ML13022A311

Reactor Operator Written Retake Examination

ML13022A311
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Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	01/22/2013
From:	Diane Jackson Operations Branch I
To:	Wamser C Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee
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ML13017A074	List: IR 05000271/2013301 ML13022A311 ML13063A193 ML13088A265 ML13088A275 ML13088A280 ML13128A120
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406-2713 January 22, 2013 Mr. Chris Wamser Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC PO Box 250 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, VT 05354

SUBJECT:

REACTOR OPERATOR WRITTEN RETAKE EXAMINATION -

VERMONT YANKEE

Dear Mr. Wamser:

In telephone conversations on January 10, 2013, between Mr. B. Stewart, Vermont Yankee Lead Examination Coordinator, and Mr. T. Fish, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of a Reactor Operator written retake licensing examination at the Vermont Yankee facility on February 28, 2013.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the written retake examination based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 9, Supplement 1. The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examination is administered.

Your staff previously furnished the written examination outline on January 21, 2013. The examination and the supporting reference materials will be due by February 22, 2013. Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outline and examination before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials should 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 order to conduct the requested written examination, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402.

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

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit the 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. Because your applicant for this NRC written retake examination previously passed the operating test, administered in September 2012, you may request waivers of that portion. If the application is

C. Wamser 2 administered in September 2012, you may request waivers of that portion. If the application is not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary.

The signed application certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the examination date.

This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The OMB, under approval number 3150-0018, approved these information collections. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 150 hours0.00174 days <br />0.0417 hours <br />2.480159e-4 weeks <br />5.7075e-5 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, writing the examination, 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 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 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 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 website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Stewart 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. Fish at (610) 337-5369, or me at (610) 337-5306.

Sincerely,

/RA/

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

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