ML112000676

Notification of Licensed Operator Retake Examination

ML112000676
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	07/19/2011
From:	Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
References
50-335/11-302, 50-389/11-302
Download: ML112000676 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 July 19, 2011 Mr. Mano Nazar Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT:

ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR RETAKE EXAMINATION 05000335/2011302 and 05000389/2011302

Dear Mr. Nazar:

In a telephone conversation on July 14, 2011, between Mr. Rob Simpson, Operations Training Supervisor, and Mr. Phillip Capehart, Senior Operations Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of retake licensing examinations at St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. The operating retake test is scheduled to be administered during the week of November 14, 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 the operating test 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 31, 2011. The operating tests and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3, to ES-201 will be due by September 30, 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 outlines 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.

FP&L 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 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).

FP&L 3 Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Simpson 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. Capehart at (404) 997-4483, (Internet E-mail: phillip.capehart@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4436, (Internet E-mail:

mark.franke@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389 License Nos.: DPR-67, NPF-16 cc w/encl: (See page 4)

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FP&L 4 cc w/encl:

Richard L. Anderson William A. Passetti Site Vice President Chief St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Bureau of Radiation Control Electronic Mail Distribution Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution Robert J. Hughes Plant General Manager Bryan Koon St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Director Electronic Mail Distribution Florida Division of Emergency Management Electronic Mail Distribution Gene St. Pierre Vice President, Fleet Support Donna Calabrese Florida Power & Light Company Emergency Preparedness Manager Electronic Mail Distribution St. Lucie Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Ronnie Lingle Operations Manager J. Kammel St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Radiological Emergency Planning Electronic Mail Distribution Administrator Department of Public Safety Eric Katzman Electronic Mail Distribution Licensing Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Senior Resident Inspector Electronic Mail Distribution St. Lucie Nuclear Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Larry Nicholson P.O. Box 6090 Director, Licensing Jensen Beach, FL 34957-2010 Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Seth B. Duston Training Manager Alison Brown St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Nuclear Licensing Electronic Mail Distribution Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Faye Outlaw County Administrator Mitch S. Ross St. Lucie County Vice President and Associate General Electronic Mail Distribution Counsel Florida Power & Light Company Jack Southard Electronic Mail Distribution Director Public Safety Department Marjan Mashhadi St. Lucie County Senior Attorney Electronic Mail Distribution Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution