ML031410807

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations Turkey Point Nuclear Plant - 50-250/2003-301 and 50-251/2003-301

ML031410807
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	05/21/2003
From:	Ernstes M Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch
To:	Stall J Florida Power & Light Co
References
50-250/03-301, 50-251/03-301
Download: ML031410807 (5)

See also: IR 05000250/2003301

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May 21, 2003

Florida Power and Light Company

ATTN: Mr. J. A. Stall, Senior Vice President

Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer

P. O. Box 14000

Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS

TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT - 50-250/2003-301 AND 50-251/2003-301

Dear Mr. Stall:

In a telephone conversation on May 15, 2003, between Mr. Todd Young, Operation Initial

Licensing Training Supervisor, and Mr. Timothy C. Kolb, Operations Engineer, arrangements

were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Turkey Point Nuclear Plant. The

operating test is scheduled for the weeks of December 8, 2003 and December 15, 2003. The

written examination is scheduled to be administered on December 19, 2003. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of November 3, 2003.

The NRC will prepare the written examinations based on the guidelines in Draft Revision 9 of

NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." As agreed

during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the operating tests in accordance with

the guidance in Draft Revision 9 of NUREG-1021. Your staff has also agreed to make all of the

copies of the examination materials prior to administration. The NRC regional office will discuss

with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.

Your staff will be given the opportunity to review the written examinations during the week of

November 17, 2003.

To meet the above schedule, Mr. Young agreed that your staff will furnish the examination

operating test outlines by October 6, 2003. The supporting reference materials for the written

exam identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by August 4, 2003. The operating tests

will be due by October 20, 2003. Pursuant to 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. 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.

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.

FP&L 2

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 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 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 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 3150-0018, which expires on April 30, 2003. 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 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 2.790 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its

enclosures 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. Todd Young 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 Timothy C. Kolb at (404) 562-4665,

(Internet E-mail: TCK@NRC.GOV), 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 Nos. 50-250, 50-251

License Nos. DPR-31, DPR-41

cc: (See page 3)

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