IR 05000390/2007301

Re-Take Reactor Operator Initial Written Examinations - Watts Bar - 05000390/2007-301

ML070730048
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	03/13/2007
From:	Haag R NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Singer K Tennessee Valley Authority
References
50-390/07-301, 50-391/07-301
Download: ML070730048 (5)

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rch 13, 2007

SUBJECT:

RE-TAKE REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS -

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT - 05000390/2007-301 AND 05000391/2007-301

Dear Mr. Singer:

In a telephone conversation on March 9, 2007, between Mr. Mark Similey, Operations Training Manager and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Sr. Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of the licensing written examinations at Watts Bar during the week of April 16, 2007.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in NUREG 1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 9. The NRC regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered. Your staff will be given the opportunity to review NRC recommended changes to the examination during the week of April 2, 2007.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the written examination, as well as the supporting reference materials identified in NUREG 1021, ES-201, Attachment 2, Reference Material Guidelines For Initial Licensing Examinations, by March 15, 2007. Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outlines, and examinations, 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 it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with NUREG 1021, ES-402, Administering Initial Written Examinations.

TVA 2 Appendix E of NUREG 1021, Policies and Guidelines For Taking NRC Examinations, contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examinations are being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary 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, approval number Part 55 (3150-0018), which expires on June 30, 2009. 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 BJS1@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.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www/nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mark Similey has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter.

TVA 3 If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Richard S. Baldwin at (404)-562-4642, or me at (404) 562-4607, (Internet E-mail:

RCH@NRC.GOV).

Sincerely,

\\RA\\

Robert C. Haag, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-390, 50-391 License No. NPF-90 and Construction Permit No. CPPR-92 cc :

Ashok S. Bhatnagar John C. Fornicola, General Manager Senior Vice President Nuclear Assurance Nuclear Operations Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Beth A. Wetzel, Manager Larry S. Bryant, Vice President Corporate Nuclear Licensing and Nuclear Engineering & Technical Services Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution 4X Blue Ridge 1101 Market Street Michael D. Skaggs Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Site Vice President Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Robert H. Bryan, Jr., General Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Licensing & Industry Affairs Electronic Mail Distribution Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Preston D. Swafford Senior Vice President James D. Smith, Acting Manager Nuclear Support Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority cc contd: - (see page 4)

Electronic Mail Distribution

TVA 4 cc contd:

Michael J. Lorek, Plant Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution County Executive Rhea County Courthouse 375 Church Street, Suite 215 Dayton, TN 37321-1300 County Mayor P. O. Box 156 Decatur, TN 37322 Lawrence E. Nanney, Director TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation Division of Radiological Health Electronic Mail Distribution Ann Harris 341 Swing Loop Rockwood, TN 37854 James H. Bassham, Director Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Electronic Mail Distribution Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Don Feldman Training Manager Watts Bar Training Center P. O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381

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