ML101740212

Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000361-10-301; 05000362-10-301

ML101740212
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	06/22/2010
From:	Mark Haire Division of Reactor Safety IV
To:	Ridenoure R Southern California Edison Co
References
50-361/10-301, 50-362/10-301
Download: ML101740212 (5)

See also: IR 05000361/2010301

Text

June 22, 2010

Mr. Ross T. Ridenoure

Senior Vice President and

Chief Nuclear Officer

Southern California Edison Company

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

P.O. Box 128

San Clemente, CA 92674-0128

SUBJECT: SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 2, AND 3 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION

05000361/2010301; 05000362/2010301

Dear Mr. Ridenoure:

In a telephone conversation on June 2, 2010, between Me

ssrs. Bill Arbour and Clyde Osterholtz, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station during the week of October 18, 2010.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinat

ions based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power

Reactors," Revision 9, S

upplement 1, and NUREG-1122, "Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators," Revi

sion 2, Supplement 1. 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 sc

hedule, and as agreed to in the telephone conversation, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outlines by August 16, 2010. The written

examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to

ES-201 will be due by September 13, 2010. Pursuant to Title

10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulat

ions (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 September 20, 2010.

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 UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONREGION IV612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125

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make the simulation facility av

ailable 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. 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 NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its

enclosures 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 Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Arbour 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. Osterholtz at 817-860-8269, or myself at

817-860-8159.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark S. Haire, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Southern California Edison Company - 3 -

Dockets: 50-361; 50-362

Licenses: NPF-10; NPF-15

cc:

Chairman, Board of Supervisors

County of San Diego

1600 Pacific Highway, Room 335

San Diego, CA 92101

Gary L. Nolff

Assistant Director-Resources

City of Riverside

3900 Main Street

Riverside, CA 92522

Mark L. Parsons

Deputy City Attorney

City of Riverside

3900 Main Street

Riverside, CA 92522

Gary H. Yamamoto, P.E., Chief

Division of Drinking Water and

Environmental Management

1616 Capitol Avenue, MS 7400

P.O. Box 997377

Sacramento, CA 95899-7377

Michael L. DeMarco

San Onofre Liaison

San Diego Gas & Electric Company

8315 Century Park Ct. CP21C

San Diego, CA 92123-1548

Director, Radiological Health Branch

State Department of Health Services

P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610)

Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

The Mayor of the City of San Clemente

100 Avenida Presidio

San Clemente, CA 92672

James D. Boyd, Commissioner

California Energy Commission

1516 Ninth Street (MS 34)

Sacramento, CA 95814

Southern California Edison Company - 4 -

Douglas K. Porter, Esquire

Southern California Edison Company

2244 Walnut Grove Avenue

Rosemead, CA 91770

Albert R. Hochevar

Southern California Edison Company

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

P.O. Box 128

San Clemente, CA 92674-0128

Steve Hsu

Department of Health Services

Radiologic Health Branch

MS 7610, P.O. Box 997414

Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

R. St. Onge

Southern California Edison Company

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

P.O. Box 128

San Clemente, CA 92674-0128

Chief, Technological Hazards Branch

FEMA Region IX

1111 Broadway, Suite 1200

Oakland, CA 94607-4052

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Records Center

700 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 100Atlanta, GA 30339

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