ML063180077

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinatins - H. B. Robinson Nuclear Plant 05000261-07-301

ML063180077
Person / Time
Site:	Robinson
Issue date:	11/09/2006
From:	Haag R Division of Nuclear Materials Safety II
To:	Walt T Carolina Power & Light Co
References
50-261/07-301
Download: ML063180077 (5)

See also: IR 05000261/2007301

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November 9, 2006

Carolina Power & Light Company

ATTN: Mr. T. D. Walt

Vice President

H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit 2

3581 West Entrance Road

Hartsville, SC 29550

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS -

H. B. ROBINSON NUCLEAR PLANT 05000261/2007301

Dear Mr. Walt:

In a telephone conversation on November 2, 2006, between Mike Milbee, Lead - Nuclear

Operations Training Instructor, and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Sr. Operations Engineer,

arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Robinson

Nuclear Plant during the weeks of February 5 and 12, 2007. The on-site preparatory week is

scheduled for the week of January 8, 2007.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the 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 examinations are administered.

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

outlines by November 20, 2006. The written examinations and operating tests, as well as the

supporting reference materials identified in NUREG 1021, ES-201, Attachment 2, Reference

Material Guidelines For Initial Licensing Examinations, will be due by December 22, 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. 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

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 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 Part 55 (3150-0018), which expires on June 30,

2009. 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, (3150-0018), 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. Milbee 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) 562-4607, (Internet E-mail: rch@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA By C. Payne For/

Robert C. Haag, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-261

License Nos.: DPR-23

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