ML13030A490

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station - Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000416/2014301

ML13030A490
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	01/30/2013
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Kevin Mulligan Entergy Operations
References
50-416/14-301
Download: ML13030A490 (6)

See also: IR 05000416/2014301

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January 30, 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 05000416/2014301 Dear Mr. Mulligan:

In a telephone conversation on January 30, 2013, between Messrs. Rasch, Operations Training

Superintendent, and S. Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station beginning the week of August 11, 2014. As discussed during the telephone conversation, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) will prepare the written examination 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. Your staff will be given the opportunity to review the examination prior to administration.

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

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 and enclosed with this letter by March 1, 2013. 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 July 14, 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. UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONREGION IV612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125

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 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

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. Rasch 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. S. Garchow, Chief Examiner, at 817-200-1426,

or myself at 817-200-1159. Sincerely,

/RA/ Kelly Clayton for

Vincent Gaddy, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosure:

Reference Materials Request

K. Mulligan - 3 - Docket: 50-416 License: NPF-29

DISTRIBUTION FOR GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION

K. Mulligan - 4 -

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- 1 - Enclosure REFERENCE MATERIALS REQUEST This enclosure discusses the reference materials that Grand Gulf Nuclear Station is expected to provide to the NRC in order to prepare its initial licensing examination. This list has been customized by the Region IV office to support the NRC development of the initial examination scheduled for the week of August 11, 2014. The regional office may request additional

materials at a later time, if necessary, to ensure the accuracy and validity of the written

examination. The regional office has considered the administrative burden it places on the facility licensee

and is requesting only those materials that are actually necessary for the NRC examiners to prepare the examinations.

All reference materials provided for the license examinations should be approved, current revisions. Any personal, proprietary, sensitive, or safeguards information should be marked and

submitted in a separate enclosure. If any of the material is expected to change before the

scheduled examination date, the facility licensee should reach agreement with the NRC chief examiner regarding the changes before the examinations are administered. Grand Gulf Nuclear Station has agreed to submit the reference materials on computer diskettes

(in a format that is compatible with the NRC's word processing software) including an index.

Unless otherwise instructed by the NRC's regional office, the facility licensee is expected to

provide the following reference materials for this NRC initial licensing examination: 1. Materials used by the facility licensee to train the initial license applicants, including: * learning objectives, student handouts, and lesson plans * system descriptions including drawings, figures, and diagrams of all operationally relevant flow paths, components, controls, and instrumentation * system description index * training materials used to instruct normal, abnormal, and emergency operating procedures * lesson plans used to instruct licensed operator relevant fuel handling equipment and activities * all written examination questions maintained in all question bank(s) with an index (including all SRO-only questions) 2. A complete index of all Grand Gulf Nuclear Station procedures

- 2 - Enclosure 3. All administrative procedures applicable to reactor operation or safety, typically those taught during the administrative procedures portion of the initial license class, including the Conduct

of Operations and the Conduct of Maintenance 4. All integrated plant procedures (normal or general operating procedures)

5. All Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs) including their bases documents. This includes two sets of the EOPs in a hard copy format. 6. All Off-Normal Event Procedures (ONEPs) including any available bases documents

6. Standing orders (important orders that are safety-related and may modify the regular procedures) that are applicable to the control room 7. Control room surveillance procedures that are run frequently (i.e., weekly)

8. Fuel handling and core loading procedures that are licensed operator relevant

9. All annunciator and alarm procedures for control room panels P-680, P-870, and P-601 10. Radiation protection manual and procedures that are licensed operator relevant

11. Emergency plan implementing procedures

12. Technical Specifications and technical requirements documents (and interpretations, if available) including their bases documents

13. System Operating Instructions (SOIs) used by the control room

14. Technical data book and/or plant curve information used by operators, as well as the facility precautions, limitations, and set points document

15. Off-Site Dose Calculation Manual (ODCM)