ML12270A862

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000250/2013301 and 05000251/2013301

ML12270A862
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	09/26/2012
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
References
50-250/13-301, 50-251/13-301
Download: ML12270A862 (6)

See also: IR 05000250/2013301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

September 26, 2012

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 05000250/2013301 AND

05000251/2013301

Dear Mr. Nazar:

In a telephone conversation on September 19, 2012, between Mr. Tim James, Exam Project

Manager, and Mr. Gerard Laska, Senior Operations Examiner, 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 March 4, 2013, and March 11, 2013. The

written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of March 11, 2013. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of February 11, 2013.

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 December 21, 2012. Mr. Gerry Laska provided a written examination outline to your

staff on July 16, 2012. The written examination, operating test and the supporting reference

materials identified in Attachment 3, to ES-201, will be due by January 18, 2013. 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).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. James has been advised of the policies and

guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination

M. Nazar 3

procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Gerry Laska at (404) 997- 4626, (Internet E-mail:

gerard.laska@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997- 4550, (Internet E-mail:malcolm.widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief

Operations Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-250, 50-251

License Nos. DRP-31, DPR-41

cc: (See page 4)

_________________________ x SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE x FORM 665 ATTACHED

OFFICE RII: DRS RII: DRS

SIGNATURE RA/GL RA/MW

NAME G. Laska M. WIDMANN

DATE 09/26/2012 09/26/2012

E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

M. Nazar 4

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Alison Brown Vice President and General Counsel

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Robert J. Tomonto 9760 SW 344th Street

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Letter to Mano Nazar from Malcolm T. Widmann dated

SUBJECT: TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000250/2013301 AND

05000251/2013301

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