ML090540897

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000528/2009301; 05000529/2009301; 05000530/2009301

ML090540897
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	02/20/2009
From:	Ryan Lantz Operations Branch IV
To:	Edington R Arizona Public Service Co
References
IR-09-301
Download: ML090540897 (6)

See also: IR 05000528/2009301

Text

February 20, 2009

Randall K. Edington, Executive

Vice President, Nuclear/CNO

Mail Station 7602

Arizona Public Service Company

P. O. Box 52034

Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

SUBJECT:

PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 -

NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION

05000528/2009301; 05000529/2009301; 05000530/2009301

Dear Mr. Edington:

In a telephone conversation on January 7, 2009, between Messrs. Warren Potter, Licensed

Training Supervisor, and Steve Garchow, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station during the

week of November 9, 2009.

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 Nuclear Regulatory

Commissions (NRC) 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 August 17, 2009. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by September 11, 2009.

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 28, 2009.

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

R E GI ON I V

612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400

ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125

Arizona Public Service Corporation

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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 June 30, 2009. 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.

Arizona Public Service Corporation

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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. Garchow at 817-276-4426, or myself at

817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Bernard W. Stapleton for

Ryan E. Lantz, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Dockets: 50-528; 50-529; 50-530

Licenses: NPF-41; NPF-51; NPF-74

cc:

Mr. Steve Olea

Arizona Corporation Commission

1200 W. Washington Street

Phoenix, AZ 85007

Mr. Douglas Kent Porter

Senior Counsel

Southern California Edison Company

Law Department, Generation Resources

P. O. Box 800

Rosemead, CA 91770

Chairman

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor

Phoenix, AZ 85003

Mr. Aubrey V. Godwin, Director

Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency

4814 South 40 Street

Phoenix, AZ 85040

Mr. Scott Bauer, Director

Regulatory Affairs

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

Mail Station 7636

P. O. Box 52034

Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

Arizona Public Service Corporation

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Mr. Dwight C. Mims

Vice President

Regulatory Affairs and Plant Improvement

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

Mail Station 7605

P .O. Box 52034

Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

Mr. Jeffrey T. Weikert

Assistant General Counsel

El Paso Electric Company

Mail Location 167

123 W. Mills

El Paso, TX 79901

Mr. Eric Tharp

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Southern California Public Power Authority

P. O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C

Los Angeles, CA 90051-0100

Mr. James Ray

Public Service Company of New Mexico

2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110

Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224

Mr. Geoffrey M. Cook

Southern California Edison Company

5000 Pacific Coast Hwy. Bldg. D21

San Clemente, CA 92672

Mr. Robert Henry

Salt River Project

6504 East Thomas Road

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Mr. Brian Almon

Public Utility Commission

William B. Travis Building

P. O. Box 13326

Austin, TX 78701-3326

Environmental Program Manager

City of Phoenix

Office of Environmental Programs

200 West Washington Street

Phoenix, AZ 85003

Arizona Public Service Corporation

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Mr. John C. Taylor

Director, Nuclear Generation

El Paso Electric Company

340 East Palm Lane, Suite 310

Phoenix, AZ 85004

Chief, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section

FEMA Region 9

1111 Broadway, Suite 1200

Oakland, CA 94607-4052

Arizona Public Service Corporation

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Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Chuck.Casto@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Dwight.Chamberlain@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Ryan.Treadway@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Michelle.Catts@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Jim.Melfi@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Joseph.Bashore@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/D (Michael.Hay@nrc.gov)

PV Site Secretary (Patricia.Coleman@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (Don.Allen@nrc.gov)

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

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

File located:

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ADAMS

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