the operating tests over to your staff to complete the preparation and

draft submittal of the entire operating test. 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 comprehensive

examination outlines by November 22, 2011. The operating tests will be due by December 20,

2011. 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 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 tests, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials,

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may cause the examinations to be rescheduled. In addition, your support for on-site validation

of the examinations is required during the week of January 10, 2011.

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.

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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Wilhelm 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. Osterholtz at 817-860-8269 or

myself at 817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Kelly Clayton for

Mark S. Haire, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-483

License: NPF-30

cc:

Mr. Luke H. Graessle

Director, Operations Support

AmerenUE

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

Stephine Banker

Manager, Protective Services

AmerenUE

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

Tom Voss

AmerenUE

1901 Choteau Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63103

Mr. Scott Sandbothe, Manager

Plant Support

AmerenUE

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

R. E. Farnam

Assistant Manager, Technical

Training

AmerenUE

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

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J. S. Geyer

Radiation Protection Manager

AmerenUE

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

John ONeill, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2300 N. Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20037

Missouri Public Service Commission

P.O. Box 360

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0360

Dru Buntin

Director of Government Affairs

Department of Natural Resources

P.O. Box 176

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176

Matthew W. Sunseri, President and

Chief Executive officer

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, KS 66839

Kathleen Logan Smith, Executive Director and

Kay Drey, Representative, Board of Directors

Missouri Coalition for the Environment

6267 Delmar Boulevard, Suite 2E

St. Louis, MO 63130

Presiding Commissioner

Callaway County Court House

10 East Fifth Street

Fulton, MO 65251

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Director, Missouri State Emergency

Management Agency

P.O. Box 116

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116

Mr. Scott Clardy, Administrator

Section for Disease Control

Missouri Department of Health and

Senior Services

P.O. Box 570

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570

Certrec Corporation

4200 South Hulen, Suite 422

Fort Worth, TX 76109

Mr. Keith G. Henke, Planner II

Division of Community and Public Health

Office of Emergency Coordination

Missouri Department of Health and

Senior Services

930 Wildwood Drive

P.O. Box 570

Jefferson City, MO 65102

Chief, Technological Hazards Branch

FEMA Region VII

9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300

Kansas City, MO 64114-3372

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Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Chuck.Casto@nrc.gov)

DRP Acting Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRP Acting Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov)

DRS Acting Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (David.Dumbacher@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Jeremy.Groom@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (Rick.Deese@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/B (Greg.Tutak@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/B (Nestor.Makris@nrc.gov)

Reactor Inspector, DRP/B (Christie.Denissen@nrc.gov)

CWY Administrative Assistant (Dawn.Yancey@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Mohan.Thadani@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Michael.Hay@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

OEMail Resource

OEDO RIV Coordinator (Margie.Kotzalas@nrc.gov)

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/RA/ /RA/ KClayton for

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