ML041590194

Senior Reactor Operator Retake Examination Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant - 05000259/2004-302, 05000260/2004-302 and 05000296/2004-302

ML041590194
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	06/02/2003
From:	Ernstes M Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch
To:	Singer K Tennessee Valley Authority
References
50-259/04-302, 50-260/04-302, 50-296/04-302
Download: ML041590194 (5)

See also: IR 05000259/2004302

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June 2, 2003

Tennessee Valley Authority

ATTN: Mr. K. W. Singer

Chief Nuclear Officer and

Executive Vice President

6A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR RETAKE EXAMINATION BROWNS FERRY

NUCLEAR PLANT - 05000259/2004-302, 05000260/2004-302 AND

05000296/2004-302

Dear Mr. Scalice:

In a telephone conversation on June 2, 2004, between Mr. Terry Chinn, Operations Training

Manager, and Mr. Edwin Lea, NRC Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for

the administration of a re-take written licensing examination at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.

The examination is scheduled to be administered by members of your staff during the week of

August 9, 2004.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examination based on

the guidelines in Draft Revision 9, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination

Standards for Power Reactors. The NRC regional office will discuss with your staff any

changes that might be necessary before the examination is administered.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outline

by June 7, 2004. The written examination and the supporting reference materials identified in

Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by July 16, 2004. Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an

authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outline and the written

examination before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials shall

be complete and ready-to-use. Any delay in receiving the required examination and reference

materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examination to

be rescheduled.

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.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit the signed license

application (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical

certification (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver request (OMB approval number

3150-0090) by July 20, 2004.

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,

2006. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500

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hours 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 NRCs "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter

and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public

Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs

document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Chin 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 Edwin Lea at (404) 562-5467, (Internet E-

mail:EXL2@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. 50-259, 50-260, 50-296

License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-68

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Tennessee Valley Authority Jon R. Rupert, Vice President

Electronic Mail Distribution Browns Ferry Unit 1 Restart

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Thomas J. Niessen, Acting General Tennessee Valley Authority

Manager P. O. Box 2000

Nuclear Assurance Decatur, AL 35609

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Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

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Decatur, AL 35609-2000

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Licensing and Industry Affairs

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Tennessee Valley Authority

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