ML17311A090
| ML17311A090 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 11/06/2017 |
| From: | Eugene Guthrie NRC/RGN-II |
| To: | Lippard G South Carolina Electric & Gas Co |
| References | |
| IR 2018301 | |
| Download: ML17311A090 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000395/2018301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
November 6, 2017
Mr. George Lippard III, Vice President
Nuclear Operations
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station
Post Office Box 88, Mail Code 800
Jenkinsville, SC 29065
SUBJECT: VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION [05000395/2018301]
Dear Mr. Lippard:
During a telephone conversation on October 11, 2017, between Mr. Robert Johnston, Lead
Exam Writer, and Mr. Bruno Caballero, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made
for the administration of licensing examinations at Virgil C. Summer (Unit 1) Nuclear Station.
The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 7, 2018. The operating test is
scheduled to be administered during the week of June 4, 2018. The written examination is
scheduled to be administered the week of June 11, 2018.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
written examination 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 examinations are administered. Your staff has also agreed to make
copies of all examination materials that are necessary for administering the examination.
Mr. Bruno Caballero provided a written examination outline to your staff in May 2017. To meet
the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test outline, and
the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201, by November 27, 2017.
The written examination will be due by February 26, 2018, and the operating test will be due by
March 16, 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, 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.
G. Lippard 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 NRC takes
licensing action on all the applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands
are complete.
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 and/or excusal requests (Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date (if
possible). Contact Mr. Bruno Caballero to determine the method for submission of the waiver or
excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications
(OMB approval number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-
0024) should be submitted 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. 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 StatementLicensee, or as directed by Mr. Bruno Caballero
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 mandatory 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, 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.
G. Lippard 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, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,
of the agencys Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available
electronically for public inspection through the Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Robert Johnston 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. Bruno Caballero at (404) 997-4608,
(Internet E-mail: bruno.caballero@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4662, (Internet E-mail:
eugene.guthrie@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Eugene F. Guthrie, Chief
Operations Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No.: 50-395
License No.: NPF-12
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