ML23243B025

Exam Corporate Notification Letter (210 Day)

ML23243B025
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	08/30/2023
From:	Daniel Bacon NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB2
To:	Chick G Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
52-025/24-301, 52-026/24-301 52-025/OL-24, 52-026/OL-24
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August 30, 2023

Southern Nuclear Operating Company ATTN: Mr. Glenn Chick Executive President 7835 River Road, Bldg. 140, Vogtle 3&4 Waynesboro, GA 30830

SUBJECT:

VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT UNIT 3 & UNIT 4 - NO TIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05 200025/2024301 and 05200026/2024301

Dear Mr. Chick:

During a telephone conversation on August 15, 2023, between Mr. A. Nichols, Lead Examination Author, and Mr. M. Meeks, Senior Operations Enginee r, arrangements were made for the administration of operator licensing examinations at th e Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3 & 4. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for Tues day, April 16 - Friday, April 19, 2024. The operating test is scheduled to be administered durin g the week of May 13, 2024.

The written examination is scheduled to be administered the wee k of May 20, 2024.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will pr epare both the operating test and written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 12 of N UREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regional office will discuss with your staff a ny 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 November 27, 2023. Mr. Meeks provided the written e xamination outline to your staff in July, 2023. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in NUREG-1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Prepa ring for Operator Licensing Initial Examinations, will be due by February 5, 2024. Pursua nt to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facil ity licensee shall approve the examinations and tests before they are submit ted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials shall be complete and ready-to-use. Y our staff has also agreed to make copies of all examination materials that are necessary for admi nistering the examination.

We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassifi ed, or safeguards information in your response be contained in a separate enclosure and appropri ately marked. Delays in receiving the required examination and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be cancelle d or rescheduled.

To conduct the requested written examinations and operating tes ts, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordanc e with ES-4.3, Administering Written Examinations, and to make the simulatio n facility available on the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-3.5, Administering Operati ng Tests, your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pr essures, temperatures, and G. Chick 2

levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the NRC takes licensing action on all the applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing de mands are complete.

ES-1.2, Guidelines for Taking NRC Examinations, contains a nu mber 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 s ubmit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator waiver and/or excusal requ ests (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 a nd senior reactor operator license applications (OMB control number 3150-0090) and medical certifi cations (OMB control number 3150-0024) should be submitted at least 30 days before the firs t 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 cert ifying 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 bef ore 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 addres sing waivers or excusals, or both, should be in writing (i.e.,

using NRC Form 398, Personal Qualifications StatementLicensee, or as directed by Mr.

Meeks when contacting him to determine the method for submissio n). The NRC will document its final decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal on t he final (not preliminary) NRC Form 398 submitted for the applicant. The NRC will not provide its d ecision until the final application is submitted to the agency.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

This letter contains information collection requirements that a re subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These informati on collections were approved by the OMB, approval number 3150-0018.

The burden to the public for these voluntary information collec tions 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 regard ing this information collection to the FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch (T6-A1 0M), 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 Regulator y Affairs (3150-0018), Attn:

Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th St reet, 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 require d 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, exemption s, requests for withholding, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electr onically for public inspection through the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (AD AMS). 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. Nichols has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any question s about the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Meeks at (404) 99 7-4467, (Internet E-mail:

Michael.Meeks@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4518, (Internet E-mail: Daniel.Bacon@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Daniel M. Bacon, Chief Engi neering Branch 2 DivisionofReactorSafety

Docket Nos.: 52-00025 and 52-00026 License Nos.: NPF-91 and NPF-92

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OFFICE RII/DRS/OB RII/DRS/OB RII/DRS/OB NAME DEgelstad MMeeks DBacon DATE 8/21/2023 8/28/2023 8/30/2023