ML020860165

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations Vogtle Electric Generating Plant - 50-424/2002-301 and 50-425/2002-301

ML020860165
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	03/22/2002
From:	Ernstes M Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch
To:	Beasley J Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
50-424/02-301, 50-425/02-301
Download: ML020860165 (5)

See also: IR 05000424/2002301

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March 22, 2002

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. J. B. Beasley, Jr., Vice President

P. O. Box 1295

Birmingham, AL 35201-1295

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS

VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT - 50-424/2002-301 AND

50-425/2002-301

Dear Mr. Beasley:

In a telephone conversation on March 20, 2002, between Mr. Dan Scukanec, Senior Instructor

Operations Training and Mr. Steven D. Rose, Operations Engineer, arrangements were made

for the administration of licensing examinations at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant during

the weeks of December 2 and 9, 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 14, 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 15, 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 examinations and operating tests are 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. Dan Scukanec 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 Steven D. Rose at (404) 562-4609,

(Internet E-mail: SDR2@NRC.GOV), Kathleen ODonohue at (404) 562-4555, (Internet E-mail:

KFO@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 Nos. 50-424 and 50-425

License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81

cc: (See page 3)

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J. D. Woodard Attorney General

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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. 132 Judicial Building

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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Plant

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Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

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