L-MT-10-050, 2010 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Initial Examination Outline Submittal

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2010 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Initial Examination Outline Submittal
ML110560328
Person / Time
Site: Monticello Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 08/30/2010
From: O'Connor T
Northern States Power Co, Xcel Energy
To:
Region 3 Administrator
Shared Package
ML103340134 List:
References
L-MT-10-050, NUREG-1021
Download: ML110560328 (4)


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2010 MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT I NlTlAL EXAMINATION 0 UTLl N E S U BM ITTAL ENCLOSURE WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NUREG-I021 UNTIL AFTER THE EXAMINATION IS COMPLETE. Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant 2807 W County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362 August 30,2010 Regional Administrator, Region Ill US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 21 0 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 L-MT-10-050 10 CFR 55.40 NUREG-I021 Mon t ice1 lo N uclea r Gene rating Plant Docket 50-263 Renewed License No. DPR-22 Examination Outlines For the Initial Licensing Examination to Be Conducted the Weeks of December 6 and December 13,2010 Reference 1 : NUREG-I 021 , Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 9, Supplement 1 In accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 55.40(b)(4), a power reactor facility licensee must receive NRC approval of their proposed written examination and operating tests. Further, 10 CFR 55.40(a), "Implementation," requires that examinations meet the requirements of Reference

1. Therefore, enclosed for review are the proposed examination outlines for the initial license examinations for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (MNGP) operator license applicants. In accordance with 10 CFR 55.49, "Integrity of Examinations and Tests," and NUREG-I 021 , Section ES-201 , Attachment 1 , "Examination Security and Integrity Considerations," the Northern States Power Company - a Minnesota corporation (NSPM) requests that the enclosed materials be withheld from public disclosure until after the examinations are complete. The proposed examination outlines were prepared per the guidelines of Reference 1, Sections ES-301 , "Preparing Initial Operating Tests," and ES-401 , "Preparing Initial Site-Specific Written Examinations". Proposed outlines have been prepared to support development, by the NSPM, of examinations for five (5) Reactor Operator (RO) license candidates and eleven (1 1) Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) - Instant license candidates. Enclosed are the following specific items for your review. Enclosure 1 : Form ES-201-2, Examination Outline Quality Checklist Enclosure 2: Form ES-201-3, (Site Equivalent) Examination Security Agreements Enclosure 3: Form ES-301-1, Administrative Topics Outline - RO USNRC Page 2 of 2 Enclosure 4: Form ES-301-1, Administrative Topics Outline - SRO Enclosure 5: Form ES-301-2, Control Room / In-Plant Systems Outline - RO Enclosure 6: Form ES-301-2, Control Room

/ In-Plant Systems Outline - SRO - Instant Enclosure 7: Form ES-D-1 , Scenario Outlines x 6 (ES-301-4 Data included)

Enclosure 8: Form ES-301-5, Transient and Event Checklist Enclosure 9: Form ES-401-1, BWR Examination Outline (Cover) Enclosure IO: Form ES-401-1, BWR Examination Outline (RO) Enclosure 11: Form ES-401-3, Generic Knowledge and Abilities Outline (RO) Enclosure 12: Form ES-401-1 , BWR Examination Outline (SRO) Enclosure 13: Form ES-401-3, Generic Knowledge and Abilities Outline (SRO) Enclosure 14: Form ES-401-4, Record of Rejected WAS Form Enclosure 15: MNGP 2010 ILT NRC Written Exam Outline Random and Systematic Process / Audit Exam Methodology Enclosure 16: MNGP 2010 ILT Audit Written, JPM, and Scenario Outlines Summarv of Commitments This letter makes no new commitments and no revisions to existing commitments. imothy J. O'Connor L" F Site Vice President, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company - Minnesota Enclosures (1 6) cc: Mr. Dell McNeil, Region Ill, USNRC (with enclosures) Project Manager, Monticello, USNRC (without enclosures) Resident Inspector, Monticello, USNRC (without enclosures)

ES-201 Examination Out1 i ne Quality Checklist Form ES-201-2 Facility: Monticello Date of Examination:

12/6/10 Item 1. W R I T T E N 2. S I M U L A T 0 R 3. W / T 4. Task Description I ,initial; a. Verify that the systems walk-through outline meets the criteria specified on Form ES-301-2:

(1) the outline(s) contain(s) the required number of control room and in-plant tasks distributed among the safety functions as specified on the form (2) task repetition from the last two NRC examinations is within the limits specified on the form (3) no tasks are duplicated from the applicants' audit test@)

(4) the number of new or modified tasks meets or exceeds the minimums specified on the form (5) the number of alternate path, low-power, emergency, and RCA tasks meet the criteria on the form.

I b. Verify that the administrative outline meets the criteria specified on Form ES-301-1:

(1) the tasks are distributed among the topics as specified on the form (2) at least one task is new or significantly modified (3) no more than one task is repeated from the last two NRC licensing examinations

c. Determine if there are enough different outlines to test the projected number and mix of applicants and ensure that no items are duplicated on subsequent days. a. Assess whether plant-specific priorities (including PRA and IPE insights) are covered in the amrorxiate exam sections.

49dh 3. Author 3. Facility Reviewer

(*) 3. NRC Chief Examiner

(#) A. NRC Supervisor Vote: # Independent NRC reviewer initial items in Column "c"; chief examiner concurrence required.

  • Not applicable for NRC-prepared examination outlines