WO 21-0019, Operating Corp Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2021-01, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

Operating Corp Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2021-01, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

ML21104A424
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	04/14/2021
From:	Mccoy J Wolf Creek
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC/OCM
References
RIS-21-001, WO 21-0019
Download: ML21104A424 (2)

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Jaime H. McCoy Site Vice President April 14, 2021 WO 21-0019 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

Docket No. 50-482: Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2021-01, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations Commissioners and Staff:

Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2021-01, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations, requests licensees to voluntarily submit information to aid in the preparation and scheduling of operator licensing examinations. In response to RIS 2021-01, Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC) is providing an estimate for the number of examinations WCNOC is preparing and the number of examinations that WCNOC requests the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) prepare during calendar years 2023 through 2026, along with the estimated number of initial license examinations for years 2023 through 2026. Enclosed with this letter is the completed NRC Form 536 containing Wolf Creek Generating Stations operator licensing examination and scheduling data.

This letter contains no commitments. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at (620) 364-4156, or Ron Benham at (620) 364-4204.

Sincerely, Jaime H. McCoy JHM/rlt Enclosure cc: G. E. Werner (NRC), w/e P.O. Box 411 l Burlington, KS 66839 l 620-364-8831

ENCLOSURE NRC FORM 536 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131 EXPIRES: 01/31/2024 (01-2021)

Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary information collection request: 45 minutes.

This information collection is used to plan budgets and resources for operator examinations. Send OPERATOR LICENSING comments regarding burden estimate to the FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch (T-6 A10M), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to EXAMINATION DATA Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, (3150-0131), Attn: Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503; e-mail: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 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.

FACILITY NRC REGION Wolf Creek Generating Station IV A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2023 CY 2024 CY 2025 CY 2026 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED 1 0 1 0 EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED 0 0 0 0 EXAMINATIONS B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2023 CY 2024 CY 2025 CY 2026 NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS 6 0 6 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - INSTANT 2 0 3 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - UPGRADE 4 0 3 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - LIMITED 0 0 0 0 PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 9/18/2023 NA 9/8/2025 NA ALTERNATE DATE 9/25/2023 NA 9/15/2025 NA NRC FORM 536 (01-2021)