ML20058D707
| ML20058D707 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 10/25/1990 |
| From: | Virgilio M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | TOLEDO EDISON CO. |
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| NUDOCS 9011060227 | |
| Download: ML20058D707 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1>,
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION u
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Docket No. 50-346 COMPANY
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(Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station)
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Toledo Edison-Company and. Cleveland Electric 111uminating' Company,
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m (the licensees) are:the holders of. Facility Operating License No. NPF-3, V
which authorizes operation of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station.
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. license provides, among other things, that the licensees are subject to all rules, regulations and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect.
The. facility consists of a pressurized water reactor at the licensees' i
site located in Ot w a County; Ohio.
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J ursuant'.to.10 CFR 55.59(a)(2), each reactor operator and senior c
reactor operator shall-pass a comprehensive requalification written examination and an annual operating test.
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By letter dated April 20, 1990, the Toledo Edison Company requested an I
' exemption from-the requirements set forth in 10 CFR 55.59(a)(2) for those reactor
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operators and senior reactor =operatori selected to take the'May 1990 NRC l
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.I requalification examination so that they be allowed a 6-month, one-time extension l
to:the schedule required for the requalification examinations administered by Toledo Edison Company.
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Immediate compliance with the 10 CFR 55.59(a)(2) requires those reactor operators and senior reactor operators who have taken the May 1990 NRC requal-ification examination to take the Toledo Edison-administered requalification examinationLin November 1990.
These two examinations are similar in nature
- and. serve the same purpose.
Pursuant'to 10 CFR 55.11, "The Commission may, upon application by an interested person, or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions from the requirements of the regulations in this part as it determines are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property and are otherwise in the public interest."
IV.
Requiring the reactor operators and senior reactor operators who have
. successfully passed the May 1990 NRC,requalification examination to take the November 1990 Toledo Edison requalification examination would duplicate those operators' efforts,to prepareLfor the examination.
In order to minimize those duplicating efforts which otherwise can be used in keeping
. c thefplant in safe operation, it would be in the public interest to grant-this exemption only for those reactor operators and senior reactor operators
~who have successfully passed the May 1990 NRC'requalification examination.-
_ Those operators will_ continue to attend scheduled training and meet all
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- Those reactor operators and senior reactor operators who failed the May 1990 NRC requalification examination are not included in the exemption.
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They;are scheduled to take the November 1990 NRC-administered requalifica-tion examination only for those portions (written examination, job perfo ance measures, and dynamic simulator examination) they failed during the May 1990 examination.
The-staff has reviewed the licensee's request for exemption and finds L
that requiring those operators who passed the May 1990 examinations to take-4 j
.the Toledo Edison requalification examination in November would not enhance the protection of the Toledo Edison environment and would result in an-expenditure'of licensee resources not required for public health and safety.
The staff also concludes that issuance of this exemption will not
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endanger life or property and will have no significant effect on the safety of.the'public or the plant.
Pursuant to:10 CFR 51.21, 51.32, and 51.35, an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact has-been prepared and published in the Federal Register on OctoberL5, 1990 (55 FR 40958).
Accordingly, based upon the' environmental assessment, the Commission has determined that the issuance offthis exemption will not have a significant.effect on the quality of the.
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Accordingly, the Commission has determined, pursuant to 10 CFR 55.11,
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~the Commission hereby grants the following exemption:
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Toledo Edison is granted.an exemption for those' licensed reactor operators and senior reactor operators 'who successfully passed the NRC
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t in May 1990 from the requirement of 10 CFR 55.59(a)(2) for a period of six months through November 1991.
Those reactor operators and senior reactor operators who failed portions of the.May 1990 requalification examination willjha'=tobereexaminedonthatportionoftherequalification examination'by.the NRC in November 1990.
For.further details with respect to this action, see the licensee's g.
request' dated April-20, 1990 which is available for public inspection at the Co9 mission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
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and at'the University of Toledo Library, Document Department, 2801 Bancroft
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Avenue, Toledo,-Ohio 43606.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland,.this 25th day of October
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FOR TIE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION o
Martin J. Virgilio, Acting Director l
Division of Reactor' Projects - III, IV,fV and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation =
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