ML040840168
| ML040840168 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 03/23/2004 |
| From: | Gody A Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Parrish J Energy Northwest |
| References | |
| 50-397/04-301 | |
| Download: ML040840168 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000397/2004301
Text
March 23, 2004
J. V. Parrish
Chief Executive Officer
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968; MD 1023
Richland, Washington 99352-0968
SUBJECT:
COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING
EXAMINATION REPORT 05000397/2004-301
Dear Mr.Parrish:
In a telephone conversation on March 9, 2004, between Messrs. T. O. McKernon, Chief
Examiner, and S. Hutchison, Training Specialist, arrangements were made for the
administration of licensing examinations at your Columbia Generating Station during the weeks
of September 20 and 27, 2004.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC staff will prepare the examinations
based on the guidelines in Revision 9 (draft), of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing
Examination Standards for Power Reactors." Your staff will provide some assistance in the
development of the operating examination. The NRC regional office will discuss with your staff
any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.
The supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 have already been
provided to us for the examination development effort. Any further reference materials needed
will be discussed with Mr. S. Hutchinson. The portions of the draft operating examination you
are developing along with any supporting material are to be provided to us by July 18, 2004.
Any delay in receiving the required examination and reference materials, or the submittal of
inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled.
Additionally, an onsite validation of the examination material will be performed during the week
of August 23, 2004. Sufficient staff resources and the simulator should be made available for
the examination validation.
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 should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures,
temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the examination
results are final.
Appendix E of 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.
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To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor
operator and senior reactor operator license applications (Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024),
and any waiver requests (OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first
examination date, or no later than August 20, 2004. Signed applications certifying that all
training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination
date, or no later than September 6, 2004. If the applications are not received at least 14 days
before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary.
This letter contains information collections 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, which expires on June 30, 2006.
The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br />
per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, writing the examinations, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.
Send comments on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-001, or by Internet electronic mail at
BJS1@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.
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter, its
enclosures, and your response will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC
Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Record (PARS) component of the NRCs
document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at
http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. S. Hutchison 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 Mr. Tom McKernon at 817-860-8153, or
myself at 817-860-8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Anthony T. Gody, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-397
License: NPF-21
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cc:
Rodney Webring (Mail Drop PE04)
Vice President, Nuclear Generation
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968
Richland, WA 99352-0968
Albert E. Mouncer (Mail Drop PE01)
Vice President, Corporate Services/
General Counsel/CFO
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968
Richland, WA 99352-0968
Chairman
Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
P.O. Box 43172
Olympia, WA 98504-3172
Douglas W. Coleman (Mail Drop PE20)
Manager, Performance Assessment
and Regulatory Programs
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968
Richland, WA 99352-0968
Christina L. Perino (Mail Drop PE20)
Manager, Licensing
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968
Richland, WA 99352-0968
Max Benitz, Chairman
Benton County Board of Commissioners
P.O. Box 190
Prosser, WA 99350-0190
Dale K. Atkinson (Mail Drop PE08)
Vice President, Technical Services
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968
Richland, WA 99352-0968
Thomas C. Poindexter, Esq.
Winston & Strawn
1400 L Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3502
Energy Northwest
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Bob Nichols
Executive Policy Division
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 43113
Olympia, WA 98504-3113
Lynn Albin, Radiation Physicist
Washington State Department of Health
P.O. Box 47827
Olympia, WA 98504-7827
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