ML102700540

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000335-11-301 and 05000389-11-301

ML102700540
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	09/27/2010
From:	Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
References
IR-11-301
Download: ML102700540 (6)

See also: IR 05000335/2011301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

September 27, 2010

Mr. Mano Nazar

Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer

Florida Power & Light Company

P.O. Box 14000

Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT: ST. LUCIE PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL

EXAMINATION 05000335/2011301 and 05000389/2011301

Dear Mr. Nazar:

In a telephone conversation on September 15, 2010, between Mr. Terry Benton, Training

Supervisor and Mr. Gerard Laska, Senior Operations 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 February 21, and 28, 2011. The written

examination is scheduled to be administered the week of March 14, 2011. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the weeks of January 24, and 31, 2011.

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 December 13, 2010. Mr. Gerard Laska provided a written examination outline to your

staff on May 05, 2010. The operating tests, written examination, and the supporting reference

materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by January 05, 2011. 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 (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 the Office of

Management and Budget. 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 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).

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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Benton 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. Laska at (404) 997-4626, (Internet E-mail:

gerard.laska@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550, (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

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DATE 09/27/2010 09/27/2010

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Richard L. Anderson Chief

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Operations Manager

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Mano Nazar

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Eric Katzman Florida Power & Light Company

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St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Juno Beach, FL 33408

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Letter to Mano Nazar from Malcolm T. Widmann dated September 27, 2010

SUBJECT: ST. LUCIE PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL

EXAMINATION 05000335/2011301 and 05000389/2011301

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