ML12180A603

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000275/2013301; 05000323/2013301

ML12180A603
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	06/28/2012
From:	Mark Haire Operations Branch IV
To:	Conway J Pacific Gas & Electric Co
vlm/Garchow S
References
50-275/13-301, 50-323/13-301
Download: ML12180A603 (4)

See also: IR 05000275/2013301

Text

UNITE D S TATE S

NUC LEAR RE GULATOR Y C OMMI S SI ON

RE G IO N I V

1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD

AR L INGTON , TEXAS 7 60 11 - 4511

June 28, 2012

John T. Conway, Senior Vice President

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

77 Beale Street, B32

San Francisco, CA 94105

SUBJECT: DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 -

NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION

05000275/2013301; 05000323/2013301

Dear Mr. Conway:

In a telephone conversation on January 25, 2012 between Messrs. Ron Fortier, Senior

Instructor and Steve Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration

of licensing examinations at Diablo Canyon Power Plant during the week(s) of November 26

and December 3, 2012.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) will prepare the written examination and will coordinate the development of

the operating test 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. Your staff will

be given the opportunity to review the examinations during the week of July 20, 2012.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test

outlines by September 7, 2012. The operating tests and supporting reference materials

identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by October 5, 2012. 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 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 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 November 5, 2012.

Mr. Conway -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 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.

Mr. Conway -3-

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Fortier 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 at 817-200-1426, or myself at 817-200-

1159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark S. Haire, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Dockets: 50-275; 50-323

Licenses: DPR-80; DPR-82

Electronic Distribution for Diablo Canyon

ML12180A603

ADAMS: No # Yes # SUNSI Review Complete Reviewer Initials: SMG

1. Publicly Available # Non-Sensitive

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RIV: DRS/OPS RIV: DRS/BC OPS

SGarchow MHaire

/RA/ /RA/

06/27/2012 06/28/2012