ML16027A027
| ML16027A027 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 01/27/2016 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Olson E W Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| 50-458/16-301 | |
| Download: ML16027A027 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000458/2016301
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January 27, 2016
Mr. Eric W. Olson, Site Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc. River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775
SUBJECT: RIVER BEND STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000458/2016301
Dear Mr. Olson:
In a telephone conversation on January 5, 2016, between Messrs. D. Bergstrom, Initial Exam Lead, and K. Clayton, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at River Bend Station during the weeks of September 12 and September 19, 2016.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 10, and NUREG-1123, "Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators," Revision 2, Supplement 1. Your staff will be given the opportunity to review the examinations during the week of, or before, August 1, 2016.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 by February 1, 2016. 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 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 August 15, 2016.
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 shall capture all relevant simulator data (needed for the NRC to make licensing decisions) during the dynamic operating tests and shall retain this data 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 shall 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 shall 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 April 30, 2016. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 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 and Procedure," 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 NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Bergstrom 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. K. Clayton at 817-200-1216 or myself at 817-200-1159.
Sincerely,/RA/
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-458 License No. NPF-47 cc: Electronic Distribution To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff shall 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 shall 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 April 30, 2016. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 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 and Procedure," 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 NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Bergstrom 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. Clayton at 817-200-1216, or myself at 817-200-1159.
Sincerely,/RA/
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-458 License No. NPF-47 cc: Electronic Distribution ADAMS ACCESSION NUMBER: ML16027A027 SUNSI Review By: ADAMS Yes No Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Sensitive Keyword: RGN-002 OFFICE SOE: OB C: DRS/OB NAME KClayton VGaddy SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ DATE 1/26/16 1/27/16 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Letter to Eric from Vincent G. Gaddy, dated January 27, 2016
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