ML12300A287
| ML12300A287 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 10/25/2012 |
| From: | Mark Franke NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB |
| To: | Heacock D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| References | |
| Download: ML12300A287 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000338/2012302
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
October 25, 2012
Mr. David A. Heacock
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Dominion Nuclear
Innsbrook Technical Center
5000 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711
SUBJECT:
NORTH ANNA POWER STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR RETAKE INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000338/2012302 AND
Dear Mr. Heacock:
In a telephone conversation on October 24, 2012, between Mr. Joe Scott, Supervisor,
Supervisor Operations Training, and Ms. Amanda Toth, Operations Engineer, arrangements
were made for the administration of retake licensing examinations at North Anna Power Station.
The on-site preparatory week and the administration of the administrative topics portion and
control room/in-plant systems portion of the operating test is scheduled for the week of
December 17, 2012.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the administrative topics
portion and control room/in-plant systems portion of 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
outlines, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to
ES-201 by November 19, 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 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.
D. Heacock
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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.
Appendix E of NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in
effect while the operating tests are being administered.
To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary senior reactor
operator license applications, including waiver requests, and medical certifications by
November 19, 2012. Signed applications certifying that all training has been completed should
be submitted by December 7, 2012.
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 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. Joe Scott 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 Ms. Amanda Toth at (404) 997-4520,
(Internet E-mail: Amanda.Toth@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 Nos.: 50-338, 50-339
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Letter to David A. Heacock from Mark E. Franke dated October 25, 2012.
SUBJECT:
NORTH ANNA POWER STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR RETAKE INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000338/2012302 AND
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