IR 05000368/2011301

Arkansas Nuclear One, Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000368/11-301

ML102520339
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	09/09/2010
From:	Haire M S Operations Branch IV
To:	Berryman B Entergy Operations
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50-368/11-301
Download: ML102520339 (5)

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September 9, 2010

Brad Berryman, Vice President, Operations Arkansas Nuclear One Entergy Operations, Inc.

1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AR 72802

SUBJECT: Arkansas Nuclear One, UNIT 2 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000368/2011301

Dear Mr. Berryman:

In a telephone conversation on August 24, 2010, between Messrs. Clay Simpson, Operations Training Superintendent, and Gabriel Apger, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2, during the week of January 31, 2011.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinat ions based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 9, S upplement 1, and NUREG-1122, "Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators," Revision 2, Supplement 1. The NRC's 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 November 12, 2010. In order to support examination validation currently scheduled for December 13, 2010, the operating test and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by November 29, 2010. The written exam ination and supporting reference materials will be due January 3, 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 examinations and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled. In addition, your support for onsite validation of the examinations is required during the week of December 13, 2010.

Entergy Operations, Inc. - 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 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 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.

Entergy Operations, Inc. - 3 -

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Simpson 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. Apger at 817-276-6508, or myself at 817-860-8159.

Sincerely,/RA/

Mark S. Haire, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Entergy Operations, Inc.

Docket: 50-368 Licenses:NPF-6

cc:

Senior Vice President

& Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Thomas Palmisano Vice President, Oversight Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Mark Giles Acting Manager, Licensing Arkansas Nuclear One 1448 SR 333 Russellville, AR 72802

Joseph A. Aluise Associate General Counsel - Nuclear Entergy Services, Inc 639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113

Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Entergy Operations, Inc. - 4 -

Chief, Radiation Control Section Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markham Street, Slot 30 Little Rock, AR 72205-3867

Jim E. Gibson County Judge of Pope County 100 West Main Street Russellville, AR 72801

Arkansas Department of Health Radiation Control Section 4815 West Markham Street, Slot 30 Little Rock, AR 72205-3867

David E. Maxwell, Director Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, Bldg. 9501 Camp Joseph T. Robinson North Little Rock, AR 72199

Chief, Technological Hazards Branch FEMA Region VI 800 North Loop 288 Federal Regional Center Denton, TX 76209 Entergy Operations, Inc. - 5 -

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