IR 05000424/2012301

Official Exhibit - CCS-018-00-BD01 - Vogtle - Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000424-12-301 and 05000425-12-301

ML13220A403
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle, 05523694
Issue date:	04/30/2013
From:	Bruno Caballero Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Tynan T Southern Nuclear Operating Co
SECY RAS
References
RAS 24424, 55-23694-SP, ASLBP 13-925-01-SP-BD01 IR-12-301
Download: ML13220A403 (7)

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CCS-018 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE. SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 October 21,2011 Mr. Tom Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830 SUBJECT: VOGTLE - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000424/2012301 AND 05000425/2012301

Dear Mr. Tynan:

In a telephone conversation on October 12, 2011, between Mr. Greg Wainwright, Operations Training Instructor, and Mr, Mark Bates, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Vogtle, The operating test Is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of March 26, 2012, April 9, 2012; and April 16, 2012. The written examination is scheduled to be administered either the week of April 16, 2012, or the week of April 23, 2012, depending on the need for the third week of the operating test. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of March 5, 2012.

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*1 021 ,

"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 12, 2011. Mr. Mark Bates provided the written examination outline to your staff in June, 2011 . The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by January 11, 2012. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 5S.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR SS.40(b)(3>>, an authorized representative of the facility licensee shalf 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.

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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, medical certifications, and waiver requests (If any) 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 infocollect9resource@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 and its enclosures 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).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Wainwright 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. Michael Meeks at (404) 997-4467,

SNC 3 (Internet E-mail: MichaeI.Meeks@nrc.gov), Mr. Mark Bates at (404) 997-4612, (Internet E-mail:

Mark.Bates@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4608, (Internet E-mail: Bruno.Caballero@nrc.gov).

Sincerely, IRAJ Bruno L. Caballero, Acting Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-424, 50-425 License No.: NPF-68, NPF-81 cc: See Page 4

SNC 3 (Intemet E-mail: MichaeI.Meeks@nrc.gov). Mr. Mark Bates at (404) 997-4612. (Intemet E-mail:

Mark.Bates@nrc.gov). Of me at (404) 997-4608. (Intemet E-mail: Bruno.Caballero@nrc.gov).

Sincerely

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IRAJ Bruno L Caballero. Acting Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-424. 50-425 License No.: NPF-68. NPF-81 cc: See Page 4 Distribution:

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SNC 4 ccw/encl: B. D. McKinney, Jr.

S. Kuczynski Regulatory Response Manager Chairman, President and CEO Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution T. D. Honeycutt Jeffrey T. Gasser Regulatory Response Supervisor Chief Nuclear Officer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution L. P. Hili N. J. Stringfellow Licensing Supervisor Licensing Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution R. L. Gladney Paula Marino Licensing Engineer Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Engineering Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution L. L. Crumpton Administrative Assistant, Sr.

L. Mike Stinson Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vice President Electronic Mail Distribution Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Hickox, T. Mark Electronic Mail Distribution Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Dennis R. Madison Vice President S. C. Swanson Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Site Support Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Vogtle ElectriC Generating Plant Electronic Mall Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution J. L. Pemberton Senior Resident Inspector SVP & General Counsel-Ops & SNC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Electronic Mail Distribution 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830 T.E.Tynan Site Vice President Bob Masse Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Resident Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution M. J.AJluni Nuclear Licensing Director Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution (cc cont'd - See page 5)

SNC 5 (cc cont'd) James A. Capp Arthur H. Domby, Esq. Program Coordination Branch Chief Troutman Sanders Environmental Protection Division Electronic Mall Distribution Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mall Distribution Sandra Threatt, Manager Nuclear Response and Emergency James C. Hardeman Environmental Surveillance Environmental Radiation Program Manager Bureau of Land and Waste Management Environmental Protection Division Department of Health and Environmental Georgia Department of Natural Resources Control Electronic Mall Distribution Electronic Mall Distribution AI Frazier Division of Radiological Health Emergency Response and Radiation TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation Program Manager 401 Church Street Environmental Protection Division Nashville, TN 31243-1532 Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mall Distribution Richard Haynes Director, Division of Waste Management Mr. Steven M. Jackson Bureau of Land and Waste Management Senior Engineer - Power Supply S.C. Department of Health and Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Environmental Control Electronic Mall Distribution 2600 Bull Street Columbia, SC 29201 Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Lee Foley Georgia Public Service Commission Manager of Contracts Generation Electronic Mall Distribution Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Office of the Attorney General 40 Capitol Square, SW Mark Williams Atlanta, GA 30334 Commissioner Georgia Department of Natural Resources Office of the County Commissioner Electronic Mail Distribution Burke County Commission Electronic Mall Distribution F. Allen Barnes Director Director Environmental Protection Division Consumers' Utility Counsel Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Electronic Mail Distribution 2 M. L. King, Jr. Drive Plaza Level East; Suite 356 Cynthia A. Sanders Atlanta, GA 30334-4600 Radioactive Materials Program Manager Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mall Distribution (cc cont'd - See page 6)

SNC 6 (cc cont'd)

Amy Whaley Engineer Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Electronic Mall Distribution Southern Nuclear Operations Company, Inc AnN: Mr. Richard D. Brlgdon Plant Training and Emergency Preparedness Manager Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 7621 River Road Bin 63030 Waynesboro, GA 30630-2965