ML041410075

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations Brunswick Steam Electric Plant 05000325/2004301 and 05000324/2004301

ML041410075
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	05/19/2004
From:	Ernstes M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Gannon C Carolina Power & Light Co
References
50-324/04-301, 50-325/04-301
Download: ML041410075 (5)

See also: IR 05000324/2004301

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May 19, 2004

Carolina Power and Light Company

ATTN: Mr. C. J. Gannon

Vice President

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant

P. O. Box 10429

Southport, NC 28461

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS

BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT 05000325/2004301 AND

05000324/2004301

Dear Mr. Gannon:

In a telephone conversation on May 17, 2004, between Mr. Curt Robert, Operations Training

Instructor and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made

for the administration of licensing examinations at Brunswick Nuclear Plant during the weeks of

November 1 and 8, 2004. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of

October 18, 2004.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations 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 examinations are administered.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination

outlines by August 18, 2004. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by September 17, 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 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

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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 Part 55 (3150-0018), which expires on June 30,

2006. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500

hours 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, (3150-0018), 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 2.390 of the NRCs "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter

and its enclosure 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. Curt Robert has been advised of the policies and

guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRCs

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 Nos. 50-325, 50-324

License Nos. DPR-71, DPR-62

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W. C. Noll, Director Peggy Force

Site Operations Assistant Attorney General

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant State of North Carolina

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