ML21320A369

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000458/2022301

ML21320A369
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	11/30/2021
From:	Thomas Farina Division of Reactor Safety IV
To:	Karenina Scott Entergy Operations
References
50-458/22-301 50-458/OL-22
Download: ML21320A369 (4)

See also: IR 05000458/2022301

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November 29, 2021

Mr. Kent Scott, Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station

5485 U.S. Highway 61N

St. Francisville, LA 70775

SUBJECT: RIVER BEND STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR

LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000458/2022301

Dear Mr. Scott:

In a telephone conversation on November 10, 2021 between Mr. Gabriel Kimich, Simulator

and Regulatory Exam Supervisor and myself, chief examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of operator licensing examinations at River Bend Station during the week of

December 5, 2022.

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 12. 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 operating test

outlines by July 4, 2022. The written examination outline was provided to your staff on

November 16, 2021. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference

materials identified in NUREG-1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1 will be due by

September 19, 2022. Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(10 CFR 55.40(b)(3)), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the

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. Delays in

receiving the required materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may

cause the examinations to be cancelled or rescheduled. In addition, your support for on-site

validation of the examinations is required during the week of October 31, 2022.

To conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, your staff will need to

provide adequate space and accommodations 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,

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and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the NRC takes its licensing action

on all of the applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete.

ES-1.2, Guidelines for Taking NRC Examinations, contains 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 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 able). I 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 minimum 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 I am contacted to determine the method for submission). The NRCs final

decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal will be documented on the final (not

preliminary) NRC Form 398 submitted for the applicant and will not be provided until the final

application is submitted to the NRC.

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 OMB, approval number 3150-0018.

The burden to the public for these mandatory information collections is estimated to average

400 hours0.00463 days <br />0.111 hours <br />6.613757e-4 weeks <br />1.522e-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 collections. Send comments regarding this information collection to

the FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch (T6-A10M), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by email to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and

to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0018), Attn:

Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street, NW Washington, DC

20503; email: oira_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 control number.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, a

copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection through

the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is

accessible on the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Kimich 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 817-200-1117 or Heather Gepford, Chief,

Operations Branch at 817-200-1156.

Sincerely,

Signed by Farina, Thomas

on 11/30/21

Thomas J. Farina, Chief Examiner

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-458

License: NPF-47

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DATE 11/16/2021