ML24127A159

– Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000400/2024302

ML24127A159
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	05/08/2024
From:	Matthew Endress NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Haaf T Duke Energy Corp
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See also: IR 05000400/2024302

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Thomas P. Haaf, Site Vice President

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

Duke Energy Corporation

5413 Shearon Harris Rd

M/C HNP01

New Hill, NC 27562-9300

SUBJECT: SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000400/2024302

Dear Thomas Haaf:

In a telephone conversation on March 26, 2024, between Mr. Scott Rua, Superintendent

Nuclear Operations Training, and Mr. Ken Schaaf, Operations Engineer, arrangements were

made for the administration of a written licensing examination at Shearon Harris Nuclear Power

Plant. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of June 30, 2024.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the 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.

Mr. Schaaf provided a written examination outline to your staff on March 26, 2024. The written

examination and supporting reference materials identified in NUREG-1021, Examination

Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for Operator Licensing Initial Examinations, will be due by May

22, 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. [Your staff has also agreed to make copies of all examination materials that

are necessary for administering the examination.]

We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in

your response be contained in a separate enclosure and appropriately marked. Delays in

receiving the required examination and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or

incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be cancelled or rescheduled.

To conduct the requested written examination, it will be necessary for your staff to provide

adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-4.3, Administering Written

Examinations.

ES-1.2, Guidelines for Taking NRC Examinations, contains a number of NRC guidelines forMay 8, 2024

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the written examinations as they are being administered. Your staff has also agreed to make

copies of all examination materials that are necessary for administering the examination.

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) control number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first

examination date (if possible). Contact Mr. Schaaf to determine the method for submission of

the waiver or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license

applications (OMB control number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB control number

3150-0024) should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the NRC

does not receive the preliminary applications 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 waiver or excusal requests call for their receipt 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 facility 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.

Schaaf 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 OMB, approval number 3150-0018.

The burden to the public for these voluntary 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] [[400 hours 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; e-mail:

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.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, a

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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. Rua has been advised of the policies and

guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions about the NRC's examination

procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Schaaf at (404) 997-4548, (Internet E-mail:

Kenneth.Schaaf@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4718, (Internet E-mail:

Matthew.Endress@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

Matthew F. Endress, Chief

Operations Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-400

License Nos.: NPF-63

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Signed by Endress, Matthew

on 05/08/24

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