ML14318A919
| ML14318A919 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  (DPR-067, NPF-016) |
| Issue date: | 11/12/2014 |
| From: | Eugene Guthrie Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Nazar M Nextera Energy |
| References | |
| 50-335/15-301, 50-389/15-301 | |
| Download: ML14318A919 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000335/2015301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
November 12, 2014
Mano Nazar
NextEra Energy
P. O. Box 14000
Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420
SUBJECT: ST. LUCIE PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL
EXAMINATION 05000335/2015301 AND 05000389/2015301
Dear Mr. Nazar:
In a telephone conversation on October 22, 2014, between Mr. John Owens, Operations
Training Manager and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were
made for the administration of licensing examinations at St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. The operating
test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of March 2, 2015, and March 9, 2015.
The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of March 16, 2015. The on-
site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of February 2, 2015.
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 December 18, 2014. Mr. Richard S. Baldwin provided a written examination outline to
your staff on June 3, 2014. The operating tests, written examination, and the supporting
reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201, will be due by January 16, 2015.
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.
M. Nazar
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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 (Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024),
and waiver requests, if any, (OMB approval number 3150-0090) 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. 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 not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of
information 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).
M. Nazar
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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Owens 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 email:
Richard.Baldwin@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4662, (Internet email:
Eugene.Guthrie@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Eugene F. Guthrie, Chief
Operations Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-335, 50-389
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