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Senior Reactor Operator Re-Take Examination McGuire - 05000369/2007302 and 05000370/2007302
	ML071090584
Person / Time
Site:	McGuire, Mcguire
Issue date:	04/19/2007
From:	Haag R; Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Gordon Peterson; Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Power Co
References
	50-369/07-302, 50-370/07-302
	Download: ML071090584 (5)
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April 19, 2007

Duke Power Company LLC

d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

ATTN: Mr. G. R. Peterson

Vice President

McGuire Nuclear Station

12700 Hagers Ferry Road

Huntersville, NC 28078-8985

SUBJECT:

SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR RE-TAKE EXAMINATION MCGUIRE

NUCLEAR STATION - 05000369/2007302 AND 05000370/2007302

Dear Mr. Peterson:

In a phone conversation on April 18, 2007, between Mr. Robbie Pope, Operations Initial

Training Supervisor, Mr. Wiley Killette, Operations Initial Examination Team Lead, and Mr.

Bruno Caballero, Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of a re-

take licensing examination at McGuire Nuclear Station on June 28, 2007.

As agreed during the conversation, your staff will prepare the written examination based on the

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

Power Reactors." Your staff has also agreed to make all of the copies of the examination

materials prior to administration. The NRC regional office will discuss with your staff any

changes that might be necessary before the examination is administered.

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

by April 25, 2007. The written examination and the supporting reference materials identified in

Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by May 21, 2007. Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an

authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outline and examination

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 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, Policies and

Guidelines For Taking NRC Examinations, contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines

that will be in effect while the written examination is being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit the preliminary senior

reactor operator license application (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval

number 3150-0090), medical certification (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver

requests (if any)(OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the examination

date. If the application is not received at least 30 days before the examination

date, a postponement may be necessary. The signed application certifying that all training has

been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.

DPC

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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 312

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

data needed, writing the examination, 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 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. Pope 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. Edwin Lea at (404) 562-4608, (Internet E-mail:

EXL2@NRC.GOV), or me at (404) 562-4607, (Internet E-mail: RCH@NRC.GOV ).

Sincerely,

Robert C. Haag, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-369, 50-370

License Nos.: NPF-9, NPF-17

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