ML23234A246

Confirmation of Initial License Examination

ML23234A246
Person / Time
Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	08/25/2023
From:	April Nguyen NRC/RGN-III/DORS/OB
To:	Rhoades D Constellation Energy Generation, Constellation Nuclear
Nance J
Shared Package
ML22251A193	List: IR 05000456/2024301 ML23234A246 ML24066A012
References
Download: ML23234A246 (1)

Text

August 25, 2023 David Rhoades Senior Vice President Constellation Energy Generation, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO)

Constellation Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION, (MARCH 2024)

Dear David Rhoades:

In a telephone conversation on August 21, 2023, between John Taff, Operations Training Manager, and Jim Nance, Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of operator licensing examinations at the Braidwood Station during the weeks of March 18 and 25, 2024.

As agreed upon during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 12 to NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors.

The written examination outline was provided to your staff on July 13, 2023. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in NUREG-1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for Operator Licensing Initial Examinations, will be due by January 3, 2024. 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 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (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 License Nos. NPF-72; NPF-77 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.

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, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the NRC takes licensing action on all the applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete.

D. Rhoades 2 ES-1.2, Guidelines for Taking NRC Examinations, contains a number of 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) Control Number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date (if possible). Contact Jim Nance to determine the method for submission of the waiver or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (OMB Control Number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB Control Number 3150-0024) should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the NRC does not receive the preliminary applications 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 waiver or excusal requests call for their receipt at least 30 days before the first examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the requests should be submitted as early as possible in the process (see the 60-day guideline above). Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the facility licensee to the NRC are not binding. Submittals addressing waivers or excusals, or both, should be in writing (i.e., using NRC Form 398 or as directed by Jim Nance when contacting him 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 OMB, approval number 3150-0018.

The burden to the public for these voluntary information collections is estimated to average 2,250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-5 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.

D. Rhoades 3 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 Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. John Taff has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions about the NRCs examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Jim Nance at 630-829-9678 or April Nguyen at 630-829-9587.

Sincerely, Signed by Nguyen, April on 08/25/23 April M. Nguyen, Chief Operations Branch Division of Operating Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-456; 50-457 License Nos. NPF-72; NPF-77 cc: Distribution via LISTSERV B. Baxter, Senior Manager Site Training

D. Rhoades 4 Letter to David Rhoades from April M. Nguyen dated August 25, 2023.

SUBJECT:

BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION, (MARCH 2024)

DISTRIBUTION:

Jeffrey Josey RidsNrrDorlLpl3 RidsNrrPMBraidwood Resource RidsNrrDroIrib Resource John Giessner Mohammed Shuaibi Diana Betancourt-Roldan Allan Barker Kimyata Morgan-Butler Jared Heck R3-DORS Ikeda Betts Maryia Bahdanovich-Kniazkova ADAMS Accession Number: ML23234A246 OFFICE RIII/DORS/OB/CE RIII/DORS/OB:BC NAME JNance:gmp ANguyen DATE 08/23/2023 08/25/2023 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY