ML20153A759
| ML20153A759 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 06/01/2020 |
| From: | Thomas Farina Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Dent J Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| References | |
| Download: ML20153A759 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000298/2020301
Text
June 1, 2020
Mr. John Dent, Jr.
Vice President-Nuclear and CNO
Nebraska Public Power District
Cooper Nuclear Station
72676 648A Avenue
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT:
COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR
LICENSING EXAMINATION - AMENDED 05000298/2020301
Dear Mr. Dent:
The purpose of this letter is to amend the dates for the upcoming operator licensing examination
validation and administration at Cooper Nuclear Station. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
dates which were originally approved in a letter of September 6, 2019 (ML19249A968) could not
be met.
In conversations between myself and Mr. James Florence, Superintendent, Simulator and
Training Support, revised arrangements were made for the administration of operator licensing
examinations at Cooper Nuclear Station during the week of July 27, 2020. In addition, your
support for on-site validation of the examinations is required during the week of June 22, 2020.
Examination outlines, written examinations, operating tests, supporting reference materials, and
preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications were previously
furnished by your staff. Final, signed applications certifying that all training has been completed
and requesting any waivers or excusals, as applicable, should be submitted at least 14 days
before the first examination date.
We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in
your remaining submittals be contained in a separate enclosure and appropriately marked.
Delays in receiving the required materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete
materials, may cause the examinations to be cancelled or rescheduled.
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 noted 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 along with any video and audio
recordings of the dynamic operating tests until the NRC takes its licensing action on all of the
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applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete. Appendix E
to NUREG-1021 contains NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written
examinations and operating tests are being administered.
The minimum guideline for receiving final waiver or excusal requests is 14 days before the first
examination date. Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the licensee to the NRC are
not binding. Submittals addressing waivers and/or excusals should be in writing (i.e., on
NRC Form 398, or as directed when I am contacted to determine the method for submission).
The NRCs final decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal will be documented on the
final (not preliminary) NRC Form 398 submitted for the applicant and will not be provided until
the final application is submitted to the NRC.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
This letter contains mandatory information collections that are subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approved these information collections (approval number 3150-0011). Send comments
regarding this information collection to the Information Services Branch, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011) Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
The burden to the public for these mandatory information collections is estimated to average
400 hours0.00463 days <br />0.111 hours <br />6.613757e-4 weeks <br />1.522e-4 months <br /> per examination including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
information collection. You may submit comments on any aspect of the information collection,
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the FOIA, Privacy and Information Collections
Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by
electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS.RESOURCE@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
Public Protection Notification
The NRC may not conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request
for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
This letter will be made available for public inspection and copying at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in
accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, Public Inspections,
Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.
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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Florence has been advised of the policies
and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRCs
examination procedures and guidelines, please contact me at 817-200-1117, or Greg Werner,
Chief, Operations Branch, at 817-200-1159.
Sincerely,
6/1/2020
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Signed by: Thomas J. Farina
Thomas J. Farina, Chief Examiner
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 05000298
License No. DPR-46
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