ML082910648
| ML082910648 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 10/17/2008 |
| From: | Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| IR-09-301 | |
| Download: ML082910648 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000321/2009301
Text
October 17, 2008
Mr. Dennis R. Madison
Vice President
Southern Nuclear Operating
Company, Inc.
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
11028 Hatch Parkway North
Baxley, GA 31513
SUBJECT: EDWIN I. HATCH - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL
EXAMINATION 05000321/2009301 AND 05000366/2009301
Dear Mr. Madison:
In a telephone conversation on October 16, 2008, between Mr. Steve Grantham - Operations
Training Supervisor, Mr. Charlie Edmund - Plant Instructor Nuclear Operations, Mr. Ed Jones -
Plant Instructor Nuclear Operations, and Mr. Bruno Caballero - Operations Engineer,
arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Edwin I. Hatch
Nuclear Plant. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the week of April 20,
2009. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of April 27, 2009. The
on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of March 30, 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 February 16, 2009. Mr. Bruno Caballero provided the written examination outline to
your staff in May, 2008. The written examination and the supporting reference materials
identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by January 16, 2009. The operating test will be
due by March 9, 2009. 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.
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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 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 infocollectsresource@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 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).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Steve 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. Bruno Caballero at (404) 562-4608,
(Internet E-mail: Bruno.Caballero@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.: 50-321, 50-366
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
ATTN: Mr. John Hammonds
Training Manager
Hatch Nuclear Plant
11028 Hatch Parkway North
Baxley, GA 31513
October 17, 2008
Mr. Dennis R. Madison
Vice President
Southern Nuclear Operating
Company, Inc.
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
11028 Hatch Parkway North
Baxley, GA 31513
SUBJECT: EDWIN I. HATCH - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL
EXAMINATION 05000321/2009301 AND 05000366/2009301
Dear Mr. Madison:
In a telephone conversation on October 16, 2008, between Mr. Steve Grantham - Operations
Training Supervisor, Mr. Charlie Edmund - Plant Instructor Nuclear Operations, Mr. Ed Jones -
Plant Instructor Nuclear Operations, and Mr. Bruno Caballero - Operations Engineer,
arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Edwin I. Hatch
Nuclear Plant. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the week of April 20,
2009. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of April 27, 2009. The
on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of March 30, 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 February 16, 2009. Mr. Bruno Caballero provided the written examination outline to
your staff in May, 2008. The written examination and the supporting reference materials
identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by January 16, 2009. The operating test will be
due by March 9, 2009. 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.
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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Letter to Dennis R. Madison from Malcolm T. Widmann dated October 17, 2008
SUBJECT:
EDWIN I. HATCH - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL
EXAMINATION 05000321/2009301 AND 05000366/2009301
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