ML020790047

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations Watts Bar - 50-390/2002-301

ML020790047
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	03/19/2002
From:	Ernstes M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Scalice J Tennessee Valley Authority
References
50-390/02301 50-390/02301
Download: ML020790047 (5)

See also: IR 05000390/2002301

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March 19, 2002

Tennessee Valley Authority

ATTN: Mr. J. A. Scalice

Chief Nuclear Officer and

Executive Vice President

6A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS

WATTS BAR - 50-390/2002-301

Dear Mr. Scalice:

In a telephone conversation on March 18, 2002, between Mr. Jack Cox, Nuclear Training

Manager and Mr. Steven D. Rose, Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at Watts Bar during the week of December 2, 2002

(operating test) and November 25, 2002 (written examination). The on-site preparatory week is

scheduled for the week of November 11, 2002.

The NRC will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 8, Supplement 1, of

NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." Your staff will

be given the opportunity to review the examinations during the week of October 21, 2002. The

facility has agreed to fill in the scenario details (ES-D-2) and the details of the JPMs. The

facility has also agreed to make all of the copies of the examination prior to administration.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the reference materials

identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 by April 1, 2002. Any delay in receiving the required

reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the

examination 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 examination is being administered.

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To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary 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 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 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 3150-0018, which expires on April 30, 2003. The

public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 months <br /> per

response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data

needed, 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, (3150-0101), 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.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Jack Cox has been advised of the policies

and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRCs

examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Steven D. Rose at (404) 562-4609,

(Internet E-mail: SDR2@NRC.GOV), Lee R. Miller at (404) 562-4676, (Internet E-mail:

LRM@NRC.GOV), or myself at (404) 562-4638, (Internet E-mail: MEE@NRC.GOV).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Michael E. Ernstes, Chief

Operator Licensing and

Human Performance Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-390

License No. NPF-90

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