ML19192A050

NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination Approval 05000498/2019301 and 05000499/2019301

ML19192A050
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	07/11/2019
From:	Greg Werner Operations Branch IV
To:	Gerry Powell South Texas
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See also: IR 05000498/2019301

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July 11, 2019

Mr. G. T. Powell

President and CEO

STP Nuclear Operating Company

P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT: SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1

AND 2 - NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION APPROVAL

05000498/2019301 AND 05000499/2019301

Dear Mr. Powell:

The purpose of this letter is to confirm the final arrangements for the upcoming operator

licensing examinations at South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, Units 1 and 2.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its review of the operator license

applications submitted in connection with this examination and separately provided a list of

approved applicants to Mr. S. Mason, Regulatory Examination Author. Note that any

examination waivers and application denials have been addressed in separate correspondence.

The NRC has approved the subject examinations and hereby authorizes you to administer the

written examination in accordance with NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination

Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 11, on July 29, 2019. The NRC staff will administer

the operating tests during the weeks of July 15 and July 22, 2019. This examination has

undergone extensive review by my staff and representatives responsible for licensed operator

training at your facility. Based on this review, I have concluded that the examination meets the

guidelines of NUREG-1021 for content, operational, and discrimination validity. By

administering this examination, you also agree that it meets NUREG-1021 guidelines and is

appropriate for measuring the qualifications of licensed operator applicants at your facility. If

you determine that this examination is not appropriate for licensing operators at your facility, do

not administer the examination and contact me at 817-200-1159.

G.T. Powell 2

Please contact your chief examiner, Mr. Clyde Osterholtz at 817-200-1269, if you have any

questions or identify any errors or changes in the license level (reactor operator or senior

reactor operator) or type of examination (partial or complete written examination and/or

operating test) specified for each applicant approved to take the examination.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gregory E. Werner, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80

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Electric Generating Station

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DATE O7/08/2019 07/11/2019