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Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations 05000395/2009301 ML082350415
	ML082350416
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	08/22/2008
From:	Widmann M; Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Archie J; South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
References
	50-395/09-301
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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER

61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931

August 22, 2008

Mr. Jeffrey B. Archie

Vice President

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

P.O. Box 88

Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SUBJECT: VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR PLANT - REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS 05000395/2009301

Dear Mr. Archie:

In a telephone conversation on August 19, 2008, between Mr. Rusty Quick, Supervisor of

Development and Mr. Ronald F. Aiello, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made

for the administration of licensing examinations at Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Plant. The

operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of February 2 and 9, 2009.

The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of February 16, 2009. The

on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of January 5, 2009.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC has prepared the written examination

outline, and your staff will prepare the operating test outlines, operating tests, and the written

examination based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, "Operator

Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (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 operating test

outlines by December 1, 2008. Mr. Ronald Aiello, Chief Examiner, has previously provided the

written examination outline to your training staff in February 2008. The operating tests, written

examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be

due by December 8, 2008. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal

Regulations (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.

SCE&G

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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.

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 OMB, under

approval number 3150-0018, which expires on June 30, 2009. The public reporting burden for

this collection of information is estimated to average 400 hours0.00463 days 0.111 hours 6.613757e-4 weeks 1.522e-4 months 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 NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its

enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document

Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs document

system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-

rm.adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Rusty Quick 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. Ronald F. Aiello, Chief Examiner at

(404) 562-4641, (Internet E-mail: ronald.aiello@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4550, (Internet E-

mail: malcolm.widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-395

License Nos.: NPF-12

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