GO2-24-077, Voluntary Response to Regulatory Issue Summary 2025-03
| ML25118A263 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 04/28/2025 |
| From: | David Brown Energy Northwest |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Document Control Desk |
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| GO2-24-077 | |
| Download: ML25118A263 (1) | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:GO2-24-077 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 David P. Brown Columbia Generating Station P.O. Box 968, PE23 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Ph. 509.377.8385 l F. 509.377.4150 dpbrown@energy-northwest.com
Subject:
COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION, DOCKET NO. 50-397 VOLUNTARY RESPONSE TO REGULATORY ISSUE
SUMMARY
2025-03
Reference:
NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2025-03, requested on April 9, 2025, by NRC Inspector, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations
Dear Sir or Madam:
Please find enclosed the information requested by Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2025-03 referenced above. Specifically, the following information is provided on NRC Form 536: x The number of examinations that Energy Northwest intends to prepare for calendar years 2026 through 2029. x The number of initial license applicants to be tested and proposed primary and alternate dates of examinations for calendar years 2026 through 2029. No new regulatory commitments are made in this letter. If you require additional information, please contact Greg Knudson, Manager, Operations Training, at (509) 377-8204 Respectfully, David P. Brown Site Vice President
Enclosure:
NRC Form 536, Operator Licensing Examination Data cc: w/enclosure H. Gepford -Operations Branch Chief, NRC Region IV cc: w/o enclosure NRC Region IV Administrator NRC NRR Project Manager NRC Sr. Resident Inspector - 988C
April 28, 2025 ENERGY NORTHWEST
NRC FORM 536 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (01-16-2024) OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DATA APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131 EXPIRES: 01/31/2027 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 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 email to 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; email: 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 Columbia Generating Station Docket No. 50-397 NRC REGION IV A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2026 CY 2027 CY 2028 CY 2029 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED EXAMINATIONS 1 1 1 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED EXAMINATIONS 1 B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2026 CY 2027 CY 2028 CY 2029 NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS 7 5 2 4 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - INSTANT 9 8 3 4 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - UPGRADE 1 2 1 1 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - LIMITED PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 03/02/2026 1/11/2027 1//2028 01/15/2029 ALTERNATE DATE 03/16/2026 02/08/2027 02/07/2028 02/12/2029 NRC FORM 536 (01-16-2024)
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