ML043020030

Senior Reactor and Reactor Operator Initial Examinations - Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant - Unit 1

ML043020030
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Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	10/28/2004
From:	Conte R NRC/RGN-I/DRS/OSB
To:	Pearce L FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Barr S, RI/DRS/OSB, (610) 337-5316
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October 28, 2004 Mr. L. William Pearce Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Post Office Box 4 Shippingport, PA 15077

SUBJECT:

SENIOR REACTOR AND REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS -

BEAVER VALLEY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - UNIT 1

Dear Mr. Pearce:

In a telephone conversation on October 20, 2004, between Mr. T. Wooley, Lead Instructor and Mr. S. Dennis, Examiner/Inspector, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant - Unit 1, during the week of February 28, 2005.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors. 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 12, 2004. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by December 20, 2004.

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 should be complete and ready-to-use. Any delay in receiving the required examination and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled.

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 of 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.

Mr. L. William Pearce To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor 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 June 30, 2006. 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, writing the examinations, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at BJS1@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

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 Agencywide Document 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.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Wooley 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. S. Barr at (610) 337-5316, or me at (610) 337-5183.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Richard J. Conte, Chief Operational Safety Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No(s). 50-334 License Nos: DPR-66,

Mr. L. William Pearce cc w/encl:

J. Lash, Plant General Manager R. Mende, Director, Nuclear Work Management T. Cosgrove, Director, Nuclear Engineering/Projects G. Davies, Training Manager L. Freeland, Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs/Performance Improvement M. Clancy, Mayor, Shippingport, PA R. Janati, Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania C. OClaire, State Liaison to the NRC, State of Ohio D. Hill, Chief, Radiological Health Program, State of West Virginia R. Chiodo, Beaver County Emergency Management Agency

Mr. L. William Pearce Distribution:

S. Collins, RA J. Wiggins, DRA P. Eselgroth, DRP R. Barkley, DRP J. Jolicoeur, RI OEDO R. Laufer, NRR T. Colburn, PM, NRR R. Guzman, NRR P. Cataldo - Senior Resident Inspector P. Garrett - Resident OA T. Kim, Director, DOC W. Lanning, DRS P. Cataldo, NRC Resident Inspector P. Garrett, Site OA S. Barr, DRS, Chief Examiner C. Bixler, DRS (OL Facility File)

R. Conte, DRS Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

S. Glenn, INPO (GlennSG@Inpo.org)

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