ML042300500

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations McGuire Nuclear Station - 05000369/05-301 and 05000370/05-301

ML042300500
Person / Time
Site:	McGuire, Mcguire
Issue date:	08/17/2004
From:	Ernstes M Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch
To:	Gordon Peterson Duke Energy Corp
References
Download: ML042300500 (4)

See also: IR 05000369/2005301

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August 17, 2004

Duke Energy Corporation

ATTN: Mr. G. R. Peterson

Vice President

McGuire Nuclear Station

12700 Hagers Ferry Road

Huntersville, NC 28078-8985

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS

MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION - 05000369/2005301 AND 05000370/2005301

Dear Mr. Peterson:

In a phone conversation on August 12, 2004, between Mr. Robbie Pope, Operations Initial

Licensing Training Supervisor, and Mr. Lee Miller, Senior Operations Examiner, arrangements

were made for the administration of licensing examinations at McGuire Nuclear Station. The

operating test is scheduled for the weeks of February 7 and February 14, 2005. The written

examination is scheduled to be administered the week of February 21, 2005. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of January 17, 2005.

As agreed during the meeting, your staff will prepare the written examinations and operating

tests based on the guidelines in Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination

Standards for Power Reactors." Your staff has also agreed to make all of the copies of the

examination materials prior to administration. The NRC regional office will discuss with your

staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination

outlines by October 24, 2004. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by November 24, 2004.

Pursuant to 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. 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.

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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 the Office of

Management and Budget, approval number Part 55 (3150-0018), which expires on June 30,

2006. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500

hours 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 BJS1@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 NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be

available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the

Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS

is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public

Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Pope 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. Lee Miller at (404) 562-4676, (Internet E-mail:

LRM@NRC.GOV), or myself at (404) 562-4638, (Internet E-mail: MEE@NRC.GOV ).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Michael E. Ernstes, Chief

Operator Licensing and

Human Performance Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-369, 50-370

License Nos. NPF-9, NPF-17

cc: (See page 3)

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C. J. Thomas

Regulatory Compliance Manager (MNS)

Duke Energy Corporation

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R. L. Gill, Jr., Manager

Nuclear Regulatory Issues

and Industry Affairs

Duke Energy Corporation

526 S. Church Street

Charlotte, NC 28201-0006

Lisa Vaughn

Legal Department (PB05E)

Duke Energy Corporation

422 South Church Street

P. O. Box 1244

Charlotte, NC 28201-1244

Anne Cottingham

Winston & Strawn LLP

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Beverly Hall, Acting Director

Division of Radiation Protection

N. C. Department of Environmental

Health & Natural Resources

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County Manager of Mecklenburg County

720 East Fourth Street

Charlotte, NC 28202

Peggy Force

Assistant Attorney General

N. C. Department of Justice

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John W. Boyle, McGuire Training Manager

Maintenance Training Center

Courier Mail Code MG03MT

12700 Hagers Ferry Road

Huntersville, NC 28037

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