ML16089A007

Senior Reactor and Reactor Operator Initial License Examinations - Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1

ML16089A007
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Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	03/29/2016
From:	Jackson D E Operations Branch I
To:	Richey M FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Jackson D E
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD. KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 March 29, 2016 Mr. Marty Richey Site Vice President First Energy Nuclear Operating Company

Beaver Valley Power Station P. O. Box 4 Shippingport, PA 15077-0004

SUBJECT:

SENIOR REACTOR AND REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATIONS - (BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT 1)

Dear Mr. Richey:

In a telephone conversation on March 23, 2016, between Mr. David Silk, Chief Examiner, and Mr. Dan Ronnenberg, Operations Training Superintendent, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1 during the weeks of October 31 and November 7, 2016. In addition, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will make an examination validat ion visit to your facility the week of September 12, 2016.

As agreed, during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 10, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The NRC's 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 July 29, 2016. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 of ES-201 will be due by August 30, 2016. 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 should 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 marked appropriately. 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 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.

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 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.

After you have been notified by the NRC Chief Examiner or Branch Chief that operator licenses have been issued, please direct any inquiries concerning a formal presentation of certificates to this office. Our goal is to have the operator certificates available for your celebration. At least

one month advance notice of your celebration arrangements would be appreciated to plan our senior manager attendance and process the certificates.

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 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 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to infocollects@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, an information collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page of the NRC's public Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html#web-based-adams.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Greg Pelka 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. David Silk at (610) 337-5372, or me

at (610) 337-5306.

Sincerely, /RA/

Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-334 License No. DPR-66

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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Greg Pelka 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. David Silk at (610) 337-5372, or me

at (610) 337-5306.

Sincerely, /RA/

Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-334 License No. DPR-66 cc: Distribution via ListServ

DISTRIBUTION w/encl: DDorman, RA

DLew, DRA MScott, DRP RMcKinley, DRP RLorson, DRS BSmith, DRS DJackson, DRS DSilk, DRS CBixler, DRS SKennedy, DRP SShaffer, DRP SElkhiamy, DRP MHenrion, DRP JKrafty, DRP, SRI BReyes, DRP, RI CBozlinski, DRP, ROAA TClark, RI, OEDO RidsNrrPMBeaverValley

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DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRS\Operations Branch\SILK\BV1Rev10-150dayexamltr.docx ADAMS PKG: ML16076A416 ADAMS ACCESSION NO.: ML16089A007 SUNSI Review Non-Sensitive Publicly Available OFFICE RI/DRS/OB RI/DRS/OB NAME DSilk DEJackson DATE 03/24/16 03/29/16 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD. KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 March 29, 2016 Mr. Marty Richey Site Vice President First Energy Nuclear Operating Company

Beaver Valley Power Station P. O. Box 4 Shippingport, PA 15077-0004

SUBJECT:

SENIOR REACTOR AND REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATIONS - (BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT 1)

Dear Mr. Richey:

In a telephone conversation on March 23, 2016, between Mr. David Silk, Chief Examiner, and Mr. Dan Ronnenberg, Operations Training Superintendent, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1 during the weeks of October 31 and November 7, 2016. In addition, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will make an examination validat ion visit to your facility the week of September 12, 2016.

As agreed, during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 10, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The NRC's 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 July 29, 2016. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 of ES-201 will be due by August 30, 2016. 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 should 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 marked appropriately. 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 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.

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 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.

After you have been notified by the NRC Chief Examiner or Branch Chief that operator licenses have been issued, please direct any inquiries concerning a formal presentation of certificates to this office. Our goal is to have the operator certificates available for your celebration. At least

one month advance notice of your celebration arrangements would be appreciated to plan our senior manager attendance and process the certificates.

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 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 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to infocollects@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, an information collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page of the NRC's public Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html#web-based-adams.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Greg Pelka 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. David Silk at (610) 337-5372, or me

at (610) 337-5306.

Sincerely, /RA/

Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-334 License No. DPR-66

cc: Distribution via ListServ

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Greg Pelka 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. David Silk at (610) 337-5372, or me

at (610) 337-5306.

Sincerely, /RA/

Donald E. Jackson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-334 License No. DPR-66 cc: Distribution via ListServ

DISTRIBUTION w/encl: DDorman, RA

DLew, DRA MScott, DRP RMcKinley, DRP RLorson, DRS BSmith, DRS DJackson, DRS DSilk, DRS CBixler, DRS SKennedy, DRP SShaffer, DRP SElkhiamy, DRP MHenrion, DRP JKrafty, DRP, SRI BReyes, DRP, RI CBozlinski, DRP, ROAA TClark, RI, OEDO RidsNrrPMBeaverValley

Res RidsNrrDorlLpl1-2 Res ROPreports Res

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRS\Operations Branch\SILK\BV1Rev10-150dayexamltr.docx ADAMS PKG: ML16076A416 ADAMS ACCESSION NO.: ML16089A007 SUNSI Review Non-Sensitive Publicly Available OFFICE RI/DRS/OB RI/DRS/OB NAME DSilk DEJackson DATE 03/24/16 03/29/16 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY