ML121910313

Regulatory Issue Summary, RIS 2012-07 Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

ML121910313
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	07/05/2012
From:	Barbee A T South Carolina Electric & Gas Co, SCANA Corp
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of New Reactors, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RIS-12-007
Download: ML121910313 (3)

See also: RIS 2012-07

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Andy T. Barbee Director, Nuclear Training 803.345.4034

July 5, 2012 A SCANA COMPANY U. S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

Dear Sir / Madam: Subject: VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2 and 3 DOCKET NO. 50-395 DOCKET NO.52-027 and 52-028 OPERATING

LICENSE NO. NPF-12 REGULATORY

ISSUE SUMMARY, RIS 2012-07 PREPARATION

AND SCHEDULING

OF OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATIONS

Attached please find South Carolina Electric & Gas Company's (SCE&G) anticipated

schedule for operator licensing

examinations.

The first AP-1 000 exam, scheduled

in calendar year (CY) 2014, is a split exam, with the written exam on 08/06/14 (alternate

08/20/14)

and the operating

exam on 11/03/14 (alternate

11/10/14).

The first AP-1000 exam in CY 2015 will be a split exam, with the written exam on 02/04/15 (alternate

02/18/15)

and the operating

exam on 05/11/15 (alternate

05/25/15).

The second AP-1000 exam in CY 2015 will be a combined written and operating

exam on 11/02/15 (alternate

11/16/2015).

This letter contains no new commitments.

Should you have any questions

concerning

Unit 1 exams, please call Mr. Rick Garner at (803) 931-5636.

For questions

concerning

Units 2 and 3 exams, please call Mr. Neil E. Constance

at (803) 345-4028.TS/ATB/jw Attachments

(2)c: K. B. Marsh S. A. Byrne J. B. Archie N. S. Carns J. H. Hamilton, Jr.R. J. White W. M. Cherry V. M. McCree M. E. Franke M. T. Widmann R. E. Martin R. T. Garner N. E. Constance NRC Resident Inspector K. M. Sutton NSRC RTS (CR-12-02412)

File (814.04, RR 1150)DMS (MC-12-0022)

IC)-3)~Virgil C. Summer Station -Post Office Box 88 .Jenkinsville, SC *29065 * F (803) 345-5209

NRC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131

EXPIRES: 09/3012014

(9-2011) Estimated

burden per response to comply with this voluntary

information

collection

request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This information

collection

is used to plan budgets and resources

for operator examinations.

Send comments regarding

burden estimate to the Information

Services Branch OPERATOR LICENSING (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by internet e-EXAMINATION

DATA mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information

and Regulatory

Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0131), Office of Management

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information

collection

does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information

collection.

FACILITY NRC REGION Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 If A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION

PREPARATION

SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY2014 CY 2015 CY 2016 CY 2017 ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED

1 0 1 1 EXAMINATIONS

ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED

0 0 0 0 EXAMINATIONS

B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2014 CY 2015 CY 2016 CY 2017 NUMBER OF REACTOR 6 0 6 6 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS

-INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS

-UPGRADE 2 3 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS

-LIMITED 0 PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 09/29/2014

N/A 04/04/2016

03/13/2017

ALTERNATE

DATE 10/06/2014

N/A 04/11/2016

03/20/2017

C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS

EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE CY 2014 CY 2015 PROPOSED NUMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER

DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER

DECEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 CANDIDATES

NRC FORM 536 (9-2011)

NRC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131

EXPIRES: 09130/2014

(9-2011) Estimated

burden per response to comply with this voluntary

information

collection

request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This information

collection

is used to plan budgets and resources

for operator examinations.

Send comments regarding

burden estimate to the Information

Services Branch OPERATOR LICENSING (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by intemet e-mail to lnfocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information

and EXAMINATION

DATA Regulatory

Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0131), Office of Management

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information

collection

does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information

collection.

FACILITY NRC REGION Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3 11 A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION

PREPARATION

SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY2014 CY2015 CY2016 CY2017 ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED

12 1 EXAMINATIONS

ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED

0 0 0 0 EXAMINATIONS

B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2014 CY 2015 CY 2016 CY 2017 NUMBER OF REACTOR 0 0 0 0 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 24 40 18 18 OPERATORS

-INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0 0 0 0 OPERATORS

-UPGRADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 0 0 0 0 OPERATORS

-LIMITED PROPOSED DATES 08/06/14 (w) 02/04/15 (w)PRIMARY DATE 11/03/14 (o) 05/11/15 (o) 09/19/2016

07/10/2017

11/02/15 (Combined)

02/18/15 (w)ALTERNATE

DATE 08/20/14 05/25/15 (o) 10/03/2016

07/24/2017

11/10/14 (o) 11/16/15 (Combined)_

C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS

EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE CY 2014 CY 2015 PROPOSED NUMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER

DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER

DECEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 16 18 18 CANDIDATES

NRC FORM 536 (9-2011)