ML20206P065

Denies Util 860709 Request to Change Tech Spec 6.3.1, Permitting Exception to Experience Requirements for Two Candidates for Senior Reactor Operator Licenses.No Info Found to Support Waiving of Requirements

ML20206P065
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	08/25/1986
From:	Jabbour K Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Tucker H DUKE POWER CO.
References
NUDOCS 8608270083
Download: ML20206P065 (1)

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! Docket Nos. 50-413 DISTRIBUTION:

and 50-414 C M NRC PDR PWR#4 Reading

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. Mr. H.B. Tucker, Vice President BJYoungblood OGC-Beth Nuclear Production Department EJordan BGrimes

Duke Power Company JPartlow NThompson i 422 South Church Street KJabbour MDuncan

, Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 ACRS (10) JHannon BBoger

Dear Mr. Tucker:

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SUBJECT:

CATAWBA UNITS 1 AND 2 - EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR (SRO) LICENSES

By letter dated July 9,1986, you requested a change to Technical Specification i 6.3.1 which would pennit an exception to the experience requirements for two candidates for SR0 licenses. The NRC staff requires that an applicant for SR0

license shall have a minimum of 4 years of experience as a control room op-

erator. The details of this requirement are stated in Enclosure 1 to a letter from H.R. Denton to all licensees, dated March 28, 1980.

l The staff has reviewed your request and finds that waivers to the above requirement are only granted when the licensee provides evidence of extenuating circumstances and documents that each of the individuals requesting the waiver had obtained an experience equivalent to the four years required by Denton's letter. We find no information to support a finding of extenuating circumstances in this case since both Units are operating, and, therefore, the NRC staff denies the re-quested change to Catawba Units 1 and 2 Technical Specifications.

For your information, NRC examiners review licensed operator applications against requirements contained in source documents to determine eligibility for NRC examination. The facility Technical Specifications are not considered a source document for this purpose, and therefore are not normally referred to when determining a candidate's eligibility for examination. We are not aware of any Technical Specification requirements which exceed the present eligibility standards. An SR0 applicant at an operating plant who did not have four years of responsible power plant experience would not normally be found eligible for examination, irrespective of whether the requirement was repeated in the facility Technical Specifications.

Pleasecontactmeat(301)492-7367 if you have questions.

Sincerely, Kahtan N. Jabbour, Project Manager PWR Project Directorate #4 D vipion of PWR Licensing-A MJ cc: See next page PWR# /DPWR-A PWRf4/pPWR-A KJabbpur/ rad MDuiik 08/15/86 08/h/86 PWR#4/DPWR-A BJYoungblood 08/ft$/86 8608270003 860825 PDR ADOCK0500g3 P

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