ML24283A001

Senior Reactor and Reactor Operator Initial License Examinations

ML24283A001
Person / Time
Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	10/09/2024
From:	Diane Jackson NRC/RGN-I/DORS/OB
To:	Rhoades D Constellation Energy Generation, Constellation Nuclear
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October 9, 2024 David P. Rhoades Senior Vice President Constellation Energy Generation, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO)

Constellation Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - SENIOR REACTOR AND REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

Dear David Rhoades:

In a telephone conversation on October 1, 2024, between T. Setzer, Chief Examiner; B. Dyke, Operations Engineer; M. Parlett, Exam Author; K. Swiger, Exam Author; and C. Burkhart, Corporate Exam Expert, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, during the week of June 23, 2025. In addition, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will make an examination validation visit to your facility the week of May 27, 2025.

As agreed upon 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 January 24, 2025. The written examination outline was provided to your staff on July 2, 2024. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in NUREG-1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for Operator Licensing Initial Examinations, will be due by April 9, 2025. Pursuant to Title 10 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 examination and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be 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,

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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 T. Setzer, Chief Examiner, 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 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 call for 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 licensee to the NRC are not binding.

Submittals addressing waivers or excusals, or both, should be in writing (i.e., using NRC Form 398, Personal Qualifications StatementLicensee, or as directed by T. Setzer 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 Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018.

The burden to the public for these voluntary information collections is estimated to average 2,250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-5 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 FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch (T6-A10M), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555 0001, or by email 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; email: 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.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, of the agencys Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public

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inspection through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible on the NRCs website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

After you have been notified by the NRC Chief Examiner or Branch Chief that operator licenses have been issued, please direct any inquiries concerning a formal presentation of certificates to this office. Our goal is to have the operator certificates available for your celebration. At least one-month advance notice of your celebration arrangements would be appreciated to plan our senior manager attendance and process the certificates.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. M. Parlett and K. Swiger have 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 T. Setzer at (610) 337-5165 or me at (610) 337-5306.

Sincerely, Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Operating Reactor Safety Docket Nos.

05000317 and 05000318 License Nos. DPR-53 and DPR-69 cc: Distribution via ListServ DONALD JACKSON Digitally signed by DONALD JACKSON Date: 2024.10.09 07:04:57 -04'00'

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