ML22066B061

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000269/2022301, 05000270/2022301 and 05000287/2022301

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

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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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FORM 665 ATTACHED

OFFICE

RII/ DRS/ OBI

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DEgelstad

MMeeks

GMcCoy

DATE

2/ 23/2022

2/ 24 /2022

3/7 /2022

S. Snider

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