ML110140901
| ML110140901 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 01/13/2011 |
| From: | Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Jerrica Johnson Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| Download: ML110140901 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000348/2011301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVE., NE., SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
January 13, 2011
Mr. J. Randy Johnson
Vice President - Farley
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
7388 North State Highway 95
Columbia, AL 36319
SUBJECT:
FARLEY NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000348/2011301 AND 05000364/2011301
Dear Mr. Johnson:
In a telephone conversation on December 28, 2010, between Mr. Gary Ohmstede, Lead
Instructor Exam Development, and Mr. Ronald F. Aiello, Senior Operations Engineer,
arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Farley Nuclear
Station. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of May 9, 2011,
and May 16, 2011. The written examination is scheduled to be administered on May 24, 2011.
The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of April 18, 2011.
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.
Your training staff furnished us the operating test outline on October 18, 2010. Mr. Aiello
provided a written examination outline to your staff in September 2010. The written
examination, operating test, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to
ES-201 will be due by March 14, 2011. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR55.40(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.
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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, medical certifications, and waiver
requests, (if any) 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. 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 for examinations prepared by the facility,
including the time for 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 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.
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. Ohmstede 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. Ronald F. Aiello at (404) 997-4641,
(Internet E-mail: ronald.aiello@nrc.gov), or my direct line at (404) 997-4550, (Internet E-mail:
malcolm.widmann@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-348, and 50-364
License Nos.: NPF -2 and NPF- 8
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Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant
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Letter to Mr. J. Randy Johnson from Malcolm T. Widmann dated January 13, 2011.
SUBJECT:
FARLEY NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000348/2011301 AND 05000364/2011301
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