ML20153C413

Discusses 980909 Telcon Between T Fish & D Jeffries Re Arrangements Made for Administration of Licensing Exams at Vermont Yankee Facility During Week of 990125.Exam Outlines Needed by 981125 in Order to Meet Schedule

ML20153C413
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Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	09/11/1998
From:	Conte R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Maret G VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
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NUDOCS 9809240081
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September 11, 1998 Mr. Gregory A. Maret Director of Operations Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro, Vermont 05301

SUBJECT:

REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS -

VERMONT YANKEE

Dear Mr. Maret:

In a telephone conversation on September 9,1998, between Mr. Todd Fish and

. Mr. D. Jeffries, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Vermont Yankee facility during the week of January 25,1999.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in interim Revision 8, of NUREG-1021," Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The NRC regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outlines by November 25,1998. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials requested by the chief examiner will be due by December 24,-1998. Any delay in receiving the required examination, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled.

In order to conduct the requested written examination 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 week of the exam. 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 policles and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examinations and operating tests are being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should si smit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications [ Office f Management and budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090], medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024),and waiver request (if any) (OMB approval number 3150-0090)at least 30 g

days before the first examination date. If the applications are not received at least 30 days D

before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Signed applications certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.

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This letter contains information collections that subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 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 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, writing the examinations, 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 electronic mail at BJS1@NRC. GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202,(3150-0101), Office of Management and Budget, l

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, i

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter Mr. Jeffries has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Fish at (610) 337-5369 or me at (610) 337-5183.

Sincerely, Richard J. Conte, Chief Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-271 i

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cc w/ encl:

R. McCullough, Operating Experience Coordinator - Vermont Yankee l

G. Sen, Licensing Manager, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation B. Finn, Manager - Training j

D. Rapaport, Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Inc.

D. Tafft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire l

Chief, Safety Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts D. Lewis, Esquire G. Bisbee, Esquire J. Block, Esquire T. Rapone, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN) l M.' Daley, New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, Inc. (NECNP)

State of New Hampshire, SLO Designee State of Vermont, SLO Designee l

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, SLO Designee l*

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Region i Docket Room (with concurrences)

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D. Screnci, PAO C. Cowgill, DRP -

R. Summers, DRP C. O'Daniell, DRP

. G. Morris, DRS 4

B. McCabe, OEDO

' C.' Thomas, NRR (COT)

. R. Croteau, NRR R. Correia, NRR F. Talbot, NRR.

inspection Program Branch, NRR (IPAS)

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