ML16341D131
| ML16341D131 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 10/15/1999 |
| From: | Pellet J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Rueger G Public Service Enterprise Group |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9910250191 | |
| Download: ML16341D131 (12) | |
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~O UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION
, REGION IV 611 RYAN PLAZADRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON,TEXAS 76011-8064
.October 15, 1999 Gregory M. Rueger, Senior Vice President and General Manager Nuclear Power Generation Bus. Unit Pacific Gas and Electric Company Nuclear Power Generation, B32 77 Beale Street, 32nd Floor P.O. Box 770000 San Francisco, California 94177
Dear Mr. Rueger,
In a telephone conversation on October 13, 1999 between Mr. Roger Jett, Learning Services, and Mr. T. O. McKernon, Senior Reactor Engineer,.of this office, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Diablo Canyon Power Plant facilityduring the weeks of April 10 and April 17, 2000.
The NRC willprepare the written examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 8 of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors."
In discussions with Mr. Jett, your staff has offered to assist in developing the Operating Examinations in accordance with the guidelines of Revision 8 of NUREG-1021. The NRC regional office willdiscuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.
Your staff willbe given the opportunity to review the examinations during the week of March 6, 2000.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 by January 15, 2000. Any delay in receiving the required reference materials, or the submittal 'of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled.
A validation of the final examination material willbe conducted at your facilitythe week of March 20, 2000.
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 facilityavailable 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 of NUREG-1021 contains a number of. NRC policies and guidelines that willbe in effect while the written examinations and operating tests are being administered.
To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 31 50-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024),
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company 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 the Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0101, which expires on September 30, 2000.
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 on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at BJS1ONRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0101), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Thank you for your cooperation in this.matter.
Mr. Jett has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter.
If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Tom McKernon at 817-860-8153, or John Pellet at 817-860-8159.
Sincerely, John L. Pellet, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.:
50-275; 50-323 License Nos.: DPR-80; DPR-82 CC:
Tim Blake, Director, Learning Services Pacific Gas and Electric Company Nuclear Power Generation, B32 77 Beale Street, 32nd Floor P.O. Box 770000 San Francisco, California 94177
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Dr. Richard Ferguson Energy Chair Sierra Club California 1100 lith Street, Suite 311 Sacramento, California 95814 Nancy Culver San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace P.O. Box 164 Pismo Beach, California 93448 Chairman San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Room 370 County Government Center San Luis Obispo, California 93408 Truman Burns>Mr. Robert Kinosian California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness, Rm. 4102 San Francisco, California 94102 Robert R. Wellington, Esq.
Legal Counsel Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee 857 Cass Street, Suite D Monterey, California 93940 Steve Hsu Radiologic Health Branch State Department of Health Services P.O. Box 942732 Sacramento, California 94234-7320 Christopher J. Warner, Esq.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 7442 San Francisco, California 94120 David H. Oatley, Vice President Diablo Canyon Operations and Plant Manager Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 3 Avila Beach, California 93424
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