ML20151L032

Confirms 880413 Telcon W/Nrc Re Utilization of Group 4 Operators for Licensed Duties.Forwards List of Group 4 Licensees to Whom NRC Will Administer Requalification Exams Prior to Unit 2 Restart

ML20151L032
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	04/13/1988
From:	Barr K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	White S TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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NUDOCS 8804210471
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APR 131933 .

l Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, 50-296 l License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-68 Tennessee-Valley Authority ATTN: Mr. S. A. White Manager of Nuclear Power j 6N 38A Lookout Place a 1101 Market Street LChattanooga, TN 37402-2801  ;

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SUBJECT:

UTILIZATION OF BROWNS FERRY GROUP 4 OPERATORS FOR LICENSED DUTIES This letter confirms the telephone conversation between Mr. C. Mason of your staff and me on April 13, 1988, concerning your utilization of the Browns Ferry Group 4 operators who have completed the TVA Accelerated Requalification Program.

Your responses of March 24 and December 12, 1986, to our Confirmation of Action Letter dated January 2,1986, committed TVA to conduct on Accelerated Requali-cation Program for four groups of Browns Ferry operators. 'ou have completed i

your program for all four groups and we have conducted NRC requalification l examinations for the first three groups. The NRC has not conducted examina- '

tions for Group 4 since the NRC has suspended giving requalification exams pending the development of a new methodology. Following development of the new methodology, Group 4 operators will be given a NRC requalification exam.

TVA had requested that the Group 4 licensees be allowed to perform licensed ,

operator activities during the shutdown and refueling modes until the NRC could administer requalification exams. In order to evaluate the training received by Group 4, and their ability to perform licensed activities, we conducted a special inspection on March 22-24, 1988 and documented the results in Inspection Report 50-259,260,296/88-02. This inspection included confirming that your training commitments were met, reviewing written exams, reviewing simulator exam documentation, and NRC regrading of selected written exams.

Based on our review of the TVA administered training and examinations of the Group 4 operators, we are satisfied that you have met your training commit-ments stated in your responses to our Confirmation of Action Letter (CAL 50-259/86-01, 260/86-01, and 296/86-01) dated January 2,1986. Until the NRC administers requalification exams, we agree the 17 licensed operators, who have passed TVA administered written and simulator exams, and the SRO candidate in the hot license class of March 1988 (utilizing his R0 licensee) can return to licensed duties on the Browns Ferry units in the shutdown and refueling modes only. Prior to Browns Ferry Unit 2 restart, NRC requalification exams will be' administered to the Group 4 licensees. These specific 18 individuals are identified by docket numbers in Enclosure 1.

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. APR 131988 Tennessee Valley Authority- 2 If you have any questions, please contact us.

Sincerely, OtlGINAL SIGN!D El' KENNETH P, BARR Kenneth P. Barr, Acting Assistant Director for Inspection Programs TVA Projects Division Office of Special Projects

Enclosure:

Operator Docket Numbers cc w/ encl:

C. C. Mason, Senior Manager, Operations Center H. P. Pomrehn, Site Director Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant  ;

R. L. Gridley, Director Nuclear Safety and Licensing J. A. Kirkebo, Director, Nuclear Engineering M. J. May, Site Licensing Manager J. G. Walker, Plant Manager R. M. McKeon, Operations Superintendent

, R. G. Jones, Training Supervisor j TVA Representative, Rockville Office bec w/ encl: I S. D. Ebneter, OSP S. D. Richardson, OSP G. G. Zech, OSP B. D. Liaw, OSP W. S. Little, OSP/RII G. E. Gears, OSP D. Moran. OSP A. J. Ignatonis, OSP/RII A. H. Johnson, OSP/RII J. Rutberg, OGC NRC Resident Inspector DRS Technical Assistant NRC Document Control Desk State of Alabama OSP/RII OSP/RII O P/R I tonis le l

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ENCLOSURE Docket Num'bers For Licensees Who Will Be given a NRC Requalification~

Examination Prior to Browns Ferry Unit 2 Restart DOCKET NUMBERS

'8940~ 7083 4540 4323 7084 4549 5870 20557- 8672-4323 5873 5875 20029 20558 6626 6096 6623 *5876

• Requal Exam to be given only if candidate does not successfully pass the NRC SR0 examination.

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