IR 05000400/2004302

Senior Reactor Operator Retake Examination Harris Nuclear Plant - 05000400-04-302

ML041980005
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	07/13/2004
From:	Ernstes M Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch
To:	Scarola J Carolina Power & Light Co
References
50-400/04-302 50-400/04-302
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uly 13, 2004

SUBJECT:

SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR RETAKE EXAMINATION HARRIS NUCLEAR PLANT - 05000400/2004-302

Dear Mr. Scarola:

In a telephone conversation on June 24, 2004, between Mr. Christos Kamilaris, Harris Operations Training Manager, and Mr. Ronald F. Aiello, NRC Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of a re-take written licensing examination at the Harris Nuclear Plant. The examination is scheduled to be administered by members of your staff at the same time that the H. B. Robinson Nuclear Plant administers their written examination since the exams will be similar. The specific date for the Robinson is August 27, 2004.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the written examination based on the guidelines in Draft 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 examination is administered.

Based on our phone conservation on June 24, 2004, please submit the written exam outline in its final form by July 12, 2004. To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 by July 19, 2004. Please note that any post-exam comments from either Harris or Robinson could mutually affect each other. Additionally, if there are SRO-only failures, administrative holds will be placed on all applicants whose scores are 82% (72% at Robinson if a 100 point exam was administered) or less regardless which facility they are from. Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of Harris shall approve the written examination before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials shall be complete and ready-to-use. Any delay in receiving the required examination and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examination to be rescheduled. Your staff at Harris has agreed to be responsible for all duplication and exam administration efforts.

Appendix E of NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examination is being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit the signed license application (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certification (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver request (OMB approval number 3150-0090) by July 20, 2004.

PEC 2 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, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, 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 and its enclosure 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 (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Kamilaris 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 Ron Aiello at (404) 562-4641, (Internet E-mail: rfa@nrc.gov), or myself at (404) 562-4638, (Internet E-mail: mee@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Michael E. Ernstes, Chief Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-400 License No. NPF-63 cc: (See page 3)

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James W. Holt, Manager Peggy Force Performance Evaluation and Assistant Attorney General Regulatory Affairs CPB 9 State of North Carolina Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Public Service Commission Robert J. Duncan II State of South Carolina Director of Site Operations P. O. Box 11649 Carolina Power & Light Company Columbia, SC 29211 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Chairman of the North Carolina Utilities Commission Benjamin C. Waldrep c/o Sam Watson, Staff Attorney Plant General Manager--Harris Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Carolina Power & Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Robert P. Gruber Electronic Mail Distribution Executive Director Public Staff NCUC Terry C. Morton, Manager 4326 Mail Service Center Support Services Raleigh, NC 27699-4326 Carolina Power & Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Herb Council, Chair Electronic Mail Distribution Board of County Commissioners of Wake County John R. Caves, Supervisor P. O. Box 550 Licensing/Regulatory Programs Raleigh, NC 27602 Carolina Power & Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Tommy Emerson, Chair Electronic Mail Distribution Board of County Commissioners of Chatham County Steven R. Carr Electronic Mail Distribution Associate General Counsel - Legal Department Eric McCartney Progress Energy Service Company, LLC Training Manager - Harris Plant Electronic Mail Distribution PROGRESS ENERGY CAROLINAS, INC.

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