ML113490267

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000361/2012-301; 05000362/2012-301

ML113490267
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	12/15/2011
From:	Mark Haire Operations Branch IV
To:	Peter Dietrich Southern California Edison Co
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See also: IR 05000361/2012301

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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

December 15, 2011

Mr. Peter Dietrich

Senior Vice President and

Chief Nuclear Officer

Southern California Edison Company

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

P.O. Box 128

San Clemente, CA 92674-0128

SUBJECT: SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC

INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000361/2012301;

05000362/2012301

Dear Mr. Dietrich:

In a telephone conversation on December 12, 2011 between William Arbour, Operations

Training Manager, and Gabriel Apger, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station during the

weeks of October 8, October 15, and October 22, 2012.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC staff will prepare the draft written

examination outline, and 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 operating test

outlines by July 27, 2012. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference

materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by August 17, 2012. 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 September 10, 2012.

Mr. Peter Dietrich -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, developing the

written examination outlines, 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. Peter Dietrich -3-

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Arbour 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. Apger at 817-200-1508, or myself at 817-200-

1159.

Sincerely,

/RA/ S. Garchow for

Mark S. Haire, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Dockets: 50-361; 50-362

Licenses: NPF-10; NPF-15

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Mr. Peter Dietrich -4-

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