ML100541314
| ML100541314 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 02/23/2010 |
| From: | Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Heacock D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| References | |
| IR-10-301 | |
| Download: ML100541314 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000280/2010301
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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
February 23, 2010
Mr. David A. Heacock
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Innsbrook Technical Center
5000 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711
SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION -
SURRY POWER STATION - 05000280/2010301 AND 05000281/2010301
Dear Mr. Heacock:
In a telephone conversation on February 11, 2010, between Mr. Dave Sousa, Operations
Training Supervisor, and Mr. Mark Bates, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were
made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Surry Power Station. The operating
test is scheduled to be administered the weeks of July 26 and August 2, 2010. The written
examination is scheduled to be administered the week of August 9, 2010. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of June 28, 2010.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) will prepare the written examination and your staff will prepare the operating
test based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing
Examination Standards for Power Reactors." Your staff will be given the opportunity to review
the written examination during the week of May 31, 2010. The NRC regional office will discuss
with your staff any changes to the operating test that might be necessary before the tests 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 reference materials
identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 by March 31, 2010. The operating test outline will be due
by May 12, 2010 and the operating tests will be due by June 11, 2010. 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 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, medical certifications, and waiver
requests (if any) 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. 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.
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/reading-rm.html (the Public
Electronic Reading Room).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Sousa 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. Mark 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.: 50-280, 50-281
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Surry Power Station
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Virginia Electric and Power Company
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Letter to David A. Heacock from Malcolm T. Widmann dated February 23, 2010
SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION -
SURRY POWER STATION - 05000280/2010301 AND 05000281/2010301
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