L-16-233, Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2016-09 Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2016-09 Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

ML16197A270
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	07/13/2016
From:	Richey M FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
L-16-233, RIS-16-009
Download: ML16197A270 (2)

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FENOC' Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4 RrstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Shippingport, PA 15077 Marty L. Richey 724-682-5234 Site Vice President Fax: 724-643-8069 July 13, 2016 L-16-233 ATTN: Document Control Desk U~ S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

SUBJECT:

Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 BV-1 Docket No. 50-334, License No. DPR-66 BV-2 Docket No. 50-412, License* No. NPF-73 Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2016-09 Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations The purpose of this letter is to provide the NRC with a response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2016-09 for Beaver Valley Power Station Unit No. 1 and Unit No. 2. The RIS requested licensees to voluntarily submit a response using NRC Form 536 to provide data for scheduling and preparation of operator licensing examinations. Attached is the completed NRC Form 536, which addresses our proposed operator licensing examination schedule for calendar years 2018 through 2021.

There are no regulatory commitments contained in this letter. If there are any questions or if additional information is required, please contact Mr. William C. Cothen, Manager, Regulatory Compliance at 724-682-4284.

Sincerely, i/V'~~i.e'*r Marty L. Richey Attachment cc: NRC Region I Administrator NRC Senior Resident Inspector NRC Project Manager Chief, Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

NRC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131 EXPIRES: 10/31/2017 (05-2016) Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary information collection re'quest 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This

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I; sc OPERATOR LICENSING comments regarding burden estimate to the FOIA, Privacy, and Information Collections Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC20555-0001, or by e-mail to

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.....*** used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.

FACILITY NRC REGION Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 1 (BVPS-1) and Unit 2 (BVPS-2).

Information provided for years 2018 and 2020 is for BVPS-1. NRC Region I Information provided for years 2019 and 2021 is for BVPS-2.

A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE CY2018 CY2019 CY2020 CY2021 PROPOSED NUMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED 1 1 1 1 EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NRG-PREPARED 0 0 0 0 EXAMINATIONS B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS CY2018 CY2019 CY2020 CY2021 PROPOSED NUMBER NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS 15 10 7 7 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS- INSTANT 8 9 3 3 NUMBER OF.SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-UPGRADE 0 2 2 2 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR r OPERATORS- LIMITED 0 0 0 0 PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 8/13/2018 8/12/2019 8/10/2020 8/16/2021 ALTERNATE DATE 8/20/2018 8/19/2019 8/17/2020 8/23/2021

c. PROPOSED GENERIC-FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER MARCH CY

-2018 SEPTEMBER MARCH CY

-2019 SEPTEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 23 0 19 0 CANDIDATES NRC FORM 536 (05-2016)