ML20217N749
| ML20217N749 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 04/02/1998 |
| From: | Conte R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Finn B VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP. |
| References | |
| RTR-REGGD-01.134, RTR-REGGD-1.134 IEIN-97-067, IEIN-97-67, NUDOCS 9804090191 | |
| Download: ML20217N749 (5) | |
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APR 2 1998-Mr. Brian Finn-Manager - Training Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P. O. Box 157 Governor Hunt Road -
Vernon, Vermont 05354 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
REVISED NRC FORMS 398 and 396 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.
Facility Licensee (Enclosure 2). Due to error on the instructions for Form 398, addendum 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.
' nclosure 4 provides a summary of the detailed changes for these forms. On Form 398, E
you should note that applicants are now required to provide evidence on the significant J
control manipulations performed as trainees at the facility for which the license is being sought. On this matter, you should refer to NRC Information Notice No. 97-67, dated August 21,1997.
On Form 396, the applicable guidance used in making the medical determinations needs to be indicated. Also, be advised that the NRC staff has recently approved Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide 1.134," Medical Evaluation of Licensed Personnel at Nuclear Power Plants," which endorses ANSI /ANS-3.4-1996," Medical Certification and Monitoring of Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants." A notice in the Federal Register will be out shortly.
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.
Muclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Mail Stop T-6-F-k 33, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001,or e-mail BAM1@NRC. gov.
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'If you have any questions regarding these forms, please contact Virgil Curley at 610-337--
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Sincerely,-
mftWA c=Sytre Richard J. Conte, Chief Operator Licensing and
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- Enclosure 1: NRC Form-398 - Personci Qualifications Statement - Licensee : NRC Form-396-Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee : ' Addendum Instructions for NRC Form-398 : Description of Changes to NRC Forms 398 and 396 l
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l ADDENDUM INSTRUCTION TO NRC FORM 398 i
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 follows:
" 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
[ underline added] based on a site specific written examination (on the same type of facility) that was administered between February 1982 and i
November 1989 and included the material covered by the GFE. Applicants who were issued a license before 1982, will have to take the examination or j
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apply for a waiver in accordance with ES-204.
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CHANGES TO NRC FORMG 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:
"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 manioulations 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.
398 NA Form: The OMB expiration date is now 10/31/2000, in the OMB block the following was added: "If an information 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 Instruction s: Top and Bottom left-hand side have -
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Description of Changes Number Number 396 ltem 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 t
physician and that the aoolicant has been found to meet the safeauards and fitness for duty reauirements for licensed operators at this facilitv."
Item A Below the physician name,...... line, the word " physical" has been added:
" Based on the results of the ch'vsical examination, including...."
in this same paragraph it states as follows: "I certify that in reaching this determination, the guidance contained in ANSI /ANS 3.4-1996, or ANS!/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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