ML16197A039

Watts Bar, Units 1 and 2 - NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2016-09 - Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

ML16197A039
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	07/15/2016
From:	Simmons P Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RIS-2016-09
Download: ML16197A039 (4)

See also: RIS 2016-09

Text

Tennessee

Valley Authority,

1 101 Market Street, Chattanooga,

Tennessee

37402July 15, 201610 cFR 50.4U. S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

ATTN: Document

Control DeskWashington,

D.C. 20555-0001

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and2Facility

Operating

License No. NPF-90 and NPF-96NRC Docket Nos. 50-390 and 50-391Subject:

Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

(NRC) Regulatory

lssue Summary(RlS) 2016-09 - Preparation

and Scheduling

of Operator

Licensing

Examinations

Reference:

NRC RIS 2016-09,

"Preparation

and Scheduling

of Operator

Licensing

Examinations,"

dated June 16, 2016Regulatory

lssue Summary (RlS) 2016-09 requested

information

regarding

Watts BarNuclear Plant's (WBN's) projected

operator

licensing

examination

schedules

and theestimated

number of applicants.

The enclosure

to this letter addresses

the NRC'srequest and provides

an estimate

of the examination

requirements

for WBN on NRCForm 536.There are no new regulatory

commitments

in this letter. Should you have anyquestions

regarding

this submittal,

please contact Walter Smith, Operations

TrainingManager at (423) 365-8081

or Gordon Arent, Director

of Watts Bar Site Licensing

at(423) 365-2004.

Respectfully,

Paul SimmonsSite Vice President

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Page 2July 15, 2016Enclosure:

NRC Form 536 - Operator

Licensing

Examination

Datacc (Enclosure):

NRC Project Manager - Watts Bar Nuclear PlantNRC RegionalAdministrator

- Region l!cc: w/o Enclosure

NRC Senior Resident

lnspector

Enclosure

NRC Form 536Operator

Licensing

Examination

DataTennessee

Valley Authority

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units { and 2NRG Docket Nos. 50-390 and 50-391

U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

OPERATOR

LICENSING

EXAMINATION

DATAAPPROVED

BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131

EXPIRES:

1013112017

Estimated

burden per response

to oomply with this voluntary

information

collection

request t hour. Thisinformation

collection

is used to plan budgets and resources

for operator

examinations.

Senccomments

regarding

burden estimate

to the FOIA, Privacy,

and lnfurmation

Collections

Branch (T-[F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission,

Washington,

0C2055S0001,

or by e-mail tclnbcollects.Resource@nrc.gov,

and to the Desk Officer,

Office of lnformation

and Regulatory

AffairsNEOB-10202,

(3150-0131),

ffice of Management

and Budget, Washington,

DC 20503. lf a meansused to impose an infurmation

oolleclion

does not display a currently

valid OMB control number, theNRC may not mnduct or sponsor,

and a person is not required

to respond to, the information

collection.

FACILITYWatts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2NRC REGIONilA. PROPOSED

EXAMINATION

PREPARATION

SCHEDULEPROPOSED

NUMBERcY39lxcY 2019cY 2020cY 2021ESTIMATED

NUMBER OFLICENSEE.PREPARED

EXAMINATIONS

10I0ESTIMATED

NUMBER OFNRC.PREPARED

EXAMINATIONS

0000B. INITIAL OPERATOR

LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

PROPOSED

NUMBERcY 2018cY 2019cY 2020cY 202tNUMBER OF REACTOROPERATORS

10070NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOROPERATORS.

INSTANT6070NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOROPERATORS.

UPGRADE2020NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOROPERATORS.

LIMITED0000PROPOSED

DATESPRIMARY DATE07 12018NA0712020NAALTERNATE

DATE0912018NA0912020NAc. pRoposED

GENERTC FUNDAMENTALS

EXAMINATTON

(GFE) SCHEDULEPROPOSEDNUMBERcY 2017cY 2018MARCHSEPTEMBER

MARCHSEPTEMBER

ESTIMATED

NUMBER OFCANDIDATES

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