IR 05000445/2023301

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000445/2023301 and 05000446/2023301

ML22329A033
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	11/29/2022
From:	Kelly Clayton NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/OB
To:	Peters K Vistra Operating Co. (VistraOpCo)
Clayton K
References
IR 2023301
Download: ML22329A033 (4)

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November 28, 2022

SUBJECT:

COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT -NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000445/2023301 AND 05000446/2023301

Dear Mr. Peters:

In a telephone conversation on September 29, 2022, between myself, Kelly Clayton, Senior Operations Engineer, and Mr. Kevin Hegarty, Initial Exam Supervisor, arrangements were made for the administration of the operator licensing examinations at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant during the weeks of June 12 and June 19, 2023.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 12 of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors. Your staff will be given the opportunity to review the examinations during the week of March 27, 2023.

During this call, your staff was provided the initial request to furnish the supporting reference materials identified in NUREG-1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for Operator Licensing Initial Examinations and these references were provided on November 21, 2022.

Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 55.40(b)(3), and authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the examinations and tests before final approval by the NRC.

We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in your response be contained in a separate enclosure and appropriately marked. Delays in receiving the required materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled. Also, you should inform the chief examiner as soon as possible concerning any changes to procedures and/or training materials that could impact the contents of the examinations. In addition, your support for onsite development of the examinations is required the week of January 9, 2023, and onsite validation of the examinations is required the week of May 15, 2023. 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 NUREG 1021, and to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-3.5, Administering Operating Tests, your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures, temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the NRC takes its licensing action on all the applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete.

ES-1.2, Guidelines for Taking NRC Examinations, contains NRC guidelines for the written examinations and operating tests as they are being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator waiver or excusal requests (if any) (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date (if possible). Mr. Clayton should be contacted to determine the method for submission of the waiver and/or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (OMB approval number 3150-0090) and, medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024) should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the preliminary applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Final, signed applications certifying that all training has been completed and requesting any waivers or excusals, as applicable, should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.

Although the guidelines for receiving waiver or excusal requests is 30 days before the first examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the requests should be submitted as early in the process as possible (see the 60-day guideline, above). Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the licensee to the NRC are not binding.

Submittals addressing waivers and/or excusals should be in writing (i.e., on NRC Form 398, or as directed when Mr. Clayton is contacted to determine the method for submission). The NRC will document its final decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal on the final (not preliminary) NRC Form 398 submitted for the applicant. The NRC will not provide its decision until the final application is submitted to the agency.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement This letter contains information collection requirements that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018.

The burden to the public for these mandatory information collections is estimated to average 2250 hours0.026 days <br />0.625 hours <br />0.00372 weeks <br />8.56125e-4 months <br /> per examination or response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection. Send comments regarding this information collection to the FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch (T-6 A10M), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0018), Attn: Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20503, e-mail:

oria_submission@omb.eop.gov. Public Protection Notification The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently valid OMB approval number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection through the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible on the NRCs website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Hegarty 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 me at 817-200-1216.

Sincerely, Signed by Clayton, Kelly on 11/28/22 Kelly Clayton, Senior Operations Engineer Operations Branch Division of Operating Reactor Safety Dockets: 50-445; 50-446 Licenses: NPF-87; NPF-89

ML22329A033 OFFICE SOE:OB NAME KClayton SIGNATURE KDC DATE 11/28/2022