ML22213A048
| ML22213A048 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 08/01/2022 |
| From: | Eugene Guthrie Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Erb D Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| 50-348/23-301, 50-364/23-301 50-348/OL-23, 50-364/OL-23 | |
| Download: ML22213A048 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000348/2023301
Text
August 1, 2022
Mr. Delson Erb
Site Vice President
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Farley Nuclear Plant
P. O. Box 470
Ashford, AL 36312
SUBJECT:
JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED
OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000348/2023301 AND
Dear Mr. Erb:
During a telephone conversation on July 28, 2022, between Mr. S. Jackson, Nuclear Operations
Instructor, and Mr. M. Meeks, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the
administration of operator licensing examinations at the Farley Nuclear Plant. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of April 17, 2023. The operating test is scheduled
to be administered during the weeks of May 22 - 29, 2023. The written examination is
scheduled to be administered the week of June 5, 2023.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 12 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 December 27, 2022. The previously assigned Chief Examiner, Mr. J. Viera, provided
the written examination outline to your staff in March, 2022. The operating test, written
examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in NUREG-1021, Examination
Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for Operator Licensing Initial Examinations, will be due by March
8, 2023. 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. 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, your staff will need to
provide adequate space and accommodations and to make the simulation facility available on
the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-3.5, Administering Operating Tests, your staff
should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures, temperatures,
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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.
ES-1.2, Guidelines for Taking NRC Examinations, contains a number of NRC guidelines for
the written examinations and operating tests as they 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. Meeks 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 NRC does not receive the preliminary applications 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 waiver or excusal requests call for their receipt 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 facility
licensee to the NRC are not binding. Submittals addressing waivers or excusals, or both,
should be in writing (i.e., using NRC Form 398 or as directed by Mr. Meeks 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 OMB, 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. Send comments regarding this
information collection to the FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch (T6-A10M),
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555 0001, or by e-mail to
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0018), Attn: Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, 725 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20503; e-mail:
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
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, a
copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection through
the NRCs 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. Jackson 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. Meeks at (404) 997-4467, (Internet
E-mail: Michael.Meeks@nrc.gov ), or me at (404) 997-4662, (Internet E-mail:
Eugene.Guthrie@nrc.gov ).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Eugene Guthrie, Chief
Operations Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-348, 50-364
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FORM 665 ATTACHED
OFFICE
RII/DRS/OBI
RII/DRS/OBI
RII/DRS/OBII
NAME
D>Egelstad
M.Meeks
E.Guthrie
DATE
7/29/2022
7/29/2022
2022
8/ 1/ 2022