NRC Generic Letter 83-01, Operator Licensing Examination Site Visit

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WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555

January 11, 1983

TO ALL POWER REACTOR LICENSEES AND APPLICANTS FOR AN OPERATING LICENSE

Subject: Operator Licensing Examination Site Visit (Generic Letter No. 83-01)

The NRC currently is developing data which will form the basis for our operator license application review scheduling, manpower and resource allocation planning, and budget preparation through 1985. In order to do this, we are seeking your help in the form of certain information which this letter defines.

Please identify all requests for site visits to conduct operator licensing examinations or instructor certification examinations which you plan to submit to us between now and December 31, 1985 which should fall into one of the following categories:

(1) Initial (cold) license examinations for units applying for operating licenses.

(2) Initial license examinations to extend licenses to a second, identical unit after initial licensing.

(3) Examinations to support certification of utility employees as instructors.

(4) Examinations to support certification of individuals who are not utility employees but who are under contract to instruct licensed operators.

(5) Examinations for initial licensing of personnel at operating facilities or for upgrading a license from the Reactor Operator to the Senior Operator level.

We appreciate that your plans regarding all the requested information might not be firm at this time, but would like the best estimates you can give, including probable number of candidates. If a submittal date, or an application itself, or both are tentative, indicate that and we will treat the data appropriately.

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Multiple AddressessIn order for the requested data to be available in time to support budget cycle activities, we ask that you please respond to this letter on or before February 28, 1983, even if your response is a negative one. Should you have any questions concerning this letter or your response, please call Mr. Don Beckham, Division of Human Factors Safety, on (301) 492-4868.

While we make this forecast at the beginning of each year, it is important to keep us informed of any significant changes so that we can keep our data base current. We appreciate your assistance.

This request was approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under clearance OMB-3150-0018 which expires January 13, 1984.

Sincerely,

Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director Division of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation