ML060480106

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examination Oconee Nuclear Station - 05000269/2006301, 05000270/2006301 and 05000287/2006301

ML060480106
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	02/16/2006
From:	Moorman J Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Brandi Hamilton Duke Energy Corp
References
IR-06-301
Download: ML060480106 (5)

See also: IR 05000269/2006301

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February 16, 2006

Duke Energy Corporation

ATTN: Mr. Bruce H. Hamilton

Vice President

Oconee Site

7800 Rochester Highway

Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - 05000269/2006301, 05000270/2006301 AND

05000287/2006301

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

In a meeting on February 15, 2006, between Mr. John R. Steely, Operations Initial Licensing

Training Supervisor, and Mr. Mark A. Bates, Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for

the administration of licensing examinations at Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3. The

operating test is scheduled for the weeks of June 19 and June 26, 2006. The written

examination is scheduled to be administered the week of June 26, 2006. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 29, 2006.

As agreed during the meeting, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will

prepare the written examinations and your staff will prepare the operating tests based on the

guidelines in 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. Your staff will be given the opportunity

to review the written examinations during the week of May 8, 2006, and has also agreed to

make all of the copies of the examination materials prior to administration.

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

outlines by April 5, 2006. The operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified

in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by May 8, 2006. 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.

DEC 2

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

(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, (3150-0101), 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. Steely 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. Mark Bates at (404) 562-4612, (Internet E-mail:

MAB7@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.: 50-269, 50-270, 50-287

License Nos.: DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55

(cc - See next page)

DEC 3

(cc cont'd)

B. G. Davenport County Supervisor of

Compliance Manager (ONS) Oconee County

Duke Energy Corporation 415 S. Pine Street

Electronic Mail Distribution Walhalla, SC 29691-2145

Lisa Vaughn Lyle Graber, LIS

Associate General Counsel NUS Corporation

Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution

526 South Church Street

Mail Code EC 07H R. L. Gill, Jr., Manager

Charlotte, NC 28201-1244 Nuclear Regulatory Issues

and Industry Affairs

Anne Cottingham Duke Energy Corporation

Winston & Strawn LLP 526 S. Church Street

Electronic Mail Distribution Charlotte, NC 28201-0006

Beverly Hall, Acting Director Peggy Force

Division of Radiation Protection Assistant Attorney General

N. C. Department of Environmental N. C. Department of Justice

Health & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

Electronic Mail Distribution

Dean M. Hubbard

Henry J. Porter, Assistant Director Training Manager

Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt. Oconee Nuclear Station

S. C. Department of Health and 7800 Rochester Highway

Environmental Control Seneca, SC 29672-0752

Electronic Mail Distribution

R. Mike Gandy

Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S. C. Department of Health and

Environmental Control

Electronic Mail Distribution

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NAME MBates:pmd JMoorman MErnstes

DATE 2/ 15 /06 2/ 16 /06 2/ 16 /06

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