ML071220342

Operations Initial Examinations - 2007-301

ML071220342
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	05/02/2007
From:	Haag R Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Jerrica Johnson Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
50-348/07-301, 50-364/07-301
Download: ML071220342 (4)

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May 2, 2007 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. J. Randy Johnson Vice President - Farley Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant 7388 North State Highway 95 Columbia, AL 36319

SUBJECT:

REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS -

JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT 05000348/2007301 AND 05000364/2007301

Dear Mr. Johnson:

In a telephone conversation on May 1, 2007, between Ms. Donna M. Christiansen, Nuclear Operations Training Supervisor, and Mr. Frank Ehrhardt, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Farley Nuclear Plant. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of October 29 and November 5, 2007. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of November 12, 2007. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of October 1, 2007.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the written examination and operating test 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 make all copies of examination materials that are necessary for administering the exam.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the outline for the operating test by July 30, 2007, and the outline for the written examination by August 20, 2007.

The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified in NUREG 1021, ES-201, Attachment 2, Reference Material Guidelines For Initial Licensing Examinations, will be due by September 14, 2007. Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outlines, examinations, and tests before they are 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 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

SNC 2 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),

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, 2009. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> per response, including the time for writing the examinations, and 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. Ms. Christiansen 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. Frank Ehrhardt (404) 562-4611, (Internet E-mail: fje@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4607, (Internet E-mail: rch@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

\\RA\\

Robert C. Haag, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-348, 50-364 License Nos.: NPF-2, NPF-8 cc: (See page 3)

SNC 3 cc contd:

B. D. McKinney, Licensing State Health Officer Services Manager, B-031 Alabama Department of Public Health Southern Nuclear Operating RSA Tower - Administration Company, Inc. 201 Monroe St., Suite 700 Electronic Mail Distribution P. O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 L. M. Stinson,Vice President, Fleet Operations Support M. Stanford Blanton Southern Nuclear Operating Balch and Bingham Law Firm Company, Inc. P. O. Box 306 Electronic Mail Distribution 1710 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35201 J. T. Gasser Executive Vice President William D. Oldfield Southern Nuclear Operating Quality Assurance Supervisor Company, Inc. Southern Nuclear Operating Company Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Bentina C. Terry Southern Nuclear Operating Co Inc Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. ATTN: John G. Horn, Plant Training &

Bin B-022 Emergency Preparedness Manager P. O. Box 1295 Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 P. O. Box 470 Ashford, Al 36312

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