ML18009A985
| ML18009A985 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde, Wolf Creek, Grand Gulf, Cooper, Arkansas Nuclear, Columbia, River Bend, Diablo Canyon, Callaway, Waterford, South Texas, Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 01/08/2018 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | |
| Jennifer Bridges | |
| References | |
| Download: ML18009A985 (7) | |
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January 8, 2018 THIS LETTER DISTRIBUTED TO THE FOLLOWING DOCKET NUMBERS:
Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos.: 50-313; 50-368 Callaway Plant, Docket No.: 50-483 Columbia Generating Station, Docket No.: 50-397 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos.: 50-445; 50-446 Cooper Nuclear Station, Docket No.: 50-298 Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos.: 50-275; 50-323 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Docket No.: 50-416 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, Docket Nos.: 50-528; 50-529; 50-530 River Bend Station, Docket No.: 50-458 South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos.: 50-498; 50-499 Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, Docket No.: 50-382 Wolf Creek Generating Station, Docket No.: 50-482
SUBJECT:
ANNOUNCEMENT OF GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINTATION SECTION OF THE WRITTEN OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION FOR 2018 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to administer the generic fundamentals examination (GFE) section of the written operator licensing examination on the following dates during this calendar year:
March 7, 2018 September 5, 2018 To register personnel to take the GFE, an authorized representative of your facility may submit a letter to Kriss Kennedy, Regional Administrator, Region IV, with a copy addressed, as follows:
Chief, Operator Licensing Branch Mail Stop O 13 H16M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Alternatively, a voluntary online registration portal will be available the week of January 22, 2018 and can be used by an authorized representative of your facility to request administration of the GFE to individuals. More information on using this voluntary registration process can be found at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operator-licensing.html. Use of this registration process will eliminate the need to submit a letter.
Under 10 CFR 55.31(a)(3), in order for the NRC written examination and operating test to be administered to an applicant for an operator license, the applicant shall submit a written request
Region IV Sites 2
from an authorized representative of the facility licensee by which the applicant will be employed. As stated above, use of the online registration portal would satisfy this requirement. The NRC permits a request for administration of the GFE section of the written examination to be made and granted prior to the applicants successful completion the facility licensee's requirements to be licensed as an operator or senior operator and prior to the facility licensee's certification of the need for an operator or a senior operator to perform assigned duties. However, the facility licensee should only request administration of the GFE section of the written examination for individuals who will have completed fundamentals training by the date of the examination.
The submittal should identify the individuals who will take the examination. The submittal should also identify the personnel who will have access to the examinations, and will be responsible for examination security, before they are administered (e.g., proctors) and include the address and name of the individual to whom the examinations are to be sent.
To allow the NRC to assign docket numbers, both the NRC Regional Administrator and the Chief, Operator Licensing Branch, should receive your letter, or online registration, at least 30 calendar days before each desired examination date shown above. A sample registration letter is enclosed.
Copies of the administered BWR and PWR GFEs and their answer keys will be available for review in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) immediately after administration of the second subsequent GFE. At that time, the NRC will also update its GFE Web Page, http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operator-licensing/generic-fundamentals-examinations.html.
If you have any questions concerning this examination, please contact Jacob Dolecki at 301-415-2947 or at Jacob.Dolecki@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Vincent Gaddy, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure:
Sample Registration Letter cc:
Electronic Distribution to all Region IV Sites
Region IV Sites 3
Mr. Dennis Kilpatrick, Training Manager Arkansas Nuclear One Entergy Operations, Inc.
1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AR 72802 Mr. Mark Otten, Training Director, Operations Training Ameren Missouri-Callaway Energy P.O. Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 Mr. Glenn Pierce Manager, Nuclear Training Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968, MD-1023 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Ms. Donna Christiansen Director, Nuclear Training Vistra Operations Company LLC P.O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, TX 76043-1147 Mr. Mike Bacon Manager, Nuclear Training Cooper Nuclear Station 72676-648 Avenue Brownville, NE 68321 Mr. Dennis Petersen Director of Learning Services Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56, Mail Code 104/6 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Mr. Doug Lauterburg, Manager Training and Development Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Mr. Paul Bury Nuclear Training Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7602 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034
Region IV Sites 4
Mr. Kevin Stupak Manager - Training Entergy Operations, Inc.
River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775 Mr. Gerard Hildebrandt Manager, Operations Training STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Mr. Robert Simpson Director, Training and Development Entergy Operations, Inc.
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 17265 River Road Killona, LA 70057-0751 Ms. Jennifer Yunk Manager, Training Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839
Enclosure Sample Registration Letter Kriss Kennedy Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV 1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4511
Dear (Name):
(Facility name) requests approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to have the following (number) individuals take the (BW R or PW R) generic fundamentals examination (GFE) section of the written operator licensing examination to be administered on (date):
Name Date of Birth Previous Docket No.
(Insert the name, date of birth, and previous Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 55 Docket Number (if applicable) for each person.)
The registrants should have completed the generic fundamentals portion of the training program by the examination date and are expected to meet all other requirements of 10 CFR 55.31 in the future.
The following personnel will have access to the examinations before they are administered:
Name Title (Insert the name and title of each person who will have access to the examinations before they are administered (e.g., proctors)).
Please address the examinations to the overnight mail address, as follows (note that home addresses are not acceptable):
(Name, Title)
(Street address)
(City, State ZIP code)
If you have any questions, please contact (facility contact name) at (telephone number).
Sincerely, (Name, title) cc: Chief, Operator Licensing Branch, NRR
ANNOUNCEMENT OF GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINTATION SECTION OF THE WRITTEN OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION FOR 2018 - January 8, 2018 Electronic distribution by RIV w/o enclosure:
Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Scott.Morris@nrc.gov)
DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)
DRP Deputy Director (Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov)
Regional Counsel (Sara.Kirkwood@nrc.gov)
RIV/ETA: OEDO (Jeremy.Bowen@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Senior Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)
Project Manager (Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov)
RIV Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov)
RIV RSLO (Bill.Maier@nrc.gov)
Team Leader, DRS/IPAT (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRS/IPAT (Eduardo.Uribe@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/E (Neil.OKeefe@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (John.Dixon@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRP/E (Jackson.Choate@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Chris.Henderson@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Margaret.Tobin@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Thomas.Sullivan@nrc.gov)
ANO Administrative Assistant (Amy.Elam@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/A (Mark.Haire@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Ryan.Alexander@nrc.gov)
Branch A Administrative Assistant (Dana.Lackey@nrc.gov)
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Resident Inspector (Lindsay.Brandt@nrc.gov)
Site Administrative Assistant (Mary.Bennett@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/C (Jason.Kozal@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer (Cale.Young@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer (Timothy.DeBey@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Patricia.Voss@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Michael.Stafford@nrc.gov)
Administrative Assistant (Amy.Elam@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Jeffrey.Josey@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Rayomand.Kumana@nrc.gov)
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See Next Page ADAMS Accession No. ML18009A985 X SUNSI Review By: JAB ADAMS X Yes No X Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available X Non-Sensitive Sensitive Keyword:
NRR-079 OFFICE NRC:RIV:DRS:OB C:OB NAME JABridges VGaddy SIGNATURE
/RA/
/RA/
DATE 1/8/18 1/8/18
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