ML061860665
| 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 |
| References | |
| 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
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
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B. D. McKinney, Licensing
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Southern Nuclear Operating
Company, Inc.
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J. R. Johnson
General Manager, Farley Plant
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Executive Vice President
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