ML061780157

Reactor & Senior Reactor Operator Retake Initial Exam - Summer 05000395/2006301

ML061780157
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	06/27/2006
From:	Moorman J Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Archie J South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
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See also: IR 05000395/2006301

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June 27, 2006

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

ATTN: Mr. Jeffrey B. Archie

Vice President, Nuclear Operations

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

P. O. Box 88

Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR RETAKE INITIAL

EXAMINATIONS - VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION

05000395/2006301

Dear Mr. Archie:

In a telephone conversation on June 19, 2006, between Mr. Al Koon, Supervisor Nuclear

Operations Training, and Mr. Gerard W. Laska, Senior Operations Examiner, arrangements

were made for the administration of a licensing retake written examination scheduled to be

given on October 6, 2006, at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the reactor operator and

senior reactor operator written examinations based on the guidelines in NUREG-1021,

"Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 9. The NRC

regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the

examination is administered. The facility has also agreed to make all of the copies of the

examination prior to administration.

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

examinations as well as the supporting reference materials identified in NUREG 1021, ES-201,

Attachment 2, "Reference Material Guidelines For Initial Licensing Examinations," by August 22,

2006. Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall

approve the examination before it is submitted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials

shall be complete and ready-to-use. We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive

unclassified or safeguards information in your response be contained in a separate enclosure and

appropriately marked. 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 retake written examination, it will be necessary for your staff to

provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with NUREG 1021, ES-402,

"Administering Initial Written Examinations."

Appendix E of NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in

effect while the written examinations 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 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 50

hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, 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-

0018), 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 NRC's "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 NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS

is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www/nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html (the Public

Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Al Koon 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), 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 No.: 50-395

License No.: NPF-12

cc: (See next page)

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cc contd:

R. J. White Robert M. Fowlkes, General Manager

Nuclear Coordinator Mail Code 802 Engineering Services

S.C. Public Service Authority South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution

Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Thomas D. Gatlin, General Manager

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Nuclear Plant Operations (Mail Code 303)

Electronic Mail Distribution South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

Henry J. Porter, Director Electronic Mail Distribution

Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

Dept. of Health and Environmental

Control David A. Lavigne, General Manager

Electronic Mail Distribution Organization Development

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

R. Mike Gandy Vigil C. Summer Nuclear Station

Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt. Electronic Mail Distribution

S. C. Department of Health and

Environmental Control Gary Moffatt

Electronic Mail Distribution Training Manager

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

Robert G. Sweet, Manager P. O. Box 88 (Mail Code P-40)

Nuclear Licensing (Mail Code 830) Jenkinsville, SC 29065

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

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