ML092200007

IR 05000498-09-301, 05000499-09-301 for South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2, Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination

ML092200007
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	08/07/2009
From:	Lantz R E Operations Branch IV
To:	Halpin E D South Texas
References
IR-09-301
Download: ML092200007 (6)

See also: IR 05000498/2009301

Text

August 7, 2009

Mr. Edward D. Halpin

Executive Vice President

Chief Nuclear Officer

STP Nuclear Operating Company

South Texas Project

P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT: SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 and 2 -NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION

05000498/2009301; 05000499/2009301

Dear Mr. Halpin:

In a conversation on January 20, 2009 between Messrs. Ken Struble, Operations Training

Supervisor, and Brian Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration

of licensing examinations at South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, Units 1 and 2,

during the week of December 7, 2009.

As agreed during the conversation, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

and your staff will jointly prepare the exami

nations based on the gui

delines in NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 9, Supplement 1, and

NUREG-1122, "Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Powe

r Plant Operators," Revision 2, Supplement 1. The NRC regional office w

ill coordinate examination devel

opment and 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 their portion of the examination outlines by September 18, 2009. Your staff's portion of the written examinations,

operating tests, and supporting refer

ence materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by October 16, 2009. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal

Regulations (10 CF

R 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 examination

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 November 16, 2009.

UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONREGION IV612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125

STP Nuclear Operating Company - 2 -

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 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 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 NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its

enclosures will be available electronically for public

inspection in the NRC'

s Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide

Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the

electronic Reading Room page of the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

STP Nuclear Operating Company - 3 -

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Struble has been advised of the policies and

guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination

procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Larson at 817-860-8172, or myself at 817-860-

8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Ryan E. Lantz, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Dockets: 50-498; 50-499

Licenses: NPF-76; NPF-80

DISTRIBUTION:

D. W. Rencurrel, Senior Vice President

STP Nuclear Operating Company

South Texas Project

P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483

Louis Peter, Plant General Manager

STP Nuclear Operating Company

South Texas Project

P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483

Tim Powell, Vice President, Engineering

STP Nuclear Operating Company

South Texas Project

P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483

A. W. Harrison, Manager, Licensing

STP Nuclear Operating Company

South Texas Project

P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483

STP Nuclear Operating Company - 4 -Charles T. Bowman, General Manager, Oversight STP Nuclear Operating Company

South Texas Project

P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483

Marilyn Kistler

Senior Staff Specialist, Licensing

STP Nuclear Operating Company

South Texas Project

P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483

Cheryl Mele

City of Austin

Electric Utility Department 721 Barton Springs Road

Austin, TX 78704

J. J. Nesrsta/R. K. Temple/

Ed Alercon/Kevin Pollo

City Public Service

P.O. Box 1771

San Antonio, TX 78296

Jon C. Wood

Cox, Smith, & Matthews

112 East Pecan, Suite 1800

San Antonio, TX 78205

A. H. Gutterman, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Richard A. Ratliff

Radiation Control Program Director

Texas Department of State Health Services

P.O. Box 149347

Austin, TX 78714-9347

Brian Almon

Public Utility Commission of Texas

P.O. Box 13326

Austin, TX 78711-3326

STP Nuclear Operating Company - 5 -Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Director, Office of the Governor

P.O. Box 12428

Austin, TX 78711-3189

Nate McDonald

County Judge for Matagorda County

1700 Seventh Street, Room 301

Bay City, TX 77414

Anthony P. Jones, Chief Boiler Inspector

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

Boiler Division

E.O. Thompson State Office Building

P.O. Box 12157

Austin, TX 78711

Susan M. Jablonski

Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

MC-122

P.O. Box 13087

Austin, TX 78711-3087

Ted Enos

4200 South Hulen, Suite 422

Fort Worth, TX 76109

Kevin Howell/Catherine Callaway/Jim von Suskil

NRG Energy, Inc.

1301 McKinney, Suite 2300

Houston, TX 77010

Chief, Technological Hazards

Branch

FEMA Region VI

800 North Loop 288

Federal Regional Center

Denton, TX 76209

STP Nuclear Operating Company - 6 -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 (John.Dixon@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Binesh.Tharakan@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Bob.Hagar@nrc.gov)

STP Site Secretary (Lynn.Wright@nrc.gov)

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

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

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

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

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