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Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000458/14-302
	ML14134A557
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	05/14/2014
From:	Vincent Gaddy; Operations Branch IV
To:	Olson E; Entergy Operations
References
	50-458/14-302
	Download: ML14134A557 (4)
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May 14, 2014

Mr. Eric W. Olson

Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station

5485 US Highway 61N

St. Francisville, LA 70775

SUBJECT:

RIVER BEND STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR

LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000458/2014302

Dear Mr. Olson,

In a telephone conversation on May 8, 2014, between Messrs. D. Bergstrom, Initial Exam Lead,

and K. Clayton, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing

examinations at River Bend Station during the weeks of December 5 and December 12, 2014.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC will provide the written outlines and 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-1122, 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 September 22, 2014. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due October 20, 2014.

[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, examinations, 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 addition, your support for on-site validation of the

examinations is required during the week of November 3, 2014.

In 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 ES-402, and

to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-302,

your staff shall retain all original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures,

temperatures, levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the examination results

are final.

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E LAMAR BLVD

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

E. Olson

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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 shall 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 shall 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 April 30, 2016. The public reporting burden for

this collection of information is estimated to average 50 hours5.787037e-4 days 0.0139 hours 8.267196e-5 weeks 1.9025e-5 months 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. Bergstrom 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. Clayton at 817-200-1216,

or myself at 817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-458

License: NPF-47

cc via Electronic Distribution

E. Olson

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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 shall 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 shall be

submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.