ML111460174

2010 Palisades Nuclear Plant Initial Examination Miscellaneous Correspondence

ML111460174
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201 0 PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT INITIAL EXAMINATION MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION Ill 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 2 10 LISLE, ILLINOIS 60532-4352 August 13,2010 Mr. Christopher J. Schwarz Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION APPROVAL

Dear Mr. Schwarz:

The purpose of this letter is to confirm the final arrangements for the upcoming operator licensing examinations at the Palisades Nuclear Plant.

The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its review of the operator license applications in connection with this examination and separately provided a list of approved applicants to Mr. Hugh Nixon, Training Manager. Note that any examination waivers and application denials have been addressed in separate correspondence.

The NRC has approved the subject examinations and hereby authorizes you to administer the written examinations in accordance with Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," one day during the week of August 23, 2010.

The NRC staff will administer the operating tests during the weeks of August 16 and 23,201 0. This examination has undergone extensive review by my staff and representatives responsible for licensed operator training at your facility. Based on this review, I have concluded that the examination meets the guidelines of NUREG-I021 for content, operational, and discrimination validity.

By administering this examination, you also agree that it meets NUREG-I 021 guidelines, and is appropriate for measuring the qualifications of licensed operator applicants at your facility.

If you determine that this examination is not appropriate for licensing operators at your facility, do not administer the examination and contact me at 630- 829-9707. Please contact your Chief Examiner, Mr. Bruce Palagi, at 630-829-961 1, if you have any questions or identify any errors or changes in the license level (RO or SRO) or type of examination (partial or complete written examination and/or operating test) specified for each applicant.

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 Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page of the NRC's public Web site at httD://www.nrc.aov/readina-rmladams.

html. Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc: Distribution via ListServ Hugh Nixon, Training Department I C. Schwarz OFFICE NAME DATE R1II:DRS I 0 RIII:DRS 1.x RIII:DRS I I JRKweiser:a BBPalagi @..\rJ HPeterson I oslrsllo " fj\*&O 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 Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page of the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.aov/readinsl-rm/adams.

html. Sincerely, Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc: Distribution via ListServ Hugh Nixon, Training Department DISTRIBUTION: Susan Bagley RidsNrrPMPalisades RidsNrrDorlLpl3-I Resource RidsNrrDirslrib Resource Steven Reynolds Steven Orth Jared Heck Allan Barker Carole Ariano Linda Linn DRPlll DRSlll Patricia Buckley Tammy Tomczak ROPreports Resource J. R. Kweiser, DRS J. McHale, NRR UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION 111 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 2 10 LISLE, ILLINOIS 60532-4352 May 6,2010 Mr. Christopher J. Schwarz Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT:

PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION

Dear Mr. Schwarz:

In a meeting on May 3, 2010, between Mr. J. Iliff, Site Examination Team Lead, and Mr. B. Palagi, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant during the weeks of August 16 and 23, 2010. In addition, the NRC will make an examination validation visit to your facility the week of July 26,2010. As agreed during the meeting, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1 , of NUREG-1021 , "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The NRC's regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.

To meet the above schedule, your staff has already furnished the examination outlines. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by June 21,2010. Pursuant to Title IO, 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (1 0 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 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. 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.

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 31 50-0090), medical certifications (OM6 approval number 31 50-0024), and waiver requests (if any) (OMB approval number 31 50-0090) 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 the Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018.

The public reporting burden for this collection 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, 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 FOINPrivacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U. S. 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, (31 50-001 8), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. The NRC may neither conduct nor 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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at htttx//www.nrc.clov/readinwm/adams.

html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. lliff 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. B. Palagi at 630-829-961 1 , or me at 630-829-9707.

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc: Distribution via ListServ 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.

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 31 50-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 31 50-0024), and waiver requests (if any) (OM6 approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first 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.

• I I I examination date. If the applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination 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 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, 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 FOINPrivacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U. S. 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 neither conduct nor 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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.qov/readinq-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. lliff 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. 6. Palagi at 630-829-961 1, or me at 630-829-9707.

