ML23212B268
| ML23212B268 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 07/25/2023 |
| From: | Daniel Bacon NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB2 |
| To: | Krakuszeski J Progress Energy Carolinas |
| References | |
| IR 2024301 | |
| Download: ML23212B268 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000324/2024301
Text
July 25, 2023
Mr. John Krakuszeski
Site Vice President
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant
8470 River Rd. SE (M/C BNP001)
Southport, NC 28461
SUBJECT: BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000325/2024301 AND
Dear Mr. Krakuszeski:
During a telephone conversation on July 18, 2023, between Mr. Nathaniel Kenderdine, Lead
Exam Author, and Mr. Michael Kennard, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made
for the administration of licensing examinations at the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant. The on-
site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of January 8, 2024. The operating test is
scheduled to be administered during the weeks of February 12 and 19, 2024. The written
examination is scheduled to be administered the week of February 26, 2024.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 12 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 examinations are 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, and the supporting reference materials identified in NUREG-1021, Examination
Standard ES-2.1, Preparing for Operator Licensing Initial Examinations, Section F.4, by
November 29, 2023. Mr. Michael Kennard provided the written examination outline to your staff
on March 13, 2023. The operating test will be due by November 29, 2023, and the written
examination will be due by November 29, 2023. 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.
To conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, your staff will need to
provide adequate space and accommodations and to make the simulator facility available on
the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-3.5, Administering Operating Tests, 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.
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ES-1.2, Guidelines for Taking NRC Examinations, contains a number of NRC policies and
guidelines that will be in effect while the written examinations and 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 (if any) (Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first
examination date (if possible). Contact Mr. Michael Kennard 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 Statement-Licensee, or as directed by Mr. Michael Kennard 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.
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,
a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection
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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. Nathaniel Kenderdine 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. Michael Kennard at (404)
997-4627, (michael.kennard@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997- 4518, (Internet E-mail:
daniel.bacon@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Daniel Bacon, Chief
Engineering Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-325, 50-324
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