ML21041A535

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000416/2021301

ML21041A535
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	02/11/2021
From:	Kelly Clayton Operations Branch IV
To:	Franssen R Entergy Operations
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See also: IR 05000416/2021301

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February 11, 2021

Mr. Robert Franssen, Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

P.O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT: GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000416/2021301

Dear Mr. Franssen:

In a conversation on January 4, 2021, between Messrs. Steve Reeves, lead examination

developer, and myself, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing

examinations at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station during the week of October 18, 2021.

As agreed during the conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the

guidelines in Revision 11, of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for

Power Reactors. The Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) 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 draft operating test

outlines and any updates to the written outlines by May 17, 2021. The draft written examination

outlines were provided to your staff on October 22, 2020. The written examinations, operating

tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by

August 2, 2021. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations

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

written examinations and operating 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 September 13, 2021.

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 along with any video and audio

recordings of 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. Appendix E

to 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.

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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). Please submit waiver and excusal requests via e-mail to me. Please submit all

preliminary and final applications via Electronic Information Exchange, or EIE. 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

via e-mail to me at Kelly.Clayton@nrc.gov). 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 voluntary 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 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

current valid OMB approval number.

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

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of the NRCs public Web Site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Reeves 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 817-200-1216.

Sincerely,

Kelly Clayton, Chief Examiner

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-416

License No. NPF-29

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