IR 05000382/2009301

Waterford Unit 3 - Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000382/2009301

ML091310493
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	05/08/2009
From:	Lantz R E Operations Branch IV
To:	Kowalewski J A Entergy Operations
References
50-382/09-301
Download: ML091310493 (5)

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May 8, 2009

Joseph Kowalewski, Vice President, Operations Entergy Operations, Inc.

Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 17265 River Road Killona, LA 70057-3093

SUBJECT: WATERFORD UNIT 3 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000382/2009301

Dear Mr. Kowalewski:

In a telephone conversation on May 5, 2009 between Messrs. Horace J. Lewis, Operations Training Superintendent, and Brian Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Waterford Unit 3, during the week of October 5, 2009.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinat ions based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 9, S upplement 1, and NUREG-1122, "Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators," Revision 2, Supplement 1. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) 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 examination outlines by July 20, 2009. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by A ugust 17, 2009. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 55.40(b)(3)), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outlines, 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. Any delay in receiving the required examination and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled.

In addition, your support for on-site validation of the examinations is required during the week of September 14, 2009.

In order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402, and to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-302, your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures, Entergy Operations, Inc. - 2 -temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the examination results are final.

Appendix E to NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examinations and operating tests are being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary operator and senior operator license applications (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (if any)(OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Signed applications certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.

This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by OMB, under approval number 3150-0018, which expires on June 30, 2009. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of these information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Records and FOIA/Privacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.

The NRC may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC'

s Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the electronic Reading Room page of the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Lewis has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Larson at 817-860-8172, or myself at 817-860-

8159.

Sincerely,/RA/

Ryan E. Lantz, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Entergy Operations, Inc. - 3 -

Docket: 50-382 License: NPF-38

DISTRIBUTION:

Senior Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Vice President, Operations Support Entergy Services, Inc.

P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety and Licensing Entergy Services, Inc.

P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Site Vice President Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road Killona, LA 70057-0751

Director Nuclear Safety Assurance Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road Killona, LA 70057-0751

General Manager, Plant Operations Waterford 3 SES Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road Killona, LA 70057-0751

Entergy Operations, Inc. - 4 -Manager, Licensing Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road Killona, LA 70057-3093

Chairman Louisiana Public Service Commission P. O. Box 91154 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9154

Parish President Council St. Charles Parish P. O. Box 302 Hahnville, LA 70057

Director, Nuclear Safety & Licensing Entergy, Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Radiological Emergency Planning and Response Division P. O. Box 4312 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312

Entergy Operations, Inc. - 5 -Electronic distribution by RIV:

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