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

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UNITED STATES

NU CLE AR RE GU LATOR Y C O M M I S S I O N

R EGI ON I V

611 R YAN PLAZA D R IV E, SU ITE 400

AR LI N GTON , TEXAS 76011-4005

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.

Arizona Public Service 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 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 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.

Arizona Public Service Company -3-

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 NRCs

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 Mr. Dwight C. Mims

Arizona Corporation Commission Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and

1200 W. Washington Street Performance Improvement

Phoenix, AZ 85007 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

Mail Station 7605

Douglas K. Porter, Senior Counsel P.O. Box 52034

Southern California Edison Company Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

Law Department, Generation Resources

P.O. Box 800 Jeffrey T. Weikert

Rosemead, CA 91770 Assistant General Counsel

El Paso Electric Company

Chairman Mail Location 167

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 123 W. Mills

301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor El Paso, TX 79901

Phoenix, AZ 85003

Eric J. Tharp

Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency Southern California Public Power Authority

4814 South 40 Street P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C

Phoenix, AZ 85040 Los Angeles, CA 90051-0100

Scott Bauer, Director James Ray

Regulatory Affairs Public Service Company of New Mexico

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station 2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110

Mail Station 7636 Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224

P.O. Box 52034

Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Geoffrey M. Cook

Southern California Edison Company

5000 Pacific Coast Hwy, Bldg. D21

San Clemente, CA 92672

Arizona Public Service Company -4-

Robert Henry Matthew Benac

Salt River Project Assistant Vice President

6504 East Thomas Road Nuclear & Generation Services

Scottsdale, AZ 85251 El Paso Electric Company

340 East Palm Lane, Suite 310

Brian Almon Phoenix, AZ 85004

Public Utility Commission

William B. Travis Building Chief, Radiological Emergency

P.O. Box 13326 Preparedness Section

1701 North Congress Avenue National Preparedness Directorate

Austin, TX 78701-3326 Technological Hazards Division

Department of Homeland Security

Karen O' Regan 1111 Broadway, Suite 1200

Environmental Program Manager Oakland, CA 94607-4052

City of Phoenix

Office of Environmental Programs

200 West Washington Street

Phoenix, AZ 85003

Arizona Public Service Company -5-

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)

SUNSI Review Completed: __REL____ ADAMS: Yes No Initials: _REL_

Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive

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