ML20057F461

Discusses Arrangements Made for Administration of Licensing Exams at Facility.Advises That Written Exams Are Scheduled for Wk of 940110 & Operating Tests Are Scheduled for Wk of 940131

ML20057F461
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	10/07/1993
From:	Conte R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Opeka J NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO.
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NUDOCS 9310180030
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Docket No. 50-245 Mr. John F. Opeka Executive Vice Dresident - Nuclear Northeast Nuclear Energy Company P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 l

SUBJECT:

REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL LICENSING EXAMINATIONS In a telephone conversation on October 4,1993, between Ms. T. Walker and Mr. M. Jacobs,

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arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the j

Millstone Unit I facility.

The written examinations are scheduled for the week of January 10,1994, and the operating l

tests are scheduled for the week of January 31,1994. Your staff will be given an opportunity to review the licensing examinations in accordance with the guidelines in NUREG i, " Operator Licensing Exarainer Standards," ES-201, Attachment 4, during the week of.Rmber 31, 1993.

To prepare the examinations and meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 by November 8,1993. Any delay in receiving approved and indexed reference material or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete reference material may result in the examination being rescheduled.

The N'RC will prepare and administer the written examinations in accordance with ES-401 and ES-402 of NUREG-1021. In order to conduct the requested examinations, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations on the date noted above. The NRC's guidelines for administering the written examinations are described in ES-402, Attachment 1.

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The NRC will prepare and administer the operating tests in accordance with ES-301 and ES-302 of NUREG-1021. In order to conduct the requested operating tests, it will be necessary i

for your staff to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. Your staff should.:tain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures, temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the examination results are final.

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ES-402, Attachment 2, and ES-302, Attachment 1, contain a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examination and operating tests are being administered.

Your staff should submit preliminary reactor and senior reactor operator license applications and waiver requests at least 30 days before the first examination date so that the NRC will be able to review the applications and the medical certifications and evaluate any requested waivers. If the 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 should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.

i This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Clearance Number 31504)l01, which expires October 31,1995. The estimated average burden is 7.7 hours8.101852e-5 days <br />0.00194 hours <br />1.157407e-5 weeks <br />2.6635e-6 months <br /> per response, includes gathering, xeroxing, and mailing the required material. Send comments about this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch, MNBB-7714, Division of Information Support Services, Office of Information Resources k

Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0101), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

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NEOB-3019, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Mr. Jacobs has been advised of the NRC guidelines and policies addressed in this letter. If you have any questions on the evaluation process, please contact me at (215) 337-5210.

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Sincerely, l Jy) i Richard J. Conte, Chief BWR Section t

Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety l

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W. D. Romberg, Vice President - Nuclear, Operations Services l

S. E. Scace, Vice President, Millstone Station j

J. P. Stetz, Vice President, Haddam Neck Plant H. F. Haynes, Nuclear Unit Director R. M. Kacich, Director, Nuclear Licensing J. Solymossy, Director, Nuclear Quality and Assessment Services i

S. E. Scace, Vice President, Millstone Station R. Heidecker, Assistant Supervisor - Operator Training Gerald Garfield, Esquire Nicholas Reynolds, Esquire Public Document Room (PDR)

Local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Resident Inspector State of Connecticut SLO i

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Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

T. Walker, Examiner, DRS OL Facility File

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