ML072330292

Examinations Initial Exam 2007-301 - 120 Day Letter Corporate Notification

ML072330292
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	08/21/2007
From:	Haag R NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Morris J Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Power Co
References
50-413/07-301, 50-414/07-301
Download: ML072330292 (5)

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August 21, 2007 Duke Power Company LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC ATTN: Mr. J. R. Morris Site Vice President Catawba Site 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635

SUBJECT:

REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION - 05000413/2007301 AND 05000414/2007301

Dear Mr. Morris:

In a telephone conversation on August 20, 2007, between Mr. Hubert Dameron, Initial Training Program Supervisor, and Mr. Edwin Lea, NRC Senior Operations Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Catawba Nuclear Station.

The operating tests will be administered during the weeks of December 3, 2007, and December 10, 2007. The written examination will be administered during the week of December 10, 2007.

The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of November 5, 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. Your staff and the NRC will conduct a review of the written examination in the NRC RII office during the week of November 12, 2007.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outlines by September 14, 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 October 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

DPC 2 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 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. Dameron 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 Edwin Lea at (404) 562-4567, 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 Nos.: 50-413, 50-414 License Nos.: NPF-35, NPF-52

DPC 3 cc w/o encl:

Randy D. Hart Henry J. Porter, Asst. Director Regulatory Compliance Manager Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

Duke Power Company LLC S. C. Department of Health d/b/a/Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution George Strickland, Engineer R. Mike Gandy Catawba Nuclear Station Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

4800 Concord Road S. C. Department of Health and York, SC 29745 Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution Kay Nicholson, Technical Specialist Catawba Nuclear Station Elizabeth McMahon 4800 Concord Road Assistant Attorney General York, SC 29745 S. C. Attorney General's Office Electronic Mail Distribution Allison Jones-Young, Engineer Catawba Nuclear Station Vanessa Quinn 4800 Concord Road Federal Emergency Management Agency York, SC 29745 Electronic Mail Distribution Anthony Jackson, Engineer North Carolina Electric Catawba Nuclear Station Membership Corporation 4800 Concord Road Electronic Mail Distribution York, SC 29745 Peggy Force Lawrence Rudy, Engineer Assistant Attorney General Catawba Nuclear Station N. C. Department of Justice 4800 Concord Road Electronic Mail Distribution York, SC 29745 County Manager of York County, SC Lisa F. Vaughn Electronic Mail Distribution Associate General Counsel and Managing Attorney Piedmont Municipal Power Agency Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution 526 South Church Street-EC 07H Charlotte, NC 28202 R. L. Gill, Jr., Manager Nuclear Regulatory Issues Kathryn B. Nolan and Industry Affairs Senior Counsel Duke Power Company LLC Duke Energy Corporation d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 526 South Church Street-EC 07H 526 S. Church Street Charlotte, NC 28202 Charlotte, NC 28201-0006 David A. Repka Duke Energy Corporation Winston & Strawn LLP ATTN: R. A. Lindsay Electronic Mail Distribution Training Manager Catawba Nuclear Station North Carolina MPA-1 4850 Concord Road Electronic Mail Distribution York, SC 29745-9635

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