ML24352A261
| ML24352A261 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 12/18/2024 |
| From: | Matthew Endress NRC/RGN-II/DORS/OB |
| To: | Coffey B Florida Power & Light Co |
| References | |
| Download: ML24352A261 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000250/2025302
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Bob Coffey, Vice President
Nuclear Division and Chief Nuclear Officer
Florida Power & Light Company
Mail Stop: NT3/JW
15430 Endeavor Drive
Jupiter, FL 33478
SUBJECT: TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000250/2025302 AND 05000251/2025302
Dear Bob Coffey:
In a telephone conversation on December 16, 2024, between Mr. Sean Wylie, Fleet Operations
Training Supervisor, and Mr. Michael Kennard, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were
made for the administration of operator licensing examination at Turkey Point Nuclear Plant.
The on-site preparatory activities and the administration are scheduled for the week of March 9,
2025.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the operating test 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 January 27, 2025. The operating test, and supporting reference materials identified in
NUREG-1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for Operator Licensing Initial
Examinations, will be due by February 17, 2025. 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.
To conduct the requested operating tests, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate
space and 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.
ES-1.2, Guidelines for Taking NRC Examinations, contains a number of NRC guidelines for
the 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 (Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) control number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date (if
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B. Coffey
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possible). Contact Mr. Kennard 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.
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 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, 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
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.
B. Coffey
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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Wylie 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. Kennard at (404) 997-4627, (Internet E-mail:
Michael.Kennard@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4718, (Internet E-mail:
Matthew.Endress@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
Matthew F. Endress, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Operating Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-250, and 50-251
License Nos.: DRP-31, and DRP-41
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Signed by Endress, Matthew
on 12/18/24
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M. Endress
DATE
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