ML20141K515
| ML20141K515 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 05/20/1997 |
| From: | Meyer G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Reid D VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9705290188 | |
| Download: ML20141K515 (3) | |
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May 20, 1997 Mr. Donald A. Reid Vice President, Operations Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation RD 5, Box 169 J
Ferry Road Brattleboro, Vermont 05301
SUBJECT:
SENIOR REACTOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS - VERMONT YANKEE
Dear Mr. Reid:
In a telephone conversation on May 15,19?7 between Mr. Don Florek, Examiner and Mr. Scott Brown, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Vermom V.rkee facility during the week of September 1,1997.
The NRC will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 8, of NUREG-1021, " Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." In accordance with the guidelines in Attachment 5 of ES-201, your staff will be given the opportunity to review the examinations during the week of August 18,1997.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 by June 27,1997. Any delay in j
receiving the required reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled, in order 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 notes above in accordance with ES-302, 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.
Appendix E of NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examinations ano operating tests are being administered.
To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (if any) (OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Signed applications certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least g
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Mr. Don:Id A. R::id 2
This letter contains information collections that are submit to the Paperwork Reduction Act j
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0101, which expires on April 30, 2000.
The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 7.7 hours8.101852e-5 days <br />0.00194 hours <br />1.157407e-5 weeks <br />2.6635e-6 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.
Send comments on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33),
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet 4
electronic mail at BJS1@NRC. GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and 3
Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0101), Office of Management and Budget, i
Washington, DC 20503.
l The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Brown has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions iegarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Don Florek at (610) 337-5185, or me at (610) 337-5211.
Sincerely, Glenn W. Meyer, Chief Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-271 cc w/ encl:
R. McCullough, Operating Experience Coordinator - Vermont Yankee R. Wanczyk, Director, Safety and Regulatory Affairs G. Maret, Plant Manager J. Duffy, Licensing Engineer, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation J. Gilroy, Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Inc.
D. Tefft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire Chief, Safety Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts R. Gad, Esquire G. Bisbee, Esquire T. Rapone, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety State of New Hampshire, SLO Designee State of Vermont, SLO Designee Commonwealth of Massachusetts, SLO Designee B. Finn, Training Manager S. Brown, Supervisor - Operations Training D. Stafford, Technical Training Supervisor
Mr. Donald A. Reid 3
Distribution w/ encl:
Region i Docket Room (with concurrences)
PUBLIC Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident inspector W. Axelson, DRA D. Screnci, PAO L. Harrison, DRS 1
C. Cowgill, DRP H. Eichenholz, DRP D. Bearde, DRP l
D. Florek, DRS S. Dennis, DRS V. Curley, DRS OL Facility File DRS File Distribution w/ encl (VIA E-MAIL):
W. Dean, OEDO V. Rooney, NRR S. Bajwa, NRR
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