ML040480026
| ML040480026 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 02/12/2004 |
| From: | Ernstes M Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch |
| To: | Christian D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| References | |
| 50-338/04-301, 50-339/04-301 | |
| Download: ML040480026 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000338/2004301
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February 12, 2004
Virginia Electric and Power Company
ATTN: Mr. David A. Christian
Senior Vice President and
Chief Nuclear Officer
Innsbrook Technical Center
5000 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, VA 23060
SUBJECT:
REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS
NORTH ANNA POWER STATION - 50-338/2004-301 AND 50-339/2004-301
Dear Mr. Christian:
In a telephone conversation on February 10, 2004, between Mr. Joe Scott, Supervisor of
Nuclear Training (Operations) and Mr. Edwin Lea, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements
were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the North Anna Power Station,
Units 1 and 2 during the weeks of June 21 and June 28, 2004. The on-site preparatory week is
scheduled for the week of June 7, 2004.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the 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. Your staff will also provide copying
services for administering the exam.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination
outlines by April 6, 2004. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting
reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by May 7, 2004. 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.
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
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(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 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 2.790 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. Joe Scott 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. Edwin Lea at (404) 562-4567,
(Internet E-mail: exl2@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. 50-338, 50-339
cc: (See page 3)
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cc contd:
Chris L. Funderburk, Director
Nuclear Licensing and
Operations Support
Virginia Electric and Power Company
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Jack M. Davis
Site Vice President
North Anna Power Station
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Executive Vice President
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
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County Administrator
Louisa County
P. O. Box 160
Louisa, VA 23093
Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
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Attorney General
Supreme Court Building
900 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Mr. H. Ashley Royal
Manager Nuclear Training
North Anna Power Station
P. O. Box 402
Mineral, VA 23117
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