ML12348A076

Written Retake Examination

ML12348A076
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	12/13/2012
From:	Hironori Peterson Operations Branch III
To:	Vitale A Entergy Nuclear Operations
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ML12215A171	List: ML12334A060 ML12348A076
References
IR-12-301
Download: ML12348A076 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 December 13, 2012 Mr. Anthony Vitale Vice-President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT:

PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT - NRC INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION WRITTEN RETAKE EXAMINATION - 05000255/2013301

Dear Mr. Vitale:

In a telephone conversation on December 10, 2012, between Mr. H. Nixon, Palisades Nuclear Plant Training Manager, and Mr. D. McNeil, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of a written retake examination for an individual who failed the written examination during the initial license examination administered during the month of October 2012. The retake written examination is scheduled to be administered during the week of February 25, 2013.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examination based on the guidelines in Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, AOperator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors.@ The NRC=s 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 outline by December 31, 2012. The proposed written examination and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 to ES-201 will be due by February 11, 2013. Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outline and proposed examination before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval. The proposed examination shall be complete and ready to administer. We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in your submission be contained in a separate enclosure and appropriately marked. Any delay in receiving the required examination and reference materials, or the submission of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examination to be rescheduled.

Appendix E to NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examination is being administered.

A. Vitale To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit a preliminary reactor operator license application (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certification (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the examination date. If the application is not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. A signed application certifying that all training and/or retraining has been completed should be submitted by February 15, 2013.

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 is estimated to average 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 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; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

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 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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), 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. Mr. Nixon has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC=s examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. D. McNeil of my staff at (630) 829-9737, or me at (630) 829-9707.

Sincerely,

/RA/ By Michael E. Bielby Acting For/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc: Distribution via ListServTM

A. Vitale To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit a preliminary reactor operator license application (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certification (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the examination date. If the application is not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. A signed application certifying that all training and/or retraining has been completed should be submitted by February 15, 2013.

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 is estimated to average 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 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; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

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 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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), 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. Mr. Nixon has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC=s examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. D. McNeil of my staff at (630) 829-9737, or me at (630) 829-9707.

Sincerely,

/RA/ By Michael E. Bielby Acting For/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc: Distribution via ListServTM DISTRIBUTION:

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Letter to Mr. Anthony Vitale from Mr. Hironori Peterson dated December 13, 2012.

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