IR 05000269/2007301

Operator Initial Examination - 05000269-07-301; 05000270-07-301 & 05000287-07-301

ML071220005
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	05/01/2007
From:	Haag R Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Brandi Hamilton Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Power Co
References
50-269/07-301, 50-270/07-301, 50-287/07-301
Download: ML071220005 (6)

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REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - 05000269/2007301, 05000270/2007301 AND 05000287/2007301

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

In a telephone coversation on April 18, 2007, between Mr. Gabriel Washburn, Nuclear Instructor, and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3.

The operating test is scheduled for the weeks of August 27, September 10 and September 17, 2007. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of September 3, 2007. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of August 6, 2007.

As agreed during the meeting, your staff will prepare the written examinations (NRC to provide written outlines) and the operating tests based on the guidelines in Revision 9 of NUREG-1021,

"Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The NRC 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 June 13, 2007. The written examinations and operating tests, as well as the supporting reference materials identified in NUREG 1021, ES-201, Attachment 2, Reference Material Guidelines for Initial Licensing Examinations, will be due by July 16, 2007. Pursuant to 10CFR55.40(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 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.

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 the Office of Management and Budget, approval number Part 55 (3150-0018), which expires on June 30, 2006. 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 at BJS1@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0101), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 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 NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Washburn 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. Richard S. Baldwin at (404) 562-4642, (Internet E-mail: RSB2@NRC.GOV), or me at (404) 562-4607, (Internet E-mail:

RCH@NRC.GOV ).

Sincerely,

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Robert C. Haag, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 License Nos.: DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55 cc: Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

B. G. Davenport S. C. Department of Health and Compliance Manager (ONS) Environmental Control Duke Power Company LLC Electronic Mail Distribution d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution R. Mike Gandy Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

Lisa F. Vaughn S. C. Department of Health and Associate General Counsel Environmental Control and Managing Attorney Electronic Mail Distribution Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street-EC 07H County Supervisor of Charlotte, NC 28202 Oconee County 415 S. Pine Street Kathryn B. Nolan Walhalla, SC 29691-2145 Senior Counsel Duke Energy Corporation Lyle Graber, LIS 526 South Church Street -EC07H NUS Corporation Charlotte, NC 28202 Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Repka (cc contd - See next page)

Winston & Strawn LLP Electronic Mail Distribution Beverly Hall, Chief Radiation Protection Section N. C. Department of Environmental Health & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Henry J. Porter, Assistant Director

(cc contd) Charles Brinkman R. L. Gill, Jr., Manager Director, Washington Operations Nuclear Regulatory Issues Westinghouse Electric Company and Industry Affairs 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Duke Power Company LLC. Rockville, MD 20852 d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 526 S. Church Street Charlotte, NC 28201-0006

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