NRC Generic Letter 1981-29

NRC Generic Letter 1981-029: Simulator Examination

ML031110030
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Site:	Beaver Valley, Millstone, Hatch, Monticello, Calvert Cliffs, Dresden, Davis Besse, Peach Bottom, Browns Ferry, Salem, Oconee, Mcguire, Nine Mile Point, Palisades, Palo Verde, Perry, Indian Point, Fermi, Kewaunee, Catawba, Harris, Wolf Creek, Saint Lucie, Point Beach, Oyster Creek, Watts Bar, Hope Creek, Grand Gulf, Cooper, Sequoyah, Byron, Pilgrim, Arkansas Nuclear, Braidwood, Susquehanna, Summer, Prairie Island, Columbia, Seabrook, Brunswick, Surry, Limerick, North Anna, Turkey Point, River Bend, Vermont Yankee, Crystal River, Haddam Neck, Ginna, Diablo Canyon, Callaway, Vogtle, Waterford, Duane Arnold, Farley, Robinson, Clinton, South Texas, San Onofre, Cook, Comanche Peak, Yankee Rowe, Maine Yankee, Quad Cities, Humboldt Bay, La Crosse, Big Rock Point, Rancho Seco, Zion, Midland, Bellefonte, Fort Calhoun, FitzPatrick, McGuire, LaSalle, 05000363, 05000000, Zimmer, Fort Saint Vrain, Washington Public Power Supply System, Shoreham, Satsop, Trojan, Bailly, Atlantic Nuclear Power Plant, Cherokee, Marble Hill, Hartsville, Phipps Bend, Yellow Creek, Crane
Issue date:	08/07/1981
From:	Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:
References
NUREG-0737 GL-81-029, NUDOCS 8108250056
Download: ML031110030 (9)

• UNITED STATES A o NUCLEAR REGULATORY

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WASHINGTON, D. C. 2055 August 7, 1981 TO ALL LICENSEES

OF OPERATING

PLANTS AND APPLICANTS

FOR OPERATING AND HOLDERS OF CONSTRUCTION

PERMITS Gentlemen:

Subject: Simulator Examinations (Generic Letter 81-29)Item I.A.3.1 of NUREG-0737, Clarification of TMI Action Plan Requirements, stated that simulator examinations will be included as part of the licensing examinations.

The clarification involved a deferral of simulator examination requirements until after October 1, 1981 (or prior to fuel load for operating license applicants).

Further, it was indicated that simulator examinations should be scheduled con-secutively with the balance of the examination but that an allowance of up to two weeks is acceptable for any scheduling differences.

The staff requests that you furnish, within sixty (60) days of this letter, your schedule of exams for the remainder of calendar year 1981 and all of 1982. Please include the number of candidates, their type (Operator or Senior Operator), the date of the simulator exam, the simulator which will be utilized, and the dates of the balance of the examinations.

The schedule should be forwarded to P. F. Collins, Chief, Operator Licensing Branch, Division of Human Factors Safety.The staff also wishes to provide the following additional clarification and guidelines for the conduct of simulator exams: 1. Simulator exams will generally consist of two applicants and two examiners.

One applicant will assume a supervisory role. The exam will last 2-3 hours and involve at-power manipulations with concurrent malfunctions.

2. Plants without simulators may be granted waivers of the two-week allowance in scheduling simulator and plant examinations on a case-by-case basis, providing sufficient justification exists.3. Applicants for a senior license, who hold a valid operator's license, will be required to take a simulator exam.4. Simulators used for an examination must be NSSS specific.8108250056

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/_ -.! ..- \-z_ *..rr G. -e t rco , S .j-2-This request for-informatton was approved by 0MB under a blanket clearance number $150-0071 which expires December 31, 1982. Comments on burden and duplication may be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Reports Management Room 3208, New Executive O ffice Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.Darrell G. (~senhut, Director Division o' Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation August 7, 1981 TO ALL LICENSEES

OF OPERATING

PLANTS AND APPLICANTS

FOR OPERATING

LICENSES AND HOLDERS OF CONSTRUCTION

PERMITS Gentlemen:

Subject: Simulator Examinations (Generic Letter 81-29)Item I.A.3.1 of NUREG-0737, Clarification of TMI Action Plan Requirements, stated that simulator examinations will be included as part of the licensing examinations.

