ML17317B267
| ML17317B267 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 11/13/2017 |
| From: | Kelly Clayton, Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Peters K Vistra Operations Company |
| Gaddy V | |
| References | |
| Download: ML17317B267 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000445/2018301
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November 13, 2017
Ken J. Peters, Senior Vice President
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Attention: Regulatory Affairs
Vistra Operations Company LLC
P.O. Box 1002
Glen Rose, TX 76043
SUBJECT: COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF NRC
INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000445/2018301 AND
Dear Mr. Peters:
In a telephone conversation on August 10, 2017, between Messrs. J. Ruby, Lead Operations
Examiner, and K. Clayton, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of
licensing examinations at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant during the week of June 11,
2018.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC 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. Your staff will be given the opportunity to review
the examinations during the week of, or before, May 1, 2018.
Your staff has already provided the initial request to furnish the supporting reference materials
identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201, however, you should inform the chief examiner as soon as
possible concerning any changes to procedures and/or training materials that could impact the
contents of the examinations. We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified,
or safeguards information in any additional responses be contained in a separate enclosure and
appropriately marked. Any delay in receiving the required 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 14, 2018.
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 capture and retain all relevant simulator data (e.g., system pressures, levels,
temperatures, and flows) during the dynamic operating tests, along with any video and audio
recordings of the dynamic operating tests, until the NRC takes licensing action on all of the
applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete.
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E. LAMAR BLVD
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
K. Peters
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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 developed and administered.
To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor
operator and senior reactor operator waiver or excusal requests (if any) (Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination
date (if able). Mr. K. Clayton should be contacted to determine the method for submission of the
waiver and/or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator
license applications (OMB approval number 3150-0090) and, medical certifications
(OMB approval number 3150-0024) should be submitted at least 30 days before the first
examination date. If the preliminary applications are not received at least 30 days before the
examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Final, signed applications certifying that
all training has been completed and requesting any waivers or excusals, as applicable, should
be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.
Although the minimum guidelines for receiving waiver or excusal requests is 30 days before the
first examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the
requests should be submitted as early in the process as possible (see the 60-day guideline,
above). Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the licensee to the NRC are not binding.
Submittals addressing waivers and/or excusals should be in writing (i.e., on NRC Form 398, or
as directed when Mr. K. Clayton is contacted to determine the method for submission). The
NRCs final decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal will be documented on the final
(not preliminary) NRC Form 398 submitted for the applicant and will not be provided until the
final application is submitted to the NRC.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
This letter contains information collection requirements 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 3150-0018.
The burden to the public for these mandatory information collections is estimated to average
400 hours0.00463 days <br />0.111 hours <br />6.613757e-4 weeks <br />1.522e-4 months <br /> per examination or response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the information collection. You may submit comments on any aspect of the
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the FOIA, Privacy and
Information Collections Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001, or by electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS.RESOURCE@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.
Public Protection Notification
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request for
information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,
of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available
electronically for public inspection in 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
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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Ruby 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. K. Clayton at 817-200-1216 or myself at
817-200-1159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Dockets: 50-445; 50-446
SUNSI Review:
ADAMS:
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Non-Sensitive
Keyword:
By: VGaddy
Yes No
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OFFICE
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NAME
KClayton
VGaddy
SIGNATURE
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DATE
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