ML13045A645

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000416/13-301

ML13045A645
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	02/13/2013
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Kevin Mulligan Entergy Operations
References
50-416/13-301
Download: ML13045A645 (3)

See also: IR 05000416/2013301

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UNITE D S TATE S

NUC LEAR RE GULATOR Y C OMMI S SI ON

R E G IO N I V

1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD

AR L I NGTON , TEXAS 7 601 1- 4511

February 13, 2013

Kevin Mulligan

Site Vice President Operations

Entergy Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

P.O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT: GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000416/2013301

Dear Mr. Mulligan:

In a telephone conversation on February 11, 2013, between Messrs. Steve Reeves and Steve

Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing retake

operating tests at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station during the week of May 6, 2013.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, 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-1123, 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 examination

outlines by April 8, 2013. The operating tests and supporting reference materials identified in

Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 22, 2013. 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 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 order to conduct the requested retake 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.

K. Mulligan -2-

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, 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.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Reeves 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. Garchow at 817-200-1426 or myself at 817-200-

1159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vince Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-416

License: NPF-29

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