Sincerely , Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety I@/ Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc: Distribution via ListServ DISTRIBUTION:

See next page DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRS\WORK IN PROGRESS\PAL 05-1 0 DRS OL CONFIRMATION OF EXAM.DOC TO receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box "C" = Copy without attachlencl "E = Copy with attachlencl DATE 05/ 6 /2010 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Letter to Mr. Christopher J. Schwarz from Mr. Hironori Peterson, dated May 6, 2010.

SUBJECT:

PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION DISTRIBUTION:

Susan Bagley RidsNrrPMPalisades RidsNrrDorlLpl3-I Resource RidsNrrDirslrib Resource Cynthia Pederson Steven Orth Jared Heck Allan Barker Carole Ariano Linda Linn DRPlll DRSlll Patricia Buckley Tammy Tomczak flc- XkJ UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION Ill 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 February 19,201 0 Mr. Christopher J. Schwarz vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT:

CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS: PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Schwarz:

In response to your letter dated November 18,2009 (Voluntary Response to NRC RIS 2009-1 I), initial license operator examinations were scheduled to start during the weeks of August 16, 201 0, June 25, 201 2, and July 8, 201 3. On-site validation of the examinations will occur approximately 3 weeks prior to the examination start week. In the unlikely event that we are unable to support the examinations during the scheduled weeks, we will inform you immediately upon discovery of such conditions and make arrangements to administer the examination at a mutually acceptable date. We understand that your staff will develop the examinations unless we determine the NRC needs to develop an examination. Because each examination has greater than nine candidates anticipated for the examination, each examination has been scheduled for two weeks. Please inform us at your earliest opportunity if you discover you need to change the scheduled examination date or the number of candidates declines below ten candidates as this will impact the examination schedule.

A supplementary letter will be sent to the training department approximately 120 days prior to each examination informing the training manager of the chief examiner's name. The letter will also outline examination security expectations, list the materials required by the NRC to conduct the examination, reconfirm the examination dates, and reconfirm the number of candidates you have in the training program. If you have any questions concerning this information, please contact Mr. Dell McNeil of my staff at 630-829-9737.

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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at htt~://www.nrc.aov/readinq-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Htonori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc: Distribution via ListServ 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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.aov/readinn-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Sincerely, Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc: Distribution via ListServ DISTRIBUTION:

Susan Bagley RidsNrrPMPalisades RidsNrrDorlLpl3-I Resource RidsN rrDi rsl ri b Resource Cynthia Pederson Steven Orth Jared Heck Allan Barker Carole Ariano Linda Linn DRPlll DRSlll Patricia Buckley Tammy Tomczak DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRS\Work in Progress\PAL 02-1 0 DRS OL.doc 0 Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Tel269 764 2000 Paula Anderson Licensing Manager September 1,2009 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Palisades Nuclear Plant Dockets 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Voluntarv ResDonse to NRC Reaulatorv Issue Summarv 2009-1 1 : Preoaration and Schedulinn of Operator Licensinn Examinations

Dear Sir or Madam:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regulatory Issue Summary 2009-1 1, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations," requests that licensees submit, on a voluntary basis, an NRC Form 536, "Operator Licensing Examination Data."

This form provides:

A) Proposed Examination Preparation Schedule; B) Initial Operator License Examinations; and, C) Proposed Generic Fundamentals Examination Schedule. The purpose of these estimates is to assist the NRC in budgeting and scheduling resources.

In response to this request, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. is providing the enclosed NRC Form 536 for the Palisades Nuclear Plant. This letter contains no new commitments and no revisions to existing commitments.

pkdbed Enclosure (1) CC Administrator, Region 111, USNRC Project Manager, Palisades, USNRC Resident Inspector, Palisades, USNRC SEP 2 2009 ENCLOSURE 1 NRC FORM 536 OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DATA ~- ~~ ~ __ - APPROVED BY OMB NO 3150-0131 EXPIRES lOmliZOl1 Estimated burden per response to comply with thls voluntary Information collection request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This informatlon collection is used to plan budgets and resources for operator examinations. Send comments regarding burden estimate to the Records and FOIAPrivacy Services Branch (T-5 F53), US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by internet email to infocollectsOnrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOE-10202, (3150-0131), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.

