ML062650219

NRC Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2006-15 - Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

ML062650219
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	09/12/2006
From:	Pace P L Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RIS-06-015
Download: ML062650219 (4)

See also: RIS 2006-15

Text

Tennessee

Valley Authority, Post Office Box 2000, Spring City, Tennessee

37381-2000

SEP 12 2006 10 CFR 55.40 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 Gentlemen:

In the Matter of ) Docket No. 50-390 Tennessee

Valley Authority ) WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT (WBN) UNIT 1 -NRC REGULATORY

ISSUE SUMMARY (RIS) 2006-15 -PREPARATION

AND SCHEDULING

OF OPERATOR LICENSING

EXAMI NATIONS RIS 2006-15 was issued by NRC on August 14, 2006, and requested

information

regarding

WBN's projected

operator licensing

examination

schedules

and the estimated

number of applicants.

The enclosure

to this letter addresses

NRC's request and provides an estimate of the examination

requirements

for WBN on NRC Form 536. There are no regulatory

commitments

in this submittal

and should there be questions

regarding

this letter, please telephone

me at (423) 365-1824.

Sincerely, Manager, Site Licensing

and Industry Affairs Enclosure

cc: See page 2 Pnnted wn reycled paW

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Page 2 SEP 12 2006 Enclosure

cc (Enclosure)

NRC Resident Inspector

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Spring City, Tennessee

37381 Mr. D. V. Pickett, Senior Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

MS O8G9a One White Flint North 11555 Rockville

Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Region II ATTN: Mr. James H. Moorman Chief, Operator Licensing

and Human Performance

Branch Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsyth St., Suite 23T85 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8931

Enclosure

NRC Form 536 -Operator Licensing

Examination

Data

NRC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131

EXPIRES 08/312008

8-2005) Estimated

burden per response to comply with this voluntary

information

collection

request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. This information

collection

is used to plan budgets and resources

for operator examinations.

Send comments regarding

burden estimate to the Records and FOtA/Privacy

Services Branch ("-5 F53), U.S OPERATOR LICENSING

Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by interne EXAMINATION

DATA e-mail to irnfocollects@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information

and Regulatory

Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0131), Office of Management

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information

collection

does not display a currently

valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information

collection.

FACILITY NRC REGION Watts Bar Nuclear Plant A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION

PREPARATION

SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 07 CY 08 CY 09 CY 10 ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED

0 1 1 1 EXAMINATIONS

ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED

EXAMINATIONS

B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

PROPOSED NUMBER CY 07 CY 08 CY 09 CY 10 NUMBER OF REACTOR 0 0 7 5 OPERATORS

NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS

-INSTANT 0 9 7 5 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS

-UPGRADE 0 3 2 4 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS

-LIMITED 0 0 0 0 PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 01/28/2008

09/14/2009

09/27/2010

ALTERNATE

DATE C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS

EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE CY 07 CY 08 PROPOSED NUMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER

DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER

DECEMBER ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF E B CANDIDATES

NRC FORM 536 (8-2005)PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER