ML23123A222

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000321/2023301, and 05000366/2023301

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

License Nos.: DPR-57, NPF-5

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NAME D.Egelstad DLanyi PCooper

DATE 5/1/2023 5/1/2023 5/1/2023