ML14149A441
| ML14149A441 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 05/29/2014 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Edington R Arizona Public Service Co |
| References | |
| 50-528/15-301, 50-529/15-301, 50-530/15-301 | |
| Download: ML14149A441 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000528/2015301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E LAMAR BLVD
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
May 29, 2014
Randall K. Edington, Executive
Vice President, Nuclear/CNO
Arizona Public Service Company
P.O. Box 52034, MS 7602
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034
SUBJECT: PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 -
NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING
EXAMINATION 05000528/2015301; 05000529/2015301; 05000530/2015301
Dear Mr. Edington:
In a telephone conversation on April 30, 2014, between Messrs. J. Allison, Simulator Support
and Examination Group Section Leader, and B. Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were
made for the administration of licensing examinations at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station,
Units 1, 2, and 3 during the week of April 13, 2015.
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-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 and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 by August 1,
2014. The written examinations and operating tests will be due by January 30, 2015. 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 reference materials and examinations, 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 March 16, 2015.
R. Edington -2-
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,
Section D.3.f, your staff shall record selected plant parameters (e.g., system pressures,
temperatures, and levels) during the dynamic operating tests. In accordance with Section
D.3.p, your staff shall collect and retain each crews simulator logs, strip charts, marked up
procedures, and other materials that may be requested by the chief examiner to aid in
evaluating and documenting the applicants performance. All data files and materials collected
shall be retained until notified by the chief examiner that the examination results are final.
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 April 30, 2016. 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 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.
R. Edington -3-
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Allison 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. Larson at 817-200-1172, or myself at
817-200-1159.
Sincerely,
/RA/ Chris Steely for
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Dockets: 50-528; 50-529; 50-530
Licenses: NPF-41; NPF-51; NPF-74
cc: Distribution for Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station
SUNSI Review Non-Sensitive Publicly Available Keyword: SUNSI
By: BLarson Sensitive Non-Publicly Available Review Complete
OFFICE SOE:OB C:OB
NAME BLarson VGaddy
SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/
DATE 5/28/2014 5/29/2014
R. Edington
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