ML052420096
| ML052420096 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 08/29/2005 |
| From: | Moorman J Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Grissette D Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| 50-424/05-302, 50-425/05-302 | |
| Download: ML052420096 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000424/2005302
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August 29, 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 ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT - 05000424/2005302 AND
Dear Mr. Grissette:
In a telephone conversation on August 24, 2005, between Mr. Dan Scukanec, Senior Training
Instructor, Mr. Thad Thompson, Plant Training Instructor Nuclear, and Mr. Gerry Laska, Senior
Operations Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of a licensing retake
examination at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant scheduled to be given on November 18,
2005 (written examination).
As agreed during the telephone conversation your, staff will prepare a senior reactor operator
written examination based on the guidelines in 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.
Your staff has also agreed to provide copying services for administering the examination.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outline
by September 26, 2005. 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," will be due by October 17, 2005. Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an
authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the examination before it is
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 examination to be rescheduled.
In order to conduct the requested retake written examination, it will be necessary for your staff
to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with NUREG 1021, ES-402,
"Administering Initial Written Examinations."
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 examination is
being administered.
To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit the preliminary senior
reactor operator license application (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval
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number 3150-0090), medical certification (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver
requests (OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the examination date. If
the application is not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement
may be necessary. The signed application 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 June 30, 2006. 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.
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. 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 Gerry Laska at (404) 562-4626,
(Internet E-mail: GWL1@NRC.GOV), or me at (404) 562-4647, (Internet E-mail:
JHM2@NRC.GOV).
Sincerely,
/RA/
James H. Moorman, III, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-424, 50-425
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