ML12353A607
| ML12353A607 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 12/18/2012 |
| From: | Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Gillespie T Duke Energy Corp |
| References | |
| 50-269/13-301, 50-270/13-301, 50-287/13-301 | |
| Download: ML12353A607 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000269/2013301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
December 18, 2012
Mr. T. Preston Gillespie, Jr.
Site Vice President
Duke Energy Corporation
Oconee Nuclear Station
7800 Rochester Highway
Seneca, SC 29672-0752
SUBJECT: OCONEE NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000269/2013301, 05000270/2013301, and
Dear Mr. Gillespie:
In a conversation on December 10, 2012, between Mr. Louis Nowell, NRC Exam Team
Supervisor and Mr. Gerard W. Laska, Senior Operations Examiner, arrangements were made
for the administration of licensing examinations at the Oconee Nuclear Plant. The operating test
is scheduled to be administered during the week of June 10, 2013. The written examination is
scheduled to be administered the week of June 17, 2013. The on-site preparatory week is
scheduled for the week of May 20, 2013.
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 April 1, 2013. 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 December 31, 2012. The
operating test outline will be due by March 26, 2013 and the operating tests will be due by
April 25, 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 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.
T. Gillespie, Jr. 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 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 for examinations prepared by the facility, including the time for
reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, 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 current 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).
T. Gillespie, Jr. 3
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Nowell 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. Gerard W. Laska at (404) 997-4626, (Internet E-
mail: Gerald.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 No.: 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287,
License No.: DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55
cc: (See page 4)
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SIGNATURE /RA/ RA
NAME LASKA WIDMANN
DATE 12/18/2012 12/18/2012
E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO
T. Gillespie, Jr. 4
cc: General Office
Thomas D. Ray Duke Energy Corporation
Plant Manager Electronic Mail Distribution
Oconee Nuclear Station
Duke Energy Corporation Alicia Richardson
Electronic Mail Distribution Licensing Administrative Assistant
General Office
James A. Kammer Duke Energy Corporation
Design Engineering Manager Electronic Mail Distribution
Oconee Nuclear Station
Duke Energy Corporation Lara S. Nichols
Electronic Mail Distribution Deputy General Counsel
Duke Energy Corporation
Robert H. Guy Electronic Mail Distribution
Organizational Effectiveness Manager
Oconee Nuclear Station David A. Cummings
Duke Energy Corporation Associate General Counsel
Electronic Mail Distribution General Office
Duke Energy Corporation
Terry L. Patterson Electronic Mail Distribution
Safety Assurance Manager
Duke Energy Corporation Division of Radiological Health
Electronic Mail Distribution TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation
401 Church Street
Kent Alter Nashville, TN 37243-1532
Regulatory Compliance Manager
Oconee Nuclear Station Sandra Threatt, Manager
Duke Energy Corporation Nuclear Response and Emergency
Electronic Mail Distribution Environmental Surveillance
Bureau of Land and Waste Management
Judy E. Smith Department of Health and Environmental
Licensing Administrator Control
Oconee Nuclear Station Electronic Mail Distribution
Duke Energy Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Joseph Michael Frisco, Jr. Oconee Nuclear Station
Vice President, Nuclear Design Engineering U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
General Office 7812B Rochester Hwy
Duke Energy Corporation Seneca, SC 29672
Electronic Mail Distribution
Charles Brinkman
M. Christopher Nolan Director
Director - Regulatory Affairs Washington Operations
General Office Westinghouse Electric Company
Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution
Electronic Mail Distribution
David A. Cummings (acting)
Fleet Regulatory Compliance & Licensing (cc contd - See page 5)
Manager
T. Gillespie, Jr. 5
(cc contd)
County Supervisor of Oconee County
415 S. Pine Street
Walhalla, SC 29691-2145
W. Lee Cox, III
Section Chief
Radiation Protection Section
N.C. Department of Environmental
Commerce & Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution
Duke Energy Corporation
ATTN: Mr. Paul Stovall
Training Manager
Oconee Nuclear Station
7800 Rochester Highway
Seneca, SC 29672-0752
Letter to T. Preston Gillespie, Jr. from Malcolm T. Widmann dated December 18, 2012
SUBJECT: OCONEE NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000269/2013301, 05000270/2013301, and
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