ML15324A231
| ML15324A231 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | McGuire, Mcguire  |
| Issue date: | 11/20/2015 |
| From: | Gerald Mccoy Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Capps S Duke Energy Carolinas |
| References | |
| Download: ML15324A231 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000369/2016301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
November 20, 2015
Mr. Steven D. Capps
Site Vice President
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
McGuire Nuclear Station
12700 Hagers Ferry Road
Huntersville, NC 28078-8985
SUBJECT: WILLIAM B. MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000369/2016301 AND 05000370/2016301
Dear Mr. Capps:
In a telephone conversation on November 16, 2015, between Mr. David Lanyi, Senior
Operations Engineer, and Mr. Steven Mosteller, NRC Exam Team Lead, arrangements were
made for the administration of licensing examinations at the William B. McGuire Nuclear Station
during the weeks of April 4 and 11, 2016.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on
the guidelines in Revision 10, of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for
Power Reactors. The NRCs regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might
be necessary before the examinations are administered.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test
outline by January 5, 2016. Mr. Lanyi provided the written examination outline to your staff in
August, 2015. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials
identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by February 4, 2016. 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 tests before they are
submitted to the Commission 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.
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.
S. Capps
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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 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 to 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, 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 NRCs 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 Electronic Reading Room page
of the NRCs public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Mosteller 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. Lanyi at (404) 997-4487, (Internet
E-mail: David.Lanyi@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4551, (Internet E-mail:
Gerald.McCoy@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Gerald J. McCoy, Chief
Operations Branch 1
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370
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