ML110340412
| ML110340412 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 02/03/2011 |
| From: | Mark Haire Operations Branch IV |
| To: | O'Grady B Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| References | |
| ER-11-301 | |
| Download: ML110340412 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000298/2011301
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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
February 3, 2011
Brian J. OGrady, Vice President-Nuclear
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Nebraska Public Power - Cooper
Nuclear Station
72676 648A Avenue
Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT: COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN DATE FOR
NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000298/2011301
Dear Mr. OGrady,
In a telephone conversation on January 28, 2011, with Mr. B. Gilbert, Initial Training Supervisor,
I made arrangements to reschedule the administration date of licensing examinations at
Cooper Nuclear Station from the week of February 28, 2011, to the week of June 6, 2011,
per Mr. Gilberts request.
As previously agreed during earlier telephone conversations, 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-1123, 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 updated
examination outlines along with the draft examinations with supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 by February 21, 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 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
February 28, 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.
Mr. Brian OGrady -2-
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 Agency-wide
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.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Sealock 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. Clayton at 817-860-8216, or myself at 817-860-
8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Mark S. Haire, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-298
License: DPR-46
Mr. Brian OGrady -3-
DISTRIBUTION:
Gene Mace
Nuclear Asset Manager
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
John C. McClure, Vice President
and General Counsel
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 499
Columbus, NE 68601
David Van Der Kamp
Licensing Manager
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
Michael J. Linder, Director
Nebraska Department of
Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 98922
Lincoln, NE 68509-8922
Randy Rohrs, Chairman
Nemaha County Board of Commissioners
Nemaha County Courthouse
1824 N Street, Suite 201
Auburn, NE 68305
Julia Schmitt, Manager
Nebraska Department of Health
and Human Services
Division of Public Health
Nebraska State Office Building, 3rd Fl
Lincoln, NE 68509-5026
Deputy Director for Policy
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 176
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176
Director, Missouri State Emergency
Management Agency
P.O. Box 116
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116
Mr. Brian OGrady -4-
Chief, Radiation and Asbestos
Control Section
Kansas Department of Health
and Environment
Bureau of Air and Radiation
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310
Topeka, KS 66612-1366
Melanie Rasmussen, State Liaison Officer
Radiation Control Program Director
Bureau of Radiological Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
John F. McCann, Director, Licensing
Entergy Nuclear Northeast
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc
440 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601-1813
Keith G. Henke, Planner
Division of Community and Public Health
Office of Emergency Coordination
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Art Zaremba
Director of Nuclear Safety Assurance
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
Ronald D. Asche, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Nebraska Public Power District
1414 15th Street
Columbus, NE 68601
Chief, Technological Hazards
Branch
FEMA, Region VII
9221 Ward Parkway
Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64114-3372
Mr. Brian OGrady -5-
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/RA/ /RA/
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