ML110280491
| ML110280491 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 01/28/2011 |
| From: | Mark Haire Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Flores R Luminant Generation Co |
| References | |
| IR-11-301 | |
| Download: ML110280491 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000445/2011301
Text
UNITED STATES
NUC LE AR RE G ULATO 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
January 28, 2011
Rafael Flores, Senior Vice President
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Attention: Regulatory Affairs
Luminant Generation Company LLC
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant
P.O. Box 1002
Glen Rose, TX 76043
SUBJECT: COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 -
NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION
05000445/2011301; 05000446/2011301
Dear Mr. Flores:
In a telephone conversation on January 26, 2011, between Messrs. Garry Struble, Operations
Training Supervisor, and Brian Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the
administration of licensing examinations at Comanche Peak during the week of June 6, 2011.
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 March 18, 2011. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting
reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 18, 2011. Pursuant
to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations, 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 on-site validation of the examinations is required during the week of
May 9, 2011.
Mr. R. Flores -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, which expires on February 28, 2013. 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.
Mr. R. Flores -3-
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Potter 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. Larson at 817-860-8172, or myself at 817-860-
8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Mark Haire, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Dockets: 50-445; 50-446
cc:
Mr. Fred W. Madden, Director
Oversight and Regulatory Affairs
Luminant Generation Company LLC
P.O. Box 1002
Glen Rose, TX 76043
Timothy P. Matthews, Esq.
Morgan Lewis
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
County Judge
P.O. Box 851
Glen Rose, TX 76043
Mr. Richard A. Ratliff, Chief
Bureau of Radiation Control
Texas Department of Health
P.O. Box 149347, Mail Code 2835
Austin, TX 78714-9347
Environmental and Natural
Resources Policy Director
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711-3189
Mr. R. Flores -4-
Honorable Walter Maynard
County Judge
P.O. Box 851
Glen Rose, TX 76043
Mr. Brian Almon
Public Utility Commission
William B. Travis Building
P.O. Box 13326
Austin, TX 78711-3326
Ms. Susan M. Jablonski
Office of Permitting, Remediation
and Registration
Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality
MC-122
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Anthony Jones
Chief Boiler Inspector
Texas Department of Licensing
and Regulation
Boiler Division
E.O. Thompson State Office Building
P.O. Box 12157
Austin, TX 78711
Chief, Technological Hazards
Branch
FEMA Region VI
800 North Loop 288
Federal Regional Center
Denton, TX 76209
Mr. R. Flores -5-
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SUNSI Rev Compl. Yes No ADAMS Yes No Reviewer Initials BTL
Publicly Avail Yes No Sensitive Yes No Sens. Type Initials BTL
SOE:OB C:OB .
BTLarson MHaire
/RA/ /RA/
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