ML18016A687
| ML18016A687 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hatch, Browns Ferry, Oconee, Mcguire, Catawba, Harris, Saint Lucie, Watts Bar, Sequoyah, Summer, Brunswick, Surry, North Anna, Turkey Point, Vogtle, Farley, Robinson, McGuire  |
| Issue date: | 01/10/2018 |
| From: | Gerald Mccoy Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch |
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| References | |
| Download: ML18016A687 (8) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 January 10, 2018 THIS LETTER DISTRIBUTED TO THE FOLLOWING DOCKET NUMBERS:
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260 and 50-296 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324 Catawba Nuclear Station, Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414 Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Docket No. 50-400 E. I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Docket Nos. 50-321 and 50-366 McGuire Nuclear Station, Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370 North Anna Power Station, Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339 Oconee Nuclear Station, Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287 H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Docket No. 50-261 St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328 Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Docket No. 50-395 Surry Power Station, Docket Nos. 50-280 and 50-281 Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251 Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Docket Nos. 50-424, 50-425,52-025 and 52-026 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Docket Nos. 50-390 and 50-391
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL LETTER - GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE)
SECTION OF THE WRITTEN OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION FOR 2018 The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to administer the generic fundamentals examination (GFE) section of the written operator licensing examination on the following dates for the 2018 calendar year:
Date of GFE exams for 2018 Date registration letters from facilities due to NRC March 7, 2018 February 6, 2018 September 5, 2018 August 6, 2018
Region II Part 50 and 52 Dockets 2
To register personnel to take the GFE, an authorized representative of your facility must submit a letter to Ms. Catherine Haney, Regional Administrator, Region II, with a copy addressed as follows:
Chief, Operator Licensing Branch Mail Stop O 13 H16M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Alternatively, a voluntary online registration portal will be available the week of January 22, 2018 and can be used by an authorized representative of your facility to request administration of the GFE to individuals. More information on using this voluntary registration process can be found at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operator-licensing.html. Use of this registration process will eliminate the need to submit a letter.
Under 10 CFR 55.31(a)(3), in order for the NRC written examination and operating test to be administered to an applicant for an operator license, the applicant shall submit a written request from an authorized representative of the facility licensee by which the applicant will be employed. As stated above, use of the online registration portal would satisfy this requirement. The NRC permits a request for administration of the GFE section of the written examination to be made and granted prior to the applicants successful completion the facility licensee's requirements to be licensed as an operator or senior operator and prior to the facility licensee's certification of the need for an operator or a senior operator to perform assigned duties. However, the facility licensee should only request administration of the GFE section of the written examination for individuals who will have completed fundamentals training by the date of the examination.
The submittal should identify the individuals who will take the examination. The submittal should also identify the personnel who will have access to the examinations, and will be responsible for examination security, before they are administered (e.g., proctors) and include the address and name of the individual to whom the examinations are to be sent.
To allow the NRC to assign docket numbers, both the NRC Regional Administrator and the Chief, Operator Licensing Branch, should receive your letter, or online registration, at least 30 calendar days before each desired examination date shown above. A sample registration letter is enclosed.
Copies of the administered BWR and PWR GFEs and their answer keys will be available for review in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) immediately after administration of the second subsequent GFE. At that time, the NRC will also update its GFE Web Page, http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operator-licensing/generic-fundamentals-examinations.html.
