ML052420080
| ML052420080 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 08/25/2005 |
| From: | Moorman J Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Christian D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| References | |
| IR-06-301 | |
| Download: ML052420080 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000280/2006301
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August 25, 2005
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 -
SURRY POWER STATION - 05000280/2006301 AND 05000281/2006301
Dear Mr. Christian:
In a telephone conversation on August 24, 2005, between Mr. Jeff Spence, Supervisor Initial
Training, and Mr. Ronald F. Aiello, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for
the administration of licensing examinations at the Surry Power Station. The written
examinations are scheduled to be given on February 1, 2006, and the operating tests are
scheduled to be given during the weeks of January 23 and February 6, 2006. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of January 9, 2006.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 9, of NUREG-
1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors. Your staff will be given
the opportunity to review the examinations during the week of December 5, 2005. Your staff
will also provide copying services for administering the examinations.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the reference material
identified in NUREG 1021, ES-201, Attachment 2, Reference Material Guidelines For Initial
Licensing Examinations, by October 21, 2005. We request that any personal, proprietary,
sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in your response be contained in a separate
enclosure and appropriately marked. All materials shall be complete and ready-to-use. Any
delay in receiving the 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 NUREG 1021, ES-402, Administering Initial Written Examinations, and to make the simulation facility
available on the dates noted above. In accordance with NUREG 1021, ES-302, Administering
Operating Tests To Initial License Applicants, 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.
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Appendix E of NUREG-1021, Policies and Guidelines For Taking NRC Examinations, 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
(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 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. Jeff Spence 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. Ronald F. Aiello at (404) 562-4641,
(Internet E-mail: rfa@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4647, (Internet E-mail: jhm2@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
James H. Moorman, III, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-280, 50-281
cc: (See next page)
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cc contd:
Chris L. Funderburk, Director
Nuclear Licensing and
Operations Support
Virginia Electric & Power Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Donald E. Jernigan
Site Vice President
Surry Power Station
Virginia Electric & Power Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Division of Energy Regulation
P. O. Box 1197
Richmond, VA 23209
Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Electronic Mail Distribution
Attorney General
Supreme Court Building
900 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
David T. Llewellyn
Manager of Nuclear Training
Surry Power Station
5570 Hog Island Road
Surry, VA 23883
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