ML11265A112
| ML11265A112 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 09/21/2011 |
| From: | Mark Haire Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | Conway J Pacific Gas & Electric Co |
| References | |
| 50-275/11-302, 50-323/11-302 | |
| Download: ML11265A112 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000275/2011302
Text
September 21, 2011
John T. Conway
Senior Vice President-Energy &
Supply and Chief Nuclear Officer
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
77 Beale Street, Mail Code B32
San Francisco, CA 94105
SUBJECT:
DIABLO CANYON, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL RETAKE
OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000275/2011302;
Dear Mr. Conway,
In a telephone conversation on September 20, 2011, between Messrs. R. Fortier, Exam Support
Leader, and S. Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of a
simulator scenario licensing retake examination at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant during
the week of November 14, 2011.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examination 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 examination is
administered.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the draft simulator
scenario examination, including the scenario outlines, by October 24, 2011. Pursuant to 10
CFR 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outlines
and examination 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 examination and reference
materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examination to
be rescheduled. In addition, your support for on-site validation of the examination is required
during the week of November 14, 2011.
In order to conduct the requested examination, 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 simulator scenarios until the examination result is final.
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
R E GI ON I V
612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400
ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125
J. Conway
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Appendix E to NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in
effect while the examination is being administered.
To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit the preliminary senior
operator license application (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-
0090), medical certification (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver request (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. The signed application certifying that all remedial 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. Fortier 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 myself at 817-860-
8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Mark S. Haire, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Distribution: via ListServ for Diablo Canyon
J. Conway
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