ML112010618

H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination - 05000261/2011302

ML112010618
Person / Time
Site:	Robinson
Issue date:	07/19/2011
From:	Widmann M T Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Duncan R J Progress Energy Co
References
50-261/11-302
Download: ML112010618 (6)

See also: IR 05000261/2011302

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

July 19, 2011

Mr. R. J. Duncan, II Vice President Progress Energy

H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit 2

3581 West Entrance Rd Hartsville, SC 29550

SUBJECT: H.B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000261/2011302 Dear Mr. Duncan:

In a telephone conversation on July 14, 2011, between Mr. Robert Adams, Initial License Training Supervisor and Mr. Mark Bates, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the H.B. Robinson Nuclear Station. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of November 28, 2011, and

December 5, 2011. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of December 12, 2011. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of November 7,

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 September 30, 2011. Mr. Phillip Capehart provided a written examination outline to your staff on June 14, 2011. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3, to ES-201 will be due by October 14, 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.

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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, 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).

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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Adams 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. Bates at (404) 997-4612, (Internet E-mail:

mark.bates@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.: 50-261

License No.: DPR-23

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Sandra Threatt, Manager Nuclear Response and Emergency Environmental Surveillance

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Robert J. Duncan II Vice President

H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2 Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution

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Scott D. West Superintendent Security H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution

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Thomas Cosgrove Plant General Manager

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Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff - NCUC 4326 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4326

W. Lee Cox, III Section Chief Radiation Protection Section N.C. Department of Environmental

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Greg Kilpatrick Operations Manager H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2 Progress Energy

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cc w/encl (continued) Public Service Commission State of South Carolina P.O. Box 11649

Columbia, SC 29211

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Henry Curry Training Manager H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2 Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution

Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant 2112 Old Camden Rd Hartsville, SC 29550

William R. Gideon Director Site Operations H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2 Progress Energy

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3581 West Entrance Rd. Hartsville, SC 29550

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