ML18089A041

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000382/2018301

ML18089A041
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	03/29/2018
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Dinelli J Entergy Operations
References
50-382/18-301
Download: ML18089A041 (4)

See also: IR 05000382/2018301

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March 29, 2018

Mr. John Dinelli, Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road

Killona, LA 70057-0751

SUBJECT: WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC

INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000382/2018301

Dear Mr. Dinelli:

In a telephone conversation on February 26, 2018, between Messrs. D. Constance,

Superintendent, Training-Nuclear Operations, and B. Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements

were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Waterford Steam Electric Station,

Unit 3, during the week of November 5, 2018.

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. The NRCs regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that

might be necessary before the examinations are administered.

The written examination outlines were provided to your staff on March 7, 2018. To meet the

above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test outlines, revised

written examination outlines, and reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 by

June 4, 2018. The written examinations and operating tests, with technical references, will be

due by August 17, 2018. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal

Regulations, 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. Delays in

receiving the required materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may

cause the examinations to be cancelled or rescheduled. In addition, your support for on-site

validation of the examinations is required during the week of October 1, 2018.

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,

levels, and flows) generated during the operating test scenarios along with any video and audio

recordings of the scenarios until the NRC takes its licensing action on all of the applications and

any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete. Appendix E to NUREG-1021

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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 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. B. Larson 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. Larson 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 voluntary information collections is estimated to average

2,250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-5 months <br /> per examination 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.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,

of the NRCs Rules of Practice and Procedure, 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.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. D. Constance 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. 50-382

License No. NPF-38

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