NRC Generic Letter 1989-12

NRC Generic Letter 1989-012: Operator Licensing Examinations

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Site:	Beaver Valley, Millstone, Hatch, Monticello, Calvert Cliffs, Dresden, Davis Besse, Peach Bottom, Browns Ferry, Salem, Oconee, Mcguire, Nine Mile Point, Palisades, Palo Verde, Perry, Indian Point, Fermi, Kewaunee, Catawba, Harris, Wolf Creek, Saint Lucie, Point Beach, Oyster Creek, Watts Bar, Hope Creek, Grand Gulf, Cooper, Sequoyah, Byron, Pilgrim, Arkansas Nuclear, Three Mile Island, Braidwood, Susquehanna, Summer, Prairie Island, Columbia, Seabrook, Brunswick, Surry, Limerick, North Anna, Turkey Point, River Bend, Vermont Yankee, Crystal River, Haddam Neck, Ginna, Diablo Canyon, Callaway, Vogtle, Waterford, Duane Arnold, Farley, Robinson, Clinton, South Texas, San Onofre, Cook, Comanche Peak, Yankee Rowe, Maine Yankee, Quad Cities, Humboldt Bay, La Crosse, Big Rock Point, Rancho Seco, Zion, Midland, Bellefonte, Fort Calhoun, FitzPatrick, McGuire, LaSalle, 05000000, Zimmer, Fort Saint Vrain, Washington Public Power Supply System, Shoreham, Satsop, Trojan, Atlantic Nuclear Power Plant, Clinch River
Issue date:	07/06/1989
From:	Partlow J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:
References
GL-89-003 GL-89-012, NUDOCS 8907060026
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SUBJECT: OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS (GENERIC LETTER 89- 1i Generic Letter (GL) 89-03, dated March 24, 1989, promulgated the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) national examination schedule. It assigned each facility two examination dates during the fiscal year based, to the extent possible, upon the examination estimates reported in response to GL 88-13, dated August 8, 1988. It encouraged facilities to target the assigned examination dates in fiscal year 1990, which begins on October 1, 1989, but acknowledged that some deviation from the promulgated schedule would be accommodated to facilitate incremental training schedule revisions. Beginning in fiscal year 1991 (October 1, 1990), replacement examinations will not be rescheduled but deferred until the next regularly scheduled site visit.

To plan its resources for fiscal years 1990 through 1993, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) requires your input to update the number of candidates you provided in response to GL 88-13. On the proposed format provided as Enclosure 1, please provide your best estimate of the anticipated number of candidates to be examined during each site visit assigned to you in Generic Letter 89-03. Also, please provide the dates for your scheduled requalification examinations during the same fiscal years in the proposed format provided as Enclosure 2. Your schedules, to be voluntarily submitted on the enclosed suggested formats, should be returned to Mr. Kenneth E.

Perkins, Jr., Chief, Operator Licensing Branch, OWFN-IOD-18, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, with a courtesy copy to the appropriate Regional Administrator, by September 1, 1989.

Bear in mind that 10 CFR 55.45 (b)(2)(iv) prohibits the simulation facility portion if the operating test from being administered on other than a certified or an approved simulation facility after May 26, 1991. In anticipation of that deadline, NRR requires your best estimate of the dates on which you expect to certify and/or apply for NRC approval of your simulation facility(ies). A space has been provided for this purpose on the Proposed Operator Licensing Schedule Format, Enclosure 1.

The NRC regional offices, through direct liaison with your training managers, will confirm your examination requests. As stated in GL 89-03, the regional offices will continue to schedule NRC requalification examinations on a case-by-case basis until NRR reconciles the differences between the requalification and replacement examination methodologies in order to allow the concurrent administration of both examinations.

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- 2 - July 6, 1989 Generic Letter 89-12 This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget Clearance Number

3150-0131, which expires March 31, 1992. The estimated average burden is two person-hours per owner response, including assessment of the new recommendations, searching data sources, gathering and analyzing the data, and preparing the required letters. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Records and Reports Management Branch, Division of Information Support Services, Office of Information Resources Management, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0131),

Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

We appreciate your assistance in this matter and invite you to address any questions concerning this generic letter to Mr. Perkins at (301) 492-1031.

Sincerely, Ja s G. Partlow, Associate Director r Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Enclosures:

1. Proposed Operator Licensing Examination Schedule Format

2. Proposed Requalification Examination Schedule Format

3. List of Recently Issued NRC Generic Letters

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3150-0131, which expires March 31, 1992. assessment of the new recommendations, person-hours per owner response, including the data, and preparing the searching data sources, gathering and analyzing this burden estimate or any other required letters. Send comments regarding including suggestions for reducing aspect of this collection of information,Management Branch, Division of this burden, to the Records and Reports Resources Management, Information Support Services, Office of Information Reduction Project (3150-0131),

Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork D.C. 20503.

