ML12353A607

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination - 05000269-13-301, 05000270-13-301, and 05000287-13-301

ML12353A607
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	12/18/2012
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Gillespie T Duke Energy Corp
References
50-269/13-301, 50-270/13-301, 50-287/13-301
Download: ML12353A607 (7)

See also: IR 05000269/2013301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

December 18, 2012

Mr. T. Preston Gillespie, Jr.

Site Vice President

Duke Energy Corporation

Oconee Nuclear Station

7800 Rochester Highway

Seneca, SC 29672-0752

SUBJECT: OCONEE NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR

INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000269/2013301, 05000270/2013301, and

05000287/2013301

Dear Mr. Gillespie:

In a conversation on December 10, 2012, between Mr. Louis Nowell, NRC Exam Team

Supervisor and Mr. Gerard W. Laska, Senior Operations Examiner, arrangements were made

for the administration of licensing examinations at the Oconee Nuclear Plant. The operating test

is scheduled to be administered during the week of June 10, 2013. The written examination is

scheduled to be administered the week of June 17, 2013. The on-site preparatory week is

scheduled for the week of May 20, 2013.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) will prepare the written examination and your staff will prepare the operating

test based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing

Examination Standards for Power Reactors." Your staff will be given the opportunity to review

the written examination during the week of April 1, 2013. The NRC regional office will discuss

with your staff any changes to the operating test that might be necessary before the tests 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 reference materials

identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201, including your exam banks, by December 31, 2012. The

operating test outline will be due by March 26, 2013 and the operating tests will be due by

April 25, 2013. 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 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.

T. Gillespie, Jr. 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.

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, medical certifications, and waiver

requests, (if any), 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 (OMB) under approval number 3150-0018, which expires February

28, 2013. 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 for examinations prepared by the facility, including the time for

reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, 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 neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an

information collection, unless it displays a current 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).

T. Gillespie, Jr. 3

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Nowell 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. Gerard W. Laska at (404) 997-4626, (Internet E-

mail: Gerald.Laska@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550, (Internet E-mail:

Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief

Operations Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No.: 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287,

License No.: DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55

cc: (See page 4)

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OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS

SIGNATURE /RA/ RA

NAME LASKA WIDMANN

DATE 12/18/2012 12/18/2012

E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

T. Gillespie, Jr. 4

cc: General Office

Thomas D. Ray Duke Energy Corporation

Plant Manager Electronic Mail Distribution

Oconee Nuclear Station

Duke Energy Corporation Alicia Richardson

Electronic Mail Distribution Licensing Administrative Assistant

General Office

James A. Kammer Duke Energy Corporation

Design Engineering Manager Electronic Mail Distribution

Oconee Nuclear Station

Duke Energy Corporation Lara S. Nichols

Electronic Mail Distribution Deputy General Counsel

Duke Energy Corporation

Robert H. Guy Electronic Mail Distribution

Organizational Effectiveness Manager

Oconee Nuclear Station David A. Cummings

Duke Energy Corporation Associate General Counsel

Electronic Mail Distribution General Office

Duke Energy Corporation

Terry L. Patterson Electronic Mail Distribution

Safety Assurance Manager

Duke Energy Corporation Division of Radiological Health

Electronic Mail Distribution TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation

401 Church Street

Kent Alter Nashville, TN 37243-1532

Regulatory Compliance Manager

Oconee Nuclear Station Sandra Threatt, Manager

Duke Energy Corporation Nuclear Response and Emergency

Electronic Mail Distribution Environmental Surveillance

Bureau of Land and Waste Management

Judy E. Smith Department of Health and Environmental

Licensing Administrator Control

Oconee Nuclear Station Electronic Mail Distribution

Duke Energy Corporation

Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Joseph Michael Frisco, Jr. Oconee Nuclear Station

Vice President, Nuclear Design Engineering U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

General Office 7812B Rochester Hwy

Duke Energy Corporation Seneca, SC 29672

Electronic Mail Distribution

Charles Brinkman

M. Christopher Nolan Director

Director - Regulatory Affairs Washington Operations

General Office Westinghouse Electric Company

Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution

Electronic Mail Distribution

David A. Cummings (acting)

Fleet Regulatory Compliance & Licensing (cc contd - See page 5)

Manager

T. Gillespie, Jr. 5

(cc contd)

County Supervisor of Oconee County

415 S. Pine Street

Walhalla, SC 29691-2145

W. Lee Cox, III

Section Chief

Radiation Protection Section

N.C. Department of Environmental

Commerce & Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution

Duke Energy Corporation

ATTN: Mr. Paul Stovall

Training Manager

Oconee Nuclear Station

7800 Rochester Highway

Seneca, SC 29672-0752

Letter to T. Preston Gillespie, Jr. from Malcolm T. Widmann dated December 18, 2012

SUBJECT: OCONEE NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR

INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000269/2013301, 05000270/2013301, and

05000287/2013301

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