ML092110628
| ML092110628 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 07/30/2009 |
| From: | Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Morris J Duke Energy Carolinas |
| References | |
| IR-09-301 | |
| Download: ML092110628 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000413/2009301
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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
July 30, 2009
Mr. J. R. Morris
Site Vice President
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Catawba Nuclear Station
4800 Concord Road
York, SC 29745-9635
SUBJECT:
CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000413/2009301 AND 05000414/2009301
Dear Morris:
In a telephone conversation on July 29, 2009, between Mr. Allen Orten, Operations Training
Manager, and Mr. Frank Ehrhardt, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for
the administration of licensing examinations at Catawba Nuclear Station. The operating test is
scheduled to be administered during the weeks of December 7 and December 14, 2009. The
written examination is scheduled to be administered during the week of December 14, 2009.
The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of November 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 September 23, 2009. Mr. Ehrhardt provided the written examination outline to your
staff in February, 2009. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by October 23, 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.
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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 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 infocollectsresource@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. Orten 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. 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,
/MAD RA for/
Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-413, 50-414
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Letter to J. R. Morris from Malcolm T. Widmann dated July 30, 2009
SUBJECT:
CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000413/2009301 AND 05000414/2009301
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