ML15183A463

Ltr. 07/01/15 Monticello U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III 2015 Operator Licensing Workshop (Public Meeting) (Drm)

ML15183A463
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Site:	Monticello, Dresden, Davis Besse, Palisades, Perry, Fermi, Point Beach, Byron, Braidwood, Prairie Island, Duane Arnold, Clinton, Cook, Quad Cities, LaSalle
Issue date:	07/01/2015
From:	Hironori Peterson Operations Branch III
To:	Gardner P Northern States Power Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUIT E 210 LISLE, IL 60532

-4352 July 1, 2015 Mr. Peter A. Gardner Site Vice President Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362

-9637

SUBJECT:

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 201 5 OPERATOR LICENSING WORKSHOP (PUBLIC MEETING)

Dear Mr. Gardner:

This letter serves to notify you and your staff that the 201 5 Operator Licensing Workshop sponsored by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Region III Division of Reactor Safety, Operations Branch, will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Arcadia Symposium Room, located at 3000 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532 on July 29 and 30, 201 5. This meeting is categorized as a Public Meeting. Please see the enclosed Meeting Notice (Enclosure 1), as well as the 201 5 Workshop Agenda (Enclosure 2) for details concerning subject topics to be addressed during the workshop.

Members of your operations

' and training staff involved in the overall Operator Licensing Program , along with your staff

, responsible for medical and regulatory assurance, are invited to attend this workshop.

Please provide the names and positions of your staff that plan to attend the workshop to Ms. Jan Kweiser by July 1 5, 201 5, either by phone (630) 829-9 7 11 or by electronic mail to Janet.Kweiser@nrc.gov

. In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy

of this letter, its enclosure s, and your response (if any) 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 NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading

-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

.

P. Gardner Should you have any questions concerning this workshop, please contact Dell McNeil at (630) 829-9 737 or by e-mail: Dell.M c Neil@nrc.gov or I can be reached at (630) 829-9707 , or by e-mail: Hironori.Peterson@nrc.gov

. Sincerely, /RA/ Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosures:

1. Meeting Notice

2. Workshop Agenda c c w/encls: Distribution via LISTSERV Enclosure 1 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUIT E 210 LISLE, IL 60532

-4352 July 1, 2015 NOTICE OF NRC REGION III 201 5 OPERATOR LICENSING WORKSHOP THIS WORKSHOP IS A PUBLIC MEETING Name of Licensee s: Exelon Generation Company, LLC

Indiana Michigan Power Company, LLC; FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.;

NextEra Energy, LLC; Detroit Edison Company; Northern States Power Company, Minnesota; Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Name of Facilities

Braidwood Station; Byron Station; Clinton Power Station; Davis

-Besse Nuclear Power Station; Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant; Dresden Nuclear Power Station; Duane Arnold Energy Center; Fermi Power Plant; LaSalle County Station; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant; Palisades Nuclear Plant; Perry Nuclear Power Plant; Point Beach Nuclear Plant; Prairie Island Nuclear Generation Plant; and Quad Cities Nuclear Power Stati on Docket No s: 50-456, 50-457; 50-454, 50-455; 50-461; 50-346; 50-315, 50-316; 50-237, 50-249; 50-331; 50-373; 50-374; 50-263; 50-255, 50-440; 50-2 66 , 50-301; 50-282; 50-306; 50-254; 50-265; 50-341 Time and Date:

8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. (CDT), on Wednesday, July 29 and 8:00 A.M.

- 4:00 P.M. (CDT), on Thursday, July 30, 201 5 Location:

Sheraton Hotel Lisle Arcadia Symposium Room 3000 Warrenville Rd.

Lisle, Illinois 60532 Purpose: Operator Licensing Workshop and Meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to share experiences, lessons learned, and discuss issues affecting Operator Licensing Program activities with the licensees. The NRC Region III Division of Reactor Safety, Operations Branch

, will present experiences relating to existing internal agency guidance relevant to the Operator Licensing Examination Program. This will also include discussions concerning Operator Licensing Fundamentals.

Meeting Category:

This is a Category I Public Meeting. The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have opportunities to communicate with the NRC after the business portion, but before the meeting is adjourned.

2 Notice of Public Meeting Operator Licensing Workshop NRC Attendees:

Region III Division of Reactor Safety, Operator Licensing Branch personnel; L.

Vick, Operator Licensing and Training Branch, NRR Note: Attendance at this meeting by NRC personnel, other than those listed above, should be made known to Janet Kweiser at 630

-829-9711 by close-of-business on Thursday, July 9, 2015.

