ML23123A222
| ML23123A222 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 05/01/2023 |
| From: | Cooper P Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Weissinger J Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| 50-321/23-301, 50-366/23-301` 50-321/OL-23, 50-366/OL-23 | |
| Download: ML23123A222 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000321/2023301
Text
May 1, 2023
Mr. J. H. Weissinger
Site Vice President
Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
11028 Hatch Parkway North
Baxley, GA 31513
SUBJECT:
EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT- NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000321/2023301, and 05000366/2023301
Dear Mr. Weissinger:
In a telephone conversation on May 1, 2023, between Mr. Derek Williams, Lead Examination
Author, and, and Mr. David Lanyi, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the
administration of operator licensing examinations at the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of October 16, 2023. The operating test is scheduled
to be administered during the week of November 27, 2023. The written examination is scheduled to
be administered the week of December 4, 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 NRCs regional office will discuss with your staff
any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.
To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test outline
by June 30, 2023. Mr. Lanyi provided the written examination outline to your staff in November
2022. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in
NUREG-1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for Operator Licensing Initial
Examinations, will be due by September 13, 2023. Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve
the examinations and tests 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 examination and reference 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, it will be necessary for your
staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-4.3, Administering
Written Examinations, 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, and levels) generated during
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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. Your staff has also
agreed to make copies of all examination materials that are necessary for administering the
examination.
To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor operator
and senior reactor operator waiver and/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. Lanyi 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,
Personal Qualifications StatementLicensee, or as directed by Mr. Lanyi 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. Neat has been advised of the policies and
guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions about the NRC's examination
procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Lanyi at (404) 997-4487, (Internet E-mail:
david.lanyi@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4703, (Internet E-mail: tom.stephen@nrc.gov
Sincerely,
/RA/
Paula Cooper, Acting Chief
Operations Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-321, 50-366
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SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE
FORM 665 ATTACHED
OFFICE
RII/DRS/OB
RII/DRS/OB
RII/DRS/OB
NAME
D.Egelstad
DLanyi
PCooper
DATE
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