ML082530155
| ML082530155 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 09/09/2008 |
| From: | Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Campbell W Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| IR-09-301 | |
| Download: ML082530155 (9) | |
See also: IR 05000327/2009301
Text
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER
61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931
September 9, 2008
Mr. William R. Campbell, Jr.
Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President
Tennessee Valley Authority
3R Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT: SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000327/2009301 AND 05000328/2009301
Dear Mr. Campbell:
In a telephone conversation on September, 4, 2008, between Mr. Brad Picchiottino, Acting
Training Manager and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were
made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. The
operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of January 26, 2009 and
February 2, 2009. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of
February 2, 2009. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of January 5, 2009.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021,
"Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be
necessary before the examinations are administered. Your staff has also agreed to make
copies of all examination materials that are necessary for administering the examination.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test
outline by November 10, 2008. Mr. Baldwin provided a written examination outline to your staff
on May 1, 2008. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by December 1, 2008. Pursuant to
Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an
authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outline, examination, and test
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.
TVA 2
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.
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 OMB, under
approval number 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 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 and its
enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document
Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs document
system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-
rm.adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
TVA 3
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Picchiottino 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. Rick Baldwin at (404) 562-4642,
(Internet E-mail: richard.baldwin@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4550, (Internet E-mail:
malcolm.widmann@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-327, 50-328
(cc: w/encl - See Page 4)
TVA 4
cc w/encl:
Ashok S. Bhatnagar General Counsel
Senior Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority
Nuclear Generation Development and Electronic Mail Distribution
Construction
Tennessee Valley Authority Beth A. Wetzel
Electronic Mail Distribution Manager
Corporate Nuclear Licensing and Industry
William R. Campbell, Jr. Affairs
Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice Tennessee Valley Authority
President Electronic Mail Distribution
Tennessee Valley Authority
3R Lookout Place James D. Smith
1101 Market Street Manager, Licensing and Industry Affairs
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
Christopher R. Church Electronic Mail Distribution
Plant Manager
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Larry E. Nicholson
Tennessee Valley Authority General Manager
Electronic Mail Distribution Performance Improvement
Tennessee Valley Authority
(Vacant) Electronic Mail Distribution
Vice President
Nuclear Support Michael A. Purcell
Tennessee Valley Authority Senior Licensing Manager
3R Lookout Place Nuclear Power Group
1101 Market Street Tennessee Valley Authority
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Electronic Mail Distribution
Michael J. Lorek Senior Resident Inspector
Vice President, Nuclear Engineering and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Projects Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority 2600 Igou Ferry Road
Electronic Mail Distribution Soddy Daisy, TN 37379-3624
Timothy P. Cleary Lawrence Edward Nanney
Site Vice President Director
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Division of Radiological Health
Tennessee Valley Authority TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation
Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution
John C. Fornicola County Mayor
General Manager Hamilton County
Nuclear Assurance Hamilton County Courthouse
Tennessee Valley Authority Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Electronic Mail Distribution
(cc: w/encl - See Page 5)
TVA 5
James H. Bassham, Director
Tennessee Emergency Management
Agency
Electronic Mail Distribution
Ann Harris
341 Swing Loop
Rockwood, TN 37854
Tennessee Valley Authority
ATTN: Mr. Brad Picchiotino
Acting Training Manager
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
P.O. Box 2000
Soddy-Daisy, TN 37384-2000
TVA 6
Letter to William R. Campbell, Jr. from Malcolm T. Widmann dated September 9, 2008
SUBJECT: SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000327/2009301 AND 05000328/2009301
Distribution w/encl:
RIDSNRRDIRS
PUBLIC
R. Pascarelli, NRR ((Regulatory Conferences Only))
September 9, 2008
Mr. William R. Campbell, Jr.
Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President
Tennessee Valley Authority
3R Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT: SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000327/2009301 AND 05000328/2009301
Dear Mr. Campbell:
In a telephone conversation on September, 4, 2008, between Mr. Brad Picchiottino, Acting
Training Manager and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were
made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. The
operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of January 26, 2009 and
February 2, 2009. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of
February 2, 2009. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of January 5, 2009.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021,
"Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be
necessary before the examinations are administered. Your staff has also agreed to make
copies of all examination materials that are necessary for administering the examination.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test
outline by November 10, 2008. Mr. Baldwin provided a written examination outline to your staff
on May 1, 2008. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by December 1, 2008. Pursuant to
Title 10, Section 55.40(b) (3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 55.40(b) (3), an
authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outline, examination, and test
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.
TVA 2
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.
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 OMB, under
approval number 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 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 and its
enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document
Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs document
system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-
rm.adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
_________________________ XG SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE
OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS
SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/
NAME Rick Baldwin Malcolm Widmann
DATE 09/9/2008 09/09/2008 9/ /2008 9/ /2008 9/ /2008 9/ /2008 9/ /2008
E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES N YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO