ML16054A543

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000400/2016301

ML16054A543
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	02/19/2016
From:	Eugene Guthrie Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Waldrep B Duke Energy Corp
References
50-400/16-301
Download: ML16054A543 (5)

See also: IR 05000400/2016301

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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

Mr. Benjamin C. Waldrep

Site Vice President

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

Duke Energy Corporation

5413 Shearon Harris Rd

M/C HNP01

New Hill, NC 27562-0165

SUBJECT: SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF

LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000400/2016301

Dear Mr. Waldrep:

In a telephone conversation on January 20, 2016, between Mr. Richard Horton, NRC Exam

Author, and Mr. Michael Donithan, Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at Harris Nuclear Power Plant. The operating test is

scheduled to be administered the week of July 11, 2016. The written examination is scheduled

to be administered on July 19, 2016. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of

June 20, 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 and reference material by April 11, 2016. Mr. Donithan provided the written examination

outline to your staff in November, 2015. The operating test and supporting reference materials

identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by May 12, 2016. The written examination will

be due by May 20, 2016. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal

Regulations, 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.

B. Waldrep 2

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 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 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 .

B. Waldrep 3

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Horton 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. Donithan at (404) 997-4538,

(Michael.Donithan@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4662, (Eugene.Guthrie@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eugene F. Guthrie, Chief

Operations Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-400

License Nos.: NPF-63

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Letter to Benjamin C. Waldrep from Eugene F. Guthrie dated February 19, 2016

SUBJECT: HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000400/2016301

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