ML13024A260

Er 05000348-13-301 and 05000364-13-301, on 01/17/2013, Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant - Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination

ML13024A260
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	01/23/2013
From:	Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Lynch T Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR-13-301
Download: ML13024A260 (7)

See also: IR 05000348/2013301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

January 23, 2013

Mr. T. A. Lynch

Vice President

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant

P.O. Drawer 470, BIN B500

Ashford, AL 36312

SUBJECT: JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000348/2013301 AND

05000364/2013301

Dear Mr. Lynch:

In a telephone conversation on January 17, 2013, between Mr. Gary Ohmstede, Lead Instructor

Exam Development and Mr. Phillip Capehart, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were

made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Farley Nuclear Plant. The

operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of June 17 and June 24, 2013.

The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of July 1, 2013. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 20, 2013.

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 and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 by April 3,

2013. Mr. Phillip Capehart provided a written examination outline to your staff on October 21,

2012. The operating test, written examination, will be due by May 3, 2013. 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.

T. Lynch 2

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. Gary 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. Phillip Capehart at (404) 997-4483,

T. Lynch 3

(Internet E-mail: Phillip.Capehart@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550, (Internet E-mail:

Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann,

Chief Operations Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-348 and 50-364

License Nos.: NPF-2 and NPF-8

cc: (See Page 4)

_________________________ xG SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE G FORM 665 ATTACHED

OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS

SIGNATURE RA RA

NAME CAPEHART WIDMANN

DATE 01/ 23/2013 01/ 23 /2013

E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

T. Lynch 4

cc: Mark Williams

C. Russ Dedrickson Commissioner

Fleet Support Supervisor Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

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B. D. McKinney, Jr.

Cheryl A. Gayheart Regulatory Response Manager

Plant Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution D. W. Daughhetee

Licensing Engineer

S. Kuczynski Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Chairman, President and CEO Electronic Mail Distribution

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution T. D. Honeycutt

Regulatory Response Supervisor

Leigh Perry Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

SVP & General Counsel-Ops & SNC Electronic Mail Distribution

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Bradley J. Adams

Vice President

D. G. Bost Fleet Operations Support

Chief Nuclear Officer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

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N. J. Stringfellow

Dennis R. Madison Licensing Manager

Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution L. P. Hill

Licensing Supervisor

Paula Marino Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vice President Electronic Mail Distribution

Engineering

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. L. L. Crumpton

Electronic Mail Distribution Administrative Assistant, Sr.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

T. E. Tynan Electronic Mail Distribution

Site Vice President

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant William D. Oldfield

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Principal Licensing Engineer

Electronic Mail Distribution Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant

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M. J. Ajluni

Nuclear Licensing Director

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution

(cc contd - See page 5)

T. Lynch 5

(cc contd) Chuck Mueller

Todd L. Youngblood Manager

Vice President Policy and Radiation Program

Fleet Oversight Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

John G. Horn ATTN: Ms. Donna Christiansen

Site Support Manager Training Manager

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Farley Nuclear Plant

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. P. O. Box 470

Electronic Mail Distribution Ashford, AL 36312

Senior Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant

P. O. Box 620

Ashford, AL 36312

Cynthia A. Sanders

Radioactive Materials Program Manager

Environmental Protection Division

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution

James C. Hardeman

Environmental Radiation Program Manager

Environmental Protection Division

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution

Mr. Mark Culver

Chairman

Houston County Commission

P. O. Box 6406

Dothan, AL 36302

James L. McNees, CHP

Director

Office of Radiation Control

Alabama Dept. of Public Health

P. O. Box 303017

Montgomery, AL 36130-3017

State Health Officer

Alabama Dept. of Public Health

P.O. Box 303017

Montgomery, AL 36130-3017

Letter to T. A. Lynch from Malcolm T. Widmann dated January 23, 2013.

SUBJECT: JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000348/2013301 AND

05000364/2013301

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