ML082590489

Er 05000400-09-301, on 09/11/2008, Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant - Notification of License Operator Initial

ML082590489
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	09/15/2008
From:	Widmann M Operations Branch III
To:	Burton C Carolina Power & Light Co
References
50-400/09-301
Download: ML082590489 (9)

See also: IR 05000400/2009301

Text

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER

61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931

September 15, 2008

Mr. Christopher L. Burton

Vice President

Carolina Power & Light Company

Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant

P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1

New Hill, NC 27562-0165

SUBJECT: SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000400/2009301

Dear Mr. Burton:

In a telephone conversation on September 11, 2008, between Mr. Ken Bailey, Supervisor,

Licensed Operator Requalification, and Mr. Frank Ehrhardt, Chief Examiner, arrangements were

made for the administration of licensing examinations at Harris Nuclear Plant. The operating

test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of March 9 and March 16, 2009. The

written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of March 16, 2009. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of February 16, 2009.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating tests

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

outlines by December 17, 2008. Mr. Frank Ehrhardt provided the written examination outline to

your staff in August 2008. The operating tests, written examination, and the supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by January 30, 2009.

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

outlines, examinations, and tests 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 OMB, under

approval number 3150-0018, which expires on June 30, 2009. The public reporting burden for

this collection of information is estimated to average 400 hours0.00463 days <br />0.111 hours <br />6.613757e-4 weeks <br />1.522e-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 gregory.trussell@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 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).

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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Ken Bailey 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. Frank Ehrhardt at (404) 562-4611,

(Internet E-mail: frank.ehrhardt@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4550, (Internet E-mail:

malcolm.widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-400

License Nos.: NPF-63

(cc: w/encl - See Page 4)

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cc: w/encl Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Kelvin Henderson ATTN: Mr. J. Wayne Gurganious

Plant General Manager Training Manager

Carolina Power and Light Company Harris Energy & Env. Center

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

Electronic Mail Distribution P.O. Box 327, State Road 1127

New Hill, NC 27562-0165

Senior Resident Inspector

Carolina Power and Light Company Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant ATTN: Mr. Greg Kilpatrick

U.S. NRC Training Manager

5421 Shearon Harris Rd Harris Energy & Env. Center

New Hill, NC 27562-9998 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

P.O. Box 327, State Road 1127

New Hill, NC 27562-0165

September 15, 2008

Mr. Christopher L. Burton

Vice President

Carolina Power & Light Company

Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant

P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1

New Hill, NC 27562-0165

SUBJECT: SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000400/2009301

Dear Mr. Burton:

In a telephone conversation on September 11, 2008, between Mr. Ken Bailey, Supervisor,

Licensed Operator Requalification, and Mr. Frank Ehrhardt, Chief Examiner, arrangements were

made for the administration of licensing examinations at Harris Nuclear Plant. The operating

test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of March 9 and March 16, 2009. The

written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of March 16, 2009. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of February 16, 2009.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating tests

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

outlines by December 17, 2008. Mr. Frank Ehrhardt provided the written examination outline to

your staff in August 2008. The operating tests, written examination, and the supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by January 30, 2009.

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

outlines, examinations, and tests 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.

CP&L 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 (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 June 30, 2009. The public reporting burden for

this collection of information is estimated to average 400 hours0.00463 days <br />0.111 hours <br />6.613757e-4 weeks <br />1.522e-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 gregory.trussell@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 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).

_________________________ XG SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE

OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS RII:DRP

SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/

NAME Frank Ehrhardt Malcolm Widmann Randy Musser

DATE 09/12/2008 09/15/2008 09/15/2008 9/ /2008 9/ /2008 9/ /2008 9/ /2008

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

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Letter to Dennis R. Madison from Malcolm T. Widmann dated September 15, 2008

SUBJECT: SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000400/2009301

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M. Vaaler, NRR (PM - Harris)