ML20209E480
| ML20209E480 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 06/30/1999 |
| From: | Christensen H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Sumner H SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9907150044 | |
| Download: ML20209E480 (5) | |
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5 June 30, 1999 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
ATTN: Mr. H. L. Sumner, Jr.
Vice President P. O. Box 1295.
Birmingham, AL 35201-1295
SUBJECT:
SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATIONS E. l. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT
Dear Mr. Sumner,
in a. telephone conversation on June 30,1999, between Mr. Mitch Crosby, Operations Training Supervisor and Mr. D. Charles Payne, Senior License Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at E. l. Hatch Nuclear Plant during the weeks of October 18,1999, and November 1,1999.
As regreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the operating tests based on the guidelines in Revision 8 of NUREG-1021, " Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The NRC regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered. It is requested that your staff coordinate with the chief examiner to determine the appropriate quantity of operating test items necessary to maintain sequestering of candidates to a mutually acceptable level during the examination week. The NRC will prepare the written examination. Your staff will be given the opportunity to review the written examination during the week of September 27,1999.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to fumish three copies of the operating test outlines by August 4,1999. Three copies of the operating teats, including three copies of the associated quality assurance check sheets, and one copy of the supporting reference materials will be due by September 3,1999. Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an 1
authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outlines, examinations, and d
tests before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials shall be complete and ready-to-use. 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. As previously agreed, your staff have already provided the reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 to support NRC written examination development.
= 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 Pape, work 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 3150-0101, which expires on September 30,2000.
The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, writing the examinations, 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 BJS1@NRC. GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0101), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Crosby 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. Payne at (404) 562-4669, or myself at (404) 562-4638.
Sincerely, (Original signed by H. O. Christensen)
Harold O. Christensen, Chief Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch Division of Reactor Safety i
Docket Nos. 50-321,50-366 License Nos. DPR-57, NPF-7 e
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1299 Pennsylvania Avenue P. O. Box 1295 Washington, D. C.- 20004-9500 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Senior Engineer - Power Supply Ernest L. Blake, Esq.
Municipal Electric Authority Shaw, Pittman, Potts and of Georgia Trowbridge 1470 Riveredge Parkway NW 2300 N Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30328-4684 Washington, D. C. 20037 John C. Lewis, Training Manager Office of Planning and Budget E. I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Room 610 U. S. Highway 1 North 270 Washington Street, SW P. O. Box 2010 Atlanta, GA 30334 Baxley, GA 31513 Director Department of Natural Resources 205 Butler Street, SE, Suite 1252 Atlanta, GA 30334 l
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