ML081130192
| ML081130192 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 04/22/2008 |
| From: | Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Jerrica Johnson Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| 50-348/08-301, 50-364/08-301 | |
| Download: ML081130192 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000348/2008301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER
61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931
April 22, 2008
Mr. J. Randy Johnson
Vice President - Farley
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
7388 North State Highway 95
Columbia, AL 36319
SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS
JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT 05000348/2008301 and
Dear Mr. Johnson:
In a telephone conversation on April 17, 2008, between Ms. Donna M. Christiansen, Nuclear
Operations Training Supervisor, and Mr. Mark Bates, 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 the weeks of October 27 and
November 3, 2008. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of
November 10, 2008. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of September 29,
2008.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the written
examination and operating test based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, 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 7, 2008. 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 2, 2008. 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.
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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),
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
hours 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).
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OFFICE
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NAME
Craig Kontz *
Mark A. Bates*
MT.Widmann
DATE
04/18/2008
04/18/2008
04/21/2008
04/21/2008
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7388 N. State Highway 95
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