ML19204A340

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination (05200025/2020301)

ML19204A340
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	07/22/2019
From:	Eugene Guthrie NRC/RGN-II, Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Yox M Southern Nuclear Operating Co
Guthrie E
References
52-025/20-301
Download: ML19204A340 (7)

Text

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 July 22, 2019 Michael Yox Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Company 7835 River Road, Bldg. 140, Vogtle 3&4 Waynesboro, GA 30830

SUBJECT:

VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT UNIT 3 - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION (05200025/2020301)

Dear Mr. Yox During a meeting on July 12, 2019, between Mr. Chuck Howard, Lead Nuclear Plant Operations (NPO) Instructor, and Mr. Mark Bates, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of February 10, 2020. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of March 16 and 23, 2020. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of March 30, 2020.

As agreed during the meeting, your staff will prepare both the operating test and written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 11 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 by October 4, 2019. Mr. Bates provided the written examination outline to your staff on May 13, 2019. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by January 3, 2020. 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.

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,

M. Yox 2 temperatures, and levels) generated during 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 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 waiver and/or excusal requests (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date (if possible). Contact Mr. Bates to determine the method for submission of the waiver or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (OMB approval number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024) should be submitted 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.

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. Bates 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 mandatory 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, 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-5 F53), 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.

M. Yox 3 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 from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Howard 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. Bates at (404) 997-4612, (Internet E-mail:

Mark.Bates@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4487 (Internet E-mail: Eugene.Guthrie@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eugene F. Guthrie, Chief Operations Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 5200025 License No.: NPF-91 cc: (See Page 4)

M. Yox 4 cc:

Resident Manager Resident Inspector Oglethorpe Power Corporation Plant Vogtle 3&4 Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Plant 8805 River Road 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830 Waynesboro, GA 30830 Mr. Barty Simonton Office of the Attorney General Team Leader 40 Capitol Square, SW Environmental Radiation Program Atlanta, GA 30334 Air Protection Branch Environmental Protection Division Southern Nuclear Op. Co. 4244 International Parkway, Suite 120 Document Control Coordinator Atlanta, GA 30354-3906 42 Inverness Center parkway Attn: B236 Mr. Robert E. Sweeney Birmingham, AL 35242 IBEX ESI 4641 Montgomery Avenue Anne F. Appleby Suite 350 Olgethorpe Power Corporation Bethesda, MD 20814 2100 East Exchange Place Tucker, GA 30084 George B. Taylor, Jr.

2100 East Exchange Pl County Commissioner Atlanta, GA 30084-5336 Office of the County Commissioner Burke County Commission Brian H. Whitley Waynesboro, GA 30830 Director Regulatory Affairs 42 Inverness Center Parkway Mr. Wayne Guilfoyle BIN B237 Commissioner Birmingham, AL 35242 District 8 Augusta-Richmond County Commission 4940 Windsor Spring Rd Hephzibah, GA 30815 Gwendolyn Jackson Burke County Library 130 Highway 24 South Waynesboro, GA 30830 Mr. Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission Atlanta, GA 30334

M. Yox 5 Vogtle Units 3 & 4 Mailing List Email agaughtm@southernco.com (Amy Aughtman) annacom@westinghouse.com (Michael J. Annacone) awc@nei.org (Anne W. Cottingham)

Bartley.Higgins@hq.doe.gov (Bartley Higgins) becky@georgiawand.org (Becky Rafter) bhwhitley@southernco.com (Brian Whitley)

Bill.Jacobs@gdsassociates.com (Bill Jacobs) bjadams@southernco.com (Brad Adams) burrouno@westinghouse.com (Nicholle Burroughs) bwwaites@southernco.com (Brandon Waites) castelca@westinghouse.com (Curtis Castell) comerj@westinghouse.com (James Comer) couturgf@westinghouse.com (Gerald Couture) crenshjw@westinghouse.com (John Crenshaw) crpierce@southernco.com (C.R. Pierce) dahjones@southernco.com (David Jones) david.hinds@ge.com (David Hinds) david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com (David Lewis) dgbost@southernco.com (Danny Bost) dlfulton@southernco.com (Dale Fulton) drculver@southernco.com (Randy Culver) durhamdc@westinghouse.com (David Durham) ed.burns@earthlink.net (Ed Burns) edavis@pegasusgroup.us (Ed David) erg-xl@cox.net (Eddie R. Grant) fdhundle@southernco.com (Forrest Hundley)