This meeting between NRC technical staff and applicants or licensees is open for interested members of the public. Members of the public who wish to attend should contact Janet Kweiser or the meeting contacts of your intention to attend by July 15, 2015.

Meeting Contact:

Dell R. McNeil Senior Operations Engineer, NRC RIII 630-829-9737 dell.mcneil@nrc.gov Hironori Peterson Branch Chief, NRC RIII 630-829-9707 hironori.peterson@nrc.gov Audio Tele

-Conferencing: None Video Tele

-Conferencing: None Approved: _________/RA/___________07/01/15 Hironori Peterson, Chief Date Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosure 2 NRC RIII OPERATIONS BRANCH 201 5 OPERATOR LICENSING WORKSHOP July 29 and 30, 201 5 Dates and Times:

July 2 9 and 30, 201 5, (8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., respectively)

Meeting Classification:

Public Meeting Place of Meeting:

Sheraton Hotel, Lisle, Illinois Attendees:

All Available Operations Branch Staff and Invited Licensees Purpose: The purpose of the meeting is to share experiences, lessons learned, and discuss issues affecting Operator Licensing Program activities with the licensees. The NRC Region III Division of Reactor Safety, Operations Branch, will present experiences relating to existing internal agency guidance relevant to the Operator Licensing Examination Program. This will also include discussions concerning Operator Licensing Fundamentals.

AGENDA - Day 1 - July 29, 201 5 TIME TOPICS 7:30 - 8:00 A.M. Registration and Networking 8:00 - 8:15 A.M. Introduction Overview, Agenda, and Logistics 8:15 - 8:45 A.M. Welcome Address and Opening Remarks 8:45 - 9:45 A.M. NUREG-1021, Revision 10

- New Revision to Examination Standard (NRR Status; New Changes; Q&A's) 9:45 - 10:00 A.M.

Break 10:00 - 11:00 A.M.

Exam Quality: Written Examination Fundamentals (From Outline to Question; SRO; Distracters; LOD) 11:00 A.M.

- 12:00 P.M.

Exam Quality: Initial License Exam Program Consistency (Requirements and Expectations; Preparation and Development; Validation, etc.)

12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Requalification Issues and Perspectives (Recent Operational Events; Training; Medical Issues; Exam Quality, etc.)

2:00 - 3:00 P.M. Status of Fukushima Rulemaking Efforts and New Simulator ANS/ANSI 3.5 (NRR Update s) 3:00 - 3:15 P.M Break 3:15 - 3:45 P.M Open Forum: Various Topics of Interest (Panel Discussion; Programmatic Q&As) 3:45 - 4:00 P.M. Wrap-up First Day Workshop (Public Q&As)

2 AGENDA - Day 2 - July 30, 201 5 TIME TOPICS 7:45 - 8:00 A.M. Open Discussions (Recap of Previous Day and Today's Agenda Review) 8:00 - 9:00 A.M. Exam Quality: Simulator Scenario Fundamentals (From Outline to Submittal; Design; Requirements; etc.)

9:00 - 10:00 A.M.

Exam Quality: Job Performance Measure Fundamentals (From Outline to Submittal; Administrative Topics; Alternate Path, etc.)

10:00 - 10:15 A.M.

Break 10:15 - 12:00 P.M.

NRC Examination Processes

- Proposed Changes for NUREG 1021, Rev 11 (Results; Recent Issues and Status; NRC Lessons Learned Review Team

Operator Licensing Implementation Team

) 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Lunch 1:00 - 1:30 P.M. NRC Administrative Issues and Perspectives (Application and License Correspondence Submittals; Waivers, etc.)

1:30 - 2:30 P.M. Recent Regulatory Operational Experiences: NRC & Licensee (Past/Current Issues and Feedback; Medical Issues, etc.)

2:30 - 2:45 P.M. Break 2:45 - 3:45 P.M. Industry Operator Licensing Focus Group Update (State of the Industry; Midwest Nuclear Training Association Status, etc.) 3:45 - 4:00 P.M. Wrap-up Second Day Workshop Public Q&As Plans for 201 6 Critique Forms

P. Gardner Should you have any questions concerning this workshop, please contact Dell McNeil at (630) 829-9737 or by e-mail: Dell.McNeil@nrc.gov or I can be reached at (630) 829-9707, or by e-mail: Hironori.Peterson@nrc.gov

. Sincerely, /RA/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosures:

1. Meeting Notice

2. Workshop Agenda

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