PLA-7366, Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2015-05, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations.

Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2015-05, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations.

ML15211A118
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	07/30/2015
From:	Franssen R Susquehanna, Talen Energy
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
PLA-7366
Download: ML15211A118 (3)

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Robert J. Franssen Plant Manager Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC 769 Salem Boulevard Berwick, PA 18603 TALEN-/:

JU L 3 0 201 5 Tel. 570.542.3170 Fax 570.542.1504 robert.franssen@talenenergy.com ENERGY U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION RESPONSE TO NRC REGULATORY ISSUE

SUMMARY

2015-05, "PREPARATION AND SCHEDULING OF OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS" Docket Nos. 50-387 PLA-7366 and 50-388

Reference:

NRC RIS 2015-05, ((Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations, " dated Apri/20, 2015.

Attached is Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC's response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2015-05 (Reference). The attached NRC Form 536 represents the current plan for operator licensing needs at the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station.

Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC will support Region I to levelize examiner workload and provide mutually agreeable exam schedules through 2020. Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC intends to prepare all license operator examinations during this period.

If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Mr. Jeffery N. Grisewood, Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs, at (570) 542-1330.

This letter contains no new regulatory commitments.

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R. J. Franssen

Attachment:

NRC Form 536 Copy: Mr. J. E. Greives, NRC Sr. Resident Inspector Mr. D. E. Jackson, NRC Region I Mr. J. A. Whited, NRC Project Manager Mr. B. Fuller, PA DEP/BRP Administrator, NRC Region I

Attachment to PLA-7366 NRC Form 536

NRC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131 EXPIRES: 10/31/2017 (01-2015)

Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary information collection request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This information collection is used to plan budgets and resources for operator examinations. Send comments regarding burden estimate to the FOIA, Privacy, and Information OPERATOR LICENSING Collections Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC EXAMINATION DATA 20555-0001, or by internet e-mail to lnfocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0131), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.

FACILITY NRC REGION Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC 1 A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY2017 CY2018 CY2019 CY2020 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED 1 0 1 0 EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED 0 0 0 0 EXAMINATIONS B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY2017 CY2018 CY2019 CY2020 NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS 8 0 8 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS -INSTANT 6 0 6 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-UPGRADE 2 0 2 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS- LIMITED 0 0 0 0 PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 11/06/2017 08/12/2019 ALTERNATE DATE 11/13/2017 08/19/2019 C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE CY 2017 CY 2018 PROPOSED NUMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 14 CANDIDATES NRC FORM 536 (01-2015)