ML15181A215

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000482/2015301

ML15181A215
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	06/30/2015
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Heflin A Wolf Creek
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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 -2-

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 ADAMS Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:

By: BTL Yes No Non-Publicly Available Sensitive 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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