Office of Management and Budget, Washington, and invite you to address any We appreciate your assistance in this matter Mr. Perkins at (301) 492-1031.

questions concerning this generic letter to Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY JAMES G. PARTLOW

James 6. Partlow, Associate Director for Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Enclosures:

1. Proposed Operator Licensing Examination Schedule Format

2. Proposed Requalification Examination Schedule Format

3. List of Recently Issued NRC Generic Letters DISTRIBUTION:

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Enclosure 1 PROPOSED OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION SCHEDULE FORMAT

Facility NRC Region FY 199U FY 1991 FY 1992 FY 1993

(10/1/89-9/30/90) (10/1/90-9/30/91) J10/1/91-9/30/92) (1u/1/92-9/30/93)

1. Assigned Date (GL 89-03)

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fSRO Instant ISRU Upgrade ISRO Limited

2. Assigned Date (GL 89-03)

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1. SRO Instant_

1. SRO Upgrade

1. SRO Limited_

Please indicate Initial cold license examinations by placing an asterisk (*) by the date. Please indicate examinations intended to extend an operator's license to a second or subsequent unit with two asterisks (**). tfor example, if Unit

1 is in operation and Unit 2 is approaching fuel load, and three RO candidates with no previous license are to be examined on both Units 1 and 2, and five RO candidates licensed on Unit 1 are to be examined to extend their licenses to Unit 2, then indicate "RO 3,5**.")

Enclosure 2 FORMAT

PROPOSED REQUALIFICATION EXAMINATION SCHEDULE

NRC Region Facility Date Planned Simulation Facility Certification/Approval FY 1993 FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1990 FY 1991 (10/1/92-9/30/93)

(10/1189-9/30/90) (10/1/90-9130/91) (10/1/91-9/30/92)

Date Date Date

1. Date Date Date Date

2. Date Date Date., Date

3. Date Date Date Date

4. Date Date Date Date-

5. Date

ENCLOSURE 3 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED GENERIC LETTERS

Generic Date of Letter No. Subject Issuance Issued To

89-12 GENERIC LETTER 89-12: 7/6/89 LICENSE TO ALL

OPERATOR LICENSING POWER REACTORS

EXAMINATIONS BWRS, PWRS, AND

VENDORS IN ADDITION

TO GENERAL CODES

APPLICABLE TO

GENERIC LETTERS

89-11 GENERIC LETTER 89-11: 6/30/89 ALL BWR PLANTS &

RESOLUTION OF GENERIC ISSUE ALL LISTINGS

101 WBOILING WATER REACTOR APPLICABLE TO

WATER LEVEL REDUNDANCYN GENERIC LETTERS &

VENDORS, ETC.

89-10 GENERIC LETTER 89-10: 6/28/89 LICENSEES TO ALL

SAFETY-RELATED MOTOR-OPERATED POWER REACTORS,

VALVE TESTING AND SURVEILLANCE BWRS, PWRS, AND

VENDORS IN ADDITION

TO GENERAL CODES

APPLICABLE TO

GENERIC LETTERS

89-09 ASME SECTION III COMPONENT 5/8/89 ALL HOLDERS OF LIGHT

REPLACEMENTS WATER REACTOR

OPERATING LICENSES

89-08 ISSUANCE OF GENERIC LETTER 5/2/89 LICENSEES TO ALL

89-08: EROSION/CORROSION - POWER REACTORS,

INDUCED PIPE WALL THINNING - BWRS, PWRS, AND

10 CFR §50.54(f) VENDORS IN ADDITION

TO GENERAL CODES

APPLICABLE TO

GENERIC LETTERS

89-07 GENERIC LETTER 89-07, POWER 4/28/89 LICENSEES TO ALL

REACTOR SAFEGUARDS CONTINGENCY BWRS, PWRS, AND

PLANNING FOR SURFACE VEHICLE VENDORS IN ADDITION

BOMBS TO GENERAL CODES

APPLICABLE TO

GENERIC LETTERS

89-06 TASK ACTION PLAN ITEM I.D.2 - 4/12/89 LICENSEES OF ALL

SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY POWER REACTORS,

SYSTEM - 10 CFR §50.54(f) BWRS, PWRS, HTGR,

AND NSSS VENDORS

IN ADDITION TO

GENERAL CODES

APPLICABLE TO

GENERIC LETTERS