ML120760068
| ML120760068 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 03/16/2012 |
| From: | Mark Franke Division of Nuclear Materials Safety II |
| To: | Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| Download: ML120760068 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000321/2012301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
March 16, 2012
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 05000321/2012301 AND 05000366/2012301
Dear Mr. Madison:
In a telephone conversation on March 12, 2012, between Mr. Charlie Edmund, Examination
Group Lead, Mr. Anthony Ball, Plant Operations Instructor, Mr. Edward Jones, Plant Operations
Instructor, and Mr. Edwin Lea, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the
administration of licensing examinations at Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant. The operating test is
scheduled to be administered during the weeks of June 18 and June 25, 2012. The written
examination is scheduled to be administered the week of June 25, 2012. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 28, 2012.
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 April 12, 2012. Mr. Edwin Lea provided the written examination outline to your staff in
December 2011. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 30, 2012. 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, 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 (OMB) under approval number 3150-0018, which expires on
February 28, 2013. 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 neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an
information collection, 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. Edmund 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. Edwin Lea at
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(404) 997-4567, (Internet E-mail: Edwin.Lea@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4436, (Internet E-
mail: Mark.Franke@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA: Malcolm Widmann for/
Mark E. Franke, Chief
Operations Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos. 50-321, 50-366
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L. P. Hill
T. A. Lynch Licensing Supervisor
Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution
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Electronic Mail Distribution L. L. Crumpton
Administrative Assistant, Sr.
Dennis R. Madison Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Vice President Electronic Mail Distribution
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Steven B. Tipps
Electronic Mail Distribution Hatch Principal Engineer - Licensing
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
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Site Vice President
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant W. E. Duvall
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Site Support Manager
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M. J. Ajluni
Nuclear Licensing Director
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
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B. D. McKinney, Jr.
Regulatory Response Manager
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
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(cc contd) Cynthia A. Sanders
Senior Resident Inspector Radioactive Materials Program Manager
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Environmental Protection Division
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Georgia Department of Natural Resources
U.S. NRC Electronic Mail Distribution
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Baxley, GA 30334 James A. Capp
Program Coordination Branch Chief
Mr. Ken Rosanski Environmental Protection Division
Resident Manager Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution
Oglethorpe Power Corporation
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Senior Engineer - Power Supply
Mark Williams Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia
Commissioner Electronic Mail Distribution
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution Reece McAlister
Executive Secretary
Lee Foley Georgia Public Service Commission
Manager of Contracts Generation Electronic Mail Distribution
Oglethorpe Power Corporation
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Appling County Commissioners
Arthur H. Domby, Esq. County Courthouse
Troutman Sanders 69 Tippins Street, Suite 201
Electronic Mail Distribution Baxley, GA 31513
James C. Hardeman Amy Whaley
Environmental Radiation Program Manager Resident Manager
Environmental Protection Division Electronic Mail Distribution
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
ATTN: Mr. Steve Grantham
Al Frazier Training Manager
Emergency Response and Radiation Hatch Nuclear Plant
Program Manager 11028 Hatch Parkway North
Environmental Protection Division Baxley, GA 31513
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
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Judson H. Turner
Director
Environmental Protection Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
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Letter to Dennis R. Madison from Mark E. Franke dated March 16, 2012.
SUBJECT: EDWIN I. HATCH - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL
EXAMINATION 05000321/2012301 AND 05000366/2012301
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