ML061860665

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examinations - Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant 05000348-06-301 and 05000364-06-301

ML061860665
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	06/27/2006
From:	Moorman J Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Sumner H Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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Download: ML061860665 (4)

See also: IR 05000348/2006301

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June 27, 2006

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. H. L. Sumner

Vice President

P. O. Box 1295

Birmingham, AL 35201

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS -

JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT 05000348/2006301 AND

05000364/2006301

Dear Mr. Sumner:

In a telephone conversation on June 16, 2006, between Mr.Gary Ohmstede, Operations

Training and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Sr. Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at the Farley Nuclear Plant during the week of

October 23, 2006. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of October 2, 2006.

The NRC will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in NUREG 1021, Operator

Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 9. Your staff will be given the

opportunity to review the examinations during the week of September 25, 2006.

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

reference materials identified in NUREG 1021, ES-201, Attachment 2, Reference Material

Guidelines For Initial Licensing Examinations, will be due by July 5, 2006. 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 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 NUREG 1021, ES-402, Administering Initial Written Examinations, and to make the simulation facility

available on the dates noted above. In accordance with NUREG 1021, ES-302, Administering

Operating Tests To Initial License Applicants, 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, Policies and Guidelines For Taking NRC Examinations,

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),

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and waiver requests (if any)(OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first

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/readingrm/adams.html (the Public

Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Ohmstede 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 Mr. Richard S. Baldwin at (404) 562-

4642, 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.: 50-348, 50-364

License Nos.: NPF-2, NPF-8

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B. D. McKinney, Licensing

Services Manager, B-031

Southern Nuclear Operating

Company, Inc.

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J. R. Johnson

General Manager, Farley Plant

Southern Nuclear Operating

Company, Inc.

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J. T. Gasser

Executive Vice President

Southern Nuclear Operating

Company, Inc.

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Bentina C. Terry

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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John G. Horn, Plant Training &

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Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant

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Ashford, Al 36312

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