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.

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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 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 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. 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)

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cc w/encl:

Gordon L. Johnston Marjan Mashhadi

Site Vice President Senior Attorney

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power & Light Company

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution

Christopher R. Costanzo William A. Passetti, Chief

Plant General Manager Florida Bureau of Radiation Control

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Department of Health

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution

Michael Page Craig Fugate

Operations Manager (Acting) Director

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Division of Emergency Preparedness

Electronic Mail Distribution Department of Community Affairs

Electronic Mail Distribution

Eric Katzman

Licensing Manager J. Kammel

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Radiological Emergency Planning

Electronic Mail Distribution Administrator

Department of Public Safety

Abdy Khanpour Electronic Mail Distribution

Vice President

Engineering Support Mano Nazar

Florida Power and Light Company Senior Vice President and Nuclear Chief

P.O. Box 14000 Operating Officer

Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Florida Power & Light Company

Electronic Mail Distribution

Robert J. Hughes

Director Senior Resident Inspector

Licensing and Performance Improvement St. Lucie Nuclear Plant

Florida Power & Light Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Electronic Mail Distribution P.O. Box 6090

Jensen Beach, FL 34957-2010

Alison Brown

Nuclear Licensing Peter Wells

Florida Power & Light Company (Acting) Vice President, Nuclear

Electronic Mail Distribution Training and Performance Improvement

Florida Power and Light Company

Don E. Grissette P.O. Box 14000

Vice President, Nuclear Operations - South Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

Region

Florida Power & Light Company Mark E. Warner

Electronic Mail Distribution Vice President

Nuclear Plant Support

M. S. Ross Florida Power & Light Company

Managing Attorney Electronic Mail Distribution

Florida Power & Light Company

Electronic Mail Distribution

(cc: w/encl - See Page 5)

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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

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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

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DATE 03/25/2009 03/27/2009 3/ /2009 3/ /2009 3/ /2009 3/ /2009 3/ /2009

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