ML16027A027
| ML16027A027 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 01/27/2016 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Olson E Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| 50-458/16-301 | |
| Download: ML16027A027 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000458/2016301
Text
January 27, 2016
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 05000458/2016301
Dear Mr. Olson:
In a telephone conversation on January 5, 2016, 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 September 12 and
September 19, 2016.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC will prepare the examinations based on
the guidelines in NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power
Reactors, Revision 10, and NUREG-1123, Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power
Plant Operators, Revision 2, Supplement 1. Your staff will be given the opportunity to review
the examinations during the week of, or before, August 1, 2016.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the supporting
reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 by February 1, 2016. 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, 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 August 15, 2016.
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 capture all relevant simulator data (needed for the NRC to make licensing
decisions) during the dynamic operating tests and shall retain this data until 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.
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E LAMAR BLVD
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
E. Olson
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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 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 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 and Procedure, 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 NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic
Reading Room).
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. K. Clayton at 817-200-1216
or myself at 817-200-1159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-458
License No. NPF-47
cc: Electronic Distribution
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NAME
KClayton
VGaddy
SIGNATURE
/RA/
/RA/
DATE
1/26/16
1/27/16
Letter to Eric W. Olson from Vincent G. Gaddy, dated January 27, 2016
SUBJECT: RIVER BEND STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR
LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000458/2016301
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