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{{Adams
#REDIRECT [[IR 05000445/2018301]]
| number = ML18309A350
| issue date = 11/05/2018
| title = Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000445/2018301 and 05000446/2019301
| author name = Gaddy V
| author affiliation = NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/OB
| addressee name = Peters K
| addressee affiliation = Vistra Operations Company, LLC
| docket = 05000445, 05000446
| license number = NPF-087, NPF-089
| contact person =
| document type = Letter, License-Operator, Part 55 Examination Related Material
| page count = 4
}}
See also: [[see also::IR 05000446/2019301]]
 
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{{#Wiki_filter:November 5, 2018
Ken J. Peters, Senior Vice President
  and Chief Nuclear Officer
Attention: Regulatory Affairs
Vistra Operations Company LLC
P.O. Box 1002
Glen Rose, TX 76043
SUBJECT: COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF NRC
                INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000445/2019301 AND
                05000446/2019301
Dear Mr. Peters:
In a telephone conversation on October 24, 2018, between Messrs. J. Ruby, Examination and
Simulator Supervisor, and B. Larson, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the
administration of licensing examinations at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant during the
week of June 10, 2019.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on
the guidelines in Revision 11 to NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for
Power Reactors. 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 operating test
outlines by January 7, 2019. The written examination outlines were provided to your staff on
September 18, 2018. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by March 25, 2019. Pursuant to Title
10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), an authorized representative
of the facility licensee shall approve the 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. Delays in
receiving the required materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may
cause the examinations to be cancelled or rescheduled. In addition, your support for onsite
validation of the examinations is required during the week of May 6, 2019.
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, along with any video and audio
 
K. Peters                                      2
recordings of the dynamic operating tests, until the NRC takes licensing action on all the
applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete.
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 reactor
operator and senior reactor operator waiver or excusal requests (if any) (Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination
date (if able). Mr. Larson should be contacted to determine the method for submission of the
waiver and/or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator
license applications (OMB approval number 3150-0090) and medical certifications
(OMB approval number 3150-0024) should be submitted at least 30 days before the first
examination date. If the preliminary applications are not received at least 30 days before the
examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Final signed applications certifying that
all training has been completed and requesting any waivers or excusals, as applicable, should
be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.
Although the minimum guidelines for receiving waiver or excusal requests is 30 days before the
first examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the
requests should be submitted as early in the process as possible (see the 60-day guideline
above). Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the licensee to the NRC are not binding.
Submittals addressing waivers and/or excusals should be in writing (i.e., on NRC Form 398, or
as directed by Mr. Larson when contacted to determine the method for submission). The NRCs
final decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal will be documented on the final (not
preliminary) NRC Form 398 submitted for the applicant and will not be provided until the final
application is submitted to the NRC.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
This letter contains information collection requirements that are subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved
by the Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018.
The burden to the public for these mandatory information collections is estimated to average
400 hours per examination or response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the information collection. You may submit comments on any aspect of the
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to FOIA, Privacy and
Information Collections Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001, or by electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS.RESOURCE@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.
Public Protection Notification
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request for
information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
 
K. Peters                                        3
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,
of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available
electronically for public inspection in 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. Ruby 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. Larson at 817-200-1172 or myself
at 817-200-1159.
                                                Sincerely,
                                                /RA/
                                                Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
                                                Operations Branch
                                                Division of Reactor Safety
Dockets: 50-445; 50-446
Licenses: NPF-87; NPF-89
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  By: VGaddy            Yes  No        Publicly Available      Sensitive    NRC-002
OFFICE        SOE:OB        C:OB
NAME          BLarson        VGaddy
SIGNATURE      /RA/          /RA/
DATE          11/05/18      11/05/18
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