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Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations - 05000400-07301
	ML070710023
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	03/09/2007
From:	Haag R; NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Duncan R; Carolina Power & Light Co
References
	50-400/07-301
	Download: ML070710023 (7)
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March 9, 2007

Carolina Power & Light Company

ATTN: Mr. Robert Duncan, II,

Vice President - Harris Plant

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

P. O. Box 165, Mail Code: Zone 1

New Hill, NC 27562-0165

SUBJECT: SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - REACTOR AND SENIOR

REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS 05000400/2007301

Dear Mr. Duncan:

In a telephone conversation on March 8, 2007, between Mr. Greg Kilpatrick, Superintendent of

Operations Training, and Mr. Frank Ehrhardt, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were

made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power

Plant. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of August 6 and

August 13, 2007. The written examination is scheduled to be administered on August 20, 2007.

The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of July 9, 2007.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the written

examination and operating test 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 examination is

administered. Your staff has also agreed to make all copies of examination materials that are

necessary for administering the exam.

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

outlines by May 23, 2007. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting

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

Guidelines For Initial Licensing Examinations, will be due by June 15, 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 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

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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, 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 writing the examinations, and 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. Kilpatrick 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. Frank Ehrhardt (404) 562-4611,

(Internet E-mail: fje@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4607, (Internet E-mail: rch@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

\\RA\\

Robert C. Haag, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No.: 400

License No.: NPF-63

cc: (See Page 3)

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cc contd:

Paul Fulford, Manager Beverly Hall, Chief, Radiation

Performance Evaluation and Protection Section

Regulatory Affairs CPB 9 N. C. Department of Environmental

Carolina Power & Light Company Commerce & Natural Resources

P. O. Box 1551 3825 Barrett Drive

Raleigh, NC 27602-1551 Raleigh, NC 27609-7721

Chris L. Burton Peggy Force

Director of Site Operations Assistant Attorney General

Carolina Power & Light Company State of North Carolina

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant P. O. Box 629

P. O. Box 165 MC: Zone 1 Raleigh, NC 27602

New Hill, NC 27562-0165

Public Service Commission

Christos Kamilaris State of South Carolina

Manager, Nuclear Assessment P. O. Box 11649

Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. Columbia, SC 29211

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

P. O. Box 165, Mail Zone 3 Chairman of the North Carolina

New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Utilities Commission

P. O. Box 29510

Eric McCartney Raleigh, NC 27626-0510

Plant General Manager--Harris Plant

Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. Robert P. Gruber

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Executive Director

P. O. Box 165, Mail Zone 3 Public Staff NCUC

New Hill, NC 27562-0165 4326 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, NC 27699-4326

Thomas Natale, Manager

Support Services Herb Council, Chair

Carolina Power & Light Company Board of County Commissioners

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant of Wake County

P. O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 P. O. Box 550

New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Raleigh, NC 27602

David H. Corlett, Supervisor Tommy Emerson, Chair

Licensing/Regulatory Programs Board of County Commissioners

Carolina Power & Light Company of Chatham County

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant 186 Emerson Road

P. O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 Siler City, NC 27344

New Hill, NC 27562-0165

Mr. J. Wayne Gurganious

David T. Conley Training Manager - Harris Plant

Associate General Counsel - Legal Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Department Harris Energy & Environmental Center

Progress Energy Service Company, LLC P. O. Box 327, State Road 1127

P. O. Box 1551 New Hill, NC 27562-0327

Raleigh, NC 27602-1551

John H. O'Neill, Jr.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge

2300 N. Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037-1128

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