ML13003A103

2012 LaSalle County Station Initial License Examination Facility Transmission Letter and Form ES-201-2

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Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	10/22/2012
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2012 LASALLE COUNTY STATION INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION OUTLINE SUBMITTAL

1 LaSalle Station

) Exelon Generation RA12-040 10 CFR 55.40 July 30,2012 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: NRC Region III Administrator 2443 Warrenville Rd.

Suite 210 Lisle,IL 60532-4352 LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 NRC Docket Nos. 50-373/50-374

Subject:

Submittal of Initial Operator Licensing Examination Outline Enclosed are the examination outlines supporting the Initial License Examination scheduled for October 22 through November 2, 2012, at LaSalle County Station.

This submittal includes all appropriate Examination Standard forms and outlines in accordance with NUREG -1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 9, Supplement 1.

In accordance with NUREG -1021, Revision 9, Supplement 1, Section ES-201, "Initial Operator Licensing Examination Process," please ensure that these materials are withheld from public disclosure until after the examinations are complete.

Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact Mr. Terrence Simpkin, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (815) 415-2800. For questions concerning examination outlines, please contact Mr. Douglas Wright at (815) 415-4020.

Respectfully,

,[)J~-..-L-David P. Rhoades Site Vice President LaSalle County Station JUL 3 0 2012

Enclosures:

(Hand delivered to Dell R. McNeil, Chief Examiner, NRC Region III)

Examination Security Agreements (Form ES-201-3)

Administrative Topics Outline(s) (Form ES-301-1)

Control Room/In-Plant Systems Outline (Form ES-301-2)

BWR Examination Outline (Forms ES-401-1)

Generic Knowledge and Abilities Outline (Tier 3) (Form ES-401-3)

Statement Detailing Method of Written Exam Outline Generation Scenario Outlines (Form ES-D-1)

Record of Rejected KlAs (Form ES-401-4)

Completed Checklists:

Examination Outline Quality Checklist (Form ES-201-2)

Transient and Event Checklist (Form ES-301-5) cc: (w/o enclosures)

Chief, NRC Operator Licensing Branch Senior Resident Inspector - LaSalle County Station bcc: (without enclosures)

LaSalle County Station Project Manager, NRR Site Vice President - LaSalle County Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - LaSalle County Station Director, Licensing - Midwest Regional Operating Group Manager, Licensing - LaSalle County Station Nuclear Licensing Administrator - LaSalle County Station Exelon Document Control Desk licenSing (Hard Copy)

Exelon Document Control Desk Licensing (Electronic Copy)

Human Resources - LaSalle County Station Training Manager - LaSalle County Station

ES-201 Examination Outline Quality Checklist Form ES-201-2

• Facility: LaSalle Item Task Description Date of Examination: 10/22/12 a

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a. Verify that the outline(s) fit(s) the appropriate model, in accordance with ES-401. /)IV ZIt ~

b. Assess whether the outline was systematically and randomly prepared in accordance with R

I Section D.1 of ES-401 and whether all KIA categories are appropriately sampled. )AI Zit, ~

T T c. Assess whether the outline over-emphasizes any systems, evolutions, or generic topics. /,IW i!J.l ~

E N d. Assess whether the justifications for deselected or rejected KIA statements are appropriate.

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a. Using Form ES-301-5, verify that the proposed scenario sets cover the required number

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of normal evolutions, instrument and component failures, technical specifications, );'"

and major transients.

S I b. Assess whether there are enough scenario sets (and spares) to test the projected number M and mix of applicants in accordance with the expected crew composition and rotation schedule U

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at least one new or significantly modified scenario, that no scenarios are duplicated A

from the applicants' audit test(s), and scenarios will not be repeated on subsequent days.

T 0 c. To the extent pOSSible, assess whether the outline(s) conform(s) with the qualitative

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3. a. Verify that the systems walk-through outline meets the criteria specified on Form ES-301-2:

(1 ) the outline(s) contain(s) the required number of control room and in-plant tasks W distributed among the safety functions as specified on the form I~'

/ (2) task repetition from the last two NRC examinations is within the limits specified on the form 17Jt. ~

T (3) no tasks are duplicated from the applicants' audit test(s)

(4) the number of new or modified tasks meets or exceeds the minimums specified on the form (5) the number of altemate path, low-power, emergency, and RCA tasks meet the criteria on the form

b. Verify that the administrative outline meets the criteria specified on Form ES-301-1 :

(1 ) the tasks are distributed among the topics as specified on the form (2) at least one task is new or significantly modified ItW /Xl. )<W\

(3) no more than one task is repeated from the last two NRC IicensinQ examinations

c. Determine if there are enough different outlines to test the projected number and mix of applicants and ensure that no items are duplicated on subsequent days. jAw) ZJ.t ~

4. a. Assess whether plant-specific priorities (including PRA and IPE insights) are covered in the appropriate exam section. /tAd ~~ ~

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NOTE: # Independent NRC Reviewer initial items in Column "c"; chief examiner concurrence required.

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