ML080100390

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination (Examination Reports 05000275-08-301 and 05000323-08-301)

ML080100390
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	01/09/2008
From:	Lantz R E Operations Branch IV
To:	Keenan J S Pacific Gas & Electric Co
References
50-275/08-301, 50-323/08-301
Download: ML080100390 (5)

See also: IR 05000275/2008301

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January 9, 2008

John S. Keenan Senior Vice President - Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 770000

Mail Code B32 San Francisco, CA 94177-0001

SUBJECT: DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION (EXAMINATION

REPORTS 05000275/2008301 AND 05000323/2008301)

Dear Mr. Keenan:

In a telephone conversation on December 31, 2007, between Messrs. David Burns, Training,

and Steve Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Diablo Canyon Power Plant during the week of June 16, 2008.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," and the use of Revision 2 of NUREG-1123, "Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators." The NRC's 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 April 2, 2008. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 to ES-201 will be due by May 2, 2008. 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 onsite validation of the examinations is required during the week of May 19, 2008. UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONREGION IV611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4005

Pacific Gas and Electric Company - 2 - 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, 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 reactor

operator and senior reactor 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 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, writing the examinations,

and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by internet electronic mail to BJS1@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of

Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

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.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company - 3 - Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Burns 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 Steve Garchow at 817-860-8117, or myself at 817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Ryan E. Lantz, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Dockets: 50-275; 50-323 Licenses: DPR-80; DPR-82

DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Club San Lucia Chapter

ATTN: Andrew Christie P.O. Box 15755 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406

Nancy Culver

San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace P.O. Box 164 Pismo Beach, CA 93448

Chairman San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors County Government Building 1055 Monterey Street, Suite D430

San Luis Obispo, CA 93408

Truman Burns\Robert Kinosian California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness Ave., Rm. 4102

San Francisco, CA 94102-3298

Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee Robert R. Wellington, Esq. Legal Counsel 857 Cass Street, Suite D Monterey, CA 93940

Director, Radiological Health Branch State Department of Health Services P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610) Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

Pacific Gas and Electric Company - 4 - Jennifer Post, Esq. Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 7442 San Francisco, CA 94120

City Editor

The Tribune 3825 South Higuera Street P.O. Box 112 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0112

James D. Boyd, Commissioner California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street (MS 34) Sacramento, CA 95814

James R. Becker, Vice President Diablo Canyon Operations and

Station Director, Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56 Avila Beach, CA 93424

Jennifer Tang Field Representative United States Senator Barbara Boxer 1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 240

San Francisco, CA 94111

John T. Conway Site Vice President Diablo Canyon Power Plant

P.O. Box 56 Avila Beach, CA 93424

Chief, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section National Preparedness Directorate

Technological Hazards Division Department of Homeland Security 1111 Broadway, Suite 1200 Oakland, CA 94607-4052

Pacific Gas and Electric Company - 5 - Electronic distribution by RIV: Regional Administrator (EEC) DRP Director (ATH) DRS Director (DDC) DRS Deputy Director (RJC1) Senior Resident Inspector (MSP)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (VGG) Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (RWD) Team Leader, DRP/TSS (CJP) RITS Coordinator (MSH3)

Only inspection reports to the following: DRS STA (DAP) V. Dricks, PAO (VLD) A. Powell, OCA Region IV Coordinator (AXP10) D. Pelton, OEDO RIV Coordinator (DLP) ROPreports DC Site Secretary (AWC1)

SUNSI Review Completed: ____y__ADAMS: Yes No Initials: __SMG____ Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive

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