ML091400031
| ML091400031 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 05/18/2009 |
| From: | Widmann M Operations Branch I |
| To: | Swafford P Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| IR-09-302 | |
| Download: ML091400031 (9) | |
See also: IR 05000327/2009302
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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
May 18, 2009
Mr. Preston D. Swafford
Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President
Tennessee Valley Authority
3R Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT: SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT - AMENDED NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR RETAKE INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000327/2009302 AND
Dear Mr. Swafford:
In a telephone conversation on May, 18, 2009, between Mr. Scott Meiklejohn, Operations
Training Manager and Mr. Phillip Capehart, Operations Engineer, arrangements were amended
from the May 7, 2009 corporate notification letter for the administration of licensing retake
written examinations scheduled to be administered during the week of September 7, 2009, at
the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the written examination
based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing
Examination Standards for Power Reactors."
To meet the above schedule, a written examination outline was previously provided for your
staff. The written examination and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3
to ES-201 are now due by July 15, 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 examinations before they are submitted to the NRC for review and
approval. All materials shall be complete and ready-to-use. Your staff has also agreed to make
copies of all examination materials that are necessary for administering the examination.
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
Appendix E of NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in
effect while the written examinations 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).
TVA 3
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Scott Meiklejohn 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. Phillip Capehart at (404) 562-4483,
(Internet E-mail: phillip.capehart@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 Ludwig E. Thibault
Senior Vice President General Manager
Nuclear Generation Development and Nuclear Oversight & Assistance
Construction Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place
Electronic Mail Distribution 1101 Market Steet
Chattanooga , TN 37402-2801
Preston D. Swafford
Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice General Counsel
President Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution
Electronic Mail Distribution
Fredrick C. Mashburn
William R. Campbell Acting Manager
Senior Vice President Corporate Nuclear Licensing and Industry
Fleet Engineering Affairs
Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority
6A Lookout Place Electronic Mail Distribution
1101 Market Place
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Beth A. Wetzel
Manager
Christopher R. Church Licensing and Industry Affairs
Plant Manager Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution
Tennessee Valley Authority
Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Thomas Coutu Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
Vice President 2600 Igou Ferry Road
Nuclear Support Soddy Daisy, TN 37379-3624
Tennessee Valley Authority
Electronic Mail Distribution Lawrence Edward Nanney
Director
Michael J. Lorek Division of Radiological Health
Vice President TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation
Nuclear Engineering & Projects Electronic Mail Distribution
Tennessee Valley Authority
Electronic Mail Distribution County Mayor
Hamilton County
Timothy P. Cleary Hamilton County Courthouse
Site Vice President Hamilton County Courthouse
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Tennessee Valley Authority
Electronic Mail Distribution
(cc: w/encl - contd See Page 5)
TVA 5
cc: w/encl contd
Larry E. Nicholson
General Manager
Performance Improvement
Tennessee Valley Authority
Electronic Mail Distribution
Michael A. Purcell
Senior Licensing Manager
Nuclear Power Group
Tennessee Valley Authority
Electronic Mail Distribution
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
Training Manager
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
P.O. Box 2000
Soddy-Daisy, TN 37384-2000
TVA 6
Letter to Preston D. Swafford from Malcolm T. Widmann dated May 7, 2009
SUBJECT: SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT - AMENDED NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR RETAKE INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000327/2009302 AND
Distribution w/encl:
RIDSNRRDIRS
PUBLIC
R. Pascarelli, NRR ((Regulatory Conferences Only))
RidsNrrPMSequoyah Resource
May 18, 2009
Mr. Preston D. Swafford
Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President
Tennessee Valley Authority
3R Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT: SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT - AMENDED NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR RETAKE INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000327/2009302 AND
Dear Mr. Swafford:
In a telephone conversation on May, 18, 2009, between Mr. Scott Meiklejohn, Operations
Training Manager and Mr. Phillip Capehart, Operations Engineer, arrangements were amended
from the May 7, 2009 corporate notification letter for the administration of licensing retake
written examinations scheduled to be administered during the week of September 7, 2009, at
the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the written examination
based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing
Examination Standards for Power Reactors."
To meet the above schedule, a written examination outline was previously provided for your
staff. The written examination and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3
to ES-201 are now due by July 15, 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 examinations before they are submitted to the NRC for review and
approval. All materials shall be complete and ready-to-use. Your staff has also agreed to make
copies of all examination materials that are necessary for administering the examination.
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
Appendix E of NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in
effect while the written examinations 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 RII:DRP
SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/
NAME Phil Capehart Malcolm Widmann Eugene Guthrie
DATE 05/19/2009 05/19/2009 5/ /2009 5/ /2009 5/ /2009 5/ /2009 5/ /2009
E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES N YES NO YES NO YES NO