ML14023A876

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000275/2014301; 05000323/2014301

ML14023A876
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	01/22/2014
From:	Vincent Gaddy Division of Reactor Safety IV
To:	Halpin E Pacific Gas & Electric Co
References
IR-14-301
Download: ML14023A876 (3)

See also: IR 05000275/2014301

Text

January 22, 2014

Mr. Edward D. Halpin

Senior Vice President and

Chief Nuclear Officer

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Diablo Canyon Power Plant

P.O. Box 56, Mail Code 104/6

Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUBJECT:

DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 -

NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING

EXAMINATION 05000275/2014301; 05000323/2014301

Dear Mr. Halpin:

In a telephone conversation on October 31, 2013, between Messrs. Ron Fortier, NRC

Examination Lead, and Chris Steely, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2,

during the week of August 11, 2014.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations 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 May 23, 2014. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference

materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by June 20, 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. In addition, your support for on-site validation of the examinations is required

during the week of July 14, 2014.

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

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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 to 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.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary operator and

senior 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) at least 30 days before the first

examination date. If the applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination

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.

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 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. Fortier 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. Steely at 817-200-1432, or myself at 817-200-

1159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent Gaddy, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Dockets: 50-275; 50-323

Licenses: DPR-80; DPR-82

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VGaddy

/RA/

/RA/

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