ML15251A396

Notification Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000395/2016301

ML15251A396
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	09/03/2015
From:	Eugene Guthrie Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Gatlin T South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
References
50-395/16-301
Download: ML15251A396 (3)

See also: IR 05000395/2016301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

September 3, 2015

Mr. Thomas D. Gatlin

Vice President

Nuclear Operations

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station

Post Office Box 88, Mail Code 800

Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SUBJECT: VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000395/2016301

Dear Mr. Gatlin:

In a meeting on July 16, 2015, between Mr. Robert Johnston, Lead Developer, and

Mr. Daniel Bacon, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration

of licensing examinations at the Virgil C. Summer (Unit 1) Nuclear Station. The operating test is

scheduled to be administered during the week of June 6, 2016. The written examination is

scheduled to be administered the week of June 13, 2016. The on-site preparatory week is

scheduled for the week of May 9, 2016.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on

the guidelines in Revision 10, of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for

Power Reactors. The NRCs regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might

be necessary before the examinations are administered.

The operating test outlines were submitted by your facility on August 17, 2015. Mr. Bacon will

provide a written examination outline to your staff by October 31, 2015. The written

examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to

ES-201 will be due by April 7, 2016. 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 examinations, and tests before they are submitted to the Commission 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.

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.

T. Gatlin 2

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 April 30, 2016. The public reporting burden for

this collection of information is estimated to average 2500 hours0.0289 days <br />0.694 hours <br />0.00413 weeks <br />9.5125e-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 to 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, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,

of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available

electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly

Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and

Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page

of the NRCs public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Johnston 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. Bacon at (404) 997-4518, (Internet

E-mail: Daniel.Bacon@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4662, (Internet E-mail:

Eugene.Guthrie@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eugene F. Guthrie, Chief

Operations Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No.: 50-395

License No.: NPF-12

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