ML081020664

IR 05000335-08-301 and 05000389-08-301, on 04/08/2008, 07/21/2008 and 07/28/2008, St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examination

ML081020664
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	04/10/2008
From:	Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Stall J Florida Power & Light Co
References
IR-08-301
Download: ML081020664 (4)

See also: IR 05000335/2008301

Text

April 10, 2008

Mr. J. Art Stall

Senior Vice President Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer

Florida Power and Light Company

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant

P.O. Box 14000

Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS -

ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT - 05000335/2008301 AND 05000389/2008301

Dear Mr. Stall:

In a telephone conversation on April 8, 2008, between Mr. Joe Milligan, Initial License Training

Supervisor, and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made

for the administration of licensing examinations at St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. The operating tests

are scheduled for the weeks of July 21 and July 28, 2008. The written examinations are

scheduled for the week of July 28, 2008. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the

week of June 30, 2008.

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, Supplement 1. 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 May 2, 2008. 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 June 4, 2008. 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. 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.

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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,

2008. 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. Milligan 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 Richard S. Baldwin at (404) 562-4642, (Internet E-

mail: (Richard.Baldwin@nrc.gov), Philip Capehart at (404) 562-4483, (Internet email:

Philip.Capehart@nrc.gov) or me at (404) 562-4550, (Internet E-mail:

Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA: Frank Ehrhardt for Malcolm Widmann/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No.: 50-335, 50-389

License No.: DPR-67, NPF-16

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