ML17093A862

Notification of NRC Retake Operator Licensing Examination 05000313/2017302

ML17093A862
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	03/31/2017
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Richard Anderson Entergy Operations
References
IR 2017302
Download: ML17093A862 (3)

See also: IR 05000313/2017302

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

March 31, 2017

Mr. Richard L. Anderson

ANO Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

Arkansas Nuclear One

1448 S.R. 333

Russellville, AR 72802

SUBJECT: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 1 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC RETAKE

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000313/2017302

Dear Mr. Anderson:

In a telephone conversation on January 24, 2017, between Messrs. R. Martin, Operations Exam

Superintendent, and B. Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration

of a retake licensing examination at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1, during the week of June 5,

2017.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the retake examination

(written examination for two reactor operator and one senior reactor operator applicants) 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 examination is administered.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outline

by February 20, 2017. The written examination and supporting reference materials identified in

Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 3, 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 outline and examination 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 examination and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete

materials, may cause the examination to be rescheduled.

In order to conduct the requested written examination, it will be necessary for your staff to

provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402. In addition,

Appendix E to NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in

effect while the written examination is being administered.

R. Anderson 2

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary operator

license applications (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090),

medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (OMB approval

number 3150-0090) by May 1, 2017. Signed applications certifying that all training has been

completed should be submitted by May 22, 2017. If the final signed applications are not

received by that date, a postponement may be necessary.

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.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Martin 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. Larson at 817-200-1172, or myself at 817-200-

1159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-313

License No. DPR-51

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