IR 05000002/1960010
| ML100400075 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry, University of Michigan  |
| Issue date: | 02/09/2010 |
| From: | Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Krich R Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| ER-10-301 | |
| Download: ML100400075 (6) | |
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February 9, 2010
SUBJECT:
BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION - 050000259/2010301, 050000260/2010301 AND 050000296/2010301
Dear Mr. Krich:
In a telephone conversation on February, 3, 2010, between Mr. Daniel K. Zielinski, Operations Training Lead Examiner and Mr. Phillip G. Capehart, Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of June 7 and June 14, 2010.
The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of June 21, 2010. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 17, 2010.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, 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 23, 2010. Mr. Phillip G. Capehart provided a written examination outline to your staff in August 2009. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 12, 2010. 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.
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 (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024),
and waiver requests (if any)(OMB approval number 3150-0090) 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. 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, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, writing the examinations, 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.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs 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 NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Zielinski 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. Capehart at (404) 562-4483, (Internet E-mail:
Phillip.Capehart@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4550, (Internet E-mail:
Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-259, 50-260, 50-296 License Nos.: DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-68
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K. J. Polson Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609
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Chairman Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Athens, AL 35611
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SUBJECT:
BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION - 050000259/2010301, 050000260/2010301 AND 050000296/2010301
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