ML18085A562
| ML18085A562 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 03/22/2018 |
| From: | Eugene Guthrie Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Kapopoulos E Duke Energy Progress |
| References | |
| 50-261/OL-18-01 | |
| Download: ML18085A562 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000261/2018301
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
March 22, 2018
Ernest J. Kapopoulos, Jr. Site Vice President
H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
Duke Energy
3581 West Entrance Road, RNPA01
Hartsville, SC 29550
SUBJECT: H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR RETAKE INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000261/2018301
Dear Mr. Kapopoulos:
During a telephone conversation on January 30, 2018, between Mr. Christopher McComber,
Nuclear Station Instructor - Operations, and Mr. Daniel Bacon, Senior Operations Engineer,
arrangements were made for the administration of a retake operator licensing examination at
the H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant. Administration of the simulator scenario portion of the operating test is scheduled for the week of April 23, 2018.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the simulator scenario
portion of the operating test based on the guidelines in Revision 11 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 examination is administered. Your staff has also agreed to make copies of all examination materials that are necessary for administering the examination.
Your staff furnished the operating test outline on February 28, 2018. The simulator scenario
portion of the operating test and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 4, 2018. 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 and operating 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.
E. Kapopoulos 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. Your staff has agreed that
the simulator scenarios administered for the NRC examination will not be video-recorded or audio-recorded in any form.
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 waiver or excusal requests (if any) (Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date. Contact Mr. Bacon to determine the method for submission of the waiver or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (OMB
control number 3150-0090) and medical certif
ications (OMB approval number 3150-0024) should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the preliminary applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Final signed applications certifying that all training has been completed and requesting any waivers or excusals, as applicable, should be submitted at least 14 days before
the first examination date.
Although the guidelines for receiving waiver or excusal requests call for at least 30 days before
the first examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the requests should be submitted as early as possible in the process (see the 60-day guideline
above). Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the licensee to the NRC are not binding. Submittals addressing waivers or excusals, or both, should be in writing (i.e., using NRC
Form 398, "Personal Qualifications Statement-Licensee," or as directed by Mr. Bacon when
contacting him to determine the method for submission). The NRC will document its final decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal on the final (not preliminary) NRC Form 398 submitted for the applicant. The NRC will not provide its decision until the final application is submitted to the agency.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
This letter contains information collection requirements 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, approval number 3150-0018. The burden to the public for these voluntary information collections is estimated to average 2,250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-5 months <br /> per
examination or response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collections. You may submit comments on any aspect of the information collections,
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to FOIA, Privacy and Information Collections
Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by
electronic mail to infocollects.resource@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.
E. Kapopoulos 3
Public Protection Notification
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection 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).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. McComber 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) 997-4551, (Internet E-mail: Eugene.Guthrie@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA/ Eugene F. Guthrie, Chief Operations Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No.: 50-261
License No.: DPR-23
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