ML15138A340
| ML15138A340 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 05/15/2015 |
| From: | Eugene Guthrie Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | William Gideon Duke Energy Corp |
| References | |
| IR 2015301 | |
| Download: ML15138A340 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000324/2015301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
May 15, 2015
William R. Gideon
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant
Vice President
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant
P.O. Box 10429
Southport, NC 28461
SUBJECT:
BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000325/2015301 AND 05000324/2015301
Dear Mr. Gideon:
In a telephone conversation on May 12, 2015, between Mr. Robert Bolin, Examination
Development Coordinator, Mr. Louis Sosler, Examination Author, and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin,
Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing
examinations at the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant. The operating test is scheduled to be
administered during the weeks of November 30, 2015 and December 7, 2015. The written
examination is scheduled to be administered the week of December 14, 2015. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of November 2, 2015.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
written examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 10, 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
outlines by September 1, 2015. Mr. Philip Capehart provided written examination outlines to
your staff in February 2015. The written examinations, operating test and the supporting
reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by October 1, 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
examinations, 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.
R. 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 (Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024),
and waiver requests (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 first
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 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 2500 hours0.0289 days <br />0.694 hours <br />0.00413 weeks <br />9.5125e-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 BJS1@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, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,
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 Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
R. Gideon
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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Robert Bolin 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. Richard S. Baldwin at (404) 997-4642, (Internet E-
mail: Richard.Baldwin@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.: 50-325, 50-324
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