ML081150364

Generation Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 - Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000528-08-301; 05000529-08-301; 05000530-08-301

ML081150364
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	04/23/2008
From:	Ryan Lantz Operations Branch IV
To:	Edington R Arizona Public Service Co
References
IR-08-301
Download: ML081150364 (5)

See also: IR 05000528/2008301

Text

April 23, 2008

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 GENERATION STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000528/2008301; 05000529/2008301; 05000530/2008301

Dear Mr. Edington:

In a telephone conversation on April 18, 2008, between Messers. W. Potter, Simulator Supervisor and T. McKernon, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station during the week of November 10, 2008.

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.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outlines by August 29, 2008. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by September 26, 2008.

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 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 October 6, 2008.

UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONREGION IV611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4005

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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 reactor 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, November 7, 2008. 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, writing the examinations, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments

on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to BJS1@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

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.

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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. W. Potter 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. McKernon at 817-860-8153 or

myself at 817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

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

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

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

DISTRIBUTION Steve Olea Arizona Corporation Commission

1200 W. Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007

Douglas K. 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

Aubrey V. Godwin, Director

Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 South 40 Street Phoenix, AZ 85040

Scott Bauer, Director Regulatory Affairs Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

Mail Station 7636 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

Mr. Dwight C. Mims Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and

Performance Improvement Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7605 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

Jeffrey T. Weikert Assistant General Counsel El Paso Electric Company Mail Location 167

123 W. Mills El Paso, TX 79901

Eric J. Tharp Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Southern California Public Power Authority P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C Los Angeles, CA 90051-0100

James Ray Public Service Company of New Mexico 2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110

Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224

Geoffrey M. Cook Southern California Edison Company 5000 Pacific Coast Hwy, Bldg. D21

San Clemente, CA 92672

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Robert Henry Salt River Project 6504 East Thomas Road

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building

P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326

Karen O' Regan Environmental Program Manager City of Phoenix

Office of Environmental Programs 200 West Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85003

Matthew Benac Assistant Vice President Nuclear & Generation Services

El Paso Electric Company 340 East Palm Lane, Suite 310 Phoenix, AZ 85004

Chief, Radiological Emergency

Preparedness Section National Preparedness Directorate Technological Hazards Division Department of Homeland Security 1111 Broadway, Suite 1200 Oakland, CA 94607-4052

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Electronic distribution by RIV: Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov) DRP Director (Dwight.Chamberlain@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov) DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov) Senior Resident Inspector (Greg.Warnick@nrc.gov) Branch Chief, DRP/D (Michael.Hay@nrc.gov) Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (Greg.Werner@nrc.gov) Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (Geoff.Miller@nrc.gov) Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov) RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov) DRS STA (Dale.Powers@nrc.gov) J. Adams, OEDO RIV Coordinator (John.Adams@nrc.gov) ROPreports PV Site Secretary (Patricia.Coleman@nrc.gov)

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