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

37402 July 15, 2016 10 cFR 50.4 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and2 Facility Operating

License No. NPF-90 and NPF-96 NRC Docket Nos. 50-390 and 50-391 Subject: 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, 2016 Regulatory

lssue Summary (RlS) 2016-09 requested

information

regarding

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant's (WBN's) projected

operator licensing

examination

schedules

and the estimated

number of applicants.

The enclosure

to this letter addresses

the NRC's request and provides an estimate of the examination

requirements

for WBN on NRC Form 536.There are no new regulatory

commitments

in this letter. Should you have any questions

regarding

this submittal, please contact Walter Smith, Operations

Training Manager at (423) 365-8081 or Gordon Arent, Director of Watts Bar Site Licensing

at (423) 365-2004.Respectfully, Paul Simmons Site Vice President Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Page 2 July 15, 2016 Enclosure:

NRC Form 536 - Operator Licensing

Examination

Data cc (Enclosure):

NRC Project Manager - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant NRC RegionalAdministrator - Region l!cc: w/o Enclosure NRC Senior Resident lnspector

Enclosure NRC Form 536 Operator Licensing

Examination

Data Tennessee

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

U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION

DATA APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131

EXPIRES: 1013112017

Estimated

burden per response to oomply with this voluntary

information

collection

request t hour. This information

collection

is used to plan budgets and resources

for operator examinations.

Senc comments regarding

burden estimate to the FOIA, Privacy, and lnfurmation

Collections

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

Commission, Washington, 0C2055S0001, or by e-mail tc lnbcollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of lnformation

and Regulatory

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

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. lf a means used to impose an infurmation

oolleclion

does not display a currently

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

collection.

FACILITY Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 NRC REGION il A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION

PREPARATION

SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER cY39lx cY 2019 cY 2020 cY 2021 ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF LICENSEE.PREPARED

EXAMINATIONS

1 0 I 0 ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF NRC.PREPARED

EXAMINATIONS

0 0 0 0 B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

PROPOSED NUMBER cY 2018 cY 2019 cY 2020 cY 202t NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS 10 0 7 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS.

INSTANT 6 0 7 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS.

UPGRADE 2 0 2 0 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS.

LIMITED 0 0 0 0 PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 07 12018 NA 0712020 NA ALTERNATE

DATE 0912018 NA 0912020 NA c. pRoposED GENERTC FUNDAMENTALS

EXAMINATTON (GFE) SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER cY 2017 cY 2018 MARCH SEPTEMBER MARCH SEPTEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CANDIDATES

0 0 0 18 NRC FORM s36 (0S2016)