ML17034A367

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000325/2017301 and 05000324/2017301

ML17034A367
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	02/01/2017
From:	Gerald Mccoy Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	William Gideon Progress Energy Carolinas
References
50-324/OL-17, 50-325/OL-17
Download: ML17034A367 (4)

See also: IR 05000324/2017301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

February 1, 2017

William R. Gideon

Site Vice President

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant

8470 River Rd. SE (M/C BNP001)

Southport, NC 28461

SUBJECT: BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000325/2017301 AND 05000324/2017301

Dear Mr. Gideon:

During a telephone conversation on January 18, 2017, between Mr. Robert Bolin, Senior

Nuclear Station Instructor - Operations, Mr. Daniel Hulgin, Lead Exam Author, and

Mr. Phillip Capehart, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of June 26, 2017. The operating test is scheduled

to be administered during the weeks of July 24, 2017 and July 31, 2017. The written

examination is scheduled to be administered the week of August 7, 2017.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

will prepare both the written examination and the operating test based on the guidelines in

Revision 10 of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors."

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 by March 26, 2017. Your staff will be

given the opportunity to review the written examination prior to the week of May 22, 2017 and

will be given the opportunity to discuss any changes that might be necessary to the operating

test during the preparatory week. Your staff has also agreed to make copies of all examination

materials that are necessary for administering the examination.

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.

W. Gideon 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 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 400

hours 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 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).

W. Gideon 3

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Bolin and Mr. Hulgin have 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.: 50-424, 50-425

License Nos.: NPF-68, NPF-81

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