ML16292A723

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000445/2017301; 05000446/2017301

ML16292A723
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	10/18/2016
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Peters K TEX Operations Company
References
50-445/OL-17, 50-446/OL-17
Download: ML16292A723 (5)

See also: IR 05000445/2017301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

October 18, 2016

Mr. Ken J. Peters, Senior Vice President

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Attention: Regulatory Affairs

TEX Operations Company LLC

P.O. Box 1002

Glen Rose, TX 76043

SUBJECT: COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, NOTIFICATION

OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000445/2017301;

05000446/2017301

Dear Mr. Peters:

In a telephone conversation on September 29, 2016, between Messrs. Garry Struble,

Operations Training Manager, and John Kirkland, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for

the administration of licensing examinations at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant during the

week of June 12, 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-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 March 13, 2017. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 10, 2017. 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 May 15, 2017.

K. Peters -2-

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.

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 June 30, 2019. 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 and Procedure, 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.

K. Peters -3-

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Struble 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. Kirkland at 817-200-1771, or myself at

817-200-1159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446

License Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89

cc: Electric Distribution for Comanche

Peak Nuclear Power Plant

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Letter to Ken J. Peters from Vincent G. Gaddy, dated October 18, 2016

SUBJECT: COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, NOTIFICATION

OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000445/2017301;

05000446/2017301

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