ML041170411

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations - H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant - 05000261/2004-301

ML041170411
Person / Time
Site:	Robinson
Issue date:	04/26/2004
From:	Ernstes M Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch
To:	Moyer J Carolina Power & Light Co
References
50-261/04-301 50-261/04-301
Download: ML041170411 (4)

See also: IR 05000261/2004301

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April 26, 2004

Carolina Power & Light Company

ATTN: Mr. J. W. Moyer

Vice President

H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit 2

3581 West Entrance Road

Hartsville, SC 29550

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS -

H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - 05000261/2004-301

Dear Mr. Moyer

In a telephone conversation on April 19, 2004, between Mr. Mike Milbee, Lead Operations

Instructor, and Mr. Edwin Lea, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at the H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant. The

written examinations are scheduled to be given on August 27, 2004, and the operating tests are

scheduled to be given August 30 through September 10, 2004. The on-site preparatory week

is scheduled for the week of August 16, 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 June 14, 2004. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by July 12, 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.

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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),

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 2.390 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. Milbee 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 No. 50-261

License No. DPR-23

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