ML17317B267

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000445/2018301 and 05000446/2018301

ML17317B267
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	11/13/2017
From:	Kelly Clayton, Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Peters K Vistra Operations Company
Gaddy V
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See also: IR 05000445/2018301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

November 13, 2017

Ken J. Peters, Senior Vice President

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Attention: Regulatory Affairs

Vistra Operations Company LLC

P.O. Box 1002

Glen Rose, TX 76043

SUBJECT: COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF NRC

INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000445/2018301 AND

05000446/2018301

Dear Mr. Peters:

In a telephone conversation on August 10, 2017, between Messrs. J. Ruby, Lead Operations

Examiner, and K. Clayton, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of

licensing examinations at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant during the week of June 11,

2018.

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 11, 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, May 1, 2018.

Your staff has already provided the initial request to furnish the supporting reference materials

identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201, however, you should inform the chief examiner as soon as

possible concerning any changes to procedures and/or training materials that could impact the

contents of the examinations. We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified,

or safeguards information in any additional responses 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

May 14, 2018.

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 and retain all relevant simulator data (e.g., system pressures, levels,

temperatures, and flows) during the dynamic operating tests, along with any video and audio

recordings of the dynamic operating tests, until the NRC takes licensing action on all of the

applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete.

K. Peters 2

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 developed and 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) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination

date (if able). Mr. K. Clayton 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. K. Clayton 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.

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.

K. Peters 3

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Ruby 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. K. Clayton at 817-200-1216 or myself at

817-200-1159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Dockets: 50-445; 50-446

Licenses: NPF-87; NPF-89

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DATE 11/13/17 11/13/17