ML070450186
| ML070450186 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 02/14/2007 |
| From: | Haag R NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB |
| To: | Archie J South Carolina Electric & Gas Co |
| References | |
| 50-395/07-301 | |
| Download: ML070450186 (4) | |
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February 14, 2007 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 INITIAL EXAMINATIONS -
VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION
Dear Mr. Archie:
In a telephone conversation on February 13, 2007, between Mr. Al Koon, Supervisor Nuclear Operations Training, and Mr. Gerard W. Laska, Senior Operations Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station during the weeks of June 4, 2007 (operating test) and June 11, 2007 (written examination).
The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 14, 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 March 26, 2007. 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 April 16, 2007. 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 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.
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.
SCE&G 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 Part 55 (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, (3150-0018), 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) 562-4607, (Internet E-mail: rch@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
\\RA\\
Robert C. Haag, Chief Operator Licensing Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-395 License No. NPF-12 cc: (See next page)
SCE&G 3 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. David A. Lavigne, General Manager Winston & Strawn LLP Organization Development Electronic Mail Distribution South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Vigil C. Summer Nuclear Station Henry J. Porter, Director Electronic Mail Distribution Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.
Dept. of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution R. Mike Gandy Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.
S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution Thomas D. Gatlin, General Manager Nuclear Plant Operations (Mail Code 303)
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Electronic Mail Distribution Bruce L. Thompson, Manager Nuclear Licensing (Mail Code 830)
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. Gary Moffatt Training Manager Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station P. O. Box 88 (Mail Code P-40)
Jenkinsville, SC 29065
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