ML16054A487
| ML16054A487 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 02/19/2016 |
| From: | Gerald Mccoy Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Nazar M Nextera Energy |
| References | |
| IR 2016301 | |
| Download: ML16054A487 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000250/2016301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
February 19, 2016
Mano Nazar
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Nuclear Division
NextEra Energy
P.O. Box 14000
Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420
SUBJECT:
TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000250/2016301 AND
Dear Mr. Nazar:
In a telephone conversation on February 16, 2016, between Mr. Mark Wilson, Exam Project
Manager, and Mr. Phillip Capehart, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for
the administration of licensing examinations at the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant. The operating
test is scheduled to be administered during the week of August 22, 2016. The written
examination is scheduled to be administered the week of September 5, 2016. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of July 25, 2016.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
written examination 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
outline by May 24, 2016. Mr. Capehart provided a written examination outline to your staff on
February 15, 2016. The written examination, operating test and the supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 3, to ES-201, will be due by June 23, 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 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, 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 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 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 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. Wilson 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. Capehart at (404) 997- 4483, (Internet E-mail:
Phillip.Capehart@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. 50-250, 50-251
License Nos. DRP-31, DPR-41
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