ML120760068

Edwin I. Hatch - Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000321-12-301 and 05000366-12-301

ML120760068
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	03/16/2012
From:	Mark Franke Division of Nuclear Materials Safety II
To:	Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
Download: ML120760068 (7)

See also: IR 05000321/2012301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

March 16, 2012

Mr. Dennis R. Madison

Vice President

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

11028 Hatch Parkway North

Baxley, GA 31513

SUBJECT: EDWIN I. HATCH - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL

EXAMINATION 05000321/2012301 AND 05000366/2012301

Dear Mr. Madison:

In a telephone conversation on March 12, 2012, between Mr. Charlie Edmund, Examination

Group Lead, Mr. Anthony Ball, Plant Operations Instructor, Mr. Edward Jones, Plant Operations

Instructor, and Mr. Edwin Lea, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant. The operating test is

scheduled to be administered during the weeks of June 18 and June 25, 2012. The written

examination is scheduled to be administered the week of June 25, 2012. The on-site

preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 28, 2012.

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

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

outline by April 12, 2012. Mr. Edwin Lea provided the written examination outline to your staff in

December 2011. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference

materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 30, 2012. 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.

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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 neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an

information collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs 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 NRCs document

system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-

rm.adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Edmund 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. Edwin Lea at

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(404) 997-4567, (Internet E-mail: Edwin.Lea@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4436, (Internet E-

mail: Mark.Franke@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA: Malcolm Widmann for/

Mark E. Franke, Chief

Operations Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-321, 50-366

License Nos. DPR-57, NPF-5

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S. Kuczynski Licensing Engineer

Chairman, President and CEO Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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T. D. Honeycutt

J. L. Pemberton Regulatory Response Supervisor

SVP & General Counsel-Ops & SNC Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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L. Mike Stinson

D. G. Bost Vice President

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Paula Marino N. J. Stringfellow

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Engineering Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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L. P. Hill

T. A. Lynch Licensing Supervisor

Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution L. L. Crumpton

Administrative Assistant, Sr.

Dennis R. Madison Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vice President Electronic Mail Distribution

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Steven B. Tipps

Electronic Mail Distribution Hatch Principal Engineer - Licensing

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

T. E. Tynan Electronic Mail Distribution

Site Vice President

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant W. E. Duvall

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Site Support Manager

Electronic Mail Distribution Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

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M. J. Ajluni

Nuclear Licensing Director

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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B. D. McKinney, Jr.

Regulatory Response Manager

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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(cc contd) Cynthia A. Sanders

Senior Resident Inspector Radioactive Materials Program Manager

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Environmental Protection Division

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Georgia Department of Natural Resources

U.S. NRC Electronic Mail Distribution

11030 Hatch Parkway N

Baxley, GA 30334 James A. Capp

Program Coordination Branch Chief

Mr. Ken Rosanski Environmental Protection Division

Resident Manager Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. Steven M. Jackson

Senior Engineer - Power Supply

Mark Williams Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia

Commissioner Electronic Mail Distribution

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution Reece McAlister

Executive Secretary

Lee Foley Georgia Public Service Commission

Manager of Contracts Generation Electronic Mail Distribution

Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Electronic Mail Distribution Chairman

Appling County Commissioners

Arthur H. Domby, Esq. County Courthouse

Troutman Sanders 69 Tippins Street, Suite 201

Electronic Mail Distribution Baxley, GA 31513

James C. Hardeman Amy Whaley

Environmental Radiation Program Manager Resident Manager

Environmental Protection Division Electronic Mail Distribution

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. Steve Grantham

Al Frazier Training Manager

Emergency Response and Radiation Hatch Nuclear Plant

Program Manager 11028 Hatch Parkway North

Environmental Protection Division Baxley, GA 31513

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

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Judson H. Turner

Director

Environmental Protection Division

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution

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Letter to Dennis R. Madison from Mark E. Franke dated March 16, 2012.

SUBJECT: EDWIN I. HATCH - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL

EXAMINATION 05000321/2012301 AND 05000366/2012301

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