ML110610797

McGuire Nuclear Station - Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination - 05000369-11-301 & 05000370-11-301

ML110610797
Person / Time
Site:	Mcguire, McGuire
Issue date:	03/01/2011
From:	Widmann M T Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Repko R T Duke Energy Carolinas
References
IR-11-301
Download: ML110610797 (5)

See also: IR 05000369/2011301

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 March 1, 2011 Mr. Regis T. Repko, Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC McGuire Nuclear Station MG01VP/12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078

SUBJECT: MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000369/2011301 AND 05000370/2011301 Dear Mr. Repko:

In a telephone conversation on February 1, 2011, between Mr. Fred Kirk, NRC Exam Team Lead and Mr. Edwin Lea, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at McGuire Nuclear Station. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the week of June 27, 2011. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of July 4, 2011. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 23, 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 March 28, 2011. The written examination outline was provided to your staff in

December 2010. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 29, 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. 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.

DPC 2 Appendix E of NUREG-102, 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 on 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 currently valid OMB control number. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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 NRC's 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. Kirk 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. Lea at (404) 997-4567, (Internet E-mail: Edwin.lea@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.: 50-369, 50-370 License Nos.: NPF-9, NPF-17 cc: See Page 3

DPC 3 cc w/encl: Steven D. Capps Station Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

Peter Schuerger Training Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

C. Jeff Thomas Fleet Regulatory Compliance & Licensing Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Kenneth L. Ashe

Regulatory Compliance Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Lara Nichols

Associate General Counsel Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution

Kathryn B. Nolan Senior Counsel Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street-EC07H Charlotte, NC 28202

David A. Repka Winston Strawn LLP Electronic Mail Distribution County Manager of Mecklenburg County

720 East Fourth Street Charlotte, NC 28202 W. Lee Cox, III Section Chief Radiation Protection Section N.C. Department of Environmental

Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Baxter Vice President, Nuclear Engineering

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

DPC 2 Appendix E of NUREG-102, 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 on 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 currently valid OMB control number. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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 NRC's 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. Kirk 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. Lea at (404) 997-4567, (Internet E-mail: Edwin.lea@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.: 50-369, 50-370

License Nos.: NPF-9, NPF-17 cc: See Page 3

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DPC 4 Letter to Regis T. Repko from Malcolm T. Widmann dated March 1, 2011.

SUBJECT: MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000369/2011301 AND 05000370/2011301 Distribution w/encl: C. Evans, RII EICS (Part 72 Only)

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