ML23097A016

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000482/2023301

ML23097A016
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	04/07/2023
From:	Kelly Clayton NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/OB
To:	Reasoner C Wolf Creek
Clayton K
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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

April 07, 2023

Cleve Reasoner, Chief Executive Officer

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING

EXAMINATION 05000482/2023301

Dear Cleve Reasoner:

In a telephone conversation on March 20, 2023, between myself, Kelly Clayton, Senior

Operations Engineer, and Andrew Servaes, Initial Exam Supervisor, arrangements were made

for the administration of the operator licensing examinations at Wolf Creek during the week of

October 16, 2023.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on

the guidelines in Revision 12 of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for

Power Reactors. The NRCs 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 operating test

outlines by May 11, 2023. The NRC staff provided the written examination outlines on March

30, 2023. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials

identified in NUREG 1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for Operator Licensing

Examinations, will be due by July 27, 2023. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 55.40(b)(3)), an authorized representative of the facility

licensee shall approve the examinations, and tests before they are submitted to the NRC for

review and approval. 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 rescheduled. Also, your staff should inform me 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 validation of the examinations

is required the week of September 11, 2023.

C. Reasoner 2

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). I 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 I am 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

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 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 17 th Street, NW Washington, DC 20503, e-mail:

oria_submission@omb.eop.gov.

C. Reasoner 3

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. Andrew Servaes 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 D. Clayton, Chief Examiner

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-482

License No. NPF-42

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Signed by Clayton, Kelly

on 04/07/23

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