ML17135A426

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000416/2017302

ML17135A426
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	05/12/2017
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Emily Larson Entergy Operations
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See also: IR 05000416/2017302

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

May 12, 2017

Mr. Eric Larson, Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

P.O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT: GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000416/2017302

Dear Mr. Larson:

In a telephone conversation on April 26, 2017, between Messrs. S. Purdon, Superintendent,

Initial Exam, and B. Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of

licensing examinations at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station during the week of December 4, 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 11, 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 operating test

examination outlines by July 7, 2017. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by September 8, 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 October 30, 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 shall 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.

E. Larson 2

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) by November 6, 2017. 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 by November 20, 2017.

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 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 to BJS1@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer,

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202 (3150-0018), Office of Management

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

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. Purdon 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 817-200-1171 or myself at

817-200-1159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-416

License No. NPF-29

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