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Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000483/2015301
	ML15033A195
Person / Time
Site:	Callaway
Issue date:	02/02/2015
From:	Vincent Gaddy; Operations Branch IV
To:	Diya F; Union Electric Co
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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

February 2, 2015

Mr. Fadi Diya, Senior Vice President

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Union Electric Company

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

SUBJECT: CALLAWAY PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR

LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000483/2015301

Dear Mr. Diya:

In a telephone conversation on January 28, 2015, between Messrs. Phillip Swan, Examination

Developer, and Stephen Garchow, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chief Examiner,

arrangements were made for the administration of a licensing retake examination consisting of

the Senior Operator portion of the written examination at the Callaway Plant on May 18, 2015.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will provide

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 examination is administered.

The draft Senior Operator written examination and supporting reference materials identified in

Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 6, 2015, and final examination materials will be due

by April 27, 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

examinations before it is 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.

Appendix E to NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in

effect while the examination is being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit the preliminary license

application, (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical

certification (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (OMB approval

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number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the 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. 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 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. Swan 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/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-483

License: NPF-30

Distribution to Callaway Plant