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Er 05000400-09-301, on 09/11/2008, Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant - Notification of License Operator Initial
	ML082590489
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Site:	Harris
Issue date:	09/15/2008
From:	Widmann M; Operations Branch III
To:	Burton C; Carolina Power & Light Co
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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.

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 0.111 hours 6.613757e-4 weeks 1.522e-4 months 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 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).

CP&L 3 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)

CP&L 4 cc w/encl: Brian C. McCabe Manager Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution

Paul Fulford Manager Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs PEB5

Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

R. J. Duncan, II Vice President Nuclear Operations Carolina Power & Light Company

Electronic Mail Distribution

J. Wayne Guganious Training Manager Harris

Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

Kimberly Harshaw Manager

Support Services Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

David H. Corlett

Supervisor Licensing/Regulatory Programs Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

David T. Conley Associate General Counsel Legal Dept. Progress Energy Service Company, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

(cc: w/encl - See Page 5)

John H. O'Neill, Jr. Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N. Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128

Beverly O. Hall Chief, Radiation Protection Section Department of Environmental Health N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution

Public Service Commission State of South Carolina P.O. Box 11649 Columbia, SC 29211

Chairman North Carolina Utilities Commission Electronic Mail Distribution

Robert P. Gruber

Executive Director Public Staff - NCUC 4326 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4326

Herb Council Chair Board of County Commissioners of Wake County P.O. Box 550

Raleigh, NC 27602

Tommy Emerson Chair Board of County Commissioners of

Chatham County 186 Emerson Road Siler City, NC 27344

CP&L 5 cc: w/encl Kelvin Henderson Plant General Manager Carolina Power and Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Senior Resident Inspector Carolina Power and Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant U.S. NRC

5421 Shearon Harris Rd New Hill, NC 27562-9998

Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. ATTN: Mr. J. Wayne Gurganious Training Manager Harris Energy & Env. Center Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 327, State Road 1127

New Hill, NC 27562-0165

Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. ATTN: Mr. Greg Kilpatrick Training Manager

Harris Energy & Env. Center 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.