ML17089A694
| ML17089A694 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 03/30/2017 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Heflin A Wolf Creek |
| References | |
| IR 2017301 | |
| Download: ML17089A694 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000482/2017301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E. LAMAR BLVD
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
March 30, 2017
Adam C. Heflin, President,
Chief Executive Officer,
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
P.O. Box 411
Burlington, KS 66839
SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY - AMENDED NOTIFICATION
OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000482/2017301
Dear Mr. Heflin:
In a telephone conversation on November 30, 2016, between Messrs. R. Meyer, Supervisor,
Simulator and Examination Group, and C. Osterholtz, Chief Examiner, arrangements were
made for the administration of licensing examinations at Wolf Creek Generating Station during
the week of November 6, 2017.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC will prepare the examinations based on
the guidelines in NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power
Reactors, Revision 10, and NUREG-1123, Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power
Plant Operators, Revision 2, Supplement 1. Your staff will be given the opportunity to review
the examinations during the week of, or before, September 11, 2017.
The NRC program office informed regional NRC staff that Revision 11 of NUREG-1021,
Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, was released on February 15,
2017. The Federal Register Notice that accompanied this release requires that any initial
examination administered after August 15, 2017, shall use the most recent revision of this
standard to develop and administer the examinations. Because NUREG-1122, Knowledge and
Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators, Revision 3, is not released, the
examination will continue to be developed using Revision 2, Supplement 1 of this catalog.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the supporting
reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 by February 1, 2017. 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 reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause
the examinations to be rescheduled. In addition, your support for on-site validation of the
examinations is required during the week of October 16, 2017.
A. Heflin 2
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 shall capture all relevant simulator data (needed for the NRC to make licensing
decisions) during the dynamic operating tests and shall retain this data until the examination
results are final.
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). Mr. C. Osterholtz 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 Mr. C. Osterholtz is 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 Office of Management and Budget, 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 collection. You may submit comments on any aspect of the
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the FOIA, Privacy and
Information Collections Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001, or by electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS.RESOURCE@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.
Public Protection Notification
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request for
information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
A. Heflin 3
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,
of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available
electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page
of the NRCs public Web Site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Meyer 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 Mr. C. Osterholtz at 817-200-1269 or myself at
817-200-1159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-482
License No. NPF-42
cc: Electronic Distribution for Wolf Creek
SUNSI Review: ADAMS: Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:
By: VGaddy Yes No Publicly Available Sensitive NRC-002
OFFICE SOE:OB C:OB
NAME COsterholtz VGaddy
SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/
DATE 3/30/17 3/30/17