ML082530194
| ML082530194 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 09/09/2008 |
| From: | Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Baxter D Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Power Co |
| References | |
| OIE-09-301 | |
| Download: ML082530194 (9) | |
See also: IR 05000269/2009301
Text
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER
61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931
September 9, 2008
Mr. David A. Baxter
Site Vice President
Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Oconee Nuclear Station
7800 Rochester Highway
Seneca, SC 29672
SUBJECT: OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000269/2009301, 05000270/2009301 AND
Dear Mr. Baxter:
In a telephone conversation on September, 8, 2008, between Mr. Gabriel Washburn, Initial
Training Supervisor and Mr. Mark Bates, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made
for the administration of licensing examinations at Oconee Nuclear Station. The operating test
is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of March 2, 2009 and March 9, 2009. The
written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of March 9, 2009. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of February 16, 2009.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
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. Your staff has also agreed to make
copies of all examination materials that are necessary for administering the examination.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test
outline by December 15, 2008. Mr. Mark Bates will provide a written examination outline to your
staff by September 22, 2008. The written examination and the supporting reference materials
identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by December 15, 2008. The operating test will
be due January 5, 2009. 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 outline, examination, and test 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.
2
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 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 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. Washburn 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. Bates at (404) 562-4612, (Internet
E-mail: mark.bates@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.: 50-269, 50-270, 50-287
License Nos.: DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55
(cc: w/encl - See Page 4)
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cc w/encl:
Berry G. Davenport
Compliance Manager
Oconee Nuclear Station
Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC
Electronic Mail Distribution
Clark E. Curry
Engineering Manager
Oconee Nuclear Station
Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC
Electronic Mail Distribution
Philip J. Culbertson
Oconee Nuclear Station
Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC
Electronic Mail Distribution
R. M. Glover
Manager
Oconee Nuclear Station
Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC
Electronic Mail Distribution
Scott L. Batson
Engineering Manager
Oconee Nuclear Station
Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC
Electronic Mail Distribution
Lisa F. Vaughn
Associate General Counsel
Duke Energy Corporation
526 South Church Street-EC07H
Charlotte, NC 28202
Kathryn B. Nolan
Senior Counsel
Duke Energy Corporation
526 South Church Street-EC07H
Charlotte, NC 28202
(cc: w/encl - See Page 5)
David A. Repka
Winston Strawn LLP
Electronic Mail Distribution
Beverly O. Hall
Chief, Radiation Protection Section
Department of Environmental Health
N.C. Department of Environmental
Commerce & Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution
Susan E. Jenkins
Director, Division of Waste Management
Bureau of Land and Waste Management
S.C. Department of Health and
Environmental Control
Electronic Mail Distribution
R. Mike Gandy
Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.
S.C. Department of Health and
Environmental Control
Electronic Mail Distribution
County Supervisor of Oconee County
415 S. Pine Street
Walhalla, SC 29691-2145
Lyle Graber
NUS Corporation
2650 McCormick Drive
Clearwater, FL 33759-1035
R. L. Gill, Jr.
Manager
Nuclear Regulatory Issues & Industry Affairs
Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC
Electronic Mail Distribution
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cc w/encl:
Charles Brinkman
Director
Washington Operations
Westinghouse Electric Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Dhiaa M. Jamil
Group Executive and Chief Nuclear Officer
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Electronic Mail Distribution
Senior Resident Inspector
Oconee Nuclear Station
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
7812B Rochester Hwy
Seneca, SC 29672
Duke Energy Corporation
ATTN: Mr. Dean M. Hubbard
Training Manager
Oconee Nuclear Station
7800 Rochester Highway
Seneca, SC 29672-0752
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Letter to David A. Baxter from Malcolm T. Widmann dated September 9, 2008
SUBJECT:
OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000269/2009301, 05000270/2009301 AND
Distribution w/encl:
RIDSNRRDIRS
PUBLIC
L. Olshan, NRR (PM: OCO)
September 9, 2008
Mr. David A. Baxter
Site Vice President
Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Oconee Nuclear Station
7800 Rochester Highway
Seneca, SC 29672
SUBJECT: OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000269/2009301, 05000270/2009301 AND 05000287/2009301
Dear Mr. Baxter:
In a telephone conversation on September, 8, 2008, between Mr. Gabriel Washburn, Initial
Training Supervisor and Mr. Mark Bates, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made
for the administration of licensing examinations at Oconee Nuclear Station. The operating test
is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of March 2, 2009 and March 9, 2009. The
written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of March 9, 2009. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of February 16, 2009.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
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. Your staff has also agreed to make
copies of all examination materials that are necessary for administering the examination.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test
outline by December 15, 2008. Mr. Mark Bates will provide a written examination outline to your
staff by September 22, 2008. The written examination and the supporting reference materials
identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by December 15, 2008. The operating test will
be due January 5, 2009. 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 outline, examination, and test 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.
2
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 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 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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OFFICE
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SIGNATURE
/RA/
/RA/
NAME
Mark Bates
Malcolm Widmann
DATE
09/09/2008
09/09/208
9/ /2008
9/ /2008
9/ /2008
9/ /2008
9/ /2008
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