ML15181A215
| ML15181A215 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  (NPF-042) |
| Issue date: | 06/30/2015 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Heflin A Wolf Creek |
| References | |
| Download: ML15181A215 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000482/2015301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E. LAMAR BLVD.
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
June 30, 2015
Adam C. Heflin, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
P.O. Box 411
Burlington, KS 66839
SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY - NOTIFICATION OF NRC
INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000482/2015301
Dear Mr. Heflin,
In a telephone conversation on June 11, 2015, between Messrs. S. Battenfield, Initial Operator
License Exam Lead, and B. Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the
administration of licensing examinations at Wolf Creek Generating Station during the week of
November 16, 2015.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC will provide the written examination
outlines and your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021,
Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 10, 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 August 14, 2015. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting
reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due September 4, 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 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 October 19, 2015.
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.
A. Heflin
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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 <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. Battenfield 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/
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket 50-482
License NPF-42
SUNSI Review
By: BTL
Yes No
Publicly Available
Non-Publicly Available
Non-Sensitive
Sensitive
Keyword:
RGN-002
OFFICE
SOE:OB
C:OB
NAME
BLarson
VGaddy
SIGNATURE
/RA/
/RA/
DATE
6/26/15
6/30/15
Letter to Adam C. Heflin from Vincent G. Gaddy, dated June 30, 2015
SUBJECT:
WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY - NOTIFICATION OF NRC
INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000482/2015301
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