ML23324A436
| ML23324A436 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 11/09/2023 |
| From: | Tom Stephen Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Garner G Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| 50-327/2024-01, 50-328/2024-01 50-327/OL-2024, 50-328/OL-2024 | |
| Download: ML23324A436 (4) | |
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November 9, 2023 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Mr. Gary Garner Training Director Sequoyah Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Soddy-Daisy, TN 37384-2000
SUBJECT:
SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000327/2024301 AND 05000328/2024301
Dear Mr. Garner:
During a telephone conversation on November 6, 2023, between Mr. A. Forsha, Lead Operations Instructor, and Mr. D. Lanyi, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. The on-site validation/preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 6, 2024. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of June 10, 2024. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of May 17, 2024.
As agreed upon during the telephone conversation, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will prepare both the operating test outlines and the written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 12 of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors."
Your staff was given the operating test outlines on September 26, 2023, and will be provided the written examination for review by December 8, 2023. Your staff has also agreed to make copies of all examination materials that are necessary for administering the examination.
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 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, 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.
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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. 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 or as directed by Mr. Lanyi) 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 400 hours0.00463 days <br />0.111 hours <br />6.613757e-4 weeks <br />1.522e-4 months <br /> per examination, 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; email:
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.
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
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accessible on the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Forsha 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. Lanyi at (404) 997-4487, (Internet E-mail:
David.Lanyi@nrc.gov ), or me at (404) 997-4703, (Internet E-mail: Thomas.Stephen@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Thomas A. Stephen, Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-327, 50-328 License Nos.: DPR-77, DPR-7
ML23324A436 SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII/ DRS/OB RII/ DRS/OB RII/ DRS/OB NAME DEgelstad DLanyi TStephen DATE 11/7/2023 11/8/2023 11/09/2023