WO 13-0065, Revised Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2013-06, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

Revised Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2013-06, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

ML13235A048
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	08/15/2013
From:	Rich Smith Wolf Creek
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
WO 13-0065
Download: ML13235A048 (2)

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'NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION Russell A. Smith Site Vice President and Chief Nuclear Operating Officer August 15, 2013 WO 13-0065 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

Reference:

Letter WO 13-0053, dated July 17, 2013, from Russell A. Smith, WCNOC, to USNRC

Subject:

Docket No. 50-482: Revised Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2013-06, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations" Gentlemen:

The reference submitted Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation's (WCNOC) initial response to Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2013-06, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations," which requested that licensees voluntarily submit information to aid in the preparation and scheduling of operator licensing examinations. In response to RIS 2013-06, WCNOC provided an estimate of the number of generic fundamentals examinations for years 2015 and 2016, as well as the number of license examinations for years 2015 through 2018. Enclosed with this letter is a revised NRC Form 536 that changes the proposed dates for initial operator license examinations in calendar year 2015. No other data submitted in the reference have changed.

This letter contains no commitments. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at (620) 364-4156, or Mr. Michael J. Westman at (620) 364-4009.

Sincerely, sell A. Smith RAS/rlt Enclosure cc: C. F. Lyon (NRC), w/e N. F. O'Keefe (NRC), w/e S. A. Reynolds (NRC), w/e Senior Resident Inspector (NRC), w/e Mob 56 P.O. Box 411 / Burlington, KS 66839 / Phone: (620) 364-8831 An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/HCNET

NRC FORM 536 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131 EXPIRES: 09130/2014 (09-2011) 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 Information Services Branch OPERATOR LICENSING (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by intemet e-EXAMINATION DATA mail to Infocollects.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. Ifa 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 Wolf Creek Generating Station IV A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2015 CY 2016 CY 2017 CY 2018 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 CY 2015 CY 2016 CY 2017 CY 2018 NUMBER OF REACTOR 6 0 6 0 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - INSTANT 5 0 3 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - UPGRADE 2 0 3 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - LIMITED 0 0 0 0 PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 11/16/2015 08/14/2017 ALTERNATE DATE 12/7/2015 08/21/2017 C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE NRC FORM 536 (09-2011)