ML050420088

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations - Vogtle Nuclear Plant - 05000424/2005301 and 05000425/2005301

ML050420088
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	02/10/2005
From:	Moorman J Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Grissette D Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
50-424/05-301, 50-425/05-301
Download: ML050420088 (4)

See also: IR 05000424/2005301

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February 10, 2005

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. D. E. Grissette, Vice President

P. O. Box 1295

Birmingham, AL 35201-1295

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS -

VOGTLE NUCLEAR PLANT - 05000424/2005301 AND 05000425/2005301

Dear Mr. Grissette:

In a telephone conversation on February 9, 2005, between Mr. Daniel Scukanec, Senior

Nuclear Operations Plant Instructor, and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Senior Operations Engineer,

arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Vogtle Nuclear

Plant. The written examinations are scheduled to be given on May 16, 2005, and the operating

tests are scheduled to be given during the weeks of May 16 and May 23, 2005. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 2, 2005.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC will prepare the written examination,

operating test outlines and simulator outlines. Your staff will provide details for these outlines

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 the examinations during the week of April 25, 2005.

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 February 21, 2005. Any delay in receiving the required

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

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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,

2006. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 50

hours 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-

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/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public

Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. 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 Rick Baldwin at (404) 562-4642,

(Internet E-mail: RSB2@nrc.gov), or or me at (404) 562-4647, (Internet E-mail: JHM2@nrc.gov)

Sincerely,

/RA/

James H. Moorman, III, Chief

Operator Licensing Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-424, 50-425

License Nos.: NPF-68, NPF-81

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