ML12353A607
| ML12353A607 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 12/18/2012 |
| From: | Widmann M T Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Gillespie T P Duke Energy Corp |
| References | |
| 50-269/13-301, 50-270/13-301, 50-287/13-301 | |
| Download: ML12353A607 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000269/2013301
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 December 18, 2012
Mr. T. Preston Gillespie, Jr.
Site Vice President
Duke Energy Corporation
Oconee Nuclear Station 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672-0752
SUBJECT: OCONEE NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000269/2013301, 05000270/2013301, and 05000287/2013301
Dear Mr. Gillespie:
In a conversation on December 10, 2012, between Mr. Louis Nowell, NRC Exam Team
Supervisor and Mr. Gerard W. Laska, Senior Operations Examiner, 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 10, 2013. The written examination is
scheduled to be administered the week of June 17, 2013. The on-site preparatory week is
scheduled for the week of May 20, 2013.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will prepare the written examination and your staff will prepare the operating test based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." Your staff will be given the opportunity to review
the written examination during the week of April 1, 2013. The NRC regional office will discuss with your staff any changes to the operating test that might be necessary before the tests 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 reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201, including your exam banks, by December 31, 2012. The operating test outline will be due by March 26, 2013 and the operating tests will be due by April 25, 2013. 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 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.
T. Gillespie, Jr. 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, 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 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).
T. Gillespie, Jr. 3 Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Nowell 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. Gerard W. Laska at (404) 997-4626, (Internet E-mail: Gerald.Laska@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550, (Internet E-mail: Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).
Sincerely, /RA/ Malcolm T. Widmann, 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
cc: (See page 4)
T. Gillespie, Jr. 3 Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Nowell 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. Gerard W. Laska at (404) 997-4626, (Internet E-mail: Gerald.Laska@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550, (Internet E-mail: Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).
Sincerely, /RA/ Malcolm T. Widmann, 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
cc: (See page 4)
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T. Gillespie, Jr. 4 cc: Thomas D. Ray
Plant Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation
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James A. Kammer
Design Engineering Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation
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Robert H. Guy Organizational Effectiveness Manager Oconee Nuclear Station
Duke Energy Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution
Terry L. Patterson Safety Assurance Manager
Duke Energy Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution
Kent Alter Regulatory Compliance Manager Oconee Nuclear Station
Duke Energy Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution
Judy E. Smith Licensing Administrator
Oconee Nuclear Station
Duke Energy Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution
Joseph Michael Frisco, Jr. Vice President, Nuclear Design Engineering
General Office
Duke Energy Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution M. Christopher Nolan
Director - Regulatory Affairs
General Office
Duke Energy Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Cummings (acting)
Fleet Regulatory Compliance & Licensing
Manager General Office Duke Energy Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution Alicia Richardson
Licensing Administrative Assistant
General Office
Duke Energy Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution Lara S. Nichols
Deputy General Counsel
Duke Energy Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Cummings
Associate General Counsel
General Office
Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution
Division of Radiological Health
TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation
401 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Sandra Threatt, Manager
Nuclear Response and Emergency
Environmental Surveillance
Bureau of Land and Waste Management Department of Health and Environmental Control
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Senior Resident Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Oconee Nuclear Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
7812B Rochester Hwy
Seneca, SC 29672
Charles Brinkman Director
Washington Operations
Westinghouse Electric Company
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(cc cont'd - See page 5)
T. Gillespie, Jr. 5 (cc cont'd) County Supervisor of Oconee County
415 S. Pine Street Walhalla, SC 29691-2145
W. Lee Cox, III
Section Chief
Radiation Protection Section
N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution
Duke Energy Corporation
ATTN: Mr. Paul Stovall Training Manager Oconee Nuclear Station
7800 Rochester Highway
Seneca, SC 29672-0752
Letter to T. Preston Gillespie, Jr. from Malcolm T. Widmann dated December 18, 2012
SUBJECT: OCONEE NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000269/2013301, 05000270/2013301, and 05000287/2013301
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