GO2-16-106, Voluntary Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2016-09

Voluntary Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2016-09

ML16195A205
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	07/13/2016
From:	Hettel W G Energy Northwest
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
GO2-16-106, RIS-16-09
Download: ML16195A205 (2)

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ENERGY NORTHWEST G02-16-106 July 13, 2016 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATIN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 W. Grover Hettel Columbia Generating Station P.O. Box 968, PE23 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Ph. 509.377.8311 IF. 509.377.4150 wghettel@energy-northwest.com

Subject:

COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION, DOCKET NO. 50-397 VOLUNTARY RESPONSE TO REGULATORY ISSUE

SUMMARY

2016-09

Reference:

NRG Regulatory Issue Summary 2016-09, dated June 16, 2016, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations"

Dear Sir or Madam:

Please find enclosed the information requested by Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2016-09 referenced above. The information is provided on NRG Form 536. Specifically, the following information is provided:

• The number of examinations that Energy Northwest intends to prepare for calendar years 2018 through 2021.

• The number of initial license applicants to be tested, and proposed primary and alternate dates of examinations for calendar years 2018 through 2021.

• The estimated number of applicants who plan to take the Generic Fundamentals Examination (GFE) in calendar years 2017 and 2018. No new regulatory commitments are made in this letter. If you require additional information, please contact RJ Meyers, Manager, Operations Training, at (509) 377-8678.

WG Hettel Vice President, Operations

Enclosure:

NRG Form 536, Operator Licensing Examination Data cc: w/o enclosure NRG Region IV Administrator NRG NRR Project Manager NRG Sr. Resident Inspector-988C NRC FORM 53 6 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131 EXPIRES: 10/31/2017 (05-2016)

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Estimated burden per response to comply with th i s voluntary information collection request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This information co ll ection is used to plan budgets and resources for operator exa m inations.

Send %. OPE RA T OR LIC E N S ING comments regarding burden estimate to the FO I A , Privacy, and Informati o n Co l lec t i ons Branch (T-5 /!! n 0 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commiss i on , Washington, DC20555-0 0 0 1 , or by e-mail to .. E XAMINATI O N DATA " lnfocollects

.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office or Information and Regulatory Affairs, \+. 0 1 NEOB-10202 , (3150-0131), Office of Manageme n t and Budget, Washington, DC 2 0 503. If a means ,, .......... used to impose an information collection does not display a currently val i d OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to , the information collection. FACILITY NRC REGION Columbia Generating Station IV Docket No. 50-397 A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY2018 CY2019 CY 2020 CY 202 1 -----ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PRE PARED l l EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NRG-PREPARED EXAMINATIONS

8. INITIAL OP E RATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY 20 18 CY 20 19 CY 2020 CY 202 1 ---------NUMBER OF REACTOR 6 6 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 6 6 OPERATORS

-INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 2 2 OPERATORS-UPGRADE NUMBER O F SENIOR REACTOR OPERA TORS -LIMITED PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 02/25/2019 02/22/2021 ALTERNATE DATE 03 1 0312019 03/01/202 1 c. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE PROPOSED CY 2017 CY 20 1 8 ----NUMBER MARCH SEPT E MBER MARCH S E PT E MB E R ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 12 CANDIDATES NRC FOR M 5 3 6 (0 5-2 01 6)