ML111290733

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000361/11-301, 05000362/11-301

ML111290733
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	05/05/2011
From:	Mark Haire Operations Branch IV
To:	Peter Dietrich Southern California Edison Co
References
50-361/11-301, 50-362/11-301
Download: ML111290733 (5)

See also: IR 05000361/2011301

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UNITED STATES

NUC LE AR RE G ULATO RY C O M M I S S I O N

R E GI ON I V

612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU I TE 400

AR LI N GTON , TEXAS 76011-4125

May 5, 2011

Mr. Peter Dietrich

Senior Vice President and

Chief Nuclear Officer

Southern California Edison Company

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

P.O. Box 128

San Clemente, CA 92674-0128

SUBJECT: SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 -

NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION

05000361/2011301; 05000362/2011301

Dear Mr. Dietrich:

In a telephone conversation on April 19, 2011, between Messrs. Bill Arbour, Operations Training

Manager, and Brian Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration

of licensing examinations at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station during the week of

October 31, 2011.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, 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 July 25, 2011. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference

materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by August 29, 2011. Pursuant to

Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations, 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

September 12, 2011.

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,

Mr. Peter Dietrich -2-

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

and its enclosures 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. Arbour 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. Larson at 817-860-8172, or myself at 817-860-

8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark Haire, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Mr. Peter Dietrich -3-

Dockets: 50-361; 50-362

Licenses: NPF-10; NPF-15

cc:

Chairman, Board of Supervisors

County of San Diego

1600 Pacific Highway, Room 335

San Diego, CA 92101

Gary L. Nolff

Assistant Director-Resources

City of Riverside

3900 Main Street

Riverside, CA 92522

Mark L. Parsons

Deputy City Attorney

City of Riverside

3900 Main Street

Riverside, CA 92522

Gary H. Yamamoto, P.E., Chief

Division of Drinking Water and

Environmental Management

1616 Capitol Avenue, MS 7400

P.O. Box 997377

Sacramento, CA 95899-7377

Michael L. DeMarco

San Onofre Liaison

San Diego Gas & Electric Company

8315 Century Park Ct. CP21C

San Diego, CA 92123-1548

Director, Radiological Health Branch

State Department of Health Services

P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610)

Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

The Mayor of the City of San Clemente

100 Avenida Presidio

San Clemente, CA 92672

James D. Boyd, Commissioner

California Energy Commission

1516 Ninth Street (MS 34)

Sacramento, CA 95814

Mr. Peter Dietrich -4-

Douglas K. Porter, Esquire

Southern California Edison Company

2244 Walnut Grove Avenue

Rosemead, CA 91770

Doug Bauder

Southern California Edison Company

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

P.O. Box 128

San Clemente, CA 92674-0128

Steve Hsu

Department of Health Services

Radiologic Health Branch

MS 7610, P.O. Box 997414

Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

R. St. Onge

Southern California Edison Company

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

P.O. Box 128

San Clemente, CA 92674-0128

Chief, Technological Hazards Branch

FEMA Region IX

1111 Broadway, Suite 1200

Oakland, CA 94607-4052

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Records Center

700 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 100

Atlanta, GA 30339

Mr. Peter Dietrich -5-

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