ML21117A293

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000382/2022301

ML21117A293
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	04/28/2021
From:	Kelly Clayton Operations Branch IV
To:	Ferrick J Entergy Operations
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See also: IR 05000382/2022301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

April 28, 2021

Mr. John Ferrick

Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road

Killona, LA 70057

SUBJECT: WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC

INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000382/2022301

Dear Mr. Ferrick:

In a telephone conversation on April 6, 2021, between Mr. Gonzalo Esquivel, Operations Initial

Training Supervisor, and Mr. Kelly Clayton, chief examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of operator licensing examinations at Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3

during the week of January 24, 2022.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021,

Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 11. Your staff will be

given the opportunity to review the examinations during development and specifically the

proposed final products during the week of November 8, 2021.

Your staff will provide all supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201,

including all written and operating test banks, by June 28, 2021. However, you should inform

the chief examiner as soon as possible concerning any changes to procedures and/or training

materials that could impact the contents of the examinations. We request that any personal,

proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in your response be contained in a

separate enclosure and appropriately marked. Delays in receiving the required materials, or the

submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be cancelled or

rescheduled. In addition, your support for on-site validation of the examinations is required

during the week of December 13, 2021. The NRC may request additional simulator time prior to

validation to ensure that the operating test contents are adequately developed.

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 along with any video and audio

recordings of the dynamic operating tests until the NRC takes its licensing action on all of the

applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete. Appendix E

to NUREG-1021 contains NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written

examinations and operating tests are being administered.

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To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor

operator and senior reactor operator waiver or excusal requests (if any) (Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination

date (if able). Mr. Clayton, chief examiner, should be contacted to determine the method for

submission of the waiver and/or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior

reactor operator license applications (OMB approval number 3150-0090) and, medical

certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024) should be submitted at least 30 days before

the first examination date. If the preliminary applications are not received at least 30 days

before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Final, signed applications

certifying that all training has been completed and requesting any waivers or excusals, as

applicable, should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.

Although the minimum guidelines for receiving waiver or excusal requests is 30 days before the

first examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the

requests should be submitted as early in the process as possible (see the 60-day guideline,

above). Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the licensee to the NRC are not binding.

Submittals addressing waivers and/or excusals should be in writing (i.e., on NRC Form 398, or

as directed when Mr. Clayton is contacted to determine the method for submission). The NRCs

final decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal will be documented on the final (not

preliminary) NRC Form 398 submitted for the applicant and will not be provided until the final

application is submitted to the NRC.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

This letter contains mandatory information collections that are subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

approved these information collections (approval number 3150-0011). Send comments

regarding this information collection to the Information Services Branch, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011) Office of Management and

Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The burden to the public for these voluntary information collections is estimated to average

2,250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-5 months <br /> per examination including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing

data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the

information collection. You may submit comments on any aspect of the information collection,

including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the FOIA, Privacy and Information Collections

Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by

electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS.RESOURCE@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.

Public Protection Notification

The NRC may not conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request

for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document

displays a currently valid OMB control number.

This letter will be made available for public inspection and copying at

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in

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accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, Public

Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Esquivel 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 me at 817-200-1216.

Sincerely,

Kelly Clayton, Chief Examiner

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket. 50-382

License. NPF-38

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