The clarification involved a deferral of simulator examination requirements until after October 1, 1981 (or prior to fuel load for operating license applicants).

Further, it was indicated that simulator examinations should be scheduled con-secutively with the balance of the examination but that an allowance of up to two weeks is acceptable for any scheduling differences.

The staff requests that you furnish, within sixty (60) days of this letter, your schedule of exams for the remainder of calendar year 1981 and all of 1982. Please include the number of candidates, their type (Operator or Senior Operator), the date of the simulator exam, the simulator which will be utilized, and the dates of the balance of the examinations.

The schedule should be forwarded to P. F. Collins, Chief, Operator Licensing Branch, Division of Human Factors Safety.The staff also wishes to provide the following additional clarification and guidelines for the conduct of simulator exams: 1. Simulator exams will generally consist of two applicants and two examiners.

One applicant will assume a supervisory role. The exam will last 2-3 hours and involve at-power manipulations with concurrent malfunctions.

2. Plants without simulators may be granted waivers of the two-week allowance in scheduling simulator and plant examinations on a case-by-case basis, providing sufficient Justification exists. 0 3. Applicants for a senior license, who hold a valid operator's license, will be required to take a simulator exam.4. Simulators used for an examination must be NSSS specific.O FFICEI..........

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Subject: Simulator aninations Item I.A.3.1 of NUREG-07 , Clarification of THI Action lan Requirements stated that simulator exa inations will be included a part of the licensing examinations.

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NKC; FORM 316 110/80) NRCM 0240 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY* MSGMO 1980-329-824 ALL POWER REACTOR LICENSEES Docket No. 50-348 Farley Unit 1-.,v1=II V-lIL Ul IIC-Docket No. 50-313 Arkansas Unit 1 Docket No. 50-247 Indian Point Unit 2 Docket No. 50-368 Arkansas Unit 2 Docket No. 50-317 Calvert Cliffs Unit 1 Docket No. 50-318 Calvert Cliffs Unit 2 Docket No. 50-293 Pilgrim Unit 1 Docket 50-286 Indian Point Unit 3 Docket No. 50-155 Big Rock Point Docket No. 50-255 Palisades Docket No. 50-409 Lacrosse Docket No. 50-325 Brunswick Unit 1 Docket No. 50-269 Oconee Unit 1 Docket No. 50-324 Brunswick Unit 2 Docket No. 50-270 Oconee Unit 2 Docket No. 50-261 H. B. Robinson Unit 2 Docket No. 50-287 Oconee Unit 3 Docket No. 50-10 Dresden Unit 1 Docket No. 50-334 Beaver Valley Unit 1 Docket No. 50-237 Dresden Unit 2 Docket No. 50-302 Crystal River 3 Docket No. 50-249 Dresden Unit 3 Docket No. 50-335 St. Lucie Unit 1 Docket No. 50-254 Quad-Cities Unit 1 Docket No. 50-250 Turkey Point Unit 3 Docket No. 50-265 Quad-Cities Unit 2 Docket No. 50-251 Turkey Point Unit 4 Docket No. 50-295 Zion Unit 1 Docket No. 50-321 Edwin I. Hatch Unit 1 Docket No. 50-304 Zion Unit 2 Docket No. 50-213 Connecticut Yankee Docket No. 50-366 Edwin I. Hatch Unit 2 Docket No. 50-315 D. C. Cook Unit 1 (Haddam Neck)

