ML15048A112

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000285/2015301

ML15048A112
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	02/17/2015
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Cortopassi L Omaha Public Power District
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See also: IR 05000285/2015301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

February 17, 2015

Mr. Lou Cortopassi, Vice President

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Omaha Public Power District

Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4

P.O. Box 550

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

SUBJECT: FORT CALHOUN STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR

LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000285/2015301

Dear Mr. Cortopassi:

In a telephone conversation on February 5, 2015, between Messrs. E. Linzer, Licensed

Operator Initial Training Supervisor, and C. Osterholtz, Chief Examiner, arrangements were

made for the administration of licensing examinations at Fort Calhoun Station during the week

of December 14, 2015.

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 10, 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 operating test

examination outlines by September 25, 2015. The written examinations, operating tests,

and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by

October 23, 2015. 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 November 16, 2015.

L. Cortopassi -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 April 30, 2016. The public reporting burden for

this collection of information is estimated to average 2,500 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 on

any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the

Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to BJS1@nrc.gov; and to the Desk

Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of

Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

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.

L. Cortopassi -3-

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Linzer 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 G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-285

License No. DPR-40

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Letter to Lou Cortopassi from Vincent G. Gaddy, dated February 17, 2015

SUBJECT: FORT CALHOUN STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR

LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000285/2015301

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