NRC FOAM 536 US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMiSSlON (1 0-2008) Se tember December 3-3 OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DATA PROPOSED NUMBER CY201 0 1 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EXAMINATIONS LICENSEE-PREPARED 0 NRC-PREPARED CY201 1 CY2012 CY201 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 FACILITY: Palisades Nuclear Plant, 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Covert, MI 49043 DOCKET 50-255 LICENSE DPR-20 PROPOSED NUMBER CY201 0 CY201 1 CY201 2 6 6 0 NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS - 8 5 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-UPGRADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-LIMITED 1 2 0 0 0 0 PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 8/1 a201 0 12/5/2011 NIA ALTERNATE DATE 9/13/2010 12/12/2011 NIA NRC REGION 111 CY201 3 7 3 3 0 07/08/2013 08/05/2013 PROPOSED NUMBER ~STWA~I tu NUMBER OF CANDIDATES March June September December March June 0 10 0 0 0 0 October 7,2008 Mr. Christopher J. Schwarz Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT:

CONFIRMATION OF I N ITIAUREQ UALl Fl CATION OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS: PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Schwarz:

In response to your letter dated September 9, 2008 (Voluntary Response to NRC RIS 2008-16), initial license operator examinations were scheduled to start during the weeks of May 25, 2009, August 16, 2010, and December 5, 201 1. On-site validation of the examinations will occur approximately 3 weeks prior to the examination start week.

In the unlikely event that we are unable to support the examinations during the scheduled weeks, we will inform you immediately upon discovery of such conditions and make arrangements to administer the examination at a mutually acceptable date. We understand that your staff will develop the examinations unless we determine the NRC needs to develop an examination. Because each examination has greater than nine candidates anticipated for the examination, each examination has been scheduled for two weeks. Please inform us at your earliest opportunity if you discover you need to change the scheduled examination date or the number of candidates declines below ten candidates as this will impact the examination schedule.

A supplementary letter will be sent to the training department approximately 120 days prior to each examination informing the training manager of the chief examiner's name. The letter will also outline examination security expectations, list the materials required by the NRC to conduct the examination, reconfirm the examination dates, and reconfirm the number of candidates you have in the training program.

We have scheduled a Licensed Operator Requalification Training Program Inspection (IP 71 11 1 .I 1) for the week of February 8, 2010. Please inform us at your earliest opportunity if you discover this week is outside of your normally scheduled requalification training program's annual examinations.

If you have any questions concerning this information, please contact Mr. Dell McNeil of my staff at 630-829-9737.

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 NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page of the NRC's public Web site at httD://w.nrc.aov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Sincerely, Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc: Senior Vice President Vice President Oversight Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & Licensing Senior Vice President and COO Assistant General Counsel Manager, Licensing W. DiProfio W. Russell G. Randolph Supervisor, Covert Township Office of the Governor T. Strong, State Liaison Officer Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Michigan Office of the Attorney General ,

• OFFICE RIII:DRS RIII:DRS RI II: DRS I NAME J Kweiser: cco DMcNeil HPeterson DATE 09/30/08 10/02/08 10/07/08 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 NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page of the NRC's public Web site at httD://www.nrc.aov/readina-rm/adams.html.

