NRC Generic Letter 1989-12
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LICENSE SUBJECT: OPERATOR LICENSING
EXAMINATIONS (GENERIC LETTER 89- 1i Generic Letter (GL) 89-03, dated March 24, 1989, promulgated the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) national examination schedule.
It assigned each facility two examination dates during the fiscal year based, to the extent possible, upon the examination estimates reported in response to GL 88-13, dated August 8, 1988. It encouraged facilities to target the assigned examination dates in fiscal year 1990, which begins on October 1, 1989, but acknowledged that some deviation from the promulgated schedule would be accommodated to facilitate incremental training schedule revisions.
Beginning in fiscal year 1991 (October 1, 1990), replacement examinations will not be rescheduled but deferred until the next regularly scheduled site visit.To plan its resources for fiscal years 1990 through 1993, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) requires your input to update the number of candidates you provided in response to GL 88-13. On the proposed format provided as Enclosure
1, please provide your best estimate of the anticipated number of candidates to be examined during each site visit assigned to you in Generic Letter 89-03. Also, please provide the dates for your scheduled requalification examinations during the same fiscal years in the proposed format provided as Enclosure
2. Your schedules, to be voluntarily submitted on the enclosed suggested formats, should be returned to Mr. Kenneth E.Perkins, Jr., Chief, Operator Licensing Branch, OWFN-IOD-18, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, with a courtesy copy to the appropriate Regional Administrator, by September
1, 1989.Bear in mind that 10 CFR 55.45 (b)(2)(iv)
prohibits the simulation facility portion if the operating test from being administered on other than a certified or an approved simulation facility after May 26, 1991. In anticipation of that deadline, NRR requires your best estimate of the dates on which you expect to certify and/or apply for NRC approval of your simulation facility(ies).
A space has been provided for this purpose on the Proposed Operator Licensing Schedule Format, Enclosure
1.The NRC regional offices, through direct liaison with your training managers, will confirm your examination requests.
As stated in GL 89-03, the regional offices will continue to schedule NRC requalification examinations on a case-by-case basis until NRR reconciles the differences between the requalification and replacement examination methodologies in order to allow the concurrent administration of both examinations.
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July 6, 1989 Generic Letter 89-12-2 -This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget Clearance Number 3150-0131, which expires March 31, 1992. The estimated average burden is two person-hours per owner response, including assessment of the new recommendations, searching data sources, gathering and analyzing the data, and preparing the required letters. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Records and Reports Management Branch, Division of Information Support Services, Office of Information Resources Management, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0131), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.We appreciate your assistance in this matter and invite you to address any questions concerning this generic letter to Mr. Perkins at (301) 492-1031.Sincerely, Ja s G. Partlow, Associate Director r Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Enclosures:
1. Proposed Operator Licensing Examination Schedule Format 2. Proposed Requalification Examination Schedule Format 3. List of Recently Issued NRC Generic Letters Generic Letter 89-12-2-July 6, 1989 this request is covered by Office of Management and Budget Clearance Number 3150-0131, which expires March 31, 1992. The estimated average burden is two person-hours per owner response, including assessment of the new recommendations, searching data sources, gathering and analyzing the data, and preparing the required letters. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Records and Reports Management Branch, Division of Information Support Services, Office of Information Resources Management, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0131), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.We appreciate your assistance in this matter and invite you to address any questions concerning this generic letter to Mr. Perkins at (301) 492-1031.Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY JAMES G. PARTLOW James 6. Partlow, Associate Director for Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Enclosures:
1. Proposed Operator Licensing Examination Schedule Format 2. Proposed Requalification Examination Schedule Format 3. List of Recently Issued NRC Generic Letters DISTRIBUTION:
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Enclosure
1 PROPOSED OPERATOR LICENSING
EXAMINATION
SCHEDULE FORMAT Facility NRC Region FY 199U FY 1991 FY 1992 FY 1993 (10/1/89-9/30/90)
(10/1/90-9/30/91)
J10/1/91-9/30/92)
(1u/1/92-9/30/93)
1. Assigned Date (GL 89-03)ERO fSRO Instant ISRU Upgrade ISRO Limited 2. Assigned Date (GL 89-03)IRO#SRO Instant_#SRO Upgrade#SRO Limited_Please indicate Initial cold license examinations by placing an asterisk (*) by the date. Please indicate examinations intended to extend an operator's license to a second or subsequent unit with two asterisks
(**). tfor example, if Unit 1 is in operation and Unit 2 is approaching fuel load, and three RO candidates with no previous license are to be examined on both Units 1 and 2, and five RO candidates licensed on Unit 1 are to be examined to extend their licenses to Unit 2, then indicate "RO 3,5**.")
Enclosure
2 PROPOSED REQUALIFICATION
EXAMINATION
SCHEDULE FORMAT Facility NRC Region Planned Simulation Facility Certification/Approval Date FY 1990 FY 1991 FY 1992 (10/1189-9/30/90)
(10/1/90-9130/91)
(10/1/91-9/30/92)
1. Date Date Date 2. Date Date Date 3. Date Date Date., 4. Date Date Date 5. Date Date Date FY 1993 FY 1993 (10/1/92-9/30/93)
Date Date Date Date Date- ENCLOSURE
3 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED GENERIC LETTERS Generic Letter No.Date of Subject Issuance Issued To 89-12 GENERIC LETTER 89-12: OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS
GENERIC LETTER 89-11: RESOLUTION
OF GENERIC ISSUE 101 WBOILING WATER REACTOR WATER LEVEL REDUNDANCYN
7/6/89 6/30/89 89-11 89-10 GENERIC LETTER 89-10: 6/28/89 SAFETY-RELATED
MOTOR-OPERATED
VALVE TESTING AND SURVEILLANCE
89-09 ASME SECTION III COMPONENT REPLACEMENTS
ISSUANCE OF GENERIC LETTER 89-08: EROSION/CORROSION
-INDUCED PIPE WALL THINNING -10 CFR §50.54(f)5/8/89 5/2/89 LICENSE TO ALL POWER REACTORS BWRS, PWRS, AND VENDORS IN ADDITION TO GENERAL CODES APPLICABLE
TO GENERIC LETTERS ALL BWR PLANTS &ALL LISTINGS APPLICABLE
TO GENERIC LETTERS &VENDORS, ETC.LICENSEES
TO ALL POWER REACTORS, BWRS, PWRS, AND VENDORS IN ADDITION TO GENERAL CODES APPLICABLE
TO GENERIC LETTERS ALL HOLDERS OF LIGHT WATER REACTOR OPERATING
LICENSES LICENSEES
TO ALL POWER REACTORS, BWRS, PWRS, AND VENDORS IN ADDITION TO GENERAL CODES APPLICABLE
TO GENERIC LETTERS LICENSEES
TO ALL BWRS, PWRS, AND VENDORS IN ADDITION TO GENERAL CODES APPLICABLE
TO GENERIC LETTERS LICENSEES
OF ALL POWER REACTORS, BWRS, PWRS, HTGR, AND NSSS VENDORS IN ADDITION TO GENERAL CODES APPLICABLE
TO GENERIC LETTERS 89-08 89-07 89-06 GENERIC LETTER 89-07, POWER 4/28/89 REACTOR SAFEGUARDS
CONTINGENCY
PLANNING FOR SURFACE VEHICLE BOMBS TASK ACTION PLAN ITEM I.D.2 -4/12/89 SAFETY PARAMETER
DISPLAY SYSTEM -10 CFR §50.54(f)