ML093381023

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000416/10-301

ML093381023
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	12/04/2009
From:	Garchow S Operations Branch IV
To:	Douet J Entergy Operations
References
50-416/10-301
Download: ML093381023 (6)

See also: IR 05000416/2010301

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UNITED STATES

NUC LE AR RE G UL AT O 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

December 4, 2009

James R. Douet

Vice President Operations

Entergy Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

P.O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT: GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000416/2010301

Dear Mr. Douet:

In a telephone conversation on December 1, 2009, between Messrs. Will Ryder, Mike Rasch,

Stephen Garchow, Chief Examiner, and Sean Hedger, Chief Examiner Under Instruction,

arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Grand Gulf Nuclear

Station during the week of June 28, 2010.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examination. Exam

development will be 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 examination

outlines by April 9, 2010. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference

materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by May 7, 2010. 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 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 7, 2010.

Mr. J. Douet -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, tempera-

tures, 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. 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 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 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.

Mr. J. Douet -3-

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Ryder and Rasch have 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. Garchow at 817-276-4426 or

Mr. Hedger at 817-276-6556.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Steve Garchow, Acting Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-416

License: NPF-29

Mr. J. Douet -4-

DISTRIBUTION:

Senior Vice President

Entergy Nuclear Operations

P.O. Box 31995

Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Senior Vice President and COO

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995

Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Vice President, Oversight

Entergy Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995

Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Chief, Energy and Transportation Branch

Environmental Compliance and

Enforcement Division

Mississippi Department of

Environmental Quality

P.O. Box 2249

Jackson, MS 39225-2249

President

Claiborne County

Board of Supervisors

510 Market Street

Port Gibson, MS 39150

Senior Manager

Nuclear Safety & Licensing

Entergy Nuclear Operations

P.O. Box 31995

Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Manager, Licensing

Entergy Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

P.O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150

Attorney General

Department of Justice

State of Louisiana

P.O. Box 94005

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005

Mr. J. Douet -5-

Office of the Governor

State of Mississippi

P.O. Box 139

Jackson, MS 39205

Attorney General

Assistant Attorney General

State of Mississippi

P.O. Box 220

Jackson, MS 39205

State Health Officer

State Health Board

P.O. Box 1700

Jackson, MS 39215

Associate General Counsel

Entergy Nuclear Operations

P.O. Box 31995

Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Louisiana Dept. of Environmental Quality

Radiological Emergency Planning and

Response Division

P.O. Box 4312

Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312

Chief, Technological Hazards

Branch

FEMA Region VI

800 North Loop 288

Federal Regional Center

Denton, TX 76209

Mr. J. Douet -6-

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