ML17249A756

William B. McGuire Nuclear Station - Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000369/2018301 and 05000370/2018301

ML17249A756
Person / Time
Site:	McGuire, Mcguire
Issue date:	08/31/2017
From:	Gerald Mccoy Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Capps S Duke Energy Carolinas
References
50-369/OL-18-301, 50-370/OL-18-301
Download: ML17249A756 (4)

See also: IR 05000369/2018301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

August 31, 2017

Mr. Steven D. Capps

Site Vice President

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

McGuire Nuclear Station

12700 Hagers Ferry Road

Huntersville, NC 28078-8985

SUBJECT: WILLIAM B.MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION- NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000369/2018301 AND

05000370/2018301

Dear Mr. Capps:

During a telephone conversation on August 29, 2017, between Mr. Steven Mosteller, Exam

Author of Record, and Mr. Jason D. Bundy, Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for

the administration of licensing examinations at the William B. McGuire Nuclear Station. The

on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of March 19, 2018. The operating test is

scheduled to be administered during the weeks of April 16, 2018 and April 23, 2018. The

written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of April 23, 2018 or April 30,

2018.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and

written examination 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 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 November 17, 2017. Mr. Mark Bates, Senior Operations Engineer, provided the

written examination outline to your staff in February, 2016. The operating test, written

examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be

due by January 31, 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, 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.

S. Capps 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. Bundy 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 Statement - Licensee, or as directed by Mr. Bundy 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.

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.

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.

S. Capps 3

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. Steven Mosteller 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. Bundy at (404) 997-4557, (Internet

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

Gerald.McCoy@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gerald J. McCoy, Chief

Operations Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370

License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17

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