ML13079A047

R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant: Senior Reactor and Reactor Operator Retake Initial License Examinations

ML13079A047
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Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	03/19/2013
From:	Diane Jackson Operations Branch I
To:	Joseph Pacher Ginna
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UNITED STATES r;--ffi NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 21OO RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 1OO KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 1940G2713 March 19, 2013 Mr. Joseph E. Pacher, Vice President R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant. LLC Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC 1503 Lake Road Ontario. New York 14519

SUBJECT:

SENIOR REACTOR AND REACTOR OPERATOR RETAKE INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATIONS - R.E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Dear Mr. Pacher:

ln a telephone conversation on March 13,2013, between Mr. D. Silk, Senior Operations Engineer, and Mr. K. Garnish, General Supervisor Operations Training, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing retake examinations at R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant. The reactor operator written retake examinations and the senior reactor operator operating retake tests are tentatively scheduled for the weeks of April 22 and May 1 3, 2013, respectively.

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. The NRC's regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.

Based upon previous communications with your staff, the examination outlines were submitted on January 29,2013. The final written examination and operating test, along with any supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 of ES-201, are scheduled to arrive in the Regional Office on March 22 and March 25, 2013, respectively. 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 written examination, and operating test 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 marked appropriately. Any delay in receiving the required examination and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled.

ln order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES402, and to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. Appendix E of 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.

J. Pacher To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor 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) approximately 30 days before the first examination date. lf the applications are not received in a timely manner, a postponement may be necessary. Signed applications certifying that alltraining 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.). The OMB, under approval number 3150-0018, approved these information collections. The public reporting burden for this collection of information 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, writing the examinations, 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.oov; 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, 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's Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page of the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.qov/readinq-rm/adams/web-based.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. P. Landers has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. lf you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. D. Silk at (610) 337-5372, or me at (610) 337-5306.

Donald E.

Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-244 License No.: DPR-18 cc: Distribution via ListServ

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