ML120690257

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000325/12-301 & 05000324/12-301

ML120690257
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	03/08/2012
From:	Franke M E Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Annacone M J Carolina Power & Light Co
References
Download: ML120690257 (7)

See also: IR 05000324/2012301

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

March 8, 2012

ATTN: Mr. Michael J. Annacone

Vice President Carolina Power and Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P.O. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461

SUBJECT: BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000325/2012301 AND 05000324/2012301

Dear Mr. Annacone:

In a telephone conversation on March 5, 2012, between Mr. Tony Pearson, Supervisor Operator Initial Training, Mr. Dan Arhelger, Exam Author, Mr. Bob Bolin, Exam Development Coordinator, and Mr. Bruno Caballero, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of December 3 and December 10, 2012.

The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of December 17, 2012. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of November 12, 2012.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, 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 outline by August 13, 2012. Mr. Caballero provided the written examination outline to your staff in February, 2012. The written exam and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by August 31, 2012. The operating test will be due by October 1, 2012. 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.

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In order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402, and to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-302, your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures, temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the examination results are final.

Appendix E of NUREG-1021 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 license applications, medical certifications, and waiver requests (if any) 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. Signed applications certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.

This letter contains information collections 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 (OMB) under approval number 3150-0018, which expires on February 28, 2013. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, writing the examinations, and completing and reviewing the collection of

information. Send comments on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at infocollectsresource@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.

The NRC may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Bob Bolin 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. Bruno Caballero at (404) 997-4608,

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(Internet E-mail: bruno.caballero@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4436, (Internet E-mail: mark.franke@nrc.gov).

Sincerely, /RA/ Mark E. Franke, Chief Operations Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-325, 50-324 License Nos. DPR-71, DPR-62

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cc w/encl: Edward L. Wills, Jr. Director Site Operations Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Robert J. Duncan II Vice President Nuclear Operations Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution

Joseph M. Frisco, Jr Plant General Manager Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution

Annette H. Pope Manager, Support Services Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

Lee Grzeck Supervisor - Licensing/Regulatory Programs (Acting) Brunswick Steam Electric Plant

Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

Randy C. Ivey Manager, Nuclear Oversight

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

Paul E. Dubrouillet

Manager, Training Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Kelvin Henderson General Manager Nuclear Fleet Operations

Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution

Joseph W. Donahue Vice President Nuclear Oversight Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution

David T. Conley Senior Counsel Legal Department Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution

Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Brunswick Steam Electric Plant U.S. NRC 8470 River Road, SE Southport, NC 28461

John H. O'Neill, Jr. Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N. Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128

Peggy Force Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina P.O. Box 629

Raleigh, NC 27602

Chairman North Carolina Utilities Commission Electronic Mail Distribution

Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff - NCUC 4326 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, NC 27699-4326

Anthony Marzano Director Brunswick County Emergency Services Electronic Mail Distribution

Public Service Commission State of South Carolina P.O. Box 11649 Columbia, SC 29211

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W. Lee Cox, III Section Chief Radiation Protection Section N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

Warren Lee Emergency Management Director New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management

230 Government Center Drive Suite 115 Wilmington, NC 28403

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Letter to Michael J. Annacone from Mark E. Franke dated March 8, 2012

SUBJECT: BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000325/2012301 AND 05000324/2012301

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