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ML20199D208
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Issue date: 11/21/1996
From: Malsch M
NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC)
To: Egan J
AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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January 14, 1998 Carolina Power and Light Company ATTN; Mr. C. S. Hinnant=

Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P._0. Box =10429 Southport NC 28461

SUBJECT:

. REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR.0PERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS AT THE BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT 324/98-300 AND 50 325/98-300

Dear Mr. Hinnant:

In a telephone conversation on January 7, 1998. between Mr. Richard Edens, Project Technical Specialist. and Mr. Richard Baldwin, License Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations'at the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant during the weeks of May 4 and May 18, 1998.

Your staff will prepare the proposed examinations in accordance with the guidelines in Interim Revision 8. of NUREG-1021. " Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors.". The NRC regional office will' discuss with your staff any examination changes that.might be necessary-prior to their administration.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the proposed examination outlines by February 20, 1998. The proposed written.

examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by March 20, 1998. Any delay in receiving the-required reference and examination materials or the submittal o_f inadequate or incomplete materials may result in the examinations being.

rescheduled, in order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, it-twill 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.

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operator 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, Signed applications certifying that l all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examinatien date. '

4 This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Clearance '

Number 3150 0101, which expires April 30, 2000. The estimated average burden is 7.7 hours8.101852e-5 days <br />0.00194 hours <br />1.157407e-5 weeks <br />2.6635e-6 months <br /> per response, including gathering, xeroxing, and mailing the required reference material: the estimated average burden to prepare the i examinations is 400 hours0.00463 days <br />0.111 hours <br />6.613757e-4 weeks <br />1.522e-4 months <br />. Send comments regarding 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.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Edens 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 i contact Mr. D. Charles Payne at (404) 562-4647, or myself at (404) 562-4638, Sincerely.

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CP&L 3 cc: Director Karen E. Long Site Operations Assistant Attorney General Brunswick Steam Electric Plant State of North Carolina Carolina Power & Light Company P. O. Box 629 P. O. Box 10429 Raleigh NC 27602 Southport. NC 28461 Robert P. Gruber J. J. Lyash Plant Manager Executive Director Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Public Staff NCUC Carolina Power & Light Company P. O. Box 29520 P. O. Box 10429 Raleigh NC 27626 0520 Southport. NC 28461 Public Service Commission l D. B. Alexander. Manager State of South Carolina Performance Evaluation and P. O. Box 11649 l Regulatory Affairs OHS 7 Columbia SC 29211 Carolina Power & Light Company 412 S. Wilmington Street Jerry W. Jones. Chairman Raleigh NC 27601 Brunswick County Board of Commissioners K. R. Jury. Manager P. O. Box 249 Regulatory Affairs Bolivia, NC 28422 Carolina Power & Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Dan E. Summers P. O. Box 10429 Emergency Management Coordinator Southport. NC 28461-0429 New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management William D. Johnson P. O. Box 1525 Vice President & Senior Counsel Wilmington, NC 28402 Carolina Power and Light Company P. O, Box 1551 William H. Crowe, Mayor Raleigh. NC 27602 City of Southport 201 E. Moore Street Mel Fry. Acting Director Southport. NC 28461 Division of Radiation Protection N. C. Department of Environmental H. Herrell. Acting Manager

. Commerce & Natural Resources Brunswick Steam Electric Plant 3825 Barrett Drive Carolina Power & Light Company Raleigh. NC 27609 7721 P. O. Box 10429 Southport. NC 28461 Distribution w/ encl: (See page 4)

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