ML16054A277

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000390/2016301, 05000391/2016301

ML16054A277
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	02/19/2016
From:	Gerald Mccoy Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority
References
50-309/16-301, 50-391/16-301
Download: ML16054A277 (3)

See also: IR 05000390/2016301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

February 19, 2016

Mr. Joseph W. Shea

Vice President, Nuclear Licensing

Tennessee Valley Authority

1101 Market Street, LP 3D-C

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF

LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000390/2016301,

05000391/2016301

Dear Mr. Shea:

During a meeting on January 14, 2016, between Mr. Walter Smith, Operations Training

Manager and Mr. David Lanyi, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of June 13, 2016. The operating test is scheduled

to be administered during the week of July 18, 2016. The written examination is scheduled to

be administered the week of July 25, 2016.

As agreed during the meeting, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will prepare

both the operating test and written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 10 of

NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." Your staff has

already furnished the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201.

Your staff will be given the opportunity to review the written examination during the week of

March 10, 2016 and will be given the opportunity to discuss any changes that might be

necessary to the operating test during the preparatory week. 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 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.

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.

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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 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 400

hours per response, 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.

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. Smith 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. Lanyi at (404) 997-4487, (david.lanyi@nrc.gov),

or me at (404) 997-4551, (Internet E-mail: gerald.mccoy@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gerald J. McCoy, Chief

Operations Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-390, 50-391

License Nos.: NPF-90, CPPR-92

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