I Sincerely, Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc: Senior Vice President Vice President Oversight Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & Licensing Senior Vice President and COO Assistant General Counsel Manager, Licensing W. DiProfio W. Russell G. Randolph Supervisor, Covert Township Office of the Governor T. Strong, State Liaison Officer Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Michigan Office of the Attorney General DISTRIBUTION: Mahesh Chawla Tamara Bloomer RidsNrrDirslrib Resource Mark Satorius Kenneth Obrien Jared Heck Carole Ariano Linda Linn DRPlll DRSlll Patricia Buckley Tammy Tomczak Janet Kweiser From: Carmen Olteanu Sent: To:

Subject:

Attachments:

PAL 100708 DRS OL.doc Tuesday, October 21,2008 11 :34 AM Mahesh Chawla; Tamara Bloomer; RidsNrrDirslrib Resource; Mark Satorius; Kenneth OBrien; Jared Heck; Carole Ariano; Linda Linn; DRPIII; DRSIII; Patricia Buckley; Tammy Tornczak Palisades Letter Re Confirmation of Initial Exam The subject document has been completed and has been submitted to DPC to be declared in ADAMS. A Word copy of the document has been attached and the document has been assigned Accession

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1 tl?,. dq,/ Entergy Nuclear Operations, InC. Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Tel269 764 2000 September 9, 2008 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Palisades Nuclear Plant Dockets 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Voluntarv ResDonse to NRC Requlatorv Issue Summarv 2008-1 6: Preparation and Schedulincr of Operator Licensinn Examinations

Dear Sir or Madam:

/ 9' Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regulatory Issue Summary 2008-1 6, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations," requests that licensees submit, on a voluntary basis, an NRC Form 536, "Operator Licensing Examination Data." This form provides:

A) Proposed Examination Preparation Schedule; B) Initial Operator License Examinations; and, C) Proposed Generic Fundamentals Examination Schedule.

The purpose of these estimates is to assist the NRC in budgeting and scheduling resources.

In response to this request, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

is providing the enclosed NRC Form 536 for the Palisades Nuclear Plant. Summarv of Commitments This letter contains no new commitments and no revisions to existing commitments. . -. - Laurie A. Lahti Licensing Manager Palisades Nuclear Plant Enclosure (1) CC Administrator, Region 111, USNRC Project Manager, Palisades, USNRC Resident Inspector, Palisades, USNRC SEP 1 0 2008 ENCLOSURE 1 NRC FORM 536 OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DATA 0 NRC FORM 536 US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMlSSiON (8-2005) 0 0 0 OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DATA PROPOSED NUMBER NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-UPGR ADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-LIMITED PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE ALTERNATE DATE APPROVED BY OMB NO 3150-0131 Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary information collection request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This information collection is used to plan budgets and resources for operator examinations.

Send comments regarding burden estlmate to the Records and FOINPrivacy Services Branch (T-5 F53), US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by internet emaii to infocollects@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0131), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.

EXPIRES ou3i/zooa CY2009 CY201 0 CY201 1 CY201 2 4 5 6 0 6 8 5 0 1 2 2 0 . -. 0 0 0 0 5/26/2009 811 61201 0 1 2/5/20 1 1 NIA 6/22l2009 911 31201 0 12/1 2/2011 NIA FACILITY:

Palisades Nuclear Plant, 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Covert, MI 49043 DOCKET 50-255 LICENSE DPR-20 PROPOSED NUMBER tsmko NUMBER OF CANDIDATES NRC REGION 111 I CY2009 CY201 0 March June September December March June September December 13 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSEDgNUMBER 1 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF ., LICENSEE-PREPARED EXAMiNATlONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EXAMINATIONS NRC-PREPARED CY2009 I CY2010 CY201 1 I CY2012 I I I 1 0 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 September 4, 2007 RIS 2007-17 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Palisades Nuclear Plant Docket 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Voluntan, Response to NRC Requlaton, Issue Summary 2007-1 7: Preparation And Schedulinq Of Operator Licensina Examinations

Dear Sir or Madam:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regulatory Issue Summary 2007-1 7, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations," requests that licensees submit, on a voluntary basis, an NRC Form 536, "Operator Licensing Examination Data." This form provides:

A) Proposed Examination Preparation Schedule;

8) Initial Operator License Examinations; and, C) Proposed Generic Fundamentals Examination Schedule.

The purpose of these estimates is to assist the NRC in budgeting and scheduling resources.

In response to this request, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

is providing the enclosed NRC Form 536 for the Palisades Nuclear Plant. Summan, of Commitments This letter contains no new commitments and no revision to existing commitments.

