ML14113A222

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Retake Examination 05000368/2014302

ML14113A222
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	04/23/2014
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Jeremy G. Browning Entergy Operations
Mr. Osterholtz
References
50-368/14-302 50-368/14-302
Download: ML14113A222 (3)

See also: IR 05000368/2014302

Text

April 23, 2014

Jeremy Browning, Site Vice President

Arkansas Nuclear One

Entergy Operations, Inc.

1448 SR 333

Russellville, AR 72802-0967

SUBJECT: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 2 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL

OPERATOR LICENSING RETAKE EXAMINATION 05000368/2014302

Dear Mr. Browning:

In a meeting in the Region IV offices on April 21, 2014, between Mr. R. Martin, Superintendent,

Operations Training, and Mr. C. Osterholtz, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing retake examinations at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2, during the

week of July 21, 2014. The examination retakes will consist of two written examination retakes,

one each for a reactor operator and an upgrade senior reactor operator applicant, and one

retake of job performance measures for one other upgrade senior reactor operator applicant.

As agreed during the meeting, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines

in NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 9,

Supplement 1, and NUREG-1122, Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant

Operators, Revision 2, Supplement 1. The NRCs 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 May 9, 2014. The examination and supporting reference materials identified in

Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by June 16, 2014. 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 and examination 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 supporting reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or

incomplete materials, may cause the examination to be rescheduled. In addition, your support

for on-site validation of the examination is required during the week of July 21, 2014.

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.

J. Browning -2-

Appendix E to NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in

effect while the written examination is being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit the preliminary 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 April 30, 2016. 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 NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be

available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the

Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access

and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the electronic Reading Room

page of the NRCs public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Martin has been advised of the policies and

guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRCs examination

procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Osterholtz at 817-200-1269, or myself at

817-200-1159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-368

License: NPF-6

J. Browning -3-

cc: Electronic Distribution for Arkansas Nuclear One

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DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

Acting DRS Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

Acting DRS Deputy Director (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)

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Resident Inspector (Matt.Young@nrc.gov)

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