ML14038A409
| ML14038A409 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 02/06/2014 |
| From: | Eugene Guthrie Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Heacock D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| References | |
| IR-14-301 | |
| Download: ML14038A409 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000280/2014301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
February 6, 2014
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:
SURRY POWER STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION (05000280/2014301 AND 05000281/2014301)
Dear Mr. Heacock:
In a telephone conversation on February 4, 2104, between Mr. Richard Philpot, Supervisor,
Nuclear Training, and Ms. Amanda Toth, Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the
administration of licensing examinations at Surry Power Station. The operating test is
scheduled to be administered during the weeks of July 21 and July 28, 2014. The written
examination is scheduled to be administered the week of August 4, 2014. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of June 30, 2014.
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 May 7, 2014. Mr. Ken Schaaf provided the written examination outline to your staff in
October 2013. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference materials
identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by June 6, 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, 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.
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. 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).
D. Heacock
3
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Philpot 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) 997-4662, (Internet E-mail:
Eugene.Guthrie@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Eugene F. Guthrie, Chief
Operations Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-280, 50-281
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Letter to David A. Heacock from Eugene F. Guthrie February 6, 2014.
SUBJECT:
SURRY POWER STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION (05000280/2014301 AND 05000281/2014301)
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