ML120750363

IR 05000369-12-301, 05000370-12-301, on 03/09/2012, McGuire Nuclear Station - Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination

ML120750363
Person / Time
Site:	Mcguire, McGuire
Issue date:	03/14/2012
From:	Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Repko R Duke Energy Carolinas
References
IR-12-301
Download: ML120750363 (6)

See also: IR 05000369/2012301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

March 14, 2012

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 05000369/2012301 AND 05000370/2012301

Dear Mr. Repko:

In a telephone conversation on March 9, 2012, between Mr. Clark Fletcher, NRC Exam Team

Lead, and Mr. Michael Meeks, 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 weeks of August 20 and August 27, 2012. The written

examination is scheduled to be administered the week of September 3, 2012. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of July 30, 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 May 29, 2012. The written examination outline was provided to your staff in January

2012. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference materials identified

in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by June 25, 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.

DEC, LLC 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, 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, 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 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 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).

DEC, LLC 3

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Fletcher 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. Meeks at (404) 997-4467, (Internet E-mail:

Michael.Meeks@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. 50-369, 50-370

License Nos. NPF-9, NPF-17

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cc: Peter Schuerger

Beth J. Horsley Training Manager

Wholesale Customer Relations Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution

Electronic Mail Distribution

Kenneth L. Ashe

Charles J. Thomas Regulatory Compliance Manager

Fleet Licensing Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

Electronic Mail Distribution

Lara S. Nichols

Clark E. Curry Vice President-Legal

Engineering Manager Duke Energy Corporation

McGuire Nuclear Station Electronic Mail Distribution

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Repka

Winston Strawn LLP

David A. Cummings Electronic Mail Distribution

Associate General Counsel

Duke Energy Corporation County Manager of Mecklenburg County

Electronic Mail Distribution 720 East Fourth Street

Charlotte, NC 28202

H. Duncan Brewer

Safety Assurance Manager W. Lee Cox, III

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Section Chief

Electronic Mail Distribution Radiation Protection Section

N.C. Department of Environmental

Kay L. Crane Commerce & Natural Resources

Senior Licensing Specialist Electronic Mail Distribution

McGuire Nuclear Station

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC David A. Baxter

Electronic Mail Distribution Vice President, Nuclear Engineering

General Office

Luellen B. Jones Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

Fleet Licensing Engineer Electronic Mail Distribution

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

M. Christopher Nolan William B. McGuire Nuclear Station

Fleet Safety Assurance Manager 12700 Hagers Ferry Rd

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Huntersville, NC 28078

Electronic Mail Distribution

Steven D. Capps

Station Manager

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

Electronic Mail Distribution

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Letter to Regis T. Repko from Malcolm T. Widmann dated March 14, 2012.

SUBJECT: MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR

INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000369/2012301 AND 05000370/2012301

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