--2 -Docket No. 50-316 D. C. Cook Unit 2 Docket No. 50-344 Trojan Docket No. 50-305 Kewaunee Docket No. 50-331 Duane Arnold Docket No. 50-333 FitzPatrick Docket No. 50-29 Yankee-Rowe Docket No. 50-219 Oyster Creek Unit 1 Docket No. 50-267 Ft. St. Vrain Docket No. 50-339 Nbrth Anna 2 Docket No. 50-309 Maine Yankee Docket No. 50-272 Salem Unit 1 Docket No. 50-311 Salem 2 Docket No. 50-289 Three Mile Island Unit 1 Docket No. 50-320 Three Mile Island Unit 2 Docket No. 50-298 Cooper Station Docket No. 50-244 R. E. Ginna 1 Docket No. 50-312 Rancho Seco Docket No. 50-206 San Onofre 1 Docket No.Sequoyah 1 50-327 C a Docket No. 50-369 McGuire 1 Docket No. 50-364 Farley 2 Docket No. 50-220 Nine Mile Point Unit 1 Docket No. 50-259 Browns Ferry Unit 1 Docket No. 50-245 Millstone Unit 1 Docket No. 50-260 Browns Ferry Unit 2 Docket No. 50-336 Millstobe Unit 2 Docket No. 50-296 Browns Ferry Unit 3 Docket No. 50-346 Davis-Besse

1 Docket No. 50-263 Monticello Docket No. 50-282 Prairie Island Unit 1 Docket No. 50-306 Prairie Island Unit 2 Docket No. 50-285 Ft. Calhoun Docket No. 50-271 Vermont Yankee Docket No. 50-338 North Anna 1 Docket No. 50-280 Surry Unit 1 Docket No. 50-133 Humboldt Bay Docket No. 50-281 Surry Unit 2 Docket No. 50-277 Peach Bottom 2 Docket No. 50-266 Point Beach Unit 1 Docket No. 50-278 Peach Bottom 3 Docket No. 50-301 Point Beach Unit 2 FEt 6 7 1981 PLANTS UNDER OL REVIEW r 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19 .20.21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.Clinton 1/2 Byron 1/2 Braidwood

1/2 LaSalle 1/2 Midland 1/2 McGuire 2 So. Texas 1/2 Shoreham Waterford Grand Gulf 1/2 Diablo Canyon 1/2 Susquehana

1/2 St. Lucie 2 Summer 1 San Onofre 2/3 Bellefonte

1/2 Watts Bar 1/2 Sequoyah 2 Comanche Peak 1/2 WPPSS-2 Fermi 2 Zimmer 1 Perry 1/2 Palo Verde Catawba Marble Hill Wolf Creek Callaway 50-461/462

50-454, 455 50-456/457

50-373, 374 50-329,330

50- -370 50-498, 499 5 0-3 22 50-382 50-416/417

50-275, 323 50-387, 388 5-0-389 50-39 5 50-361, 362 50-438, 439 50-390, 391 50- 328 50-445, 446 50-397 50-34 1 50-358 50-440, 50-528, 50-413, 50-546, 50-4 82 50-483, 441 529, 530 414 547 486

4- FEB 2 7 1981 PLANTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19 .20.Cherokee 1/2/3 Beaver Valley 2 St. Lucie 2 Vogtle 1/2 River Bend 1/-2 50-491, 5 0-4 12 5 0-3 89 50-4 24, 50-458, 492, 493 425 459 Y, Forked River Nine Mile Point 2 Millstone

3.Bailly 2 Limerick 1/2 Hope Creek 1/2 Seabrook 1/2 50-363 50-4 10 5 0-4 2 3-50-367 50-352, 50-354, 50-443, 353 355 444 Hartsville

1/2/3/4 Phipps Bend 1/2 Yellow Creek 1/2 WPPSS 1/3/4/5 Harris 1/2/3/4 FNP 50-518, 50-553, 50-566, 50-460, 50-400, 50-437 519, 554 567 508, 401, 520, 521 513, 402, 509 403