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Part 55 Exemption Request for Power Reactors (COVID-19) (Redacted)
ML20142A512
Person / Time
Site: Hope Creek PSEG icon.png
Issue date: 05/21/2020
From: David Mannai
Public Service Enterprise Group
To:
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing
Kim, James
References
Download: ML20142A512 (3)


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Part 55 Exemption Request for Power Reactors May 21, 2020

1. Submitter Name/Title David Mannai / Senior Director Regulatory Affairs and Nuclear Oversight
2. Email Address michael.wiwel@pseg.com
3. Organization PSEG Nuclear, LLC
4. Plant Name Hope Creek
5. Plant Unit(s) 1 - 4

["1"]

6. Need By Date 06/01/2020
7. Enter Docket Number(s) 05000354
8. Enter License Number(s)

NPF-57

9. NRC Licensing Project Manager J. KIM
10. For a requalification exemption check the YES box and answer questions 11- 15. If you are not filing for a requalification exemption check the NO box and proceed to question 16.

NO

11. A request for exemption from the not to exceed two years requirement for the requalification program in 10 CFR 55.59(c)(1);

[A request for exemption from the not to exceed two years requirement for the requalification program in 10 CFR 55.59(c)(1); ]

12. Requalification Program Requirements: A request for exemption for operators and senior operators from the requirements in 10 CFR 55.59(a)(1) and in 10 CFR 55.59(a)(2) for the purpose of allowing delay of these requalification program requirements during the COVID-19 PHE;

[12. Requalification Program Requirements: ]

13. Requalification Program Requirements: A statement that the tests and exam will be provided after the end of the PHE, but before the end of the calendar year (December 31, 2020).

[13. Requalification Program Requirements: ]

14. Requalification Program Requirements: A statement that the facility licensee has modified or will, prior to the effective date of any exemption that is granted, modify its requalification program so that it will provide for training and evaluations of operator knowledge, skills, and abilities during the time when the biennial written exams and annual operating tests would have been scheduled to occur; and

[14. Requalification Program Requirements: ]

15. Requalification Program Requirements: a statement that the facility licensee, in conjunction with the training program, will continue to evaluate operator performance in the plant and control room to identify and correct operator performance issues in a timely manner. If such a program does not exist, then provide a statement that the facility licensee will implement, prior to the effective date of any exemption that is granted, a program to evaluate operator performance in the plant and control room to identify and correct operator performance issues in a timely manner.

[15. Requalification Program Requirements:]

16. For a medical exemption check the YES box and answer questions 17 and 18. If you are not filing for a medical exemption check the NO box and proceed to question 19.

YES

17. Medical Requirements: a request for exemption from 10 CFR 55.21, 55.53(i), and, if applicable, 55.57(a)(6), and the names and docket numbers of the operators and senior operators for whom the exemption is being requested; and 10 CFR 55.21 and 10 CFR 55.53(i) for:
18. Medical Requirements: a description of the interim compensatory measures that the facility licensee is using to address delay in receipt of recommendations from a licensed physician concerning the operators health. For example, the facility licensee, in coordination with the operator, might elect to have the operators partially examined, e.g.,

an assessment of the operators responses on an ANSI-standard-based questionnaire

about medical history without an in-person examination. NOTE: Identify the version (i.e.,

either 1983, 1996 or 2013) of ANSI/ANS 3.4 , "Medical Certification and Monitoring of Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants," or ANSI/ANS 15.4, Selection and Training of Personnel for Research Reactors, that will be used.

An assessment of the operators responses on an ANSI-standard-based medical questionnaire, without an in-person examination, will be performed by a medical professional (Medical Doctor) within the time frame the examination would normally be required. Hope Creek conforms to the 1983 version of ANSI/ANS 3.4, Medical Certification and Monitoring of Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.