ML13045A645
| 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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February 13, 2013
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.
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
RE G IO N I V
1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD
ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4511
K. Mulligan
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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
ADAMS: No Yes
SUNSI Review Complete
Reviewer Initials: SMG
Publicly Available
Non-Sensitive
Non-publicly Available
Sensitive
OE: OB
C: OB
SGarchow
VGaddy
/RA/
/RA/
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