ML19014A028

Notification of Licensed Operator Retake Initial Examination 05000269/2019301, 05000270/2019301, and 05000287/2019301

ML19014A028
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	01/09/2019
From:	Eugene Guthrie Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Burchfield E Duke Energy Carolinas
References
Download: ML19014A028 (4)

See also: IR 05000269/2019301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

January 9, 2019

Mr. Ed Burchfield, Jr.

Site Vice President

Oconee Nuclear Station

7800 Rochester Highway

Seneca, SC 29672-0752

SUBJECT: OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR

RETAKE INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000269/2019301, 05000270/2019301, AND

05000287/2019301

Dear Mr. Burchfield:

During a telephone conversation on December 19, 2018, between Mr. Sam Lark, Lead NRC

Exam Author and Mr. Andreas Goldau, Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the

administration of a retake licensing examination at the Oconee Nuclear Station. The on-site

preparation and administration of the simulator scenario portion of the operating test are

scheduled for the week of February 24, 2019.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the simulator scenario

portion of the operating test 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 examination is 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

outlines by January 18, 2019. The simulator scenario portion of the operating test and the

supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by February 11,

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

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. Burchfield 2

In order to conduct the requested operating test, 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

applications 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 operating tests are being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor

operator and senior reactor operator waiver and/or excusal requests (Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date (if

possible). Contact Mr. Goldau to determine the method for submission of the waiver or excusal

requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (OMB

approval 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 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. Goldau 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 mandatory 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, 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. Burchfield 3

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, 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 through the Agencywide Documents Access and

Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Lark 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. Goldau at (404) 997-4528, (Internet E-mail:

Andreas.Goldau@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4662, (Internet E-mail:

Eugene.Guthrie@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eugene F. Guthrie, Chief

Operations Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-269, 50-270, 50-287

License Nos.: DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55

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