ML083181218
| ML083181218 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 11/12/2008 |
| From: | Ryan Lantz Operations Branch IV |
| To: | Ridenoure R Southern California Edison Co |
| References | |
| Download: ML083181218 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000361/2009301
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Mr. Ross T. Ridenoure
Senior Vice President and
Chief Nuclear Officer
Southern California Edison Company
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
P.O. Box 128
San Clemente, CA 92674-0128
SUBJECT:
SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 2, UNIT 3,
NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING RETAKE
EXAMINATION 05000361/2009301; 05000362/2009301
Dear Mr. Ridenoure:
In a telephone conversation on November 6, 2008, between Messrs. Bill Arbour, Operations
Training Supervisor and Tom McKernon, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the
administration of a licensing retake examination at SONGS, Unit 2, Unit 3, during the week of
February 2, 2009.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examination based on
the guidelines in NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power
Reactors, Revision 9, Supplement 1, and NUREG-1122, Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for
Nuclear Power Plant Operators, Revision 2, Supplement 1. The NRCs regional office will
discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examination is
administered.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination
outlines and the draft retake examination by January 5, 2009. The examination shall include
supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201. Pursuant to Title 10,
Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 55.40(b)(3)), an authorized
representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outlines, examination, and quality
checklists 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. 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.
In order to conduct the requested retake examination, 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.
November 12, 2008
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
R E GI ON I V
612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400
ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125
Southern California Edison Company
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Appendix E to NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in
effect while the retake examination is being administered.
To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit the preliminary senior
operator license application (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-
0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (if
any)(OMB approval number 3150-0090) by January 5, 2009. If the application is not received at
least by the above date, a postponement may be necessary. Signed applications certifying that
all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination
date, no later than January 19, 2009.
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 OMB, under
approval number 3150-0018, which expires on June 30, 2009. The public reporting burden for
this collection of information is estimated to average 50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 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 regarding this
burden estimate or any other aspect of these information collections, including suggestions for
reducing the burden, to the Records and FOIA/Privacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to
INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.
The NRC may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an
information collection, 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 and its
enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document
Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the
electronic Reading Room page of the NRCs public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-
rm/adams.html.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Martin 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. Tom McKernon at 817-860-8153, or myself at
817-860-8159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Ryan E. Lantz, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Dockets: 50-361, 50-362
Southern California Edison Company
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Chairman, Board of Supervisors
County of San Diego
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San Diego, CA 92101
Gary L. Nolff
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City of Riverside
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Dr. David Spath, Chief
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California Department of Health Services
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Richmond, CA 94804
Michael J. DeMarco
San Onofre Liaison
San Diego Gas & Electric Company
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San Diego, CA 92123-1548
Director, Radiological Health Branch
State Department of Health Services
P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610)
Sacramento, CA 95899-7414
Mayor
City of San Clemente
100 Avenida Presidio
San Clemente, CA 92672
James D. Boyd, Commissioner
California Energy Commission
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Sacramento, CA 95814
Southern California Edison Company
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Douglas K. Porter, Esq.
Southern California Edison Company
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rosemead, CA 91770
Albert R. Hochevar
Southern California Edison Company
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
P.O. Box 128
San Clemente, CA 92675
A. Edward Scherer
Southern California Edison Company
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
P.O. Box 128
San Clemente, CA 92674-0128
Mr. Steve Hsu
Department of Health Services
Radiologic Health Branch
MS 7610, P.O. Box 997414
Sacramento, CA 95899-7414
Mr. James T. Reilly
Southern California Edison Company
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
P.O. Box 128
San Clemente, CA 92674-0128
Chief, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section
National Preparedness Directorate
Technological Hazards Division
Department of Homeland Security
1111 Broadway, Suite 1200
Oakland, CA 94607-4052
Southern California Edison Company
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SUNSI Review Completed: TOM
ADAMS:
Yes
No Initials: TOM
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RELantz
/RA/
/RA/
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