ML18085A562

Notification of Licensed Operator Retake Initial Examination 05000261/2018301

ML18085A562
Person / Time
Site:	Robinson
Issue date:	03/22/2018
From:	Eugene Guthrie Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Kapopoulos E Duke Energy Progress
References
50-261/OL-18-01
Download: ML18085A562 (4)

See also: IR 05000261/2018301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

March 22, 2018

Ernest J. Kapopoulos, Jr.

Site Vice President

H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant

Duke Energy

3581 West Entrance Road, RNPA01

Hartsville, SC 29550

SUBJECT: H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR RETAKE INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000261/2018301

Dear Mr. Kapopoulos:

During a telephone conversation on January 30, 2018, between Mr. Christopher McComber,

Nuclear Station Instructor - Operations, and Mr. Daniel Bacon, Senior Operations Engineer,

arrangements were made for the administration of a retake operator licensing examination at

the H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant. Administration of the simulator scenario portion of the

operating test is scheduled for the week of April 23, 2018.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the simulator scenario

portion of the operating test based on the guidelines in Revision 11 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 examination is administered. Your staff has also agreed to make copies

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

Your staff furnished the operating test outline on February 28, 2018. The simulator scenario

portion of the operating test and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to

ES-201 will be due by April 4, 2018. 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 and operating 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.

E. Kapopoulos 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. Your staff has agreed that the simulator scenarios administered for the NRC

examination will not be video-recorded or audio-recorded in any form.

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 waiver or excusal requests (if any) (Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination

date. Contact Mr. Bacon 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 approval number 3150-0024)

should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the preliminary

applications are not received 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 receiving waiver or excusal requests call for 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 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. Bacon 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 Office of Management and Budget, 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. You may submit comments on any aspect of the information collections,

including suggestions for reducing the burden, to FOIA, Privacy and Information Collections

Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by

electronic mail to infocollects.resource@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.

E. Kapopoulos 3

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 of the NRCs 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 NRCs 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. McComber 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. Bacon at (404) 997-4518, (Internet

E-mail: Daniel.Bacon@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4551, (Internet E-mail:

Eugene.Guthrie@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eugene F. Guthrie, Chief

Operations Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No.: 50-261

License No.: DPR-23

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