ML111290733

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000361/11-301, 05000362/11-301

ML111290733
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	05/05/2011
From:	Mark Haire Operations Branch IV
To:	Peter Dietrich Southern California Edison Co
References
50-361/11-301, 50-362/11-301
Download: ML111290733 (5)

See also: IR 05000361/2011301

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May 5, 2011

Mr. Peter Dietrich Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer

Southern California Edison Company San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station P.O. Box 128 San Clemente, CA 92674-0128

SUBJECT: SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000361/2011301; 05000362/2011301

Dear Mr. Dietrich:

In a telephone conversation on April 19, 2011, between Messrs. Bill Arbour, Operations Training Manager, and Brian Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station during the week of October 31, 2011.

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 NRC's 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 July 25, 2011. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by August 29, 2011. 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

September 12, 2011.

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

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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 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 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.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Arbour 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/

Mark Haire, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

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Dockets: 50-361; 50-362 Licenses: NPF-10; NPF-15

cc: Chairman, Board of Supervisors County of San Diego 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 335 San Diego, CA 92101

Gary L. Nolff Assistant Director-Resources City of Riverside 3900 Main Street Riverside, CA 92522

Mark L. Parsons Deputy City Attorney City of Riverside 3900 Main Street Riverside, CA 92522

Gary H. Yamamoto, P.E., Chief Division of Drinking Water and Environmental Management 1616 Capitol Avenue, MS 7400

P.O. Box 997377 Sacramento, CA 95899-7377

Michael L. DeMarco San Onofre Liaison

San Diego Gas & Electric Company 8315 Century Park Ct. CP21C San Diego, CA 92123-1548

Director, Radiological Health Branch

State Department of Health Services P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610) Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

The Mayor of the City of San Clemente 100 Avenida Presidio San Clemente, CA 92672

James D. Boyd, Commissioner California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street (MS 34) Sacramento, CA 95814

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Douglas K. Porter, Esquire Southern California Edison Company 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue

Rosemead, CA 91770

Doug Bauder Southern California Edison Company San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

P.O. Box 128 San Clemente, CA 92674-0128

Steve Hsu Department of Health Services Radiologic Health Branch MS 7610, P.O. Box 997414

Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

R. St. Onge Southern California Edison Company San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

P.O. Box 128 San Clemente, CA 92674-0128

Chief, Technological Hazards Branch FEMA Region IX

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