ML090890337

Notification of License Operator Initial Examination 05000335-09-301 and 05000389-09-301

ML090890337
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	03/30/2009
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
References
IR-09-301
Download: ML090890337 (7)

See also: IR 05000335/2009301

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931

March 30, 2009

Mr. Mano Nazar Executive Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer

Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT: ST. LUCIE PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000335/2009301 and 05000389/2009301

Dear Mr. Nazar:

In a telephone conversation on March 23, 2009, between Mr. Mark R. Verbeck, Initial License

Training Supervisor and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin Chief Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of September 28, and October 5, 2009. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of October 12, 2009. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of September 14, 2009.

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 July 17, 2009. Mr. Baldwin will provide a written examination outline to your staff by April 6, 2009. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by August 14, 2009. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10CFR55.40(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.

FP&L 2 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 (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (if any)(OMB approval number 3150-0090) 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 OMB, under approval number 3150-0018, which expires on June 30, 2009. 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 not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 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 and its enclosures 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).

FP&L 3 Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Verbeck 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. Richard Baldwin at (404) 562-4642, Internet E-mail: Richard.Baldwin@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4550, (Internet E-mail: Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely, /RA/ Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389 License Nos.: DPR-67, NPF-16

(cc: w/encl: See Page 4)

FP&L 4 cc w/encl: Gordon L. Johnston Site Vice President St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Christopher R. Costanzo Plant General Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Michael Page Operations Manager (Acting) St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Eric Katzman Licensing Manager

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Abdy Khanpour Vice President

Engineering Support Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

Robert J. Hughes Director Licensing and Performance Improvement Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

Alison Brown Nuclear Licensing Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

Don E. Grissette Vice President, Nuclear Operations - South Region Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

M. S. Ross Managing Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

(cc: w/encl - See Page 5)

Marjan Mashhadi Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

William A. Passetti, Chief Florida Bureau of Radiation Control Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution

Craig Fugate Director Division of Emergency Preparedness Department of Community Affairs Electronic Mail Distribution

J. Kammel

Radiological Emergency Planning Administrator Department of Public Safety Electronic Mail Distribution

Mano Nazar Senior Vice President and Nuclear Chief Operating Officer Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

Senior Resident Inspector St. Lucie Nuclear Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 6090

Jensen Beach, FL 34957-2010

Peter Wells (Acting) Vice President, Nuclear Training and Performance Improvement

Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

Mark E. Warner Vice President Nuclear Plant Support

Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

FP&L 5 cc: w/encl: Faye Outlaw County Administrator St. Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue

Ft. Pierce, FL 34982

Jack Southard Director Public Safety Department

St. Lucie County 101 N. Rock Rd. Ft. Pierce, FL 34945

Florida Power and Light Company ATTN: Mr. Seth Duston Training Manager

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant 6501 South Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, FL 34957

FP&L 6 Letter to Mano Nazar from Malcolm T. Widmann dated March 30, 2009

SUBJECT: ST. LUCIE PLANT - SAINT LUCIE PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000335/2009301 and 05000389/2009301

Distribution w/encl:

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