ML032590673

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station - 05000395/2004-301

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

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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

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Ronald B. Clary, Manager

Nuclear Licensing & Operating

Experience (Mail Code 830)

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

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Steve Furstenburg

Training Manager

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

P. O. Box 88 (Mail Code P-40)

Jenkinsville, SC 29065

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