ML19080A324

Ltr. 03/21/19 Clinton Power Station - Confirmation of Initial License Examination, ILT 18-1 (DRS-C.Zoia)

ML19080A324
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Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	03/21/2019
From:	Randy Baker Division of Reactor Safety III
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co
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March 21, 2019 Mr. Bryan C. Hanson Senior VP, Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and CNO, Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

CLINTON POWER STATIONCONFIRMATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION, ILT 18-1

Dear Mr. Hanson:

In a telephone conversation on April 17, 2018, between Mr. T. Jennings, Initial License Training Exam Author, and Mr. C. Zoia, Operations Engineer, tentative arrangements were made for the administration of operator licensing examinations at the Clinton Power Station, during the requested weeks of September 9, 2019, and September 16, 2019. In addition, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) would schedule an examination validation visit to your facility the week of August 12, 2019.

Although the requested examination dates were scheduled as requested a confirmation letter was not issued at that time as the exam was still approximately 17 months away.

On March 18, 2019, a telephone conference between Mr. T. Jennings, and Mr. C. Zoia, was conducted to re-confirm the final dates for the examination.

As agreed upon during the March 18, 2019, telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 11 to NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors. The NRCs regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.

The NRC staff has previously provided the written examination outline.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test outlines by April 12, 2019. The NRC staff has previously provided the written examination outline. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201, will be due by June 26, 2019. Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 55.40(b)(3), 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.

B. Hanson 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 licensing action on all 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 (OMB) Control Number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date (if possible). Contact Mr. C. Zoia to determine the method for submission of the waiver or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (OMB Control Number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB Control 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 guidelines for receiving waiver or excusal requests call for at least 30 days before the first examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the requests should be submitted as early as possible in the process (see the 60-day guideline above). Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the licensee to the NRC are not binding.

Submittals addressing waivers or excusals, or both, should be in writing (i.e., using NRC Form 398, Personal Qualifications StatementLicensee, or as directed by Mr. C. Zoia when contacting him to determine the method for submission). The NRC will document its final decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal on the final (not preliminary) NRC Form 398 submitted for the applicant. The NRC will not provide its decision until the final application is submitted to the agency.

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 OMB, 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 or response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collections. You may submit comments on any aspect of the information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Freedom of Information Act, Privacy and Information Collections Branch (T-5F53), 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.

B. Hanson Public Protection Notification The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number.

This letter 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 Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. T. Jennings 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. Zoia at 630-829-9863, or myself at 630-829-9871.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Randal D. Baker, Acting Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-461 License No. NPF-62 cc: Distribution via LISTSERV T. Dean, Training Director

B. Hanson Letter to Bryan C. Hanson from Randal D. Baker dated March 21, 2019.

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CLINTON POWER STATIONCONFIRMATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION, ILT 18-1 DISTRIBUTION:

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