ML20206R451
| ML20206R451 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 01/06/1999 |
| From: | Peebles T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Gordon Peterson DUKE POWER CO. |
| References | |
| 50-413-99-301, 50-414-99-301, NUDOCS 9901190323 | |
| Download: ML20206R451 (4) | |
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,1 January 6,1999 Duke Energy Corporation ATTN: Mr. G. R. Peterson Site Vice President Catawba Site 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635
SUBJECT:
REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION 413/99-301 AND 50-414/99-301
Dear Ulr. Peterson:
In a telephone conversation on December 30,1998, between Mr. James Teofilac, Operations Training Manager and Mr. D. Charles Payne, Senior License Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Catawba Nuclear Station during the weeks of May 24 and June 7,1999.
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. It is requested that your staff coordinate with the chief examiner to determine the appropriate quantity of operating test items necessary to maintain sequestering of candidates to a mutually acceptable level during the examination week.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the proposed examination outlines by March 8,1999. Two copies of the proposed written examinations, two copies of the proposed operating tests, and one copy of the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by April 7,1999. Any delay in receiving the required reference and examination materials or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials may result in the examinations being rescheduled.
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 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.
l Your staff should submit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor 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 medical certifications, and evaluate any requested waivers. If the applications are not received at least 30 days before ihe examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Signed applications certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.
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1 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 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, i
Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0101), Office of information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Buoget, l
Washington, D.C. 20503.
l Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Teofilac 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. Paul M. Steiner at (404) 562-4648, or myself at (404) 562-4638.
Sincerely, (Original signed by T. A. Peebles)
Thomas A. Peebles, Chief Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-413,50-414 License Nos. NPF-35, NPF-52 cc: {See page 3) l l
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M. S. Kitlan Karen E. Long Regulatory Compliance Manager Assistant Attorney General Duke Energy Corporation N. C. Department of Justice 4800 Concord Road P. Box 629 York, SC 29745-9635 Raleigh, NC 27602 Paul R. Newton Saluda River Electric Legal Department (PB05E)
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Duke Energy Corporation P. O. Box 929 422 South Church Street Laurens, SC 129360 Charlotte, NC 28242 County Manager of York County J. Michael McGarry, Ill, Esq.
York County Courthouse Winston and Strawn York, SC 29745 1400 L Street, NW Washington, D. C. 20005 Piedmont Municipal Power Agency 121 Village Drive North Carolina MPA-1 Greer, SC 29651 Suite 600 P. O. Box 29513 L. A. Keller, Manager Raleigh, NC 27626-0513 Nuclear Regulatory Licensing Duke Energy Corporation Virgil R. Autry, Director 526 S. Church Street Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.
Charlotte, NC 28201-0006 S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Steven P. Shaver 2600 Bull Street Senior Sales Engineer Columbia, SC 29201 Westinghouse Electric Company 5929 Carnegie Boulevard, Suite 500 Richard P. Wilson, Esq.
Charlotte, NC 28209 Assistant Attorney General S. C. Attorney General's Office William H. Miller (Soap Miller)
P. O. Box 11549 Training Manager Columbia, SC 29211 Catawba Nuclear Station 4850 Concord Road Michael Hirsch York, SC 29745-9635 Federal Emergency Management Agency 500 C Street, SW, Room 840 Washington, D. C. 20472 North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation l
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