ML113060633

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination - 05000269-12-301, 05000270-12-301, and 05000287-12-301

ML113060633
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	10/31/2011
From:	Bruno Caballero Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Gillespie T Duke Energy Carolinas
References
IR-12-301
Download: ML113060633 (6)

See also: IR 05000269/2012301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

October 31, 2011

Mr. T. Preston Gillespie, Jr.

Site Vice President

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

Oconee Nuclear Station

7800 Rochester Highway

Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT: OCONEE NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR

INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000269/2012301, 05000270/2012301, and

05000287/2012301

Dear Mr. Gillespie:

In a telephone conversation on October 25, 2011, between Mr. Gabriel Washburn, Operations

Training and Mr. Ronald F. Aiello, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for

the administration of licensing examinations at the Oconee Nuclear Plant. The operating test is

scheduled to be administered during the week of June 11, 2012. The written examination is

scheduled to be administered on June 20, 2012. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for

the week of May 21, 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.

Your training staff has agreed to furnish us the operating test outline on March 12, 2012.

Mr. Aiello will provide a written examination outline to your staff in November, 2011. The written

examination and supporting reference material identified in Attachment 3, to ES-201, is due by

April 12, 2012. The operating test and its supporting reference material will be due by April 26,

2012. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR55.40(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.

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,

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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 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 current 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).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Washburn 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. Ronald F. Aiello at (404) 997-4641,

(Internet E-mail: ronald.aiello@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4608, (Internet E-mail:

bruno.caballero@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Bruno L. Caballero, Acting Chief

Operations Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No.: 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287,

License No.: DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55

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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Scott L. Batson

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Oconee Nuclear Station

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Oconee Nuclear Station

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Duke Energy Corporation Seneca, SC 29672

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County Supervisor of Oconee County

Luellen B. Jones 415 S. Pine Street

Fleet Licensing Engineer Walhalla, SC 29691-2145

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

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ATTN: Mr. Dean M. Hubbard

Training Manager

Oconee Nuclear Station

7800 Rochester Highway

Seneca, SC 29672-0752

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Letter to T. Preston Gillespie, Jr. from Bruno Caballero dated October 31, 2011.

SUBJECT: OCONEE NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR

INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000269/2012301, 05000270/2012301, and

05000287/2012301

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