ML110340412

Notification of Change in Date for NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000298-11-301

ML110340412
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	02/03/2011
From:	Mark Haire Operations Branch IV
To:	O'Grady B Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
References
ER-11-301
Download: ML110340412 (5)

See also: IR 05000298/2011301

Text

UNITED STATES

NUC LE AR RE G ULATO RY C O M M I S S I O N

R E GI ON I V

612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU I TE 400

AR LI N GTON , TEXAS 76011-4125

February 3, 2011

Brian J. OGrady, Vice President-Nuclear

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Nebraska Public Power - Cooper

Nuclear Station

72676 648A Avenue

Brownville, NE 68321

SUBJECT: COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN DATE FOR

NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000298/2011301

Dear Mr. OGrady,

In a telephone conversation on January 28, 2011, with Mr. B. Gilbert, Initial Training Supervisor,

I made arrangements to reschedule the administration date of licensing examinations at

Cooper Nuclear Station from the week of February 28, 2011, to the week of June 6, 2011,

per Mr. Gilberts request.

As previously agreed during earlier telephone conversations, 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-1123, 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 updated

examination outlines along with the draft examinations with supporting reference

materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 by February 21, 2011. 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

February 28, 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,

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.

Mr. Brian OGrady -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 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 Agency-wide

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. Mr. Sealock 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. Clayton at 817-860-8216, or myself at 817-860-

8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark S. Haire, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-298

License: DPR-46

Mr. Brian OGrady -3-

DISTRIBUTION:

Gene Mace

Nuclear Asset Manager

Nebraska Public Power District

P.O. Box 98

Brownville, NE 68321

John C. McClure, Vice President

and General Counsel

Nebraska Public Power District

P.O. Box 499

Columbus, NE 68601

David Van Der Kamp

Licensing Manager

Nebraska Public Power District

P.O. Box 98

Brownville, NE 68321

Michael J. Linder, Director

Nebraska Department of

Environmental Quality

P.O. Box 98922

Lincoln, NE 68509-8922

Randy Rohrs, Chairman

Nemaha County Board of Commissioners

Nemaha County Courthouse

1824 N Street, Suite 201

Auburn, NE 68305

Julia Schmitt, Manager

Nebraska Department of Health

and Human Services

Division of Public Health

Nebraska State Office Building, 3rd Fl

Lincoln, NE 68509-5026

Deputy Director for Policy

Missouri Department of Natural Resources

P.O. Box 176

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176

Director, Missouri State Emergency

Management Agency

P.O. Box 116

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116

Mr. Brian OGrady -4-

Chief, Radiation and Asbestos

Control Section

Kansas Department of Health

and Environment

Bureau of Air and Radiation

1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310

Topeka, KS 66612-1366

Melanie Rasmussen, State Liaison Officer

Radiation Control Program Director

Bureau of Radiological Health

Iowa Department of Public Health

Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor

321 East 12th Street

Des Moines, IA 50319

John F. McCann, Director, Licensing

Entergy Nuclear Northeast

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc

440 Hamilton Avenue

White Plains, NY 10601-1813

Keith G. Henke, Planner

Division of Community and Public Health

Office of Emergency Coordination

P.O. Box 570

Jefferson City, MO 65102

Art Zaremba

Director of Nuclear Safety Assurance

Nebraska Public Power District

P.O. Box 98

Brownville, NE 68321

Ronald D. Asche, President

and Chief Executive Officer

Nebraska Public Power District

1414 15th Street

Columbus, NE 68601

Chief, Technological Hazards

Branch

FEMA, Region VII

9221 Ward Parkway

Suite 300

Kansas City, MO 64114-3372

Mr. Brian OGrady -5-

Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Art.Howell@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

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

DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Vacant)

Senior Resident Inspector (Jeffrey.Josey@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Michael.Chambers@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/C (Vincent.Gaddy@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/OB (Mark.Haire@nrc.gov)

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

Project Engineer, DRP/C (Rayomand.Kumana@nrc.gov)

CNS Administrative Assistant (Amy.Elam@nrc.gov)

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

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

Project Manager (Lynnea.Wilkins@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Michael.Hay@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

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

OEMail Resource

OEDO RIV Coordinator (James.Trapp@nrc.gov)

DRS/TSB STA (Dale.Powers@nrc.gov)

R:\ ADAMS ML

ADAMS: No  : Yes  : SUNSI Review Complete Reviewer Initials: KDC

Publicly Available  : Non-Sensitive

Non-publicly Available Sensitive

SOE: DRS/OB C:DRS/OB

KDC MSH

/RA/ /RA/

02/3/11 2/3/11

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax