ML20217N730
| ML20217N730 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 04/02/1998 |
| From: | Conte R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC |
| References | |
| RTR-REGGD-01.134, RTR-REGGD-1.134 IEIN-97-067, IEIN-97-67, NUDOCS 9804090183 | |
| Download: ML20217N730 (5) | |
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1998 Mr. John J. Stankiewicz l
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, Director a Training PECO Energy Company,
Limerick' Generating Station 341 Longview Road Linfield, Pennsylvania ' 19468 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
REVISED NRC FORMS 398 and 396 i
Enclosed is a copy of the revised forms: NRC Form-398, Personal Qualifications Statement
- Licensee (Enclosure 1), and NRC Form-396, Certification of Medical Examination by
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' Facility Licensee (Enclosure 2). Due to error on the instructions for Form 398, addendum l
instructions for' completing the form are provided as Enclosure 3 to this letter.' You should i
use these forms immediately for any new applications or license _ renewals that you are -
sending to the NRC.
4 provides a summary of the detailed changes for these forms. On Form 398,~
you should note that applicants are now required to provide evidence on the significant q
control manipulations performed as trainees at the facility for which the license is being.
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- sought. On this matter,~ you should refer to NRC Information Notice No. 97-67, dated j
~ August 21,1997.
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On Form 396, the applicable guidance used in making the medical determinations needs to -
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. Regulatory Guide 1.134,." Medical Evaluation of Licensed Personnel at Nuclear Power -
l Plants," which endorses ANSI /ANS-3.4-1996," Medical Certification and Monitoring of j
Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants." A notice in the Federal Register will be out shortly, t
Further, you should keep a copy of Enclosure 3 with the Form 398 until new forms are printed and distributed.' Your office can obtain additional copies of both forms by
- contacting Beverly Martin by telephone on 301-415-5877or by writing to her, U.S.
L Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office ~of the Chief Information Officer, Mail Stop T-6-F-1 33,' Washington, D.C. 20555-OOO1,or e-mail BAM1 @NRC. gov.
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Mr.- John'J. Stankiewicz If you have any questions regarding these forms, please contact Virgil Curley at 610-337-
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Sincerely, s.j;aalsyo-Q7 Richard J. Conte, Chief Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-352 and 50-353
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'l NRC Form-398 - Personal Qualifications Statement - Licensee : : NRC Form-396 - Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee
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I ENCLOSURE 3 ADDENDUM INSTRUCTION TO NRC FORM 398 Applies to the Instructions for item 4.g, on the " Type of Application":
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DATE PASSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAM SECTION (GFES)
The last sentence of 4.g states: "This does not include instructor certification examinations or requalification examinations".
This statement is in error and is not in accordance with Interim Rev. 8, ES-205, section B, third paragraph, which states as fc!!ows:
" Applicants do not need to take the GFE (nor obtain a waiver) if they were previously issued an RO or SRO license or an instructor certification l
[ underline added] based on a site specific written examination (on the same i
type of facility) that was administered between February 1982 and November 1989 and included the material covered by the GFE. Applicants l
who were issued a license before 1982, will have to take the examination or apply for a waiver in accordance with ES-204 The last sentence of 4.g should read, "This does not include reaualification examinations."
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.j ENCLOSURE 4 CHANGES TO NRC FORMS 398 AND 396 NRC Form.
Item Description of Changes-Number Number 398 4.g See Enclosure 3 398 13 Instruction Sheet: All new applications must provide evidence in accordance with 10 CFR 55.31(b) that the applicant, as a trainee, has successfully manipulated the controls of the facility for which a license is sought. This section was changed to read as follows:
i "At a minimum, five significant control manipulations must be performed which affect reactivity or power level under item 13.3c. list the five sianificant control manipulations in item
- 17. "
398 18 Instruction Sheet - changed to read: "NRC Form-396, Certification of Medical Examination by Facility licensee must accompany this application unless a waiver of the medical examination is beina reauested.
l 398 NA Form: The OMB expiration date is now 10/31/2000.
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OMB block the following was added: "If an information -
l-collection does not disclav a currentiv valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or soonsor, and a person is.
not reauired to respond to the information collection"..
'398 NA Form and Instructions: Top and Bottom left-hand side have l-date changes to 10-1997.
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NRC Form item Description of Changes Number -
Number 396 Item A Medical Exam Information - statement regarding safeguards and fitness for duty requirements has been moved from item B to be included with the statement under A - Medical Exam Information as noted below:
"This is to certify that the above named applicant for an operator / senior operator license has been examined by a physician and that the aoolicant has been found to meet the safeauards and fitness for duty reouirements for licensed operators at this facility."
Itern A Below the physician name,...... line, the word " physical" has been added:
" Based on the results of the ohvsical examination, including...."
in this sarne paragraph it states as follows: "I certify that in reaching this determination,' the guidance contained in ANSI /ANS 3.4-1996, or ANSI /ANS 3.4-1983 was used, item B NONMEDICAL CERTIFICATION (old form) has been changed to: B - CERTIFICATION (new form) 396 NA Top and Bottom left-hand side of the form have date changes to 3-1998 396 NA Top right corner - OMB expiration date changed to :
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