ML22329A033
| ML22329A033 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 11/29/2022 |
| From: | Kelly Clayton NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/OB |
| To: | Peters K Vistra Operating Co. (VistraOpCo) |
| Clayton K | |
| References | |
| IR 2023301 | |
| Download: ML22329A033 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000445/2023301
Text
November 28, 2022
Ken J. Peters, Senior Vice President
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Attention: Regulatory Affairs
Vistra Operations Company LLC
P.O. Box 1002
Glen Rose, TX 76043
SUBJECT:
COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT -NOTIFICATION OF NRC
INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000445/2023301 AND
Dear Mr. Peters:
In a telephone conversation on September 29, 2022, between myself, Kelly Clayton, Senior
Operations Engineer, and Mr. Kevin Hegarty, Initial Exam Supervisor, arrangements were made
for the administration of the operator licensing examinations at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power
Plant during the weeks of June 12 and June 19, 2023.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC will prepare the examinations based on
the guidelines in Revision 12 of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for
Power Reactors. Your staff will be given the opportunity to review the examinations during the
week of March 27, 2023.
During this call, your staff was provided the initial request to furnish the supporting reference
materials identified in NUREG-1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for Operator
Licensing Initial Examinations and these references were provided on November 21, 2022.
Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 55.40(b)(3), and authorized
representative of the facility licensee shall approve the examinations and tests before final
approval by the NRC.
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 rescheduled. Also, you should inform the chief examiner as soon
as possible concerning any changes to procedures and/or training materials that could impact
the contents of the examinations. In addition, your support for onsite development of the
examinations is required the week of January 9, 2023, and onsite validation of the examinations
is required the week of May 15, 2023.
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E. LAMAR BLVD
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
K. Peters
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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 NUREG 1021, 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, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating
tests until the NRC takes its 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 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) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination
date (if possible). Mr. Clayton should be contacted to determine the method for submission of
the waiver and/or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator
license applications (OMB approval number 3150-0090) and, medical certifications (OMB
approval number 3150-0024) should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination
date. If the preliminary applications are not received 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 receiving waiver or excusal requests is 30 days before the first
examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the
requests should be submitted as early in the process as possible (see the 60-day guideline,
above). 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 Mr. Clayton is contacted 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 Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018.
The burden to the public for these mandatory information collections is estimated to average
2250 hours0.026 days <br />0.625 hours <br />0.00372 weeks <br />8.56125e-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 collection. Send comments regarding this information collection to the
FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch (T-6 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 Desk Officer, 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:
oria_submission@omb.eop.gov.
K. Peters
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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 approval number.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,
a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection through the NRCs
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible on
the NRCs website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Hegarty 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 817-200-1216.
Sincerely,
Kelly Clayton, Senior Operations Engineer
Operations Branch
Division of Operating Reactor Safety
Dockets: 50-445; 50-446
Signed by Clayton, Kelly
on 11/28/22
OFFICE
SOE:OB
NAME
KClayton
SIGNATURE
KDC
DATE
11/28/2022