ML24072A294
| ML24072A294 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 02/06/2024 |
| From: | Stephens T Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Basta L Duke Energy Progress |
| References | |
| Download: ML24072A294 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000261/2024301
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February 6, 2024
Laura Basta
Site Vice President
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
Duke Energy Progress, LLC
3581 West Entrance Road, RNPA01
Hartsville, SC 29550
SUBJECT:
H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000261/2024301
Dear Laura Basta:
During a telephone conversation on September 21, 2023, between Mr. M. Santalla,
Superintendent of Operations Training, and Mr. D. Lanyi, Senior Operations Engineer,
arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the H. B. Robinson
Steam Electric Plant. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of August 5,
2024. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the week of September 9 and
16, 2024. The written examination is scheduled to be administered during the week of
September 23, 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 NRCs regional office will discuss
with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test
outline by April 12, 2024. Mr. Lanyi provided the written examination outline to your staff in
September 2023. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials
identified in NUREG-1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for Operator Licensing
Initial Examinations, will be due by June 26, 2024. Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall
approve the examinations and tests 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 simulation 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
L. Basta
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S-1.2, Guidelines for Taking NRC Examinations, contains a number of NRC guidelines for
the written examinations and operating tests as they 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. Bacon 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 StatementLicensee, or as directed by Mr. Bacon 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 or response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing
and reviewing the information collections. Send comments regarding this information collection
to the FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch (T6-A10M), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555 0001, or by e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and
to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0018), Attn:
Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street, NW Washington, DC
20503; email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
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.
L. Basta
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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 through
the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is
accessible on the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Santalla 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. Lanyi at (404) 997-4487, (Internet E-mail:
David.Lanyi@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4703, (Internet E-mail: Tom.Stephen@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Thomas A. Stephen, Chief
Operations Branch 1
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-261
License Nos.: DPR-23
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SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE
FORM 665 ATTACHED
OFFICE
RII/DRS/OB1
RII/DRS/OB1
RII/DRS/OB1
NAME
K. Wallace
D. Lanyi
T. Stephen
DATE
2/05/24
2/5/24
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