ML14035A556
| ML14035A556 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 02/04/2014 |
| From: | Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB |
| To: | William Gideon Progress Energy Carolinas |
| References | |
| IR-14-301 | |
| Download: ML14035A556 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000261/2014301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
February 4, 2014
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 05000261/2014301
Dear Mr. Gideon:
In a telephone conversation on January 21, 2014, between Mr. Robert Adams, Operations
Training Superintendent, and Mr. Mark Bates, Senior Operations Engineer, 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 weeks of August 18 and 25, 2014.
The written examination is scheduled to be administered either the week of August 25, 2014 or
September 1, 2014. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of July 21, 2014.
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." The 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 reference materials
identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201, including your exam banks, by February 18, 2014 and the
operating test outline by June 4, 2014. The operating test will be due by June 30, 2014.
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.
W. Gideon
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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 April 30,
2016. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500
hours 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).
W. Gideon
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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Adams 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. Bates at (404) 997-4612, (Internet E-mail:
Mark.Bates@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.: 50-261
License No.: DPR-23
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Letter to William R. Gideon from Malcolm T. Widmann dated February 4, 2014
SUBJECT:
H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIS PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000261/2014301
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