ML032590673
| ML032590673 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 09/15/2003 |
| From: | Ernstes M Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch |
| To: | Byrne S South Carolina Electric & Gas Co |
| References | |
| 50-395/04-301 | |
| Download: ML032590673 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000395/2004301
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September 15, 2003
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
ATTN: Mr. Steve A. Byrne
Vice President, Nuclear Operations
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station
P. O. Box 88
Jenkinsville, SC 29065
SUBJECT:
REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS
VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION - 05000395/2004-301
Dear Mr. Byrne:
In a telephone conversation on September 10, 2003 between Mr. Al Koon, Supervisor Nuclear
Operations Training and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements
were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station
during the weeks of April 19, 2004 (operating examination) and April 26, 2004 (written
examination). The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of March 29, 2004.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC will prepare the written examination and
the operating test outlines. Your staff has agreed to fill in the scenario details (ES-D-2) and the
details of the JPMs based on the guidelines in Draft Revision 9, of NUREG-1021, "Operator
Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The facility has also agreed to make all
of the copies of the examination materials prior to administration. Your staff will be given the
opportunity to review the examinations during the week of February 23, 2004.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the reference materials
identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 by September 29, 2003. All materials shall be complete
and ready-to-use. Any delay in receiving the required 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),
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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 50
hours 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-
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 2.790 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. Koon 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 Richard S. Baldwin at (404) 562-4642, (Internet
E-mail: RSB2@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. 50-395
License No. NPF-12
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R. J. White
Nuclear Coordinator Mail Code 802
S.C. Public Service Authority
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station
Electronic Mail Distribution
Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.
Winston & Strawn LLP
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Henry J. Porter, Director
Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.
Dept. of Health and Environmental
Control
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R. Mike Gandy
Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.
S. C. Department of Health and
Environmental Control
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Jeffrey B. Archie, General Manager
Nuclear Plant Operations (Mail Code 303)
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station
Electronic Mail Distribution
Ronald B. Clary, Manager
Nuclear Licensing & Operating
Experience (Mail Code 830)
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station
Electronic Mail Distribution
Steve Furstenburg
Training Manager
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station
P. O. Box 88 (Mail Code P-40)
Jenkinsville, SC 29065
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