ML062350010

Reactor & Senior Reactor Operator Initial Retake Examinations - North Anna Power Station 05000338/2006302 and 05000339/2006302

ML062350010
Person / Time
Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	08/17/2006
From:	Moorman J Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Christian D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO)
References
50-338/06-302, 50-339/06-302
Download: ML062350010 (4)

See also: IR 05000338/2006302

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August 17, 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 RETAKE

EXAMINATIONS - NORTH ANNA POWER STATION 05000338/2006302 AND

0500339/2006302

Dear Mr. Christian:

In a telephone conversation on August 16, 2006, between, Mr. Walt Shura, Supervisor Nuclear

Training (Initial Operations) and Mr. Gerry Laska, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements

were made for the administration of licensing retake examinations for two applicants at North

Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2. The Reactor Operator written examination is scheduled to

be given on November 14, 2006, and the Senior Rector Operator administrative operating test

and on-site preparations are scheduled for the week of November 13, 2006.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on

the guidelines in Revision 9, of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for

Power Reactors. Your staff will develop the written examination, administrative JPMs, and will

also provide copying services for administering the examinations. The NRC regional office will

discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the test is administered.

To meet the above schedule, Mr. Shura agreed that your staff will furnish the administrative

operating test outline by August 29, 2006, and the written exam, administrative operating test

and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 by September 29,

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

approve the outlines 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 NUREG 1021, ES-402, Administering Initial Written Examinations, and to make the simulation facility

available on the dates noted above if needed.

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.

VEPCO 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 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, 2009. 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. Shura 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. Gerry 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 By S. Rose For/

James H. Moorman, III, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-338, 50-339

License Nos.: NPF-4, NPF-7

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VEPCO 3

Chris L. Funderburk, Director

Nuclear Licensing and

Operations Support

Virginia Electric and Power Company

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Jack M. Davis

Site Vice President

North Anna Power Station

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Executive Vice President

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

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County Administrator

Louisa County

P. O. Box 160

Louisa, VA 23093

Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.

Senior Counsel

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Attorney General

Supreme Court Building

900 East Main Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Christopher A. McClain

Manager Nuclear Training

North Anna Power Station

P. O. Box 402

Mineral, VA 23117

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