ML12172A022

Notification of NRC Initial Operator License Examination 05000458/2012301

ML12172A022
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	06/19/2012
From:	Mark Haire Operations Branch IV
To:	Olson E Entergy Operations
References
50-458/12-301
Download: ML12172A022 (3)

See also: IR 05000458/2012301

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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 19, 2012

Mr. Eric W. Olson

Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station

5485 US Highway 61N

St. Francisville, LA 70775

SUBJECT: RIVER BEND STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR

LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000458/2012301

Dear Mr. Olson:

In a telephone conversation on June 18, 2012, between Ms. Angie Orgeron, NRC Initial Exam

Development Lead and Duane Strickland, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at River Bend Station during the week of November 12,

2012.

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-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 examination

outlines by September 3, 2012. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by September 10, 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, 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 24, 2012.

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.

E. Olson -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. Ms. Orgeron 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. Strickland, Chief Examiner at 817-

200-1570, or myself at 817-200-1159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark S. Haire, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-458

License: NPF-47

Distribution via electronically for River Bend Station

E. Olson -3-

Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Art.Howell@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

Acting DRS Director (Tom.Blount@nrc.gov)

Acting DRS Deputy Director (Patrick.Louden@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Grant.Larkin@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/C (Vincent.Gaddy@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Andy.Barrett@nrc.gov)

RBS Administrative Assistant (Lisa.Day@nrc.gov)

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

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

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

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

Project Manager (Alan.Wang@nrc.gov)

Acting Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Dale.Powers@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

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

DRP Admin Assistants (R4DRP_AA@nrc.gov)

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

OEMail Resource

Inspection Reports/MidCycle and EOC Letters to the following:

ROPreports

Only inspection reports to the following:

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Michael.McCoppin@nrc.gov)

DRS/TSB STA (Dale.Powers@nrc.gov)

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/RA/ /RA/

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