ML041600085
| 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
Text
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.
2
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
cc: (See page 3)
3
cc contd:
Lee A. Keller (CNS)
Regulatory Compliance Manager
Duke Energy Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution
Lisa Vaughn
Legal Department (PB05E)
Duke Energy Corporation
422 South Church Street
P. O. Box 1244
Charlotte, NC 28201-1244
Anne Cottingham
Winston & Strawn LLP
Electronic Mail Distribution
North Carolina MPA-1
Electronic Mail Distribution
Henry J. Porter, Director
Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.
S. C. Department of Health
and Environmental Control
Electronic Mail Distribution
R. Mike Gandy
Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.
S. C. Department of Health and
Environmental Control
Electronic Mail Distribution
Richard P. Wilson, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General
S. C. Attorney General's Office
Electronic Mail Distribution
Vanessa Quinn
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Electronic Mail Distribution
North Carolina Electric
Membership Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution
Peggy Force
Assistant Attorney General
N. C. Department of Justice
Electronic Mail Distribution
County Manager of York County, SC
Electronic Mail Distribution
Piedmont Municipal Power Agency
Electronic Mail Distribution
R. L. Gill, Jr., Manager
Nuclear Regulatory Issues
and Industry Affairs
Duke Energy Corporation
526 S. Church Street
Charlotte, NC 28201-0006
R. A. Lindsay
Training Manager
Catawba Nuclear Station
4850 Concord Road
York, SC 29745-9635
4
Distribution:
S. Peters, NRR
C. Evans (Part 72 Only)
L. Slack, RII EICS
RIDSRIDSNRRDIPMLIPB
PUBLIC
OFFICE
RII:DRS
RII:DRS
RII;DRS
RII:DRP
SIGNATURE
/RA/
/RA/
/RA/
/RA By RCarroll for/
NAME
GLaska:pmd
GHopper
MErnstes
RHaag
DATE
6/7/04
6/2/04
6/2/04
6/7/04
E-MAIL COPY?
YES
NO YES
NO YES
NO YES
NO YES
NO YES
NO
PUBLIC DOCUMENT
YES
NO
OFFICIAL RECORD COPY DOCUMENT NAME: C:\\ORPCheckout\\FileNET\\ML041600085.wpd