ML120200151
| ML120200151 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 01/18/2012 |
| From: | Mark Franke NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB2 |
| To: | Heacock D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| References | |
| Download: ML120200151 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000280/2012301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
January 18, 2012
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 - 05000280/2012301 AND 05000281/2012301
Dear Mr. Heacock:
In a telephone conversation on January 10, 2012, between Mr. Dave Sousa, Operations
Training Supervisor, Mr. Skip Irwin, Lead Exam Author and Mr. Phillip Capehart, Senior
Operations Engineer and Mr. Daniel Bacon, 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 August 13 and August 20, 2012. The written
examination is scheduled to be administered the week of August 27, 2012. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of July 23, 2012.
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 June 4, 2012. 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, including your exam banks, by February 13, 2012. The
operating test outline will be due by May 30, 2012 and the operating tests will be due by June
29, 2012. 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 (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 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. Rick 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 II
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-280, 50-281
cc: (See page 3)
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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 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. Rick 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 II
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.:
50-280, 50-281
License Nos.:
cc: (See page 3)
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Surry Power Station
Virginia Electric and Power Company
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Virginia Electric and Power Company
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Kenny B. Sloane
Plant Manager
Surry Power Station
Virginia Electric & Power Company
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Division of Energy Regulation
P.O. Box 1197
Richmond, VA 23209
Attorney General
Supreme Court Building
900 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Senior Resident Inspector
Surry Power Station
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
5850 Hog Island Rd
Surry, VA 23883
Michael M. Cline
Director
Virginia Department of Emergency Services
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ATTN: Mr. Time Steed
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Surry Power Station
5570 Hog Island Road
Surry, VA 23883
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Letter to David A. Heacock from Mark E. Franke dated January 18, 2012.
SUBJECT:
NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION -
SURRY POWER STATION - 05000280/2012301 AND 05000281/2012301
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