ML121290630

Catawba Nuclear Station - Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination - 05000413/2012301 and 05000414/2012301

ML121290630
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	05/08/2012
From:	Widmann M T Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Morris J R Duke Energy Carolinas
References
50-413/12-301, 50-414/12-301
Download: ML121290630 (7)

See also: IR 05000413/2012301

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

May 8, 2012

Mr. J. R. Morris Site Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Catawba Nuclear Station

4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635

SUBJECT: CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR

INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000413/2012301 AND 05000414/2012301

Dear Mr. Morris:

In a telephone conversation on May 4, 2012, between Mr. Eric Madsen, Nuclear Operations

Training Supervisor, Darrell Hensley, Lead Exam Author and Mr. Phillip Capehart, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Catawba Nuclear Station. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of September 4 and September 10, 2012. The written examination is scheduled to be administered during the week of September 17, 2012. The on-site preparatory week is

scheduled for the week of August 13, 2012.

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 June 21, 2012. Mr. Capehart provided the written examination outline to your staff in October 2011. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference materials

identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by August 6, 2012. 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 (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, 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 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).

DEC; LLC 3

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Madsen 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. Capehart at (404) 997-4483, (Internet E-mail: Phillip.Capehart@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 Nos.: 50-413, 50-414 License Nos.: NPF-35, NPF-52

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Bureau of Land and Waste Management Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution

Division of Radiological Health TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-1532

Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Catawba Nuclear Station 4830 Concord Road York, SC 29745

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County Manager of York County York County Courthouse P. O. Box 66 York, SC 29745-0066

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Arlington, VA 20598-3025

Duke Energy Corporation, LLC ATTN: Mr. Kevin Phillips Training Manager

Catawba Nuclear Station 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635

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Letter to J. R. Morris from Malcolm T. Widmann dated May 8, 2012.

SUBJECT: CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000413/2012301 AND 05000414/2012301

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