ML18052A241

Requests Approval for Delay in Requalification Exam Schedule Until 850307,after Startup Following Current Refueling Outage.Fee Paid

ML18052A241
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	01/16/1986
From:	Bordine T CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Shared Package
ML18052A242	List: ML18052A241 ML18052A243
References
GL-85-18, NUDOCS 8601220393
Download: ML18052A241 (2)

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consumers Power company General Offices: 1945 West Parnell Road, *Jackson, Ml 49201 ,_{517J 78S-0550 January 16, 1986 Director, Nuclear Reactor Regulation US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 DOCKET 50-255 - LICENSE DPR PALISADES }>LANT -

1986 REQUALIFICATION EXAMINATION SCHEDULE Consumers Power Company submitted on November 1, 19_85 a response to NRC Generic Letter 85-18 that enclosed our "best estimates' of the_ need for operator licensing examinations and requalifications for fiscal years 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989. The Generic Letter requested notification of significant changes as they occur. This is to inform you of our request to delay the Requalification Examination Schedule (as specified in Enclosure.2 of our November 1, 1985 letter) until after startup following the current refueling outage at Palisades.

Our submittal specified that the next set of requalification examinations would commence on January 31, 1986 and run through February 28, 1986. We request delay of this schedule for five weeks such that the five week schedule would commence on March 7, 1985. Since the delay may be considered a change in frequency in conducting parts of the requalif ication program, in accordance with 10CFR50.54(i), your approval is requested.

This request is based upon our requalification program requirement that reflects the annual written examinations specified by 10CFR55, Appendix A.

Previous annual examinations were conducted at various intervals, as reflected in the attached letter, from October 26, 1984 through July 5, 1985.

Although certain licensed individuals have or will have exceeded a one year period between requal exams*, we believe some interval extension is permissible in meeting the annual requirement. It should also be_ noted that our next requalification examination schedule will also slip as specified in our

• November 1_, 1985 letter by five weeks. We will notify you of any further changes to our November 1, 1985 letter.

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1986 Requalification Exam Schedule January 16, 1986 It is our concern that both requalification and plant start-up be recognized as periods that require considerable operator attention and concentration.

Neither should overlap. We request your concurrence. In accordance with 10CFR170.21 a check in the amount of $150 is enclosed

~~c~* Thomas C Bordine Staff Licensing Engineer CC Administrator, Region III, USNRC NRC Resident Inspector - Palisades Attachment OC0186-0009-NL04