ML111190658

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000250-11-3002,05000251-11-302

ML111190658
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	04/29/2011
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
References
IR-11-302
Download: ML111190658 (5)

See also: IR 05000251/2011302

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

April 29, 2011

Mr. Mano Nazar

Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer

Florida Power and Light Company

P.O. Box 14000

Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT: TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000250/2011302 AND

05000251/2011302

Dear Mr. Nazar:

In a telephone conversation on April 18, 2011, between Mr. Mark Wilson, Operations Training

Instructor, Mr. Bob Heidecker, Senior Operations Training Instructor, Mr. Tom Wendeln, Lead

Simulator Engineer, Mr. Joe Arsenault, licensee contractor, and Mr. Bruno Caballero, Senior

Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations

at the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during

the weeks of December 5, 2011, and December 12, 2011. The written examination is

scheduled to be administered the week of December 12, 2011. The on-site preparatory week is

scheduled for the week of October 31, 2011.

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 August 29, 2011. Mr. Bruno Caballero provided a written examination outline to your

staff on March 18, 2011. The written examination and the supporting reference materials

identified in Attachment 3, to ES-201, will be due by August 29, 2011. The operating tests will

be due by October 5, 2011. 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.

FPL 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, 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 (OMB) under approval number 3150-0018, which expires on

February 28, 2013. 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 neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an

information collection, 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).

FPL 3

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Mark Wilson 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. Bruno Caballero at (404) 997- 4608,

(Internet E-mail: bruno.caballero@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997- 4550, (Internet E-mail:

malcolm.widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-250, 50-251

License Nos.: DRP-31, DPR-41

cc: (See page 4)

FPL 4

cc w/encl: Ruben D. Almaguer, Director

Alison Brown Division of Emergency Preparedness

Nuclear Licensing Department of Community Affairs

Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

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Mano Nazar

Larry Nicholson Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear

Director, Licensing Officer

Florida Power & Light Company Nuclear Division

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P.O. Box 14000

Michael Kiley Juno Beach, FL 33408

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Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Senior Resident Inspector

Florida Power and Light Company Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station

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and Homeland Security Department of Legal Affairs

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Robert J. Tomonto

Licensing Manager Mike A. Shehadeh, P.E.

Turkey Point Nuclear Plant City Manager

Florida Power & Light Company City of Homestead

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Paul Rubin County Manager of Miami-Dade County

Plant General Manager 111 NW 1st Street, 29th Floor

Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Miami, FL 33128

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NAME B. CABALLERO M. WIDMANN D. RICH

DATE 04/29/2011 04/29/2011 04/29/2011

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