ML110330498

Edwin Hatch - Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000321-11-301 and 05000366-11-301

ML110330498
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	02/02/2011
From:	Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
Download: ML110330498 (6)

See also: IR 05000321/2011301

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

February 2, 2011

Mr. Dennis R. Madison Vice President

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant 11028 Hatch Parkway North Baxley, GA 31513

SUBJECT: EDWIN I. HATCH - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000321/2011301 AND 05000366/2011301

Dear Mr. Madison:

In a telephone conversation on January 31, 2011, between Mr. J. Derwood Tootle - Operations Training Supervisor, Anthony Ball - Exam Developer, Charlie Edmunds - Exam Developer, and Mr. Phillip Capehart - Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the two weeks of June 6 and June 13, 2011. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of June 20, 2011. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 16, 2011.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test, and written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, 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 March 28, 2011. Mr. Phillip Capehart provided the written examination outline to your

staff on November 29, 2010. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201, will be due by April 20, 2011. 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. 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.

SNC 2 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.

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 Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under approval number 3150-0018, which expires on February 28, 2013. 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 infocollectsresource@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be

available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

SNC 3 Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Derwood Tootle - Operations Training Supervisor, Anthony Ball - Exam Developer and Charlie Edmunds - Exam Developer have 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. Phillip Capehart at (404) 997-4483, (Internet E-mail: Phillip.Capehart@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550, (Internet E-mail: Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely, /RA/ Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-321, 50-366 License Nos.: DPR-57, NPF-5

cc w/encl: (See page 4)

SNC 4 cc: w/encl B. D. McKinney, Jr. Regulatory Response Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

Jeffrey T. Gasser Chief Nuclear Officer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

M. J. Ajluni Nuclear Licensing Director Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

T. D. Honeycutt

Regulatory Response Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

L. Mike Stinson

Vice President Fleet Operations Support Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

R. D. Baker Licensing Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

E. G. Anners Licensing Engineer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

Paula Marino Vice President Engineering Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

R. E. Varnadore

Site Support Manager Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Moanica Caston

Vice President and General Counsel Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

Steven B. Tipps Hatch Principal Engineer - Licensing Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Mr. Ken Rosanski Resident Manager Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution

Chris Clark Commissioner Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

Lee Foley

Manager of Contracts Generation Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution

Senior Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant U.S. NRC 11030 Hatch Parkway N Baxley, GA 30334

Arthur H. Domby, Esq. Troutman Sanders Electronic Mail Distribution

James C. Hardeman Environmental Radiation Program Manager Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

Ted V. Jackson Emergency Response and Radiation Program Manager Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

F. Allen Barnes Director Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution

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SNC 5 Cynthia A. Sanders Radioactive Materials Program Manager Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution

James A. Sommerville Program Coordination Branch Chief Environmental Protection Division

Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

Mr. Steven M. Jackson Senior Engineer - Power Supply Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Electronic Mail Distribution

Mr. Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission Electronic Mail Distribution

Chairman Appling County Commissioners County Courthouse 69 Tippins Street, Suite 201

Baxley, GA 31513

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc ATTN: Mr. Steve Grantham Training Manager

Hatch Nuclear Plant 11028 Hatch Parkway North Baxley, GA 31513

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