ML090220183
| ML090220183 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 01/21/2009 |
| From: | Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB |
| To: | Tynan T Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| IR-09-301 | |
| Download: ML090220183 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000424/2009301
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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
January 21, 2009
Mr. Tom E. Tynan
Vice President
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
7821 River Road
Waynesboro, GA 30830
SUBJECT: VOGTLE NUCLEAR PLANT - REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS 05000424/2009301 AND
Dear Mr. Tynan:
In a telephone conversation on January 20, 2009, between Mr. Richard D. Brigdon, Operations
Training Manager, and Mr. Ronald F. Aiello, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were
made for the administration of licensing examinations at Vogtle Nuclear Plant. The operating
test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks June 1 and June 8, 2009. The written
examination is scheduled to be administered during the week of June 8, 2009. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 11, 2009.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, the NRC will prepare the written examination
outline and your staff will prepare the operating test outlines, operating tests, and the 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.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test
outlines by March 18, 2009. Mr. Edwin Lea, Chief Examiner, will provide a written examination
outline to your staff by February 25, 2009. The operating tests, written examination, and the
supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by March 31,
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
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
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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.
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 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).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Brigdon has been advised of the policies and
guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination
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procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Edwin Lea, Chief Examiner, at (404) 562-4567
(Internet E-mail: edwin.lea@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.: 50-424, 50-425
(cc: - See Page 4)
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Angela Thornhill Mr. N. Holcomb
Managing Attorney and Compliance Officer Commissioner
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Department of Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution
N. J. Stringfellow Dr. Carol Couch
Manager Director
Licensing Environmental Protection
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Department of Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution
Jeffrey T. Gasser Cynthia Sanders
Executive Vice President Program Manager
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Radioactive Materials Program
Electronic Mail Distribution Department of Natural Resources
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L. Mike Stinson
Vice President Jim Sommerville
Fleet Operations Support (Acting) Chief
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Environmental Protection Division
Electronic Mail Distribution Department of Natural Resources
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Michael A. MacFarlane
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Mr. Steven M. Jackson
40 Inverness Center Parkway Senior Engineer - Power Supply
P.O. Box 1295 Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia
Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Electronic Mail Distribution
David H. Jones Mr. Reece McAlister
Vice President Executive Secretary
Engineering Georgia Public Service Commission
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution
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Office of the Attorney General
Bob Masse Electronic Mail Distribution
Resident Manager
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Office of the County Commissioner
Oglethorpe Power Corporation Burke County Commission
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Moanica Caston Arthur H. Domby, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel Troutman Sanders
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution
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Director
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Oglethorpe Power Corporation Govenor's Office of Consumer Affairs
Electronic Mail Distribution 2 M. L. King, Jr. Drive
Plaza Level East; Suite 356
Atlanta, GA 30334-4600
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(cc continued from Page 4)
Senior Resident Inspector
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
U.S. NRC
7821 River Road
Waynesboro, GA 30830
Susan E. Jenkins
Director, Division of Waste Management
Bureau of Land and Waste Management
S.C. Department of Health and
Environmental Control
Electronic Mail Distribution
Mr. Robert J. Brown
Plant Training and
Emergency Preparedness Manager
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
7821 River Road
Bin 63030
Waynesboro, GA 30830-2965
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procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Edwin Lea, Chief Examiner at (404) 562-4567,
(Internet E-mail: edwin.lea@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.: 50-424, 50-425
(cc: w/encl - See Page 4)
Distribution w/encl:
N. Salgado, NRO
R. Martin, NRR
G. McCoy, RII
B. Michael, RII
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