ML22200A028
| ML22200A028 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 07/19/2022 |
| From: | Patricia Pelke NRC/RGN-III/DRS/OLB |
| To: | Strope M Point Beach |
| Nance J | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML22007A032 | List: |
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| Download: ML22200A028 (4) | |
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Mr. Michael Strope Site Vice President NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241-9516
SUBJECT:
POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION
Dear Mr. Strope:
In a telephone conversation on July 18, 2022, between, Mr. J. Nance, Chief Examiner, Mr. R. Baker, Senior Operations Engineer, Mr. A. Moore, Operations Training Supervisor, and Mr. A. Zommers, Exam Developer, arrangements were made for the administration of operator licensing examinations at Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 during the weeks of February 13 and 20, 2023.
As agreed upon during the telephone conversation, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 12 to NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors.
To meet the above schedule, your staff has furnished the agreed upon reference materials identified in NUREG-1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Section F, Reference Material for Operator Licensing Initial Examinations. Additional requests may be made as examination development progresses.
The outline for the written examination was provided to your staff for review and comment and feedback has been received from your staff. The operating test outlines for the JPMs and the required dynamic scenarios will be available for your staffs review and comment prior to the pre-onsite validation visit scheduled for October 31, 2022. The NRC proposed operating test and written exam will be provided to your staff prior to the On-Site Validation visit during the week of January 16, 2023. All materials shall be complete and ready to use.
We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or Safeguards Information in your response 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 canceled or rescheduled.
To conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, your staff will need to provide adequate space and accommodations and to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-3.5, Administering Operating Tests, your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures, temperatures, July 19, 2022
M. Strope and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the NRC takes licensing action on all the applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete.
ES-1.2, Guidelines for Taking NRC Examinations, contains a number of NRC guidelines for the written examinations and operating tests as they are being administered.
To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator waiver or excusal requests (if any) (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date (if possible). Contact Mr. J. Nance to determine the method for submission of the waiver or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (OMB Control Number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB Control Number 3150-0024) should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the NRC does not receive the preliminary applications at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. 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.
Although the guidelines for waiver or excusal requests call for their receipt at least 30 days before the first examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the requests should be submitted as early as possible in the process (see the 60-day guideline above). Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the facility licensee to the NRC are not binding. Submittals addressing waivers or excusals, or both, should be in writing (i.e., using NRC Form 398 or as directed by Mr. J. Nance when contacting him to determine the method for submission). The NRC will document its final decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal on the final (not preliminary) NRC Form 398 submitted for the applicant. The NRC will not provide its decision until the final application is submitted to the agency.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement This letter contains information collection requirements that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the OMB, Approval Number 3150-0018.
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 or response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collections. Send comments regarding this information collection to the Freedom of Information Act, Library, and Information Collections Branch (T6-A10M),
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555 0001, or by e-mail to infocollects.resource@nrc.gov, and to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0018), Attn: Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20503; e-mail: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Public Protection Notification The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.
M. Strope 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, Part 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. A. Moore has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions about the NRCs examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. J. Nance, Chief Examiner for the exam at 630-829-9678 or me at 630-829-9868.
Sincerely, Patricia J. Pelke, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-266; 50-301 License Nos. DPR-24; DPR-27 cc: Distribution via LISTSERV M. Hastings, Site Training Manager Signed by Pelke, Patricia on 07/19/22
M. Strope Letter to Michael Strope from Patricia J. Pelke dated July 19, 2022.
SUBJECT:
POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION DISTRIBUTION:
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