ML14254A076
| ML14254A076 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 09/11/2014 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | Flores R Luminant Generation Co |
| Gaddy V | |
| References | |
| IR-2015-301 | |
| Download: ML14254A076 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000445/2015301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E LAMAR BLVD
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
September 11, 2014
Rafael Flores, Senior Vice President
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Attention: Regulatory Affairs
Luminant Generation Company LLC
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant
P.O. Box 1002
Glen Rose, TX 76043
SUBJECT:
COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 -
NOTIFICATION OF NRC RETAKE OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION
05000445/2015301; 05000446/2015301
Dear Mr. Flores:
In a telephone conversation on September 10, 2014, between Messrs. Gary Struble, Simulator
and Licensing Examination Manager, and Sean Hedger, Chief Examiner, arrangements were
made for the administration of a retake licensing examination at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power
Plant, Units 1 and 2, during the week of February 9, 2015.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the retake examination
(written examination for two reactor operator applicants) 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 examinations are administered.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination
outlines by November 24, 2014. The written examination and supporting reference materials
identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by December 22, 2014. 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, 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.
Any delay in receiving the required examinations and reference materials, or the submittal of
inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled.
R. Flores
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In order to conduct the requested written examination, it will be necessary for your staff to
provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402. In addition,
Appendix E to NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in
effect while the written examination is being administered.
To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary operator
license applications [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, 2015. Signed applications certifying that all training
has been completed should be submitted by January 26, 2015. If the final signed applications
are not received by that 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 OMB, under
approval number 3150-0018, which expires on April 30, 2016. 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, 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. Struble 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. Hedger at 817-200-1556, or myself at 817-200-
1159.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Vincent Gaddy, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Dockets: 50-445; 50-446