ML13231A230
| ML13231A230 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 08/19/2013 |
| From: | Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB1 |
| To: | James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| IR-13-302 | |
| Download: ML13231A230 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000259/2013302
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
August 19, 2013
Mr. Joseph W. Shea
Vice President, Nuclear Licensing
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT:
BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR RETAKE INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000259/2013302,
05000260/2013302, AND 05000296/2013302
Dear Mr. Shea:
In a telephone conversation on August 7, 2013, between Mr. Chris Vaughn, Ops Training
Manager, Mr. Dan Zielinski, Facility Representative, Mr. Mike Gibson, Exam Author, and Mr.
Phillip Capehart, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration
of retake licensing examinations at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. The on-site preparatory week
and the administration of the administrative topics portion and control room/in-plant systems
portion of the operating test is scheduled for the week of September 23, 2013.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the administrative topics
portion and control room/in-plant systems portion of the operating test 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
outlines, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to
ES-201 by August 26, 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 and operating 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.
J. Shea
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In order to conduct the requested 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.
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
April 30, 2016. 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).
J. Shea
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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Mike Gibson 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,
(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.: 50-259, 50-260, 50-296
License Nos.: DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-68
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Letter to Joseph W. Shea from Malcolm T. Widmann dated August 19, 2013.
SUBJECT:
BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR RETAKE INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000259/2013302,
05000260/2013302, AND 05000296/2013302
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