G2NDRMDC@southernco.com (SNC Document Control) graysw@westinghouse.com (Scott W. Gray) james1.beard@ge.com (James Beard) jannina.blanco@pillsburylaw.com (Jannina Blanco) jantol1dj@westinghouse.com (David Jantosik) jenmorri@southernco.com (Jennifer Buettner)

JHaswell@southernco.com (JHaswell) jim@ncwarn.org (Jim Warren)

John.Bozga@nrc.gov (John Bozga)

Joseph_Hegner@dom.com (Joseph Hegner) jpredd@southernco.com (Jason R. Redd) jranalli@meagpower.org (Jerry Ranalli) jtgasser@southernco.com (Jeff Gasser) karen.patterson@ttnus.com (Karen Patterson) karlg@att.net (Karl Gross) kdfili@southernco.com (Karen Fili) kim.haynes@opc.com (Kim Haynes) kmseiber@southernco.com (Kristin Seibert) kmstacy@southernco.com (Kara Stacy)

KSutton@morganlewis.com (Kathryn M. Sutton) kwaugh@impact-net.org (Kenneth O. Waugh) lchandler@morganlewis.com (Lawrence J. Chandler)

M. Yox 6 markus.popa@hq.doe.gov (Markus Popa) mcintyba@westinghouse.com (Brian McIntyre) mdmeier@southernco.com (Mike Meier) media@nei.org (Scott Peterson)

Melissa.Smith@Hq.Doe.Gov (Melissa Smith)

Michael.Kuca@hq.doe.gov (Michael Kuca) mike.price@opc.com (M.W. Price) mlgraves@southernco.com (Michelle Graves)

MSF@nei.org (Marvin Fertel) myox@southernco.com (Mike Yox) nirsnet@nirs.org (Michael Mariotte)

Nuclaw@mindspring.com (Robert Temple) patriciaL.campbell@ge.com (Patricia L. Campbell)

Paul@beyondnuclear.org (Paul Gunter) pbessette@morganlewis.com (Paul Bessette) r.joshi15@comcast.net (Ravi Joshi) randall@nexusamllc.com (Randall Li) rjarrett@southernco.com (Robyn Jarrett)

RJB@NEI.org (Russell Bell)

Ronald.Jones@scana.com (Ronald Jones) russpa@westinghouse.com (Paul Russ) rwink@ameren.com (Roger Wink) sabinski@suddenlink.net (Steve A. Bennett) sara@cleanenergy.org (Sara Barczak) sblanton@balch.com (Stanford Blanton) sfrantz@morganlewis.com (Stephen P. Frantz)

Shiva.Granmayeh@hq.doe.gov (Shiva Granmayeh) sjackson@meagpower.org (Steven Jackson) skauffman@mpr.com (Storm Kauffman) sroetger@psc.state.ga.us (Steve Roetger) stephan.moen@ge.com (Stephan Moen) taterrel@southernco.com (Todd Terrell) tom.miller@hq.doe.gov (Tom Miller)

TomClements329@cs.com (Tom Clements)

Vanessa.quinn@dhs.gov (Vanessa Quinn)

Wanda.K.Marshall@dom.com (Wanda K. Marshall) wasparkm@southernco.com (Wesley A. Sparkman) wayne.marquino@gmail.com (Wayne Marquino) weave1dw@westinghouse.com (Doug Weaver) x2gabeck@southernco.com (Gary Becker)

___ML19204A340 SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS NAME M. BATES E. GUTHRIE DATE 7/15/2019 7/22/2019 YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO