ML13119A189

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000416-13-302

ML13119A189
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	04/29/2013
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Kevin Mulligan Entergy Operations
References
IR-13-302
Download: ML13119A189 (3)

See also: IR 05000416/2013302

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UNITE D S TATE S

NUC LEAR RE GULATOR Y C OMMI S SI ON

R E G IO N I V

1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD

AR L I NGTON , TEXAS 7 601 1- 4511

April 29, 2013

Kevin Mulligan

Vice President Operations

Entergy Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

P.O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT: GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000416/2013302

Dear Mr. Mulligan:

In a telephone conversation on April 25, 2013, between Messrs. Steve Reeves, Exam

Developer and Steve Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at Grand Gulf Nuclear Generating Station during the

week of November 11, 2013.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC will provide the written examination

outlines and 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-1123, 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 Operating Test

outlines by August 23, 2013. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by September 20, 2013.

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 examinations 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 October 7, 2013.

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.

K. Mulligan -2-

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 February 28, 2013. 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. Reeves 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. Garchow, Chief Examiner at 817-200-1426, or

myself at 817-200-1159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-416

License: NPF-29

K. Mulligan -3-

DISTRIBUTION:

Director (Art.Howell@nrc.gov)

Acting Deputy Regional Administrator (Robert.Lewis@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

Acting DRP Deputy Director (Michael.Scott@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Tom.Blount@nrc.gov)

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

Senior Resident Inspector (Rich.Smith@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Blake.Rice@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/C (David.Proulx@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/C (Bob.Hagar@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/C (Rayomand.Kumana@nrc.gov)

GG Administrative Assistant (Alley.Farrell@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Alan.Wang@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Ray.Kellar@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Doug.Huyck@nrc.gov)

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