Region II Part 50 and 52 Dockets 3
If you have any questions concerning this examination, please contact Jacob Dolecki at 301-415-2947 or at Jacob.Dolecki@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Gerald J. McCoy, Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure:
As Stated cc w/encl: (See Page 3)
Region II Part 50 and 52 Dockets 4
cc w/encl:
Site Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 Training Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 Manager, Licensing & Industry Affairs Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P. O. Box 10429 Southport, NC 24861-0429 Training Manager Brunswick Seam Electric Plant P. O. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461-0429 Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Brunswick Seam Electric Plant P. O. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461-0429 Site Vice President Catawba Nuclear Station 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635 Training Manager Catawba Nuclear Station 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635 Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs, Catawba Nuclear Station 4800 Concord Road (CN01RA)
York, SC 29745-9635 Site Vice President Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 470 Ashford, AL 36312 Training Director Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 470 Ashford, AL 36312 Site Regulatory Affairs Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 470 Ashford, AL 36312 Vice President Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant P. O. Box 165, Mail Code: Zone 1 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Training Manager Harris Energy & Environmental Center P. O. Box 327, State Road 1127 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Manager, Regulatory Program Harris Energy & Environmental Center P. O. Box 327, State Road 1127 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Site Vice President Hatch Nuclear Plant 11028 Hatch Parkway North Baxley, GA 31513 Training Manager Hatch Nuclear Plant 11028 Hatch Parkway North Baxley, GA 31513 Site Regulator Affairs Manager Hatch Nuclear Plant 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078-8985 Vice President McGuire Nuclear Station 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078-8985 Training Manager McGuire Nuclear Station Maintenance Training Center Courier Mail Code MG03MT 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078
Region II Part 50 and 52 Dockets 5
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Regulatory Affairs Manager McGuire Nuclear Station *(MN01RC) 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078-8985 Site Vice President North Anna Power Station P. O. Box 402 Mineral, VA 23117 Supervisor, Station Safety & Licensing North Anna Power Station 1002 Haley Drive Mineral, VA 23117 Manager, Nuclear Training North Anna Power Station 1022 Haley Drive Mineral, VA 23117 Vice President Oconee Nuclear Station 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672-0752 Training Manager Oconee Nuclear Station 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672-0752 Regulatory Compliance Manager Oconee Nuclear Station (ON03RC) 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672-0752 Vice President Robinson Steam Electric Plant 3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, SC 29550 Training Manager Robinson Steam Electric Plant 3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, SC 29550 Site Vice President St. Lucie Nuclear Plant 6501 South Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, FL 34957 Training Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant 6501 South Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, FL 34957 Site Vice President Sequoyah Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Soddy-Daisy, TN 37384-2000 Training Manager Sequoyah Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Soddy-Daisy, TN 37384-2000 Vice President Nuclear Operations Virgil C. Summers Nuclear Station P. O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, SC 29065 Manager, Nuclear Training Nuclear Operations Virgil C. Summers Nuclear Station P. O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, SC 29065 Manager Nuclear Licensing Virgil C. Summers Nuclear Station P. O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, SC 29065 Site Vice President Surry Power Station 5570 Hog Island Road Surry, VA 23883 Training Manager Surry Power Station 5570 Hog Island Road Surry, VA 23883 Vice President Turkey Point Nuclear Plant 9760 SW 344th Street Florida City, FL 33035 Training Manager Turkey Point Nuclear Plant 9760 SW 344th Street Florida City, FL 33035
Region II Part 50 and 52 Dockets 6
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Vice President Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830-2965 Training Manager Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 7821 River Road - Bin 63030 Waynesboro, GA 30830-2965 Site Vice President Watts Bar Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381 Plant Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381 Training Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Watts Bar Training Center 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Spring City, TN 37381 Executive Vice President Project Construction Vogtle 3&4.
7825 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830
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Training Director Vogtle 3&4 7825 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830-2965 Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Company 7825 River Road, Bldg. 140, Vogtle 3&4 Waynesboro, GA 30830
ML18016A687 OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS SIGNATURE JHK GMCCOY NAME JKIRBY GMCCOY DATE 1/10 /2018 1/10/2018 E-MAIL COPY?
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Enclosure SAMPLE REGISTRATION LETTER Catherine Haney Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II, Suite 1200 245 Peachtree Center Ave., NE Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1257
Dear Ms. Haney:
(Facility name) requests approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to have the following (number) individuals take the (specify BWR or PWR) generic fundamentals examination (GFE) section of the written operator licensing examination to be administered on (date):
Name Date of Birth Previous Docket No.
(Insert the name, date of birth, and previous Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 55 Docket Number (if applicable) for each person.)
The registrants should have completed the generic fundamentals portion of the training program by the examination date and are expected to meet all other requirements of 10 CFR 55.31 in the future.
The following personnel will have access to the examinations before they are administered.
Name Title (Insert the name and title of each person who will have access to the examinations before they are administered (e.g., proctors).
Please address the examinations to the overnight mail address, as follows (note that home addresses are not acceptable):
Name Street Address City, State, Zip Code If you have any questions, please contact (facility contact name) at (telephone number).
Sincerely, (Name, Title) cc:
Chief, Operator Licensing and Training Branch, NRR G. McCoy, DRS, RII E. Guthrie, DRS, RII