ML071910475

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examination for Edwin I. Hatch - 05000321-07-301 and 05000366-07-301

ML071910475
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	07/10/2007
From:	Haag R NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR-07-301
Download: ML071910475 (4)

See also: IR 05000321/2007301

Text

July 10, 2007

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. Dennis R. Madison

Site Vice President

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

P. O. Box 11028

Hatch Parkway North

Baxley, GA 31513

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION

EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT - 05000321/2007301 AND

05000366/2007301

Dear Mr. Madison:

In a meeting on April 17, 2007, between Mr. Steven Grantham, Operations Training Supervisor,

and Mr. Ronald F. Aiello, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at Hatch Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2. The operating

test is scheduled for the week of December 3, 2007. The written examination is scheduled to

be administered on December 10, 2007. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the

week of November 5, 2007.

As agreed during the meeting, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will

prepare the written examinations and your staff will prepare the operating tests 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 examinations are administered. Your staff will be given the opportunity

to review the written examinations during the week of October 1, 2007, and has also agreed to

make all of the copies of the examination materials prior to administration.

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

outlines by September 3, 2007. The operating tests will be due by October 15, 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. 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 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.

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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,

2008. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 350

hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, writing the examinations, 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 NRCs 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 NRCs 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. Grantham 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. Ronald F. Aiello at (404) 562-4641,

(Internet E-mail: RFA@NRC.GOV), or me at (404) 562-4607, (Internet E-mail:

RCH@NRC.GOV).

Sincerely,

\\RA\\

Robert C. Haag, Chief

Operator Licensing Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-321, 50-366

License Nos.: DPR-57, NPF-5

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J. T. Gasser Municipal Electric Authority

Executive Vice President of Georgia

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Plant Hatch 244 Washington Street, SW

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Atlanta, GA 30334

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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Raymond D. Baker ATTN: John C. Lewis, Training Manager

Manager Licensing - Hatch E. I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

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Baxley, GA 31513

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