ML17234A590

Requalification Program Inspection - Indian Point Nuclear Generating, Unit 3

ML17234A590
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	08/22/2017
From:	Jackson D E Operations Branch I
To:	Vitale A J Entergy Nuclear Operations
Silk D
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 August 22, 2017

Mr. Anthony Vitale Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, General Services Building P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING, UNIT 3

Dear Mr. Vitale:

In a telephone conversation on August 9, 2017, Mr. David Silk, Senior Operations Engineer, and Mr. Thomas McKee, Unit 3 Licensed Operator Requalification Program Administrator, made arrangements for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at the Indian Point Nuclear Generating, Unit 3. The inspection is planned for the week of October 16, 2017, which coincides with your regularly scheduled requalification examination cycle. The staff at your facility should prepare and conduct the requalification examinations in accordance with your NRC-approved requalification program.

In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59(c), the NRC ma y request facility licensees to submit their biennial comprehensive requalification written examinations or annual operating tests as necessary to support the NRC's inspection program needs. In order for the NRC to adequately prepare for this inspection, please furnish: 1) an index or summary of condition reports written in the past two years in which licensed operator errors were determined to be the root or contributing cause; 2) an index or summary of condition reports written in the past two years on simulator performance problems; 3) an index or summary of simulator performance test results in the past two years; and 4) the examination schedule, sample plan, written examinations, and operating test scheduled for the week of the inspection to the NRC by the week of September 25, 2017. Mr. McKee has been advised of this request and provided with the name and address of the NRC lead inspector assigned to this inspection.

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 the Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018.

The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 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.

A. Vitale 2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. In accordance with

10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's document system, 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. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Mr. David Silk at (610) 337-5372.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Donald E. Jackson, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-286 License No. DPR-64

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