ML24017A080
| ML24017A080 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 01/11/2024 |
| From: | Tom Stephen NRC/RGN-II |
| To: | Carr E Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| References | |
| 50-338/24-301, 50-339/24-301 50-338/OL-24, 50-339/OL-24 | |
| Download: ML24017A080 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000338/2024301
Text
January 11, 2024
Eric S. Carr
President Nuclear Operations and
Chief Nuclear Officer
Innsbrook Technical Center
5000 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, VA 29060
SUBJECT:
NORTH ANNA POWER STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000338/2024301 AND
Dear Mr. Carr:
During a telephone conversation on January 4, 2024, between Mr. Andrew Brust, Exam Author
of Record, and Mr. Michael Donithan, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made
for the administration of licensing examinations at the North Anna Nuclear Station. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of June 24, 2024. The operating test is scheduled
to be administered during the weeks of August 5 and August 12, 2024. The written examination
is scheduled to be administered the week of August 19, 2024.
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 March 8, 2024. The written examination outline was provided to your staff on August
16, 2023. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials
identified in NUREG-1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for Operator Licensing
Initial Examinations, will be due by May 22, 2024. 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.
E. Carr
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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 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. Donithan to determine the method for submission of any 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 Statement - Licensee, or as directed by Mr. Donithan 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 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.
E. Carr
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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,
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. Brust 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. Donithan at (404) 997-4538, (E-mail:
Michael.Donithan@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4703, (E-mail: Thomas.Stephen@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Thomas A. Stephen, Chief
Operations Branch 1
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-338 and 50-339
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SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE
FORM 665 ATTACHED
OFFICE
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NAME
K. Wallace
M. Donithan
T. Stephen
DATE
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