ML12150A246

Requalification Program Inspection - Vermont Yankee

ML12150A246
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Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	05/29/2012
From:	Diane Jackson Operations Branch I
To:	Wamser C Entergy Nuclear Operations
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 21OO RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE,IOO KING OF PRUSSIA. PENNSYLVANIA 19406-2713 May 29, 20L?

Mr. Christopher Wamser Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station 185 Old Ferry Road P.O. Box 500 Brattleboro, VT 05302-0500

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - VERMONT YANKEE

Dear Mr. Wamser:

ln a telephone conversation on May 21,2012, Mr. T. Fish, Senior Operations Engineer, and Mr. J. Taylor, Requalification Program Lead, made arrangements for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the Vermont Yankee facility. The inspection is planned for the week of July 23,2012, which coincides with your regularly scheduled requalification examination cycle. The staff at your facility should prepare and conduct the requalification examinations in accordance with your N RC-approved req ualification prog ram.

In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59(c), the NRC may request facility licensees to submit their biennial comprehensive requalification written examinations or annual operating tests as necessary to support the NRC's inspection program needs. In order for the NRC to adequately prepare for this inspection, please furnish: 1) an index or summary of condition reports written in the past two years in which licensed operator errors were determined to be the root or contributing cause; 2) an index or summary of condition reports written in the past two years on simulator performance problems; 3) an index or summary of simulator performance test results in the past two years; and 4) the examination schedule, sample plan, written examinations and operating test scheduled for the week of the inspection to the NRC by July 16, 2012. Mr. Taylor has been advised of this request and provided with the name and address of the NRC lead inspector assigned to this inspection.

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 the Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018.

The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 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, D.C. 20555-0001, or by lnternet electronic mail

C. Wamser 2 to INFOCOTLECTS@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of lnformation and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C.

20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's document system, Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. lf you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Mr. Fish at (610) 337-5369.

Sincerely, Drnuc' Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28 cc: Distribution via ListServ

C. Wamser 2 to INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of lnformation and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C.

20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's document system, Agencyruide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. lf you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Mr. Fish at (610) 337-5369, Sincerely,

/RA by Peter R. Wilson forl Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28 cc: Distribution via ListServ Distribution: See next page DOCUMENT NAME: G :\DRS\Operations Branch\FISH\Requal FY1 2-VY Julyl 2\60dayrpi.doc AnAI\rs, pKr?'

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P. Wilson, DRS (RIDRSMAIL RESOURCE)

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