ML20137F791

Discusses 970317 Telcon Between Rs Baldwin & a Lindsey Re Arrangements Made for Administration of Licensing Exams at McGuire Nuclear Power Plant.Operating Tests Scheduled for Wk of 970728.Written Exam Scheduled for 970725

ML20137F791
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Site:	Mcguire, McGuire
Issue date:	03/20/1997
From:	Peebles T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Barron H DUKE POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 9704010215
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I March 20, 1997 I 1

l Duke Power Company ATTN: Mr. H. B. Barron Vice President McGuire Site 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078-8985

SUBJECT:

REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS MCGUIRE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Dear Mr. Barron:

In a telephone conversation on March 17, 1997, between Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, License Examiner, and Mr. A. Lindsay, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the McGuire Nuclear Power Plant.

The operating tests are scheduled for the week of July 28, 1997. The written examination is scheduled for July 25, 1997.

This examination will be developed and administered as part of the NRC pilot initial examination process based on your staff's request to participate in i the pilot process. The NRC pilot initial examination process will permit your staff to draft the written examinations and operating tests for operator and senior operator license applicants. The NRC will review and a) prove the proposed examinations and tests and independently administer t1e operating tests to license applicants. Your staff will not administer any portion of l the o)erating tests; however, they will administer the written examinations. l The NRC will review the graded written examinations, grade each applicant's  ;

operating test performance, make the final pass or fail decisions, and issue I licenses, as appropriate.

Your staff will develop the licensing examinations in accordance with the guidelines in Revision 7. Supplement 1, of NUREG 1021 " Operator Licensing Examiner Standards,". Additional information on the development of the licensing examinations will be issued separately.

To prepare and administer the examinations on the above schedule, Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, License Examiner, identified to Mr. A. Lindsay the subset of reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 that would i be necessary under the pilot process. This material should be submitted by  !;,

June 16, 1997. (,

Your staff will prepare and, after NRC review and approval, administer the written examinations in accordance with ES 401 and ES 402 of NUREG 1021. The NRC's guidelines for administering the written examinations are described in ES 402, Attachment 1.

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DPC 2 Your staff will arepare and the NRC will administer the operating tests in .

. accordance with ES 301 and ES-302 of NUREG 1021. In order to conduct the requested operating tests, it will be necessary for your staff to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. Your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures,  !

l temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until '

the examination results are final.

ES 402, Attachment 2, and ES 302, Attachment 1, contain a number of NRC

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policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examination and operating tests are being administered.

3 Your staff should submit preliminary reactor and senior reactor operator i license applications and waiver requests at least 30 days before the first examination date so that the NRC will be able to review the applications and the medical certifications and evaluate any requested waivers. If the applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Finally, signed applications certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before j the first examination date.

This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Clearance Number 3150 0101, which expires April 30, 1997. The estimated average burden  !

is 7.7. hours per response, includes gathering, xeroxing, and mailing the required material. Send comments about this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch, Mail Stop T 6, F33, Office of Information Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555: and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150 0101), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs NE0B-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

We appreciate your cooperation. Mr. Lindsay has been advised of the NRC guidelines and policies addressed in this letter. If you have any questions on the examination process, please contact me at (404) 331 5541 or E mail address TAP 0NRC. GOV.

Sincerely.

(Original signed by T. A. Peebles)

Thomas A. Peebles, Chief Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50 369, 50 370 cc: See page 2

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t cc: James Snyder Peter R. Harden IV Regulatory Compliance Account Sales Manager Duke Power Company Power Systems Field Sales 1 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Westinghouse Electric Corp. l Huntersville, NC- 28078 8985 P. O. Box 7288  !

Charlotte, NC 28241 G. A. Copp Licensing EC050 Dr. John M. Barry, Director Duke Power Ccmpany Mecklenburg County Department .

P. O. Box 1007 of Environmental Protection l Charlotte, NC ?8242 700 North Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28203  !

Paul R. Newton  ;

Legal Department (PB05E) Karen E. Long i Duke Power Company Assistant Attorney General 422 South Church Street N. C. Department of Justice  ;

Charlotte, NC 28242-0001 P. O. Box 629  !

Raleigh, NC 27602 l Mr. Robert P. Gruber '

Executive Director Mr. A. Lindsay, Director Public Staff - NCUC McGuire Operations Training P. O. Box 29520 Training and Technology Center Raleigh, NC 2762-6 0520 13339 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078 8985  ;

J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.

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1400 L Street, NW V. Nerses, NRR Washington, D. C. 20005 S. Rudisail, RII C. Casto, RII l Dayne H. Brown, Director N. Economos, RII i Division of Radiation R. Baldwin, RII Protection PUBLIC N. C. Department of Environment, Health & Natural NRC Resident Inspector Resources U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 27687 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Raleigh, NC 27611 7687 Huntersville, NC 28078 8985 County Manager of Mecklenburg County 720 East Fourth Street Charlotte, NC 28202 0FFICE RIf:DRS R1I:DRS RIf:DRP PT1:DRS _

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