ML113060633
| 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
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,
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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DATE 10/31/2011 10/31/2011
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cc: Sandra Threatt, Manager
Division of Radiological Health Nuclear Response and Emergency
TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation Environmental Surveillance
401 Church Street Bureau of Land and Waste Management
Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Department of Health and Environmental
Control
Charles J. Thomas Electronic Mail Distribution
Fleet Licensing Manager
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Scott L. Batson
Electronic Mail Distribution Station Manager
Oconee Nuclear Station
David A. Baxter Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Vice President, Nuclear Engineering Electronic Mail Distribution
General Office
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Senior Resident Inspector
Electronic Mail Distribution U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Oconee Nuclear Station
David A. Cummings U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Associate General Counsel 7812B Rochester Hwy
Duke Energy Corporation Seneca, SC 29672
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Terry L. Patterson
Judy E. Smith Safety Assurance Manager
Licensing Administrator Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Oconee Nuclear Station Electronic Mail Distribution
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Electronic Mail Distribution Charles Brinkman
Director
Kent Alter Washington Operations
Regulatory Compliance Manager Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
Oconee Nuclear Station Electronic Mail Distribution
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Electronic Mail Distribution Tom D. Ray
Engineering Manager
Lara S. Nichols Oconee Nuclear Station
Vice President-Legal Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution
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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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M. Christopher Nolan
Fleet Safety Assurance Manager
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Electronic Mail Distribution (cc contd - See page 4)
(cc contd)
W. Lee Cox, III
Section Chief
Radiation Protection Section
N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce
& Natural Resources
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Duke Energy Corporation
ATTN: Mr. Dean M. Hubbard
Training Manager
Oconee Nuclear Station
7800 Rochester Highway
Seneca, SC 29672-0752
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
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