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Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination (05000280/2019301 and 05000281/2019301)
	ML18128A376
Person / Time
Site:	Surry
Issue date:	04/25/2018
From:	Gerald Mccoy; NRC/RGN-II
To:	Stoddard D; Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO)
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	ER 2019301
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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

April 25, 2018

Mr. Daniel G. Stoddard

Senior Vice President and

Chief Nuclear Officer

Innsbrook Technical Center

5000 Dominion Blvd.

Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT: SURRY POWER STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR

INITIAL EXAMINATION (05000280/2019301 AND 05000281/2019301)

Dear Mr. Stoddard:

During a telephone conversation on April 16, 2018, between Mr. Richard Philpot, Training

Manager, Mr. Mike Meyer, Lead Exam Writer, and Mr. Daniel Bacon, Senior Operations

Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the

Surry Power Station. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of March 18,

2019. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of April 22 and

April 29, 2019. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of

May 6, 2019.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test

and written examinations 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 and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 by

November 23, 2018. Mr. Bacon provided the written examination outline to your staff in April,

2018. The operating tests, written examinations, and supporting reference materials identified

in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by February 6, 2019. 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 outlines, examinations, and tests

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.

D. Stoddard 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 NRC takes licensing action on all the applicants and any adjudicatory actions

on any hearing demands are complete.

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 (if possible). Contact Mr. Bacon to determine the method for

submission of waiver or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor

operator license applications (OMB control number 3150-0090) and medical certifications

(OMB control 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 guideline for receiving waiver or excusal requests calls 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 Statement - Licensee, or as directed by

Mr. Bacon 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 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.

The burden to the public for these voluntary information collections is estimated to average

2,250 hours0.00289 days 0.0694 hours 4.133598e-4 weeks 9.5125e-5 months per 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.

D. Stoddard 3

Public Protection Notification

The NRC may not conduct nor 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, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,

of the agencys 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. Philpot 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. Daniel Bacon at (404) 997-4518,

(Daniel.Bacon@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4551, (Gerald.McCoy@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gerald J. McCoy, Chief

Operations Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-280, 50-281

License Nos.: DPR-32, DPR-37

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