ML060240221
| ML060240221 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 01/24/2006 |
| From: | Moorman J Division of Reactor Safety III |
| To: | Christian D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| References | |
| 50-338/06-301, 50-339/06-301 IR-06-301 | |
| Download: ML060240221 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000338/2006301
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January 24, 2006
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 -
NORTH ANNA POWER STATION 05000338/2006301 AND 0500339/2006301
Dear Mr. Christian:
In a telephone conversation on January 23, 2006, between Mr. Joe Scott, Supervisor of Nuclear
Training Operations, and Mr. Mark A. Chitty, Operations Engineer, arrangements were made
for the administration of licensing examinations at North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2.
The written examinations are scheduled to be given on June 2, 2006, and the operating tests
are scheduled to be given during the weeks of May 22 and June 5, 2006. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 1, 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 April 24, 2006. Your staff will fill
in the scenario details (ES-D-2) and the details of the JPMs and 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 January 31, 2006. 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 50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 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. Joe Scott 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. Richard S. Baldwin at (404) 562-
4642, (Internet E-mail: rsb2@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4647, (Internet E-mail:
jhm2@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA By S. Rose For/
James H. Moorman, III, Chief
Operation Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-338, 50-339
cc: See next page
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cc cont'd:
Chris L. Funderburk, Director
Nuclear Licensing and
Operations Support
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Jack M. Davis
Site Vice President
North Anna Power Station
Electronic Mail Distribution
Executive Vice President
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
Electronic Mail Distribution
County Administrator
Louisa County
P. O. Box 160
Louisa, VA 23093
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
H. Ashley Royal
Manager Nuclear Training
North Anna Power Station
P. O. Box 402
Mineral, VA 23117
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