ML18145A231

Errata for Columbia Generating Station - Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000397/2019301

ML18145A231
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	05/29/2018
From:	Vincent Gaddy Operations Branch IV
To:	Sawatzke B Energy Northwest
References
50-397/2019-01 50-397/OL-2019
Download: ML18145A231 (5)

See also: IR 05000397/2019301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1800 EAST LAMAR BOULEVARD

ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011*4611

May 29, 2018

Mr. Brad Sawatzke,

Chief Executive Officer

Energy Northwest

MD 1023

P.O. Box968

Richland, WA 99352

SUBJECT: ERRATA FOR COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION -NOTIFICATION OF NRC

INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000397/2019301

Dear Mr. Sawatzke:

It was identified that the notification sent to you dated April 30, 2018 (NRC's Agencywide

Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18121A306)

improperly listed the due date for the written examinations, operating tests, and supporting

reference materials. The correct date should read December 12, 2018. Please note no other

dates in the notification have changed.

This letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be made available for public inspection

and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document

Room in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for

Withholding."

Sincerely,

IRA/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-397

License No. NPF-21

Enclosure:

COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION-

NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR

LICENSING EXAMINATION

05000397/2019301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGJON IV

1600 EAST LAMAR BOULEVARD

ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4511

May 29, 2018

Mr. Brad Sawatzke,

Chief Executive Officer

Energy Northwest

MD 1023

P.O. Box 968

Richland, WA 99352

SUBJECT: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION- NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000397/2019301

Dear M. Sawatzke:

In a telephone conversation on April 11, 2018, between Mr. Rich Meyers, Operations

Training Manager, and Mr. John Kirkland, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of operator licensing examinations at Columbia Generating Station during the

week of February 25, 2019.

As agreed during the telephone 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 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (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 operating test

outlines by September 28, 2018. The written examination outline was provided to your staff on

April 11, 2018. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials

identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by December 12, 2018. Pursuant to Title 10,

Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), an authorized representative of

the facility licensee shall approve the 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. 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 January 28, 2019.

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

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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.

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 (0MB) approval number 3150-0090), at least 60 days before the first examination

date (if able). Mr. Kirkland 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 (0MB approval number 3150-0090) and medical certifications

(0MB 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. Kirkland is contacted to determine the method for submission). The

NRC's 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 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 CofQmission, 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 0MB control number.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,"

of the NRC's "Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure," a copy of this letter and its enclosures

will be available electronically for public inspection in 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.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Meyers 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 John Kirkland at 817-200-1771

or me at 817-200-1159.

Sincerely,

/RAJ

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-397

License No. NPF-21

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