ML110280491

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000445-11-301; 05000446-11-301

ML110280491
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	01/28/2011
From:	Mark Haire Operations Branch IV
To:	Flores R Luminant Generation Co
References
IR-11-301
Download: ML110280491 (5)

See also: IR 05000445/2011301

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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

January 28, 2011

Rafael Flores, Senior Vice President

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Attention: Regulatory Affairs

Luminant Generation Company LLC

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant

P.O. Box 1002

Glen Rose, TX 76043

SUBJECT: COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 -

NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION

05000445/2011301; 05000446/2011301

Dear Mr. Flores:

In a telephone conversation on January 26, 2011, between Messrs. Garry Struble, Operations

Training Supervisor, and Brian Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at Comanche Peak during the week of June 6, 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 March 18, 2011. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 18, 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

May 9, 2011.

Mr. R. Flores -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 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.

Mr. R. Flores -3-

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Potter 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

Dockets: 50-445; 50-446

Licenses: NPF-87; NPF-89

cc:

Mr. Fred W. Madden, Director

Oversight and Regulatory Affairs

Luminant Generation Company LLC

P.O. Box 1002

Glen Rose, TX 76043

Timothy P. Matthews, Esq.

Morgan Lewis

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

County Judge

P.O. Box 851

Glen Rose, TX 76043

Mr. Richard A. Ratliff, Chief

Bureau of Radiation Control

Texas Department of Health

P.O. Box 149347, Mail Code 2835

Austin, TX 78714-9347

Environmental and Natural

Resources Policy Director

Office of the Governor

P.O. Box 12428

Austin, TX 78711-3189

Mr. R. Flores -4-

Honorable Walter Maynard

County Judge

P.O. Box 851

Glen Rose, TX 76043

Mr. Brian Almon

Public Utility Commission

William B. Travis Building

P.O. Box 13326

Austin, TX 78711-3326

Ms. Susan M. Jablonski

Office of Permitting, Remediation

and Registration

Texas Commission on

Environmental Quality

MC-122

P.O. Box 13087

Austin, TX 78711-3087

Anthony Jones

Chief Boiler Inspector

Texas Department of Licensing

and Regulation

Boiler Division

E.O. Thompson State Office Building

P.O. Box 12157

Austin, TX 78711

Chief, Technological Hazards

Branch

FEMA Region VI

800 North Loop 288

Federal Regional Center

Denton, TX 76209

Mr. R. Flores -5-

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SUNSI Rev Compl. Yes No ADAMS Yes No Reviewer Initials BTL

Publicly Avail Yes No Sensitive Yes No Sens. Type Initials BTL

SOE:OB C:OB .

BTLarson MHaire

/RA/ /RA/

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