ML082590489
| ML082590489 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 09/15/2008 |
| From: | Widmann M Operations Branch III |
| To: | Burton C Carolina Power & Light Co |
| References | |
| 50-400/09-301 | |
| Download: ML082590489 (9) | |
See also: IR 05000400/2009301
Text
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER
61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931
September 15, 2008
Mr. Christopher L. Burton
Vice President
Carolina Power & Light Company
Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant
P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1
New Hill, NC 27562-0165
SUBJECT: SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000400/2009301
Dear Mr. Burton:
In a telephone conversation on September 11, 2008, between Mr. Ken Bailey, Supervisor,
Licensed Operator Requalification, and Mr. Frank Ehrhardt, Chief Examiner, arrangements were
made for the administration of licensing examinations at Harris Nuclear Plant. The operating
test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of March 9 and March 16, 2009. The
written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of March 16, 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 tests
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
outlines by December 17, 2008. Mr. Frank Ehrhardt provided the written examination outline to
your staff in August 2008. The operating tests, written examination, and the supporting
reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by January 30, 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
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.
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 400 hours0.00463 days <br />0.111 hours <br />6.613757e-4 weeks <br />1.522e-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 gregory.trussell@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. Ken Bailey 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. Frank Ehrhardt at (404) 562-4611,
(Internet E-mail: frank.ehrhardt@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.: 50-400
License Nos.: NPF-63
(cc: w/encl - See Page 4)
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cc w/encl:
Brian C. McCabe
Manager
Nuclear Regulatory Affairs
Progress Energy
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Paul Fulford
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Affairs PEB5
Carolina Power & Light Company
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R. J. Duncan, II
Vice President
Nuclear Operations
Carolina Power & Light Company
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J. Wayne Guganious
Training Manager
Harris
Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
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Manager
Support Services
Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
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Supervisor
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Carolina Power & Light Company
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David T. Conley
Associate General Counsel
Legal Dept.
Progress Energy Service Company, LLC
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(cc: w/encl - See Page 5)
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cc: w/encl
Kelvin Henderson
Plant General Manager
Carolina Power and Light Company
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant
Electronic Mail Distribution
Senior Resident Inspector
Carolina Power and Light Company
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant
U.S. NRC
5421 Shearon Harris Rd
New Hill, NC 27562-9998
Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
ATTN: Mr. J. Wayne Gurganious
Training Manager
Harris Energy & Env. Center
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant
P.O. Box 327, State Road 1127
New Hill, NC 27562-0165
Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
ATTN: Mr. Greg Kilpatrick
Training Manager
Harris Energy & Env. Center
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant
P.O. Box 327, State Road 1127
New Hill, NC 27562-0165
September 15, 2008
Mr. Christopher L. Burton
Vice President
Carolina Power & Light Company
Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant
P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1
New Hill, NC 27562-0165
SUBJECT: SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000400/2009301
Dear Mr. Burton:
In a telephone conversation on September 11, 2008, between Mr. Ken Bailey, Supervisor,
Licensed Operator Requalification, and Mr. Frank Ehrhardt, Chief Examiner, arrangements were
made for the administration of licensing examinations at Harris Nuclear Plant. The operating
test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of March 9 and March 16, 2009. The
written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of March 16, 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 tests
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
outlines by December 17, 2008. Mr. Frank Ehrhardt provided the written examination outline to
your staff in August 2008. The operating tests, written examination, and the supporting
reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by January 30, 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
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.
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 400 hours0.00463 days <br />0.111 hours <br />6.613757e-4 weeks <br />1.522e-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 gregory.trussell@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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/RA/
/RA/
/RA/
NAME
Malcolm Widmann Randy Musser
DATE
09/12/2008
09/15/2008
09/15/2008
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9/ /2008
9/ /2008
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Letter to Dennis R. Madison from Malcolm T. Widmann dated September 15, 2008
SUBJECT:
SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000400/2009301
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