ML12292A631

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant - Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000390-13-301

ML12292A631
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	10/17/2012
From:	Widmann M T Division of Nuclear Materials Safety II
To:	Shea J W Tennessee Valley Authority
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Download: ML12292A631 (6)

See also: IR 05000390/2013301

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

October 17, 2012

Mr. Joseph W. Shea Manager, Corp. Nuclear Licensing Programs

Tennessee Valley Authority

1101 Market Street, LP 4B-C

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR

INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000390/2013301

Dear Mr. Shea:

In a telephone conversation on October 3, 2012, between Mr. Brian Kaye, Operations Training

Supervisor and Mr. Mark Bates, Senior Operations Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The operating test is

scheduled to be administered during the weeks of March 18 and 25, 2013. The written examination is scheduled to be administered during the week of April 1, 2013. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of February 25, 2013.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the operating test outlines,

operating tests, and the 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

outlines by January 2, 2013. The NRC provided the

written examination outline to your staff in September 2011. The written examination and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by January 11, 2013. The operating tests will be due by

January 28, 2013. 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 outlines, 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. 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.

J. Shea 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 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 not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 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).

J. Shea 3 Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Brian Kaye, 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. Ken Schaaf at (404) 997-4568, (Internet E-Mail:

Kenneth.Schaaf@nrc.gov), Mr. Mark Bates at (404) 997-4612, (Internet E-mail:

Mark.Bates@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.: 50-390

License Nos.: NPF-90

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J. Shea 4

cc: D. E. Grissette

Site Vice President Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority

Electronic Mail Distribution

David H. Gronek

Plant Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority

P.O. Box 2000

Spring City, TN 37381

Donna K. Guinn Manager, Licensing and Industry Affairs

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

Tennessee Valley Authority

P.O. Box 2000

Spring City, TN 37381

Terry E. Cribbe

Manager, Corp. Nuclear Licensing

Programs

Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution

Edward J. Vigluicci

Assistant General Counsel

Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution

Gordon P. Arent

Senior Manager, Licensing

WBN Unit 2 - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000

Spring City, TN 37381

County Mayor

P.O. Box 156

Decatur, TN 37322

County Executive

375 Church Street

Suite 215

Dayton, TN 37321

Tennessee Department of Environment &

Conservation

Division of Radiological Health

401 Church Street

Nashville, TN 37243

Senior Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 1260 Nuclear Plant Road

Spring City, TN 37381-2000

Ann Harris

341 Swing Loop

Rockwood, TN 37854

Tennessee Valley Authority

ATTN: Mr. William Thompson

Training Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000

Spring City, TN 37381

Letter to Joseph W. Shea from Malcolm T. Widmann dated October 17, 2012.

SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000390/2013301

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