ML22066B061
| ML22066B061 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 03/07/2022 |
| From: | Gerald Mccoy Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Snider S Duke Energy Carolinas |
| References | |
| Download: ML22066B061 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000269/2022301
Text
March 7, 2022
Mr. Steven M. Snider
Vice President
Oconee Nuclear Station
7800 Rochester Highway
Seneca, SC 29672-0752
SUBJECT:
OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000269/2022301,
05000270/2022301 AND 05000287/2022301
Dear Mr. Snider:
During a telephone conversation on February 16, 2022, between Mr. M. Adair, NRC
Examination Author, and Mr. M. Meeks, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made
for the administration of licensing examinations at Oconee Nuclear Station. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of October 31, 2022. The operating test is
scheduled to be administered during the weeks of December 5 - December 12, 2022. The
written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of December 19, 2022.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 12 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.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test
outline by July 8, 2022. Mr. Meeks provided the written examination outline to your staff the
week of January 17, 2022. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting
reference materials identified in NUREG-1021 Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for
Operator Licensing Initial Examinations, will be due by September 21, 2022. 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. Delays in
receiving the required materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may
cause the examinations to be cancelled or rescheduled.
S. Snider
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To conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, your staff will need to
provide adequate space and accommodations and to make the simulation facility available on
the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-3.5, Administering Operating Tests, 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.
ES-1.2, Guidelines for Taking NRC Examinations, contains a number of NRC guidelines for
the written examinations and operating tests as they 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) control number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date
(if possible). Contact Mr. Meeks 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 certifications (OMB control number 3150-0024)
should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the NRC does not
receive the preliminary applications 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 waiver or excusal requests call for their receipt 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 facility licensee to the NRC
are not binding. Submittals addressing waivers or excusals, or both, should be in writing (i.e.,
using NRC Form 398 or as directed by Mr. Meeks 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 OMB, 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. Send comments regarding this information collection
to the FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch (T6-A10M), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555 0001, or by e-mail to: Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and
to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0018), Attn:
Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street, NW Washington, DC
20503; email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
S. Snider
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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, a
copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection through
the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is
accessible on the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Adair 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. Meeks at (404) 997-4467, (Internet E-mail:
Michael.Meeks@nrc.gov ), or me at (404) 997-4551, (Internet E-mail: Gerald.McCoy@nrc.gov ).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Gerald J. McCoy, Chief
Operations Branch 1
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287
License Nos.: DPR-38, DPR-47 and DPR-55
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SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE
FORM 665 ATTACHED
OFFICE
RII/ DRS/ OBI
RII/ DRS/ OBI
RII/ DRS/ OBI
NAME
DEgelstad
MMeeks
GMcCoy
DATE
2/ 23/2022
2/ 24 /2022
3/7 /2022
S. Snider
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