ML20126F126

Informs of Arrangements Made for Administration of Licensing Exams at Plant During Wk of 930419

ML20126F126
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	12/21/1992
From:	Meyer G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Opeka J NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO.
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NUDOCS 9212300117
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r DEC 211992 Docket No. 50-423 Mr. John F. Opeka Executive Vice President - Nuclear Northeast Nuclear Energy Company P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270

SUBJECT:

REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS in a telephone conversation between Mr. R. Stotts and Mr. W. Maier, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Millstone 3 Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 3.

The written examinations and operating tests are scheduled fo.

/eck of April 19, 1993.

Your staff will be given an opportunity to review the licensing -

.inations in accordance with the guidelines in NUREG-1021, " Operator Licensing Exac.mer Standards," Revision 7 (Draft) (ES-201, Attachment 4) during the week of April 12, 1993.

To prepare the examinations and meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to fumish the reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 by February 4,1992.

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 NRC will prepare and administer the written examinations in accordance with ES-401 and ES-402 of NUREG-1021, Revision 7 (Draft). 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.

The NRC will prepare and administer the operating tests in accordance with ES-301 and ES-302 of NUREG-1021, Revision 7 (Draft). In order to conduct the requested operating tests, j

it will be necessary for your staff to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted l

above. Your staff should retain 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 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.

This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget Clearance Number 3150-0101 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 Records and Reports Management Branch, MNBB-7714, Division of Information Support Services, Office of Information Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0101), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-3019, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Mr. Stotts 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) 337-5211.

Sincerely,

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R. M. Kacich, Director, Nuclear Licensing D. O. Nordquist, Di-ector of Quality Services

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