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| title = Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000390/2018301, 05000391/2018301
| title = Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000390/2018301, 05000391/2018301
| author name = McCoy G J
| author name = Mccoy G
| author affiliation = NRC/RGN-II/DRS
| author affiliation = NRC/RGN-II/DRS
| addressee name = Shea J W
| addressee name = Shea J
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See also: [[followed by::IR 05000390/2018301]]
See also: [[see also::IR 05000390/2018301]]


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{{#Wiki_filter:UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION  
{{#Wiki_filter:UNITED STATES
REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
                              NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
  February 13, 2018  
                                              REGION II
Mr. Joseph W. Shea  
                            245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
Vice President, Nuclear Licensing  
                                    ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
Tennessee Valley Authority  
                                          February 13, 2018
Mr. Joseph W. Shea
Vice President, Nuclear Licensing
Tennessee Valley Authority
1101 Market Street, LP 3D-C
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT:        WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF
                LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000390/2018301,
                05000391/2018301
Dear Mr. Shea:
During a meeting on February 8, 2018, between Mr. Timothy Gabosch, Operations Training
Examination Lead, and Mr. Mark Bates, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made
for the administration of licensing examinations at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of August 6, 2018. The operating test is scheduled
to be administered during the weeks of September 4, 2018 and September 10, 2018. The
written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of September 17, 2018.
As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 11 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 April 6, 2018. Mr. Mark Bates provided a written examination outline to your staff on
November 3, 2017. The operating tests, written examination, and the supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201, will be due by June 21, 2018. 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.


1101 Market Street, LP 3D-C  
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 NRC takes
licensing action on all the applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands
are complete.
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 waiver and/or excusal requests (Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date (if
possible). Contact Mr. Bates to determine the method for submission of the waiver or excusal
requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (OMB
approval number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024)
should be submitted 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.
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 receiving waiver or excusal requests call for 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 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. Bates 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.
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 Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018.
The burden to the public for these mandatory information collections is estimated to average
2,250 hours 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. You may submit comments on any aspect of the information collections,
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to FOIA, Privacy and Information Collections
Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by
electronic mail to infocollects.resource@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 the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently
valid OMB control number.


Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
J. Shea                                        3
SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF 
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,
  LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000390/2018301,
of the agencys Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public
  05000391/2018301
inspection through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).
Dear Mr. Shea:
ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.adams.html.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Gabosch has been advised of the policies
During a meeting on February 8, 2018, between Mr. Timothy Gabosch, Operations Training
and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's
Examination Lead, and Mr. Mark Bates, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made
examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Bates at (404) 997-4612,
for the administration of licensing examinations at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of August 6, 2018. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of September 4, 2018 and September 10, 2018.  The
(mark.bates@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4551, (Internet E-mail: gerald.mccoy@nrc.gov).
written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of September 17, 2018. 
                                                Sincerely,
                                                /RA/
                                                Gerald J. McCoy, Chief
                                                Operations Branch 1
                                                Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-390, 50-391
License No. NPF-90, NPF-96
cc: Distribution via Listserv


As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and
written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 11 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 April 6, 2018.  Mr. Mark Bates provi
ded a written examination outline to your staff on November 3, 2017.  The operating tests, written examination, and the supporting reference
materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201, will be due by June 21, 2018.  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. 


_______________               SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE   FORM 665 ATTACHED
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.
OFFICE           RII:DRS       RII:DRS
 
SIGNATURE         MAB7 EMAIL   GJM1
 
NAME             BATES         MCCOY
J. Shea 2
DATE                 2/13/2018     2/13/ 2018
  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
E-MAIL COPY?         YES   NO   YES       NO YES   NO     YES   NO     YES   NO   YES   NO     YES NO
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 NRC takes
licensing action on all the applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands
 
are complete.
 
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 waiver and/or excusal requests (Office of Management and
 
Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date (if possible).  Contact Mr. Bates to determine the method for submission of the waiver or excusal requests.  Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (OMB
approval number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024) should be submitted 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.  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 receiving waiver or excusal requests call for 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 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 Statement-Lic
ensee," or as directed by Mr. Bates 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.
 
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 Office of Management
and Budget, approval number 3150-0018.
The burden to the public for these mandatory information collections is estimated to average
2,250 hours 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. You may submit comments on any aspect of the information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to FOIA, Privacy and Information Collections
Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by
electronic mail to infocollects.resource@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 the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently
 
valid OMB control number. 
J. Shea 3
  In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the agency's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public
inspection through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).  ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.adams.html.  Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.  Mr. Gabosch 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. Bates at (404) 997-4612,
(mark.bates@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4551, (Internet E-mail: gerald.mccoy@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,        /RA/  Gerald J. McCoy, Chief      Operations Branch 1
      Division of Reactor Safety
 
Docket No.  50-390, 50-391 License No. NPF-90, NPF-96
cc:  Distribution via Listserv 
 
_______________   SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS     SIGNATURE MAB7 EMAIL GJM1     NAME BATES MCCOY     DATE 2/13/2018 2/13/ 2018     E-MAIL COPY?     YES NO      YES NO       YES NO       YES NO       YES NO       YES NO       YES NO
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Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000390/2018301, 05000391/2018301
ML18044A989
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Site: Watts Bar  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 02/13/2018
From: Gerald Mccoy
Division of Reactor Safety II
To: James Shea
Tennessee Valley Authority
References
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Download: ML18044A989 (4)
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See also: IR 05000390/2018301

Text

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

February 13, 2018

Mr. Joseph W. Shea

Vice President, Nuclear Licensing

Tennessee Valley Authority

1101 Market Street, LP 3D-C

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF

LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000390/2018301,

05000391/2018301

Dear Mr. Shea:

During a meeting on February 8, 2018, between Mr. Timothy Gabosch, Operations Training

Examination Lead, and Mr. Mark Bates, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made

for the administration of licensing examinations at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of August 6, 2018. The operating test is scheduled

to be administered during the weeks of September 4, 2018 and September 10, 2018. The

written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of September 17, 2018.

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

written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 11 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 April 6, 2018. Mr. Mark Bates provided a written examination outline to your staff on

November 3, 2017. The operating tests, written examination, and the supporting reference

materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201, will be due by June 21, 2018. 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.

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 NRC takes

licensing action on all the applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands

are complete.

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 waiver and/or excusal requests (Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date (if

possible). Contact Mr. Bates to determine the method for submission of the waiver or excusal

requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (OMB

approval number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024)

should be submitted 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.

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 receiving waiver or excusal requests call for 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 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. Bates 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.

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 Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018.

The burden to the public for these mandatory 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, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing

data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the

information collections. You may submit comments on any aspect of the information collections,

including suggestions for reducing the burden, to FOIA, Privacy and Information Collections

Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by

electronic mail to infocollects.resource@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 the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently

valid OMB control number.

J. Shea 3

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,

of the agencys Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public

inspection through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Gabosch 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. Bates at (404) 997-4612,

(mark.bates@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4551, (Internet E-mail: gerald.mccoy@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gerald J. McCoy, Chief

Operations Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-390, 50-391

License No. NPF-90, NPF-96

cc: Distribution via Listserv

_______________ SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED

OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS

SIGNATURE MAB7 EMAIL GJM1

NAME BATES MCCOY

DATE 2/13/2018 2/13/ 2018

E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

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