ML13045A843
| ML13045A843 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 02/11/2013 |
| From: | Mark Franke Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | William Gideon Progress Energy Co |
| References | |
| Download: ML13045A843 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000261/2013301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
February 11, 2013
Mr. William R. Gideon
Vice President
Progress Energy
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2
3581 West Entrance Rd
Hartsville, SC 29550
SUBJECT: H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000261/2013301
Dear Mr. Gideon:
In a telephone conversation on January 30, 2013, between Mr. Jeffery L. Smith, Senior
Operations Instructor, and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Chief Examiner, arrangements were made
for the administration of licensing examinations at H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant. The
operating test is scheduled to be administered during the week July 29, 2013. The written
examination is scheduled to be administered the week of August 5, 2013. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of July 8, 2013.
As agreed during the telephone conversation meeting, 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 May 15, 2013. Mr. Baldwin will provide a written examination outline to your staff by
February 8, 2013. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by June 14, 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).
W. Gideon 3
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Smith 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. 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 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No.: 50-261
License No.: DPR-23
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Division of Radiological Health Brian C. McCabe
TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation Manager, Nuclear Oversight
401 Church Street Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant
Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Progress Energy
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Donald W. Barker
Manager, Nuclear Oversight Richard Hightower
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2 Supervisor
Progress Energy Licensing/Regulatory Programs
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J. W. (Bill) Pitesa
Senior Vice President Joseph W. Donahue
Nuclear Operations Vice President
Duke Energy Corporation Nuclear Oversight
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Lara S. Nichols
Deputy General Counsel David T. Conley
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General Office John H. O'Neill, Jr.
Duke Energy Corporation Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge
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Mike Glover
Director Site Operations Richard Haynes
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Director, Division of Waste Management
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S.C. Department of Health and
Richard Keith Holbrook Environmental Control
Operations Manager Electronic Mail Distribution
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
Electronic Mail Distribution Thomas Cosgrove
Plant General Manager
Sandra Threatt, Manager H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2
Nuclear Response and Emergency Progress Energy
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Bureau of Land and Waste Management
Department of Health and Environmental Donna B. Alexander
Control Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs
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Progress Energy
Sharon Wheeler Electronic Mail Distribution
Manager, Support Services
H B Robinson Steam Electric Plant
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(cc contd) Christos Kamilaris
Robert P. Gruber Manager, Support Services
Executive Director H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2
Public Staff - NCUC Progress Energy
4326 Mail Service Center Electronic Mail Distribution
Raleigh, NC 27699-4326
John W. Flitter
W. Lee Cox, III Director of Electric & Gas Regulation
Section Chief South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff
Radiation Protection Section Electronic Mail Distribution
N.C. Department of Environmental
Commerce & Natural Resources
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Greg Kilpatrick
Operations Manager
H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2
Progress Energy
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Mark Yeager
Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.
S.C. Department of Health and
Environmental Control
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Public Service Commission
State of South Carolina
P.O. Box 11649
Columbia, SC 29211
Chairman
North Carolina Utilities Commission
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Henry Curry
Training Manager
H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2
Progress Energy
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Senior Resident Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
2112 Old Camden Rd
Hartsville, SC 29550
Letter to William R. Gideon from Mark E. Franke dated February 11, 2013.
SUBJECT: H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIS PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000261/2013301
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