ML090220034

Notification of Licensed Operator Retake Initial Examination 05000413-09-301, 050000414-09-301

ML090220034
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	01/21/2009
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Morris J Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Power Co
References
IR-09-301
Download: ML090220034 (4)

See also: IR 05000413/2009301

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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

January 21, 2009

Mr. J. R. Morris

Site Vice President

Duke Power Company, LLC

d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

Catawba Nuclear Station

4800 Concord Road

York, SC 29745-9635

SUBJECT: CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR

RETAKE INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000413/2009301, 050000414/2009301

Dear Mr. Morris:

In a telephone conversation on January 15, 2009, between Mr. Gary Hamilton, Operations

Training, and Mr. John Suptela, Operations Training, and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Chief

Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of retake licensing examinations at

Catawba Nuclear Station. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of

May 18, 2009.

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

examination is administered.

To meet the above schedule, Mr. Baldwin provided a written examination outline to your staff on

January 16, 2009. The written examination and the supporting reference materials identified in

Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 13, 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 examinations before they are submitted to the NRC for review

and approval. All materials shall be complete and ready-to-use. Your staff has also agreed to

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

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.

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,

DPC 2

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).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Hamilton 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 S. 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.: 50-413, 50-414

License Nos.: NPF-35, NPF52

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DPC 3

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NAME RBaldwin M. Widmann R Carroll

DATE 1/19/2009 1/21/2009 1/21/2009 1/ /2009 1/ /2009 1/ /2009 1/ /2009

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