ML041600085

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations Catawba Nuclear Station - 05000413/2004-301 and 05000414/2004-301

ML041600085
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	06/07/2004
From:	Ernstes M Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch
To:	Jamil D Duke Energy Corp
References
50-413/04-301, 50-414/04-301
Download: ML041600085 (5)

See also: IR 05000413/2004301

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June 7, 2004

Duke Energy Corporation

ATTN: Mr. D. M. Jamil

Site Vice President

Catawba Site

4800 Concord Road

York, SC 29745-9635

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS

CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION - 05000413/2004-301 AND 05000414/2004-301

Dear Mr. Jamil:

In a telephone conversation on June 1, 2004, between Mr. Gary Hamilton, Operations Training

Manager, and Mr. Gerard W. Laska, Senior Operations Examiner, arrangements were made for

the administration of licensing examinations at the Catawba Nuclear Station. The operating tests

will be administered during the week of October 4, 2004. The written examination will be

administered during the week of October 11, 2004. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled

for the week of September 13, 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 August 2, 2004. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference

materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by August 23, 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

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 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. Gary Hamilton 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 Gerard W. Laska at (404) 562-4626,

(Internet E-mail: GWL1@NRC.GOV), George Hopper at (404) 562-4645, (Internet E-mail:

GTH1@NRC.GOV), or myself at (404) 562-4638, (Internet E-mail: MEE@NRC.GOV).

Sincerely,

/RA By George Hopper Acting For/

Michael E. Ernstes, Chief

Operator Licensing and

Human Performance Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-413, 50-414

License Nos. NPF-35, NPF-52

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