ML17362A347
| ML17362A347 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 12/28/2017 |
| From: | Gerald Mccoy NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB1 |
| To: | James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| 50-259/18-301, 50-260/18-301, 50-296/18-301 | |
| Download: ML17362A347 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000259/2018301
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
December 28, 2017
Mr. Joseph W. Shea
Vice President, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs
and Support Services
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT: BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000259/2018301, 05000260/2018301,
Dear Mr. Shea:
In a telephone conversation on December 7, 2017, between Mr. Donald Binkley, Simulator
Services Manager, Mr. Michael Schulte, Lead Examiner, Mr. Michael Tharpe, Exam Developer,
Mr. Gregory Smith, Operations Facility Representative, and Mr. Daniel Bacon, Senior
Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of operator licensing
examinations at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant during the weeks of July 16 and 23, 2018.
As agreed upon during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations
based on the guidelines in Revision 11 to NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination
Standards for Power Reactors. The NRCs regional office will discuss with your staff any
changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test
outlines by February 16, 2018. The written examination outline was provided to your staff on
June 20, 2017. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials
identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by May 2, 2018. Pursuant to Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility
licensee shall approve the examinations and tests 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. Delays in
receiving the required materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may
cause the examinations to be cancelled or rescheduled.
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, along with any video and audio
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recordings of the dynamic operating tests, until the NRC takes licensing action on all the
applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete.
Appendix E to 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 waiver or excusal requests (if any) (Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) control number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date
(if possible). Contact Mr. Bacon to determine the method for submission of the waiver or
excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications
(OMB control number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB control number 3150-0024)
should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the preliminary
applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement
may be necessary. Final signed applications certifying that all training has been completed and
requesting any waivers or excusals, as applicable, should be submitted at least 14 days before
the first examination date.
Although the guidelines for receiving waiver or excusal requests call for at least 30 days before
the first examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the
requests should be submitted as early as possible in the process (see the 60-day guideline
above). Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the licensee to the NRC are not binding.
Submittals addressing waivers or excusals, or both, should be in writing (i.e., using NRC
Form 398, Personal Qualifications StatementLicensee, or as directed by Mr. Bacon when
contacting him to determine the method for submission). The NRC will document its final
decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal on the final (not preliminary) NRC Form 398
submitted for the applicant. The NRC will not provide its decision until the final application is
submitted to the agency.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
This letter contains information collection requirements 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, approval number 3150-0018.
The burden to the public for these voluntary information collections is estimated to average
2,250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-5 months <br /> per examination or response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing
and reviewing the information collections. You may submit comments on any aspect of the
information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to FOIA, Privacy and
Information Collections Branch (T-5F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001, or by electronic mail to infocollects.resource@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.
Public Protection Notification
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently
valid OMB control number
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,
of the agencys Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available
electronically for public inspection through the Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible on the NRCs Web site at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Binkley has been advised of the policies and
guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRCs examination
procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Bacon at 404-997-4518 or me at 404-997-4551.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Gerald J. McCoy, Chief
Operations Branch 1
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296
License Nos.: DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68
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