IR 05000298/2010301
| ML102600410 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 09/17/2010 |
| From: | Mark Haire Operations Branch IV |
| To: | O'Grady B Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| References | |
| IR-10-301 | |
| Download: ML102600410 (6) | |
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UNITED STATES NUC LE AR RE G ULATO RY C O M M I S S I O N ber 17, 2010
SUBJECT:
COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000298/2010301
Dear Mr. OGrady,
In a telephone conversation on September 13, 2010, between Mr. D. Sealock, Training Manager, and Mr. K. Clayton, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Cooper Nuclear Station during the week of February 28, 2011.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 9, Supplement 1, and NUREG-1123, Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators, Revision 2, Supplement 1. The NRCs 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 December 10, 2010. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by January 7, 2011.
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 on-site validation of the examinations is required during the week of January 31, 2011.
Nebraska Public Power - -2-Cooper Nuclear Station 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 NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the electronic Reading Room page of the NRCs public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Nebraska Public Power - -3-Cooper Nuclear Station Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Sealock 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 Mr. Clayton at 817-860-8216, or myself at 817-860-8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/ Kelly Clayton for Mark S. Haire, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket: 50-298 License: DPR-46 DISTRIBUTION:
Gene Mace Nuclear Asset Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 John C. McClure, Vice President and General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 499 Columbus, NE 68601 David Van Der Kamp Licensing Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Michael J. Linder, Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922
Nebraska Public Power - -4-Cooper Nuclear Station Randy Rohrs, Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street, Suite 201 Auburn, NE 68305 Julia Schmitt, Manager Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Nebraska State Office Building, 3rd Fl Lincoln, NE 68509-5026 Deputy Director for Policy Missouri Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 Director, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116 Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Control Section Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366 Melanie Rasmussen, State Liaison Officer Radiation Control Program Director Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 John F. McCann, Director, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Northeast Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601-1813
Nebraska Public Power - -5-Cooper Nuclear Station Keith G. Henke, Planner Division of Community and Public Health Office of Emergency Coordination P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Art Zaremba Director of Nuclear Safety Assurance Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Ronald D. Asche, President and Chief Executive Officer Nebraska Public Power District 1414 15th Street Columbus, NE 68601 Chief, Technological Hazards Branch FEMA, Region VII 9221 Ward Parkway Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64114-3372
Nebraska Public Power - -6-Cooper Nuclear Station Electronic distribution by RIV:
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