ML17082A592
| ML17082A592 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 03/23/2017 |
| From: | Gerald Mccoy Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Kapopoulos E Duke Energy Carolinas |
| References | |
| Download: ML17082A592 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000261/2017301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
March 23, 2017
Ernest J. Kapopoulos, Jr.
Site Vice President
H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
Duke Energy
3581 West Entrance Road, RNPA01
Hartsville, SC 29550
SUBJECT:
H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000261/2017301
Dear Mr. Kapopoulos:
During a telephone conversation on February 16, 2017, between Mr. Joe Rackley, Operations
Training Supervisor, and Mr. Michael Meeks, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were
made for the administration of licensing examinations at the H. B. Robinson Steam Electric
Plant. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of August 28, 2017. The
operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of September 25 and
October 2, 2017. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of
October 9, 2017.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 11 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 25, 2017. Mr. Meeks provided the written examination outline to your staff in
October, 2016. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference materials
identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by July 20, 2017. 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.
E. Kapopoulos
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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. Your staff has agreed that the simulator scenarios administered for the NRC
examination will not be video-recorded or audio-recorded in any form.
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 waiver or excusal requests (if any) (Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination
date. Contact Mr. Meeks to determine the method for submission of the waiver or excusal
requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (OMB
control number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024)
should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the preliminary
applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement
may be necessary. Final signed applications certifying that all training has been completed and
requesting any waivers or excusals, as applicable, should be submitted at least 14 days before
the first examination date.
Although the guidelines for receiving waiver or excusal requests call for at least 30 days before
the first examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the
requests should be submitted as early as possible in the process (see the 60-day guideline
above). Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the licensee to the NRC are not binding.
Submittals addressing waivers or excusals, or both, should be in writing (i.e., using NRC
Form 398, Personal Qualifications StatementLicensee, or as directed by Mr. Meeks when
contacting him to determine the method for submission). The NRC will document its final
decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal on the final (not preliminary) NRC
Form 398 submitted for the applicant. The NRC will not provide its decision until the final
application is submitted to the agency.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
This letter contains information collection requirements 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, approval number 3150-0018. The burden to the
public for these voluntary information collections is estimated to average 2,250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-5 months <br /> per
examination or response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
information collections. You may submit comments on any aspect of the information collections,
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to FOIA, Privacy and Information Collections
Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by
electronic mail to infocollects.resource@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.
E. Kapopoulos
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Public Protection Notification
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection 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).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Rackley 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. Meeks at (404) 997-4467, (Internet E-mail:
Michael.Meeks@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4551, (Internet E-mail: Gerald.McCoy@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA: Eugene F. Guthrie for/
Gerald J. McCoy, Chief
Operations Branch 1
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No.: 50-261
License No.: DPR-23
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