ML111430858
| ML111430858 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 05/23/2011 |
| From: | Mark Franke Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Gatlin T South Carolina Electric & Gas Co |
| References | |
| IR-11-301 | |
| Download: ML111430858 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000395/2011301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
May 23, 2011
Mr. Thomas D. Gatlin
Vice President - Nuclear Operations
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station
P.O. Box 88
Jenkinsville, SC 29065
SUBJECT:
VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000395/2011301
Dear Mr. Gatlin:
In a meeting on May 11, 2011, between Mr. Robert N. Johnston, Operations Initial Training
Supervisor, and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made
for the administration of licensing examinations at Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Plant. The
operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of September 12, 2011, and
September 19, 2011. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of
September 26, 2011. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of August 22,
2011.
As agreed during the meeting, 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, your staff initially furnished the operating test outline to the NRC
on September 13, 2010, and will update this material on June 28, 2011. Mr. Caballero provided
a 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 August 1, 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.
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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 (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).
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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Johnston 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. Richard S. Baldwin at (404) 997-
4642, (Internet E-mail: Richard.Baldwin@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4436, (Internet E-mail:
Mark.Franke@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Mark E. Franke, Chief
Operations Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No.: 50-395
License No.: NPF-12
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