ML16109A210
| ML16109A210 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 04/18/2016 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Reddemann M Energy Northwest |
| Gaddy V | |
| References | |
| IR 2017301 | |
| Download: ML16109A210 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000397/2017301
Text
April 18, 2016
Mr. Mark E. Reddemann
Chief Executive Officer
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968 (Mail Drop 1023)
Richland, WA 99352-0968
SUBJECT: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL
OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000397/2017301
Dear Mr. Reddemann:
In a telephone conversation on April 13, 2016, between Messrs. Glenn Pierce, Training
Manager, and Thomas J. Farina, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the
administration of licensing examinations at Columbia Generating Station during the week of
February 27, 2017.
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 10, and NUREG-1123, 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 November 28, 2016. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting
reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by December 26, 2016.
Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 5.40(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 January 23, 2017.
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 should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures,
temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests 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.
M. Reddemann -2-
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 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, writing the examinations,
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. Pierce 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. Farina at 817-200-1117, or myself
at 817-200-1159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-397
License: NPF-21
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NAME TFarina VGaddy
SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/
DATE 04/18/16 04/18/16
Letter to Mark E. Reddemann from Vincent G. Gaddy dated April 18, 2016
SUBJECT: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL
OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000397/2017301
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