ML13025A295

IR 05000482-13-301, Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Company - Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination

ML13025A295
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	01/25/2013
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Matthew Sunseri Wolf Creek
References
IR-13-301
Download: ML13025A295 (3)

See also: IR 05000482/2013301

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UNITE D S TATE S

NUC LEAR RE GULATOR Y C OMMI S SI ON

R E G IO N I V

1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD

AR L I NGTON , TEXAS 7 601 1- 4511

January 25, 2013

Mr. Matthew W. Sunseri, President and

Chief Executive Officer

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Company

P. O. Box 411

Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY - NOTIFICATION OF NRC

INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000482/2013301

Dear Mr. Sunseri:

In a telephone conversation on January 9, 2013 between Ms. Jane Hartley and Duane

Strickland, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing

examinations at Wolf Creek during the week of July 22, 2013.

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 May 3, 2013. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference

materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by May 31, 2013. 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 June 17, 2013.

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.

M. Sunseri -2-

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 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.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Ms. Hartley 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. Strickland at 817-200-1570 or myself at

817-200-1159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vince Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-482

License: NPF-42

Electronic Distribution to Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Company

M. Sunseri -3-

Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Steven.Reynolds@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

Acting DRP Deputy Director (Barry.Westreich@nrc.gov)

Acting DRS Director (Tom.Blount@nrc.gov)

Acting DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Chris.Long@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Charles.Peabody@nrc.gov)

WC Administrative Assistant - Vacant

Branch Chief, DRP/B (Neil.OKeefe@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (Leonard.Willoughby@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/B (David.You@nrc.gov)

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

Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Randy.Hall@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Ray.Kellar@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

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