.- J Christopher J. Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant Enclosure (1 ) CC Administrator, Region Ill, USNRC Project Manager, Palisades, USNRC Resident Inspector, Palisades, USNRC ENCLOSURE 1 NRC FORM 536 OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DATA I A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY2008 CY2009 CY2010 CY201 1 0 1 1 0 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EXAMINATIONS LICENSEE-PREPARED 0 0 0 0 NRC-PREPARED B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMlNATlONS I PROPOSED NUMBER CY2008 CY2009 CY201 0 CY201 1 NUMBER OF REACTOR 0 6 4 0 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0 a 8 0 OPERATORS-INSTANT 0 0 0 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-UPGRADE NRC FORM 536 (8-2005) US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DATA ~ AFPHOVED BY OM~ NO 3150-0131 Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary information collection request:

1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This information collection is used to plan budgets and resources for operator examinations. Send comments regarding burden estimate to the Records and FOIkPrivacy Services Branch (T-5 F53), US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by internet ernail to tnfocollectsOnrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0131), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.

EXPIRES 06/31 zoo8 FACILITY: Palisades Nuclear Plant, 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Covert, MI 49043 DOCKET 50-255 LICENSE DPR-20 NRC REGION 111 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-LIMITED PROPOSED DATES 0 0 0 PRlMARY DATE ALTERNATE DATE I I I NtA 1126109 - 36/09 8/16/10 - 8/27/10 N/A NIA NIA 91611 0 - 911 711 0 N/A I December 0 CY2009 March June September December 0 12 0 0 PROPOSED CY2008 I I NUMBER tYfh!ATtD NUMBER OF CANDIDATES March June September 12 0 0 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 June 29,2007 RIS 2006-15 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

\] 1.4 E-fIqOrc Palisades Nuclear Plant Docket 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Revision to Voluntaw Response to NRC Reclulatorv Issue Summaw 2006-15: Preparation And Schedulina Of Operator Licensina Examinations

Dear Sir or Madam:

Nuclear Management Company, LLC (former licensee of Palisades Nuclear Plant) submitted a voluntary response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2006-15 on September 22,2006. This letter supersedes that response. The enclosure contains a revised NRC Form 536. The form has been revised to remove the previously requested 2008 examination dates, request examination dates for 2009, and modify the dates for the 201 0 examinations.

Summaw of Commitments This letter contains no new commitments and no revision to existing commitments.

Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant Enclosure (1) CC Administrator, Region 111, USNRC Project Manager, Palisades, USNRC Resident Inspector, Palisades, USNRC ENCLOSURE 1 NRC FORM 536 OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DATA CY2007 CY2008 PROPOSED NUMBER 1 0 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED EXAMINATIONS LICENSEE-PREPARE0 0 0 NRC FORM 536 US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMlSSiON (8-2005) CY2009 CY201 0 1 1 0 0 OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DATA PROPOSED NUMBER APPROVE0 BY OMB NO 3150-0131 EXPIRESOB13112008 Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary lnformatlon collection request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This information collection is used to plan budgets and resources for operator examinations. Send comments regarding burden estimate to the Records and FOiNPrivacy Services Branch (T-5 F53), US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by internet email to infocollects@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0131), Office of Management and Budget, Washlngton, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.

I CY2007 CY2008 CY2009 CY201 0 FACILITY: Palisades Nuclear Plant, 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Covert, MI 49043 DOCKET 50-255 LICENSE DPR-20 NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-UPGRADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-LIMITED PROPOSEDDATES I NRC REG'oN I" 0 0 6 4 4 0 8 a 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I I 1 PRIMARY DATE ALTERNATE DATE I 09/10107 - 0911 4/07 N/A 1/26/09 - 2/6/09 a1 WI 0 - 8&7/ 1 0 NIA NfA 91611 o - 911 711 a :. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE , CY2007 cyzooa PROPOSED tsmtu NUMBER OF CANDIDATES 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 NUMBER March June September December March June September December -